The Standard Variety Hour

In this episode Mark & Kevin tell of their journey to Austin, TX for the South by Southwest Music Festival. They'll play tunes "discovered" on a popular music hosting service, and Mark will talk about the "discovery" of a vaccine in the mid 1980s.

This week Mark & Kevin play music from the bands performing at Standard's Commodore Von Keepsie's Craftacular Music Carnivale in Austin, TX as part of the SXSW.

http://www.standardrecording.com/sxsw/index.htm

Music from David Karsten Daniels, Thunderhawk, Church Shoes, Jascha, Sloth Pop, Jon Keller, Heligoats, and Haley Bonar.

Still frozen from the Polar Plunge, Mark & Kevin muddle through a show to bring you the music of Cloud Nothings, Frontier Ruckus, Fleet Foxes, Danielson, Parts & Labor, and more..

This week Mark & Kevin will catch up with Indiana native author Nath Jones, author of The War is Lanquage. Enjoy music from She & Him, Born Ruffians, Port O'Brien, and more.

Mark returns this week. The hosts, reunited, decide to play tunes from bands performing at their upcoming SXSW Day Party in Austin, TX: David Karsten Daniels, Ages and Ages, Heligoats, and Rural Alberta Advantage.

Learn about the origin of Presidents Day (SAVE BIG ON SOFAS AND FURNITURE)!

This week, flying the ship solo, Kevin plays us new tunes from Okkervil River and Iron & Wine. We'll rediscover Aimee Mann, and we'll celebrate debauch label, Farmageddon Records.

This week Mark & Kevin will discuss the possibility of beer and wine being served at the Indiana State Fair. We'll celebrate the music of the buzz band Pomplamosse, and Mark will talk about a 15-ft wave of molasses that flowed through the streets of Boston, MA.

This week Kevin will take us across the Globe to explore music from Italy, Germany, China, and abroad. Mark will talk about Indiana's International port (Burns Harbor), and we'll provide more information about the Polar Bear Plunge.

Happy 2011 from The Standard Variety Hour. We're back, and we're going to talk alot today. Namely about our holiday events, our good times of 2010, and what the future holds for SVH. Mark will tell us about Eugene Debs during a Random Fact segment, and we'll hear music - without a theme, but then Mark will name a theme and it's accurate.

This week, Mark & Kevin will make homemade egg nog and sugar cookies while playing more music from A Very Standard Christmas Volume 3 (available at http://standard.nuvo.net). They'll revisit the Theme Song Contest, and reflect on the dozens of Christmas Parties planned for the week.