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LATEST ARTICLES ( 565 )
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Song of the Day :: "Doboom Soom" by Slumbers
Wednesdays...bleck. No one wants to get out of bed on a Wednesday. Rochester, New York based rockers Slumbers provide us the perfect soundtrack for every... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Daily Grind #82 :: Silence, Books & Death To Slow Pokes
I DVR'd the Golden Globes...so Shhhhh. I'm tip-toeing about my morning, navigating pop-culture websites like a drunken soldier across a minefield avoiding... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Weekend Espresso :: Marriage is a Beautiful & Strange Thing
Enjoy a few stories on the beauty and/or lack thereof of Marriage. (For the record, I do love my wife and am happy. And if you find my body, she did it. Read more
Posted on 08 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Song of the Day :: "Every Line of a Long Moment" by Roddy Woomble
Follow Roddy on Twitter...he shares his favorite books. Roddy Woomble's "Every Line of a Long Moment" is a track I hear on a loop in my head from time to time.... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Song of the Day :: "Go" by Glen Phillips
Former Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman, Glen Phillips, gives us Our Song of the Day. "Go" is the opening track on his newest album, Swallowed by the New - Glen... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Grind #81 :: Science, Imagination & Beauty
I don't remember the answers as well as I used to, but I've always been very adept at "why" questions. Nearly every school year, I'd have at least one teacher... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Song of the Day :: "Cellar Door" by Graveyard Club
Our Song of the Day is the dreamy "Cellar Door - Graveyard Club">Cellar Door" from Minnesota's Graveyard Club. Record of the same name...out now. Read more
Posted on 05 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Grind #80 :: Shower Beer, Parmesan Ice Cream & 1997 Was SO 20 Years Ago
Goodbye England's Rose Back to the Daily Grind. Literally. Ventipop hopes you and yours had a happy, happy, joy, joy-ful holiday. Read more
Posted on 04 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Song of the Day :: "Backwards Centaur" by The National Parks
Our Song of the Day is the track "Backwards Centaur" from the new The National Parks record Happy Belated - National Parks">Happy Belated...available now. Read more
Posted on 04 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Alt-Country New Years Baby :: Feat. Luke Bell, Gillian Welch, Mandolin Orange &...
Alternative country. insurgent country, Americana or modern country. Whatever label you want to place on this sub-genre of country music, it's becoming a... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore Feat. Lucy Dacus, Red Sleeping Beauty, Middle...
Lucy Dacus, Red Sleeping Beauty, Middle Kids, Echo Ladies, The Shakers and Allison Crutchfield get their day in the Ventipop spotlight in this edition of the... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Merry Christmas To You & Yours
Thanks for supporting Ventipop as we learn to walk on wobbly legs. Maybe by this time next year, I'll have figured out what this little endeavor is going to gro... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Music, Art & Design :: The Tinsel & Lights of Everyday Life
French artist Gilbert Legrand calls his work "happy accidents". As a child, he saw faces in things like clouds, trees and shells on the beach. Today, he sees ar... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Wine Me, Dine Me, Over The Rhine Me
Over The Rhine, Ventipop's favorite band, performed their annual Holiday concert at the Taft Theater in Cincinnati, Ohio last night. Read more
Posted on 21 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Grind #78 :: Chewable Coffee, Japanese Naps and Vanilla Nut Taps
Here's what you do when you know you just can't out Fa-La-La your neighbor's Christmas decorations: In this edition of the Grind, we gnaw on chewable coffee,... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Daily Grind #77 :: Sour Candy, Groovy Vinyl & The Apple & Orange Riddle
Bleached :: "Sour Candy"Trying to regain the Ventipop rhythm by stepping back into the 80's with this Runaways sounding single by the band Bleached. Let's Grind. Read more
Posted on 15 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
25 Unique Christmas Gifts for Odd-Balls
A Christmas list full of goodies for oddballs. We all know one, and if you say don't...then you're the oddball. Go crazy and swap out that morning mug of... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Daily Grind #75 :: Holiday Stress, Toxic Handlers & Volcano Bread
Holiday Stress Levels - Progressing To December 25th "Come on down to Stumpy's Hatchet House and relieve that holiday stress!" This isn't a commercial on... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Daily Grind #74 :: Baby Groot, Man Vs. Roo, Shopping Without Loot & A Final Shoot
Random thought of the day. There's nothing better than listening to your kids talk to each other when they do not know you are listening. Read more
Posted on 05 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE -
Weekend Espresso :: Losers, Winners and River Rat Burgers
Time for another bite-sized edition of the Grind we like to call the Weekend Espresso. Here's hoping you and yours are all having a great 48 hours of down... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE