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Sound+Vision at Valley Creek Mall, Woodbury (13 Jul 2019)

Sound+Vision 2019 Flyer Read More Sound+Vision We attended the Sound+Vision Pop Culture Collectibles show at the Valley Creek Mall in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Saturday, November 17. The show is free and takes place three times a year .…

We took a long drive to check out the Summer Sound+Vision show at Valley Creek Mall in Woodbury. These free S+V show takes place three times annually, in the Spring, Summer, and Fall… which means the next Fall show will be on Saturday, November 23, 2019.

Compared to the Fall show we attend in November 2018, this Summer show seemed smaller with less dealers. There were a variety of dealers lined along the indoor mall’s long hallway, selling everything from vinyls, CDs, Beatles-merch, toys (used and new), Funko, comic books, original comic art (Mighty Pegasus Art), and movies (new and used).

The main draw for us were the free stuff. I know they had more stuff available for free, but these are the ones we spotted: free movie passes to Hobbs & Shaw (Fast and Furious series), free passes to Good Boys, Mugs, Spider-Man: Far from Home bags, and four or five free T-Shirts (we picked up a Pacific Rim shirt). The free entry and free promotional items made the trip worth it for us.

Also, if you’re ever in the Woodbury area, they also recently opened up the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, so it might be a fun-filled day event. The Alamo recently hosted a Spider-Man: Far From Home Pop-Up Event (featuring Sound+Vision, Mondo Exclusive Pint Glass, and artists Dave Wheeler and Gordon Purcell) to promote the film.

Sound+Vision at Valley Creek Mall, Woodbury (13 Jul 2019)

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In the Valley Below at Alamo Drafthouse, Woodbury (14 April 2019)

In the Valley Below's The Pink Chateau The Pink Chateau Rise Pink Chateau Bloodhands (Oh My Fever) Desperate Dance Hold On Tight Break Even Sink or Swim Blue Sky Drugs Control The Beggar Brass Ring Audio Immersive Cinema Tour 04/18 – Austin, TX @ Alamo Drafthouse 04/20 – Denver, CO @ Alamo Drafthouse 04/23 – San Francisco @ Alamo Drafthouse 04/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bardot/School Night Read More In The Valley Below In The Valley Below (husband & wife duo Angela Gail and Jeffrey Jacob) will be at the Turf Club in St Paul this Wednesday, in support of their new EP Elephant, which came out earlier this week (July 14th). ...

“Come with me to the pink chateau, down in the valley below, we can drink champagne”

Michigan-based art rock duo In the Valley Below actually means what they sing as, in anticipation of their upcoming second full-length, The Pink Chateau (Bright Antenna Records) have embarked on a short immersive experience tour, exclusively at Alamo Drafthouse theaters to play live in the cinema, as the motion picture companion to the new record, plays on-screen (and yes, Alamo serves a full food and liquor menu, as you watch).

Married couple Angela Gail and Jeffrey Jacob make up the innovative band, who played for just over an hour under dim red lighting in a front corner of the cinema, singing face-to-face directly into wireless headphones that everyone in the theater was wearing for a sensory experience unlike few others, something an early Pink Floyd might have done, when they were known as The Pink Floyd.

The new album itself, is due out April 26, with the companion film already released and featured in many film festivals around the country. Though the duo are always thinking visually when composing their songs, the idea to make a film for the album actually came initially from record label head Tiffanie Debartolo, a novelist/film director in her own right.

Gail wrote and co-directed the dreamlike film along with Marcos Efron, an awakening story of a young woman who first mysteriously follows a beautiful stranger into the countryside, ending up at an estate that looks at home in the south of France (but was actually filmed in rural Battle Creek, MI).

Each song represents a chapter in the movie’s story, inspired by vintage French erotica and faded colors of 1970s films, that explores desires and discoveries, in an open and adult way. The mostly female cast shown is diverse, and the Springtime-evoking scenery and story line are in stark contrast to the actual Michigan winter climate, when/where the soundtrack was initially composed.

The music itself more than stands on its own- from the album’s opening and first single, ‘Rise’ produced by Dave (TV on the Radio) Sitek, to a spanning ‘Hold on Tight’ played towards the film’s end that builds its roar meticulously, to ‘The Beggar’ with its sharp guitar riffs, that played as the end credits rolled.

The Pink Chateau Audio Immersive Tour is truly a unique sound and visual experience that shouldn’t be missed if there is an upcoming Alamo date near you. The band sticks around following, to say hello and sell some merch (but not the new record early, unfortunately) and expect them to tour further and more conventionally, once the new album is released. 

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In the Valley Below at Alamo Drafthouse, Woodbury (14 April 2019)

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Sound+Vision at Valley Creek Mall, Woodbury (17 Nov 2018)

Read More Sound+Vision Rock 'n' Roll in Minnesota, with his next appearance being THIS Saturday in Woodbury, at the Sound+Vision MN Pop Culture Collectibles Show.…

We attended the Sound+Vision Pop Culture Collectibles show at the Valley Creek Mall in Woodbury, Minnesota, on Saturday, November 17. The show is free and takes place three times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall).

I am only guessing, but about 25 dealers line up along the hallway of Woodbury’s only indoor mall, Valley Creek Mall, from one end to the other. There was great foot traffic, with some people going to the show intentionally and some people there by happenstance.

Dealers sold everything from comic books to music (vinyls were the most popular), toys, sports cards/memorabilia, original art, movies, etc. If you collect something, chances are you might find it at the show. Prices were reasonable, nothing more than what you would pay full price.

The best part of this show is that every hour there were prizes given out. We like free stuff, so were pretty excited to see some free promotional items like posters (Ant-Man and the Wasp, plus various others), pencils (Sorry to Bother You), upcoming movie passes (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), movie downloads (Incredibles 2), shot glasses (Atomic Blonde), T-Shirts (Skyscraper and a few others that were snatched up before I saw it)… plus many others that I’m forgetting or never saw.

The next Sound+Vision will take place on a Saturday in Spring 2019 from 9am to 3pm. Date to be announced on soundvisionmn.webs.com.

Sound+Vision at Valley Creek Mall, Woodbury (17 Nov 2018)

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