BLOWUPRADIO.COM

WHERE NJ ROCK LIVES

SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2002


WELCOME TO BLOWUPRADIO.COM'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER!


CONTENTS

1. Special Programming Schedule
2. Message from Lazlo
3. New Songs Added This Week
4. Reviews
5. Headlines
6. Concert Calendar
7. New Additions to the Literature Corner
8. End Notes
*** SPECIAL SHOWS ***
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH
8PM Sharp
BLOWUPRADIO.COM PRESENTS
AN ACOUSTIC TRIBUTE TO 9/11 @ Broadway Central Cafe
114 Broadway, South Amboy NJ (732)721-2059
Featuring Performances from 18 acts!!!! Plus Special Guests!!!
No Cover Charge
Donations will be accepted for the Memoria Project
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH
BLOWUPRADIO.COM PRESENTS
PARTICLE ZOO, PLANET JANET, FLOOD, JOSH VAN NESS @ Tierney's Tavern


1. Special Programming Schedule
Lazlo's Den Coming Soon!

2. MESSAGE FROM LAZLO

Hi everyone. As we draw close to September 11th, the day that obviously changed all our lives, I looked back on what I wrote in my newsletter shortly after that fatefull day

From September 15th, 2001:

It's amazing how your priorities can change in a week. This time last week I was looking forward to going into NYC for the CMJ Music Fest (which was planned to take place this weekend, but was obivously postponed). Now all I am thinking about is how can I help restore our country. My deepest sympathies go out to the victims and their friends and families. In a way we are all victims, because we will never be the same because of this tragedy.

Like many of you, around 9am Tuesday morning I was at work when someone came running into the office saying that a plane hit the World Trade Center. Quickly we turned on a TV and watched with horror as the events of the day transpired. However, in our darkest hour, when a lesser country's citizens would have given up hope, I saw us banding together as a nation.

I saw people lining up to help the victims. People lined up for blocks to donate blood at blood banks. People ran down to ground zero, not to gawk and look at the carnage, but to ask how they could help. I've seen footage of New Yorker's who usually hate the police, cheer them on in their rescue efforts. I've heard stories of taxi drivers that have stopped charging passengers since many of the passengers were volunteers and resuce workers, this was the cabbies way of helping them. In times of sheer desperation, we are our strongest.

Last night I was driving home around 7:30pm and I passed street after street of people outside waving flags and holding candles. This is the America I love. We are all different, but when a crisis hits, we all band together as one.

I am reminded of a passage from the Dr. Seuss classic, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas":


"Three thousand feet up! Up the side of Mount Crumpit,
He rode to the tiptop to dump it!
"Pooh-pooh to the Whos!" he was grinch-ish-ly humming.
"They're finding out now that no Christmas is coming!
"They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!
"Their mouths will hang open a minute or two
"The all the Whos down in Who-ville will all cry BOO-HOO!"

"That's a noise," grinned the Grinch,
"That I simply must hear!"
So he paused. And the Grinch put a hand to his ear.
And he did hear a sound rising over the snow.
It started in low. Then it started to grow...

But the sound wasn't sad!
Why, this sound sounded merry!
It couldn't be so!
But it WAS merry! VERY!

He stared down at Who-ville!
The Grinch popped his eyes!
Then he shook!
What he saw was a shocking surprise!

Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming!
IT CAME!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!

And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store.
"Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!""

and maybe AMERICA does too!


I really can't think of anything to add to my sentiment from last year. I think it still says exactly the way I feel about this country.

Peace,
Lazlo


3. NEW SONGS ADDED THIS WEEK

ARTIST SONG ALBUM
the Crayons Cruz what color are you?
the Cryptkeeper Five gimme gimme your heart Trenton makes the Cryptkeeper Five
Into Darkness visceral universal disbelief system
Otto's Daughter renew renew
the Slow Wire analog living analog living
Spike Ivory touch of madness touch of madness

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4. Reviews

REVIEWS

The Atom's Beat - The Latest From the Jersey Rock Community
by Jim Cook and Ali McDowell

To read all our local Reviews, click HERE.



5. HEADLINES

This weeks Headlines include:

"JOSH VAN NESS JOINS THE CRAYONS"

"DEWEY DEFEATED CALLS IT QUITS"

"ADVANCE INFO ON PZOO'S NEW EP"

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


SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH
ERIK SIMONSEN @ the Windrift
CARBON SUN @ Pontiac Grille (Philly)

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH
DISCLIAMER @ Fairleigh Dickinson University
PLASTIC EAST @ Court Tavern
CARBON SUN @ Mako's Bar & Grill (Philly)

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH
blowupradio.com presents an Acoustic benefit for the Memoria Foundation @ Broadway Central Cafe
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 12TH
BLOWUPRADIO.COM PRESENTS
PARTICLE ZOO, PLANET JANET, FLOOD, JOSH VAN NESS @ Tierney's Tavern
WAKING JAMES @ Main Streets Cafe
LIQUIFYED @ Downtown Cafe
CARBON SUN @ Triumph Brewing Company

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13TH
the BRIMSTONES @ Hamilton St Cafe
BIG DIPPER @ Broadway Central Cafe
double-breasted @ the College of New Jersey
ANGER OF THE LAMB, SIXTY MILES DOWN, OTTO'S DAUGHTER, INTO DARKNESS, PROTECT THE HEAD @ VFW Post 5561 (Bogota)
SHADES APART, the PENNYROYALS @ Birch Hill
the GUTTERSNIPES @ the Underpass
DARBY JONES, PARTICLE ZOO, INCLEMENT WEATHER, the SWIMMIES @ Uncle Joe's
POLE POSITION @ Club Luxx (Brooklyn)

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH
9/11 Benefit w/ VAL EMMICH (also Jill Sobule, David Poe) @ Brookdale Community College
HAT TRICK OF MISERY (w/ Quiet Riot) @ the Stone Pony
CINEMA STAR @ Broadway Central Cafe
the BANK ROBBERS (w/ Andrew WK) @ Birch Hill
LSDT, EAST FORTY SIX, COPPER DALTON @ Court Tavern
RYE COALITION, the QUICK FIX KILLS @ Uncle Joe's
the DIPSOMANIACS @ the Baggot Inn (NYC)
ANGER OF THE LAMB @ Downtime (NYC)

To see all the upcoming shows, click here.



7. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LITERATURE CORNER

ARTIST TITLE FORMAT
Lazlo what goes on inside your head? poetry

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


8. END NOTES

Got a song, news story, upcoming gig, poem, or something for blowupradio.com?

E-mail us @ lazlo@blowupradio.com.



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