BLOWUPRADIO.COM
WHERE NJ ROCK LIVES
MARCH 16TH, 2003
CONTENTS
1. Special Events Schedule |
2. Message from Lazlo |
3. The Blitz Update |
4. New Songs Added This Week |
4. Reviews |
5. Headlines |
6. Concert Calendar |
7. New Additions to the Literature Corner |
8. End Notes |
1. Special Events Schedule
DATE |
BANDS |
VENUE |
Friday March 21st |
BlowUpRadio.com Presents LANKY, MICHELLE VECCHIONE, STONE SOUP |
Images |
Saturday March 22nd |
BlowUpRadio.com Presents KEITH BECK, MAZEFFECT, LIQUID SPIDER STATION |
Images |
2. MESSAGE FROM LAZLO
So I am watching the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductions and Elvis Costello is singing, "what's so funny about peace, love and understanding", and I think what is so funny about those things? Around the world we see a lack of it which may or may not be about to cause a war, but even in the local music scene there is a lack of peace, love and understanding.
Look on some of the other NJ scene website message boards and you'll see a hotbed of name calling and attacking of a local band just because it isn't your favorite, or for other personal reasons. There's also people attacking some of the other organizations that help NJ bands because maybe they were unable to help a particular local band. We attack and attack and attack, and what does it do? Nothing but destory our already crumbling local music scene.
What I see right now in our local music scene are a bunch of little cliques of bands, and each clique helps it's group of bands out, in some cases working against other groups of bands. We can look at these cliques as if they are countries and the scene as a whole is the UN. If we can find a way to work together as a "United Nation of Bands", maybe we can resuscitate our scene and make it strong and prosperous for the bands, but if we'd rather attack one another than we could wipe out the entire scene.
I know, I am standing on a soapbox rambling on, sort of relating our impending war on Iraq to our local music scene, and my analogy may or may not make sense to you, but my point hopefully will. We need to band together as a scene and stop the negativity towards one another. It's not productive and ultimately it hurts the credibility of the scene as a whole.
If we can all work together, everyone doing there part (and not letting things fall to others), maybe we could actually get the music to the masses. There are a lot of things that stand in the way of the average local band getting mass attention, but in most cases talent isn't it. If we can show this talent to large numbers of people in a setting that people will come out to, nothing can stop a local band...
...but first we have to stop the negativity. Every band in the scene needs to put egos aside and learn that, "peace, love and understanding", amongst the scene, is the only way we can make something of it.
I have a lot of ideas I want to work to institute in the (hopefully) near future, but it will take us all working together to do it.
Are we ready to band together and save our scene?
I hope so.
3. THE BLITZ UPDATE
This week on the Blitz, we have, as always, poor
celebrity inpersonations, including Bruce Springsteen
and his Beatles fetish!!!!!
New music from Graveyard School and the Lawndarts
Also music from Don Juan Destroyer, Funch, The Comrades,
Naked Underneath and much much more.
Due to popular demand, new time slots have been added!
You can catch the weekly episode of Blitzkrieg Bonanza at
these times:
Sun at 8p
Mon at 10a and 6p
Tue at 3p and 10p
Wed at 11a and 9p
Thur at 4p
Fri at 9a and 6p
Keep the submissions coming!! Send all questions and comments to Jzom@yahoo.com
New songs added to the Blitzkrieg Bonanza
ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
Don Juan Destroyer |
monsters |
dysfunctional |
the Graveyard School |
watch out |
666 ways to save your soul |
the LawnDarts |
Amanda Lynn |
day of the darts |
4. NEW SONGS ADDED THIS WEEK
ARTIST |
SONG |
ALBUM |
Cathode Bob |
suburbicide |
beginner's guide to suburbicide |
In.Spite.Of |
more than nothing |
promisedefywerise |
Mimi Cross |
anymore |
monkey trap |
My Locomotive |
I salute you |
My Locomotive |
To hear the Blowup Radio Network- Where NJ Rock Lives, click HERE.
5. HEADLINES
This weeks Headlines include:
"SNEAK A PEEK AT NEW TUNES FROM ECHOFISSION
"
To read these news stories and others, click HERE.
Almost Think - News From the Fringe Compiled By: Damian Gonzalez
6. CONCERT CALENDAR
BENEFIT SHOWS ARE LISTED IN BLUE
TUESDAY MARCH 18TH
BANDS |
VENUE |
MICHELLE VECCHIONE |
the Fireside Inn |
LANKY |
CB's Gallery (NYC) |
WEDNESDAY MARCH 19TH
BANDS |
VENUE |
IN SPITE OF |
Whiskey Bar |
JOHN TAGLIERI |
the C-Note (NYC) |
THURSDAY MARCH 20TH
BANDS |
VENUE |
LIQUIFYED |
the Downtown Cafe |
VISHEZ FISHEZ |
Love Sexy |
DARBY JONES |
Luxx (Brooklyn, NY) |
THE ROSARIO FOCUS |
Acme Underground (NYC) |
FRIDAY MARCH 21ST
BANDS |
VENUE |
BlowUpRadio.com Presents LANKY, MICHELLE VECCHIONE, STONE SOUP |
Images |
FAIRMONT |
Club Krome |
BUDDHA TRIBE |
Hamilton St Cafe |
JOHN TAGLIERI |
Borders Books (Wayne) |
CECIL |
Uncle Joe's |
JOANIE LOVES TROTSKY, PARTICLE ZOO, SPIRALING, FLY ME COURAGEOUS |
Loop Lounge |
CLEVER HANS |
the Court Tavern |
THE ROSARIO FOCUS |
the Church (Sparta) |
DEBRA DESALVO |
Meow Mix (NYC) |
MIMI CROSS |
the Triad (NYC) |
SATURDAY MARCH 22ND
BANDS |
VENUE |
BlowUpRadio.com Presents LIQUID SPIDER STATION, MAZEFFECT, KEITH BECK |
Images |
THE MILWAUKEES, BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB |
Hamilton St Cafe |
THE BLAKES |
Uncle Joe's |
HERO PATTERN, PLANET JANET |
Kroghs |
SLOWDROWN |
the Saint |
BASTARDS OF MELODY |
Baggot Inn (NYC) |
SUNDAY MARCH 23RD
BANDS |
VENUE |
BlowUpRadio.com Presents CHEMICAL IMBALANCE (CD release) |
Rodeo-Ristra |
To see all the upcoming shows, click here.
7. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LITERATURE CORNER
ARTIST |
TITLE |
FORMAT |
Lazlo |
ramblings |
poetry |
Plus all the old blowupradio.com Newsletters
8. END NOTES
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