Planetarium at SFC to Test New Laser System with Hopes for the Future
Planetarium at SFC to Test New Laser System with Hopes for the Future
By Shyam Allard GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College could soon be home to monthly, state-of-the-art laser sho ...
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Is Uber a Safer Designated Driver
Is Uber a Safer Designated Driver
by Shyam Allard GAINESVILLE, Fla. — While many parents of current University of Florida students have reportedly slept easier knowing that Uber ...
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Heavy Pets to Play Beatles Show at High Dive Tonight
Heavy Pets to Play Beatles Show at High Dive Tonight
by Gargs Allard The Heavy Pets, who are known for being a creative jam band that has put out six-full-length studio albums of their own, and was laude ...
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KAEPERNICK SITS BUT WHERE DOES THE PUBLIC STAND?
KAEPERNICK SITS BUT WHERE DOES THE PUBLIC STAND?
by Alex Peterman First part originally published in Locker Room Update (see addendum by Gargs Allard below) San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kae ...
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Little Jake and the Soul Searchers to Co-Headline Soul Sunday Music Fest
Little Jake and the Soul Searchers to Co-Headline Soul Sunday Music Fest
ALONG WITH THE SAVANTS OF SOUL, LITTLE JAKE AND THE SOUL SEARCHERS WILL HEADLINE THE SOUL SUNDAY MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS SUNDAY AT FIRST MAGNITUDE STARTIN ...
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Captive Eddies and Wester Joseph’s Stereo Vudu to Play High Dive Tonight
Captive Eddies and Wester Joseph's Stereo Vudu to Play High Dive Tonight
Bands Have Great Admiration For Each Other by Gargs Allard Before embarking on a late-summer tour, the Captive Eddies will be playing the High Dive to ...
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Astronauts of Antiquity Power Up Beyond the Maze
Astronauts of Antiquity Power Up Beyond the Maze
by Gargs Allard Music Review: Beyond the Maze /Astronauts of Antiquity Beyond the Maze, the new six-song EP from the New York and LA-based electro-pop ...
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Savants of Soul to Play Minus One Tonight
Savants of Soul to Play Minus One Tonight
Vocalist Chelsea Oxendine Leaving Band by Gargs Allard The 10-piece band, The Savants of Soul, whose recent 4-track EP release, Sunday Best, was heav ...
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Interview with Main Squeeze Co-Founder Ben Smiley Silverstein
Interview with Main Squeeze Co-Founder Ben Smiley Silverstein
THE MAIN SQUEEZE TO PLAY THE HIGH DIVE SATURDAY, APRIL 20 By Gargs Allard What follows is a telephone interview I did with The Main Squeeze‘s co ...
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JJ Grey and Mofro To Play Florida Theatre in Gainesville Friday
JJ Grey and Mofro To Play Florida Theatre in Gainesville Friday
By Gargs Allard Jacksonville’s southern rock, blues and funk band, JJ Grey and Mofro, will play the Florida Theater at 9 pm on Friday, April 8 s ...
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Planetarium at SFC to Test New Laser System with Hopes for the Future
By Shyam Allard GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College could soon be home to monthly, state-of-the-art laser shows, including displays to popular classic rock albums. A Prismatic full-dome laser projection system will be installed... read more
Is Uber a Safer Designated Driver
by Shyam Allard GAINESVILLE, Fla. — While many parents of current University of Florida students have reportedly slept easier knowing that Uber has been acting as their partying child’s designated driver, it is still unclear whether the presence of Uber in the... read more
Heavy Pets to Play Beatles Show at High Dive Tonight
by Gargs Allard The Heavy Pets, who are known for being a creative jam band that has put out six-full-length studio albums of their own, and was lauded by The Huffington Post for releasing one of the top ten albums of 2010, will perform a Beatles’ tribute show... read more
KAEPERNICK SITS BUT WHERE DOES THE PUBLIC STAND?
by Alex Peterman First part originally published in Locker Room Update (see addendum by Gargs Allard below) San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is making news for all the wrong reasons – or all the right ones. In the 49ers’ third preseason game,... read more
Little Jake and the Soul Searchers to Co-Headline Soul Sunday Music Fest
ALONG WITH THE SAVANTS OF SOUL, LITTLE JAKE AND THE SOUL SEARCHERS WILL HEADLINE THE SOUL SUNDAY MUSIC FESTIVAL THIS SUNDAY AT FIRST MAGNITUDE STARTING AT 2 PM By Gargs Allard Little Jake Mitchell is not little at all. Not only is he not small in height, but he’s also... read more
Captive Eddies and Wester Joseph’s Stereo Vudu to Play High Dive Tonight
Bands Have Great Admiration For Each Other by Gargs Allard Before embarking on a late-summer tour, the Captive Eddies will be playing the High Dive tonight at 9 along with Wester Joseph’s Stereo Vudu. “We are heading out to play Unify Festival in New... read more
Astronauts of Antiquity Power Up Beyond the Maze
by Gargs Allard Music Review: Beyond the Maze [EP]/Astronauts of Antiquity Beyond the Maze, the new six-song EP from the New York and LA-based electro-pop/hip-hop band, The Astronauts of Antiquity (AOA), is a meticulously produced record that engages the senses from... read more
Savants of Soul to Play Minus One Tonight
Vocalist Chelsea Oxendine Leaving Band by Gargs Allard The 10-piece band, The Savants of Soul, whose recent 4-track EP release, Sunday Best, was heavily steeped in Chelsea Oxendine’s vocal prowess , will be playing tonight (August 11, 2016) as featured act of... read more
Interview with Main Squeeze Co-Founder Ben Smiley Silverstein
THE MAIN SQUEEZE TO PLAY THE HIGH DIVE SATURDAY, APRIL 20 By Gargs Allard What follows is a telephone interview I did with The Main Squeeze‘s co-founder and keyboardist, Ben “Smiley” Silverstein recently. The band is on tour promoting their 2015... read more
JJ Grey and Mofro To Play Florida Theatre in Gainesville Friday
By Gargs Allard Jacksonville’s southern rock, blues and funk band, JJ Grey and Mofro, will play the Florida Theater at 9 pm on Friday, April 8 supported by former Mofro member Daryl Hance of Daryl Hance Powermuse. Tickets are available through JJ Grey’s... read more
Interview with Robert Harrison On Eve of New Cotton Mather Release
An In-depth Audio Interview with Cotton Mather and Future Clouds and Radar frontman Robert Harrison on Gargsville Podcast # 4 via Sound Cloud and Tune Groover Radio by Gargs Allard My brother Kevin and I traveled a lot together on a business venture for several years... read more
Bills Hire Kathryn Smith, First Ever Female Coach in NFL
While Bills Hire Smith, Other Women Continue to Help Run Pro Sports Teams By Alex Peterman The Buffalo Bills made history this week by hiring Kathryn Smith, the first female assistant coach in the National Football League. Both the Bills and Smith should be very proud... read more
Painting With by Animal Collective is Like The Marx Brothers Reborn
Music Review: Painting With/Animal Collective By Tyler Francischine It’s like you open an ornate, bejeweled music box and find three figures inside – Avey Tare, Panda Bear and The Geologist. They’re spinning around and around, hopping up and down to syncopated... read more
Festival of Colors Returns to Alachua Saturday
by Manorama das The Holi Festival of Colors is coming up on Saturday, March 26, 1-4 pm at the Krishna Temple in Alachua, Florida. Live music bands, color throws, good food and fun for the entire family. The live bands will include The Mayapuris, Gauravani, Krsnatone,... read more
Full Tune Groover Interview with Al Stewart on Sound Cloud
by Gargs Allard The partial interview that we published here on Tune Groover is now available to hear here in its entirety.... read more
Interview with Julia Baird on Sound Cloud
An in-depth interview with John Lennon’s sister, Julia Baird by Gargs... read more
Interview With Singer-Songwriter Roan Yellowthorn, Daughter of Don McLean
by Gargs Allard I recently had a phone conversation with Roan Yellowthorn, daughter of Don McLean of the song “American Pie” fame. Roan, aka Jackie McLean, is set to release her first EP on April 8 entitled Roan Yellowthorn. In this interview with Tune... read more
Liverpool’s Own Mersey Beatles Visit Gainesville Tonight
Interview with Steven Howard, Plays Paul McCartney on The Mersey Beatles I recently got a chance to chat with Steven Howard of The Mersey Beatles, a Beatles cover band whose members all hail from Liverpool and who played the famous Cavern Club for ten years that the... read more
Interview With John Lennon’s Sister
Julia Baird Visiting High Dive Tonight with the Mersey Beatles by Gargs Allard Julia Baird, sister of Beatle great John Lennon, has a book out called “Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon.” On the occasion of her fist to Gainesville with... read more
The Need For Controlled Capitalism
by Gargs Allard Background Undoubtedly, there are a number of potential problems with unabashed Capitalism, and throughout the history of the United States, they have unfortunately reared their ugly heads. Despite its reputation for being the land of opportunity,... read more
Individual Rights and The Fairness of Progressive Taxation
Two Founding Fathers’ Views on The Responsibilities of Government and the Wealthy by Gargs Allard James Madison was very much concerned with the potential problem of faction due to his perceived fear of the power of the masses to trample upon the rights of the... read more
Featured Tune: Cricket and the Genie/The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Cricket and the Genie/The Claypool Lennon... read more
Glenn Frey Dead at 67
by Gargs Allard Wow – two Mondays in a row now have come with sad news for rock and roll. Just eight days after the death of David Bowie shocked the world, I cannot adequately express the shock I feel following the death of the leader and co-founder of the... read more
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe to Play the High Dive Tonight
Tonight saxophonist, flutist and singer Karl Denson is scheduled to play at the High Dive at 8 pm. Known primarily for his excellence on the saxophone, Denson has toured with the Rolling Stones and was a member of Lenny Kravitz’s band. Among his other accolades,... read moreFollow Us
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