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Hey Everyone, First off, if you e-mailed me at Lazlo@BlowUpRadio.com in the last week or so and I did not reply back to you, there is a good chance your e-mail never reached my inbox. There seems to have been a problem with my e-mail server and not all e-mails were getting through. The problem may still exist, as tech support has not given me a straight answer. So if you send an e-mail and don't hear back from me within 3 days, please re-send the e-mail. Secondly, I've been getting more e-mails from bands of late about downloading their new albums and songs...sadly, I must ask that from now on bands need to send me CDs. There are only so many hours in a day, and I want to spend the limited amount of time that I have on-line, updating the website and answering e-mails. Trying to download MP3s and then burning them to a CD (as I usually listen to music away from the computer so I can pay better attention to the album then while I'm working on answering an e-mail or updating the site), is just too time consuming. I promise, as has always been my policy, to listen to every CD that is sent to me, and give them all equal consideration for airplay on BlowUpRadio.com. For your reference, our mailing address is: BlowUpRadio.com P.O. Box 664 Old Bridge, NJ 08857 Thank you for understanding! Last Thursday I was proud to be the stage manager, and BlowUpRadio.com a sponsor, of a show to Save CBGB. Thanks to support from people like yourself, we raised over $1,600.00 dollars to help the cause. No one knows for sure what the future is for CBGB, but all of us involved were glad to help. CBGB may not be the same as it once was in the "early days", but we can't afford to lose another venue that supports original music! I would also like to thank everyone who came down to SICA last Saturday for BlowUpRadio.com presents FolK You! And big thanks gos out to Andy Goulburn, Joe Whyte, Jim Testa, and Frankie McGrath. Jim Testa wrote up a nice recap of the show on his blog, so go check it out. Speaking of blogs, don't forget to check out my blog. I've been posting a lot of music related stuff, and even hint at something I hope to be able announce right here next week... Peace, Lazlo |
About Mazeffect
Tales From Topographic Oceans.... ...Or More Literally One Skewered Attempt At Telling The History Of Mazeffect, Complete With Inacuracies, Half-Truths, And Out-And-Out Lies. By Jay Slappy, now Jay Mazeffect. Either way still an asshole. January 2001. I (being Jay, of course) had decided that I wanted to record some solo stuff, outside of my then current band Slappy. For those of you that don't know, Slappy was a blight upon the NJ pop-punk scene from late 1995 to about late 2000. We didn't really fit in and do what was popular in the scene. We made alot of enemies, too apparently. I think we were too sarcastic for our own good, too wildly unpredictable in the live format...and well, just a bunch of difficult motherfuckers that sometimes made good music, and other times were an embarrassment to ourselves and those around us. Ahh yes, the good old days. Looking back on it all though, I had fun with it. But anyhoo...Slappy sort of grinded to a halt. We stopped rehearsing, played shows sporadically, and I wasn't really happy with being stuck back on drums (after what was like, the twentieth lineup change. We went through about 10 drummers, 4 guitarists, Mel and myself.). We were sorta at each other's throats, and the fun was definitely gone. But that's for another long winded and ego-damaging story. So um...yeah. I wanted to record some songs in the vein of the Fastbacks, whom I had been listening to very heavily at that time. As luck would have it, I worked at a record store... Click here for more info and to hear a track from the Album of the Week |
ARTIST | SONG | ALBUM |
Amsterdam | waking up (equinox mix) | the sore score |
the truth | truth | |
Mike Pek | cancer alley | second thoughts |
ARTIST | SONG | DOWNLOAD |
cheat | from their website | |
your life was more fun | from My Space |
This weeks Headlines include: |
August 7th, 2005 The Finals Get Immortal From The Finals: So… we know it’s been a long time coming and we’ve been promising an announcement about which label the band was going to sign with. After talking with a few labels we are very excited to say that The Finals are officially Immortal! That’s right; we have signed with Immortal Records out of California and are very grateful for the opportunity given to us. We’d like to thank everyone at Immortal...(full story) |
Lazlo Wednesday night head on down to the Stone Pony to check out Prosper. As their website (www.prosperrocks.com) says, Prosper Rocks! Friday night there will be no sleep in Brooklyn, when My Pocket Zoo...(more) |
Jim
Testa No new pick this week...(more) |
Gary
Wien Let's see... Rick Springfield comes to Red Bank... The Clearwater Festival returns to Asbury Park... Hellfest takes place in Trenton - but our pick for the week is an open mic. Saturday, August 20, 2005 Woodstock Revisited at the Berkeley Oak Lounge...(more) |
Jared
Migden Old Bridge's Prosper plays their first show since November this Wednesday at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. Now a four-piece, the band has a lot of new songs to debut, but they're still holding true my favorite description of them: they sound like...(more) |
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17TH |
913 Ocean Ave Asbury Park |
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169 BAR 169 East Broadway NYC |
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Pontiac
Grille South St Philadelphia |
THURSDAY AUGUST 18TH |
22 Hamilton St Bound Brook |
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Sinatra
Park Between 4th & 5th Sts on the Hudson River Hoboken |
FRIDAY AUGUST 19TH |
KT Wills | 1208 Route 34 Aberdeen |
DARGIS |
COFFEE
BLUE 1000 Main St Belmar (732) 280-6000 |
601 Main St Asbury Park |
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Justina |
SICA 20 Third Ave Long Branch |
THE RADIO GALAXY | The Pattenburg
House 512 Pattenburg Rd Pattenburg |
Colts Neck Cafe 65 Route 34 Colts Neck |
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124 Church St New Brunswick |
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Piano's 158 Ludlow at Stanton NYC |
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Days Awake | 147 Bleecker St NYC (212)673-7030 |
Freddy's
Backroom 485 Dean St Brooklyn, NY |
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The Successful Failures | Milcreek
Tavern 4200 Chester Ave Philadelphia |
SATURDAY AUGUST 20TH |
Jersey Jams Fund Benefit |
1208 Route 34 Aberdeen |
The Ribeye Brothers |
209 Fourth Ave Asbury Park |
MIKAEL
LEWIS Tony Tedesco |
SICA 20 Third Ave Long Branch |
THE RADIO
GALAXY |
1409 Queen Anne Rd Teaneck (201)833-0011 |
Pussycat
Lounge 96 Greenwich Street at Rector NYC 212-349-4800 |
SUNDAY AUGUST 21ST |
Sunset
Park Main St & Sunset Ave Asbury Park |