Rock Garden Tour

Your Hart Is Calling

Here's the latest Fresh Friday podcast, another side project. This one is about a new novelty phone service that we're thinking about launching. Call With Hart, the novelty phone service, allows regular people to glean advice from none other than Mike Hart IV (pictured above). I'd tell you more about it but I'd rather you just listen to the podcast.

Almost! Ipso! Day!

I'd tell you all about Ipso Gallery's next big thing but I don't want to give it all away. What I can tell you is that we'd love to see you at the show. Ipso Gallery is an art gallery located at Fresh Produce Inc (they produce our radio show). Learn more about it over here.

A Menagerie of Prehistoric Roars

This post doesn't have a lot to do with the Rock Garden Tour, but it is something that I produced, so indirectly it's related, more or less. It turns out that in addition to having a fascination with gardening, rock & roll, and the serial pruner of Hot Springs, SD, for as long as I can remember I've had a fascination with dinosaur kids, or rather kids who have a fascination with dinosaurs. I'm assuming the guy in the above photo is a former dino-kid, either that or a big foot enthusiast. I'd tell you what it all means exactly, but that's what the Fresh Friday podcast is for. Enjoy the sounds and keep it rural.

DOKTOR BARKEY | EAT THE SALT | LIVE AT IPSO GALLERY

Our farwell to the Totem Box continues with another song from Doktor Barkey. To get the most out of the TB atmosphere, I suggest listening to the Totem series through a sturdy set of headphones. Come back next week for another video from Burlap Wolf King.

BURLAP WOLF KING | THERE GOES ANOTHER YEAR | LIVE AT IPSO GALLERY

Our Totem farewell continues this week with Burlap Wolf King performing "There Goes Another Year". Burlap Wolf King is the "vessel of song" of South Dakota singer/songwriter, Thomas Hentges. His debut album, The Middle was released in 2009.

Also, I should have mentioned last week that the glorious bear print in the background was made by Fresh Produce designer Kat Burdine.

- The Music Director

DOKTOR BARKEY | TRAIN | LIVE AT IPSO GALLERY 

Last month, we tore down the beloved Totem Box in the Ipso Gallery at Fresh Produce to make way for our current show, Artifact. The Totem Box high jinks became something special around the shop. Whether it was holding an important team meeting, or doing the "fire hose" to some Genesis, the Totem Box served as an impetus for creativity.

When it came time to tear down the old boy, we couldn't just go to town with a claw hammer and pitch the wood onto the burning pile. We had to send it out in style. And then we could take our claw hammer and go at it with the fury of a disgruntled beaver.

To help us bid farewell to the Totem Box, local musicians Chad McKinney a.k.a Doktor Barkey, and Thomas Hentges a.k.a Burlap Wolf King, each performed a three-song acoustic set within the plywood playground.

The Totem Box offered a unique acoustic setting for our artists. While vocals carom off of the walls, the open ceiling allows ambient noise to creep in, providing a more intimate feeling for the listener. In the first video for our Totem Box series, while Doktor Barkey performs "Train", you can even hear his four-year-old son taking in the performance.

Check back over the next few weeks as we continue our Totem Box series.

- The Music Director