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WHERE NJ ROCK LIVES

October 21St, 2001


WELCOME TO BLOWUPRADIO.COM'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER!


CONTEST!

New Jersey's hard-rockin' Slushpuppy team up with Harlow from VH1's "Bands on the Run" for a show Friday, November 2nd at Hooligan's in Long Branch, NJ. The guitars will wail, the hair will fly, and the lipstick will shimmer on a night of all-out Grrl Power.

Wanna be there, for this post Halloween rock and roll debauchery? E-mail lazlo@blowupradio.com telling us "Why you should be picked to win free tickets to see Slushpuppy and Harlow".

Best answer gets a pair of tickets to the show and a copy of Slushpuppy's latest CD, featuring the hit singles, "see more" and "everybody knows"?

Deadline is Thursday October 25th @ 5pm.
You must include your name and address in the E-mail (otherwise we can't send you your prize)
Good Luck!


CONTENTS

1. Message from Lazlo
2. New Songs Added This Week
3. Headlines
4. Concert Calendar
5. New Additions to the Literature Corner
6. End Notes


1. MESSAGE FROM LAZLO

Ok, first things first. I am an idiot. Ok, not really, but I do owe a big apology to Mike Grau of World Beyond Network. Last week I did a whole big message about the big benefit show at Broadway Central Cafe, and I totally forgot to mention all the work Mike did in getting that show together and on the night of the show. Sorry Mike.

Now that I got that off my chest and don't feel quite as bad as I did when I realized my error, I can talk about NJ rock. So did anyone catch the "Allegiance of Neighbors" benefit concert at the Count Basie theater in Red Bank last Thursday of Friday? Well the shows were sold out mere minutes after they went on sale, but cable station CN8 broadcast Friday night's show, and what a show it was. Where else will you see a line up of New Jersey's biggest names like Bruce Springsteen (who played with almost every band there that night, including a great rendition of "light of day" along with Joan Jett), Bon Jovi (adding a gospel chorus to their song "keep the faith"), the Smithereens and Highway 9 (who held their own amongst the bigger names of rock). It was a wonderful benefit for a wonderful cause (helping Monmouth County's victims of the 9/11/01 tragedy).

And then there was the Court Tavern, one of the last standing rock clubs in New Brunswick, who has been celebrating 20 years of live music there by getting some of the best local bands to reunite. Friday I, sadly, missed the reunion show of Nudeswirl, a great hard rock band from the early 90's that was so close to breaking through to the big time when they chose to go their seperate ways. I can only hope they will be doing more shows soon.

On Saturday, they hosted the reunion of veteran New Jersey band Tiny Lights. The band, which released their first album back in 1986, is probably best known for their song, "big straw hat", which garned the attention of MTV's 120 Minutes (oh where, oh where did that cool video program go?). It was good to see Tiny Lights back on the stage, putting on a show that proved they were still at the top of their game. The show also featured great performances from another band that has been around since the 80's and recently reunited, Spiral Jetty, and Dave Murphy & the Hamilton Electric.

Are best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Venus Butterfly's drummer, Mike Fuentes, who was involved in a car crash last weekend that left him with three cracked ribs. You can E-mail him well wishes at mfuentes@optonline.net.



2. NEW SONGS ADDED THIS WEEK

ARTIST SONG ALBUM
Friends Romans Countrymen stuck on 26 Friends Romans Countrymen
Justin Mikulka whores & love move toward the exit
Neuspore lifetime Neuspore

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3. HEADLINES

This weeks Headlines include:

"VENUS BUTTERFLY'S DRUMMER IN CAR CRASH"

"HOOLIGANS GO ACOUSTIC"

To read these news stories and others, click HERE.



4. CONCERT CALENDAR

BENEFIT SHOWS ARE LISTED IN BLUE


Sunday October 21st

Garden State of Mind Vol. 1 CD Release Party @ the Saint


Monday October 22nd

AREA 3 @ Kean University

GLEN CLOSER, the HAMS, the WAG @ the Saint

the INSUBORDINATES @ American Legion Hall (Ewing)


Wednesday October 24th

the ATOMIC MISSLES @ the Plumb St Pub

NO SOAP RADIO @ the Saint

DARBY JONES @ Luna Lounge (NYC)


Thursday October 25th

WHERE's MARY @ Downtime (NYC)


Friday October 26th

the BANK ROBBERS @ Krome

Halloview Costume and Pajama Party @ the Saint


Saturday October 27th

the HOLLYWOOD MOTHERF*CKERS @ Broadway Central Cafe

OTHERSIDENINE @ Pornstarr's Halloween Bash (2377 Birch St. Manasquan)

the BROWN STUDY @ Garfield American Legion

ALTERKATION (w/ Biohazard) @ Birch Hill

BETTER OFF DEAD @ Max Daniles

the INSUBORDINATES @ M&M Hall

LATCH @ Beemers


Sunday October 28th

"Acoustirama" w/ JACK STOCK, NIKKI JAINE, KEITH BECK @ Hooligan's

WHERE's MARY, the DISCONTENT (w/ the Runaways)@ the Stone Pony

DRAGPIPE (w/ the Start) @ the Saint


To see all the upcoming shows, click here.



5. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LITERATURE CORNER

ARTIST POEM
Laura Christiansen Broken Man

Plus all the old blowupradio.com Newsletters


Are you a New Jersey poet, song lyricist or short story writer?
E-mail your stuff to lazlo@blowupradio.com for publication
on our new Literature Corner section of blowupradio.com


6. END NOTES

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