please EMAIL ME your addresses please.

im not posting my address on here because i get enough junk mail as is and neednt to encourage the spambots; you should think about following suit.

plus, ill have your email address in my email account and that will make collecting everything much easier.

thanks!

over the weekend my laptop, god bless her soul, finally died. i now have a new one but please, email me your contact information!

my first computer??

THE DEAD MILKMEN will be getting together one more time to benefit the Dave Blood Fund. Dave Blood commited suicide earlier this year. The show will be on 11/21 @ the Trocadero in Philly. Dandrew of the Low Budgets will be filling in on bass guitar.

WPRB is pround to announce the Fall Show 2004!

When: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12-6pm

Where: Poe Field, Princeton University (for directions go to wprb.com)

Admission: Free for Princeton Students, $7 for the general public, open to
all ages

The lineup

12:30 - The Rape Excape (daniel dimaggio, john eastridge, and jason sigal)
1:00 - Oneida
2:00 - AWSTA (arthur pervis and some other prb alums)
2:30 - Nathan Michel
3:15 - Oxford Collapse
4:00 - Enon
5:00 - Rye Coalition

There will also be tours of the new studio, a garage sale of old equipment
and older records, and other assorted goodness.

So mark your calendars and come!

http://wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=1952

today’s special guest was my friend dominic, who is a dj at WTJU. he’s pretty awesome.

also, johnny ramone passed away. very sad. he was pretty awesome too.

congrats to mike’s wife on giving birth to their daughter on monday!

Philadelphia’s Hail Social are blowing up in a major way. Check these tourdates out:

9/21 - DC - DC9 w/renee heartfelt (ex-count me out)
9/23 - Richmond, VA - Chopstix w/renee heartfelt
9/27 - NYC - Rothko w/Hollertronix DJs Diplo and Low budget
9/29 - Philadelphia, PA - Khyber w/panthers, renee heartfelt
10/7 - NYC - North Six w/ Joan of Arc
10/8 - Boston, MA - Middle East w/explosions in the sky
10/10 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar w/ calvin johnson

All following dates are with INTERPOL:

10/11 - Boston - Avalon
10/12 - Montreal - Metropolis
10/13 - Toronto - The Docks
10/15 - Detroit - State Theater
10/16 - Columbus - Newport Music Hall
10/17 - Chicago - Riviera Theatre
10/19 - Minneapolis - First Avenue
10/22 - Seattle - Paramount Theatre
10/23 - Vancouver - Commodore Ballroom
10/24 - Portland - Crystal Ballroom
10/25 - San Francisco - Warfield Theatre
10/27 - Los Angeles - The Wiltern

i really wouldnt ask this question, but friday night i found myself [once again] arguing the merits of guided by voices “teenage fbi” — the 7″ version versus the full-length one and a friends response [”its OK, we know you’re a music snob”] made me wonder.

am i, really? i never thought of myself as such. i know im weirded out by overexposure and hype, but im openminded otherwise. the only kinds of music i really dislike is mall emo and… um, rap-rock.

maybe thats my art school upbringing — try to find something of merit in everything. i can appreciate lots of so-called bad R&B because of this, which is how i kept my sanity as an employee of stupid and crazy for so long.

and lets not discount my work as a DJ and promoter. so if im not a snob, then what am i?

id like to think that im merely knowledgeable about music. and i like to share my enthusiasm with folks, especially by telling all of you wonderful people “hey! listen to this damn record!”

before i get overly posi on you, dear blog reader, just because im brimming to the edges with musical happiness doesnt mean im blind to everything else. lots of records/bands/etc are problematic for many reasons and the knowledgeable person should be able to discuss their love for a record while addressing these issues. isnt that what good critic does?

[i am so NOT a critic though, i cant really swing with big words and whatnot.]

http://wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=1904

holy crap, we have THE MICE on cd. i can die now.

plus, new constantines EP. woo!

http://wprb.com/printplaylist.php?show_id=1860

a good show, marred by the next dj [not art] hitting the turntable mid-song and then throwing the death of samantha record underneath a plastic binder. sigh.