NEWSLETTER

MARCH 29TH, 2004


CONTENTS
BlowUpRadio.com Special Events
Message From Lazlo
New Songs Added This Week
Local Music News
Concert Calendar


BlowUpRadio.com Special 
Events

BlowUpRadio.com presents Folk You!




Message From Lazlo




Hey everyone,

Well I said last week I was going to be making some minor changes to the BlowUpRadio.com website. Well I guess I did a little more than that as I got rid of that ugly green background on the site and replaced it with (in my opinion) a much calmer, more naturalistic looking background. I hope you all find the new background much less of an eye sore to look at.

I also cleaned up and re-designed all of the links pages on the site, giving it a (hopefully) much more user friendly look.

Now on to other things...

I realized recently that I talk a lot about the scene in this newsletter but don't always talk about other people that are doing a lot to help the scene. This week I intend to at least partially rectify that matter by speaking a bit about a person who is currently doing a lot for the Central NJ music scene, Gary Wien.

Last summer Gary published a wonderful book detailing the history of Asbury Park's music scene from the late 60's (the early days of Bruce), through the present day. Beyond the Palace, is a detailed primer on what was and what is Asbury Park's music scene (which is far more than Bruce, Southside Johnny and Bon Jovi). Sure the book doesn't include EVERY band that ever played the Jersey Shore (even the author notes how impossible it would be to do that), but it does give a nice overview and some really interesting in depth interviews with people who are and/or have been part of the Asbury Park music scene.

Had Gary Wien stopped there, it would have been a nice way to help the scene, but he didn't. He has gone on to create several websites around different music scenes within the Garden State. Asbury Music, Brunswick Music and Trenton Music. Each site contains scene news, articles and message boards, in addition to resource links.

But wait, there's more...

Gary also started publishing Upstage Magazine last October as a monthly 'zine promoting all the happenings in the central Jersey scene. Billed as, "the search for intelligent nightlife", Upstage Magazine has listings for upcoming local concerts, as well as comedy, dance, theater and art. Among it's contributors are well known local scene writers Bob Makin and Chris Barry (as well as Gary himself).

So there you have, Gary Wien, the first of hopefully many people I can profile here in hopes of shedding light on to others helping the scene.

Working together we can make this scene flourish!

Peace,
Lazlo




New Songs Added This Week
ARTIST SONG ALBUM
The Greylocks I know live @ the Underpass 8/16/03
Kimon buy, buy, buy discorporated
Tommy Anton take hold of your heart EP




Local Music News


This weeks Headlines include:

PAT DINIZIO RETIRING FROM LIVE SHOWS?





Concert Calendar

TUESDAY MARCH 30TH
BANDS VENUE
SHEM HANAFI Kenny's Castaways (NYC)

WEDNESDAY MARCH 31ST
BANDS VENUE
PILLAR TO POST The Saint
STEEL PIER SINNERS Brighton Bar
PLASTIC EAST Siberia (NYC)

THURSDAY APRIL 1ST
BANDS VENUE
HAT TRICK OF MISERY Starland Ballroom
GROUND LEVEL ORGANIZATION Crossroads
HERO PATTERN, THE MILWAUKEES Stanhope House
SCOTT E. MOORE The Goldhawk
FALLEN FROM GRACE Black River Barn

FRIDAY APRIL 2ND
BANDS VENUE
WELLBABY, FRANKENSTEIN 3000
LAST PERFECT THING
The Saint
AUDIOT Cafe Ole
KIMON Krogh's
JASON DIDNER Cafe Cafe
XYLOPHONE OF WRENCH Brighton Bar
BILL MCGARVEY & GOOD THIEVES Living Room (NYC)
BODHI Continental (NYC)
SPEED CRAZY La Tazza (Philly)

SATURDAY APRIL 3RD
BANDS VENUE
AUDIOT Finnigan's
SIX TO EIGHT MATHEMATICS
THE GREYLOCKS, FUNCH
Images
FLAT EARTH SOCIETY The Saint

SUNDAY APRIL 4TH
BANDS VENUE
JIMMY VIGILANTE Arlene Grocery (NYC)

MONDAY APRIL 5TH
BANDS VENUE
AUDIOT Joe's Mill Hill Saloon
THE GUTTERSNIPES Continental (NYC)




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