Featuring the talented local musicians from Jazz from Bloomington. Find out more about this musical group at http://btownjazz.org/.

We at Mad 4 My Dog have been working hard and adding tons of services and classes. Come join us at our upcoming Sampler event to meet our team and learn about all of the new things we now offer! There will be info booths, demos, games, prizes, freebies, special sales, and MORE!

Here is a more detailed list of all that we’ll be offering at this event:
*Info booths for all of our services and check-in cards that you can turn in at the end for an entry into our FREE CLASS drawing.
*Rally-O and Nosework demos.
*Nail trims for FREE or for a $5 donation to A Dog and His Boy.
*Dog Breed Bingo game.
*Treat Guess game.
*Pet Photo Booth.
*Rasta Pops (and the first 20 dogs will each get a FREE Doggie Popsicle!).
*Charity drives for A Dog and His Boy & the Bloomington Animal Shelter.

For EVEN MORE info, visit our event website: m4mdsampler.weebly.com/

For directions to our facility or for all kinds of information regarding our services, visit our main website: mad4mydog.com/location–hours.html

You may also call us at 812-876-8134 with any questions or concerns between noon and 6 p.m. every day except Wed. & Sun.

Unity of Bloomington invites you to a comedy concert with singer/songwriter/humorist Greg Tamblyn, who likes to spread the good mood while “saving the world from whiny, victim love songs.” According to Tamblyn, the goal of his irreverent music and musings on our often crazy culture is to help people “see the best in themselves, and laugh at the rest of themselves.” As he explains, “A wise man I know likes to say that one of the most radical things you can do here in the U.S. of Stress is to have a good day. So I’m on a mission to help people lighten up.”

Tamblyn’s music reflects the joy he finds in simple pleasures, and the humor in the dysfunctional ones. One example: shining his comedic spotlight on what he calls “whiny victim love songs.” Tamblyn has collected hundreds of these, including titles like “I’m So Miserable Without You, It’s Like You Were Here,” and “If You Won’t Leave Me, I’ll Find Someone Who Will.” Or Carole King’s “He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss).”

“Songs like these are not really about love, but about celebrating victimhood or taking hostages,” says Tamblyn. “They go far beyond sadness and even grief, to an island of longing and desperation that no one should inhabit. Except maybe Phil Spector. I want people to wake up and consign lyrics like ‘Without you, I’m garbage,’ to their rightful place in the world of entertainment: material for comedy!”

So he’s coming to the rescue with a concert at Unity of Bloomington, and with a collection of CDs including a double CD entitled Saving The World From Whiny Victim Love Songs. A free preview will take place at 10 a.m. on August 30th when Tamblyn provides the service music and message, “GPS 1.0.”

Tamblyn’s concerts tend to be as funny as they are musical, featuring selections from his new album, including “I’d Like To Be The Man My Dog Thinks I Am;” “The Top 10 Whiny Victim Love Songs;” “The Shootout At The I’m OK, You’re OK Corral;” “Self-Employment Made Harder By Difficult Boss;” and “My Life Is A Beer Commercial.” Another tune, “Common Side Effects Include,” won the 2004 Just Plain Folks Music Award for “Best Comedy/Novelty Song” out of over 140,000 songs submitted. (www.jpfolks.org). Listeners can hear Tamblyn’s songs at www.gregtamblyn.com

If Tamblyn has his way, there will still be great love songs, just not ones that encourage us to be–or take–love slaves. And people will come away from his concerts knowing how to lighten the stress of daily living with love and laughter.