The Current Music Blog: January 31, 2010 Archive

The Current's 5th Birthday Party - How was it for you?

Posted at 8:36 PM on January 31, 2010 by Jim McGuinn (14 Comments)

Still recovering from one of the greatest, most surreal nights and events of my life, I think Chris Riemenschneider of the Star-Tribune described our 5th Birthday Party pretty well - "Not that the Current (89.3 FM) doesn't deserve to be commended all on its own, but I thought last night's elbow-to-elbow fifth anniversary party at First Ave really came off as something grander -- namely, a celebration of the local music scene on the whole. It was what I imagine the Minnesota Music Awards were like back when they were relevant. Organizers did a great job lining up a good cross-section of innovative local acts, all of whom had a terrific 2009 (thanks in part to Current support), starting with newbies the Twilight Hours and Lookbook, ending with buzz kings Solid Gold, and peaking with Mason Jennings and P.O.S. and their passionate, road-tested acts in between." I can say that our goal when we started was 'a celebration of the local music scene,' so if we achieved that, we're happy. Thx to all that made it possible. We know we'd do some things different if we could do it again (we really didn't know the demand for tix would be so intense that First Avenue's ticketing wouldn't be able to handle it). Hopefully we'll get Matt Perkins' Mustache Photo Gallery on our site soon, but in the meantime - If you were there on Friday night, what did you think about the party? Leave your comments below...

Here's a link to some great shots in the City Pages from the party.

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