Newzrag #19
Big Heavy World Newzrag #19, July 12, 2001
The news of www.bigheavyworld.com and the music of Burlington, Vermont
Big night tonight: Jenn Karson releases the long awaited Bad Ju Ju CD at Red Square! Big day tomorrow: BHW's first BENEFIT BASH since 1996!!! Seven bands throw it down for BHW and YOU! (See below). Here we are again with another hot wet load of local music news from Burlington, Vermont... mmmmmmmm yummy!!!! If you have news info, contact us at news@bigheavyworld.com. And remember, Big Heavy World is YOUR urban scene website. (But you can share...)
STUFF INSIDE:
JENN KARSON AND BAD JU JU CD RELEASE
BHW BENEFIT BASH 2001
HELLBENDER EN ROUTE
INDIECON LAYS DOWN THE LAW
IHOP FIRST THURSDAYS AT METRONOME
SAVE BURLINGTON PUNK ROCK!
BATTERY PARK FREE CONCERT SERIES
LABEL NEWS:
CHAINSAWS.AND.CHILDREN ON THE ROAD
NEW ARRIVALS AT VERMONTMUSICSHOP.COM
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LOCAL MUSIC NEWS:
JENN KARSON RELEASES CD TONIGHT!!!
Jenn Karson releases the long awaited Bad Ju Ju CD tonight at Red Square! Ten tracks of sweetly savage pop; tender layers of lightly sugared vocals with a complex glaze of insightful melancholy. Jenn Karson and Bad Ju Ju serve it up hot! Red Square is at 136 Church Street in Burlington.
BIG HEAVY WORLD BENEFIT BASH 2001
Five years in the making, this overdue sequel to our first big Bash in 1996 is crashing down on us tomorrow night, FRIDAY THE 13TH at Higher Ground! Come support BHW and enjoy the broad-spectrum radiation of FIVE SECONDS EXPIRED, WRECKINGHORN, S.T.M.P., THE MAGIC IS GONE, NINJA DEATH SQUAD, SUFFER THE MASSES, and ABSOLUTE ZERO. The bands are giving it up to support Big Heavy World - please come give it up for them! A bonus: we're bringing the boom box and headphones so you can personally check out BHW's upcoming 242 Main benefit CD. We'll be packing the master, and it's a rocker. All our other local music compilation CDs will be available on the merch table - good browsin', and a local music history lesson as well. Tix are $8, doors open at 7pm and the early show kicks off at 8pm. ALL-FRICKIN-AGES! Sponsored by masters of our universe: ADVANCE MUSIC CENTRE
BRUTAL MUSIC SHOWCASE: HELLBENDER 8/4 AT HIGHER GROUND
If you don't have last year's HELLBENDER seared into your consciousness, you won't want to miss this one... CHAINSAWS.AND.CHILDREN, TORSION, PRISONER 13, MORE MACHINE THAN MAN, SERENADE TO NOTHING, and more... with a double-inoculation of multimedia overload: two walls of video, LIVE QUAKE 3 BLOODSPORT by the region's best (and nastiest) players; and Clown Crew's 'Proven Ground' XTREME STREETBIKE VIDEO. Vermont's own psychobikers will make you drop your jaw, no lie. Tix $8, Doors 7pm, music starts at 8pm, ALL AGES. This show comes with a parental advisory for language and more... Sponsored by ADVANCE MUSIC CENTRE.
BHW'S INDIECON 8/18: FILM, MUSIC, AND CIVIC SLAPDOWN
Why is this newzrag coming to you a day before a big event? Because we're slackers? Not quite (tho we do forget to feed the office mice now and then...). We're just nuts-to the wall these days with projects, including: INDIECON August 18 at the new Flynn Space (downstairs from the Flynn Theatre). From 1pm to 1am we'll be hosting a buffet of mini-music-conference morsels. Check this: First, Andrew Huff from CEDO (Community and Economic Development Office) will explain HOW BURLINGTON CITY GOVERNMENT WORKS... in terms we can all understand. Point being to give all of us the power to change the way things work if we happen to disagree with the system. Then, a moderated panel of the people closest to the subject of ALL-AGE SHOWS IN DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON will give us the behind-the-scenes scoop. New city rules have altered that landscape a little bit... we'll hear why from City Hall, and discuss what's good, what's bad, and what could be changed (if necessary) to improve the situation. Confirmed panelists include Asst. City Attorney Gene Bergman, Club Metronome/Red Square Owner Jack O'Brien; Julia Austin from Zola Turn; Chris Valyou from Wreckinghorn; Richard Bailey from 242 Main, and more to come. THEN: TWO INDEPENDENT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILMS: 'THE TARGET SHOOTS FIRST' AND 'N.Y.H.C.' ('New York Hard Core'). Check the indieCon web page (below) for details about these critically acclaimed movies. (They DON'T suck). THEN: DYSFUNKSHUN; THE HALOGENS; SKASQUATCH; DAY OF RECKONING; SUICIDE SPRING; CANDID DAYDREAM (Syracuse NY); and GNUTAR (their debut) all lay down their own law at a Queen City rockout. Come help us break in this cool shiny art space, get a civic education you can and WILL use, suck up some indie film culture, and glom some of Burlington's finest music, all in one place, in one day. Grab tix for $10 at the Flynn Box Office (Call 86-FLYNN). It's ALL AGES (duh), and proceeds will help us keep this kind of event coming. The whole story is coming together at http://www.bigheavyworld.com/events/indiecon/. Sponsored by ADVANCE MUSIC CENTRE and ORANGE RECTANGLE LABS.
KYLE THOMPSON PRESENTS IHOP THURSDAYS AT CLUB METRONOME
Fresh off of the BHW HOP 3 and 4 album releases, local producer extrordinaire Kyle "Fattie B." Thompson is introducing IHOP THURSDAY at Club Metronome in Burlington. The first show was July 5, and featured spinning from DJ HEDFONZ and CRAIG MITCHELL. Copies of the brand-spankin'-new HOP 3 and 4 albums will be available at every show, and Kyle is accepting tracks for consideration for HOP 5!!! All starts at10pm, on the first Thursday of every month, 21+, $5. Metronome is upstairs over Nectar's on Main Street in Burlington.
BURLINGTON PUNK ROCK NEEDS YOU!!
As many are aware, THE HARSH ABRASIVES have been producing punk rock shows at Higher Ground for the past year or so. Now these shows are in jeopardy and need your help. If the next show doesn't get a couple of hundred serious punk fans to get Higher Ground, there may not be any future punk events on that calendar. So please gather your friends and git to Higher Ground on July 22 for "PUNK ROCK MAIN EVENT: ROUND 3" Appearing live: MEAT DEPRESSED, JONEE EARTHQUAKE BAND, BOXINGWATER, THE HARSH ABRASIVES, and CHEUX. The show is ALL AGES, starts at 7pm, and costs $7. Make sure Punk Rock will NEVER DIE!
FREE CONCERTS AT BATTERY PARK
Burlington City Arts is celebrating 20 years of free concerts at Battery Park in Burlington, Vermont. This season's kickoff today with THE GORDON STONE BAND. The shows begin at 7pm, so bring a blanket and listen to some great tunes while grabbing a gander of Lake Champlain and the mountains view. The rest of the summer will see shows from: Starline Rhythm Boys, (7/19), Mango Jam, (7/26), Gregory Douglass, (8/2), and Sandra Wright, (8/9). All shows begin at 7pm, rain dates are the following Tuesday. For more information call 802.865.7166. Sponsors include: Main St. Landing Co., 104.7 WNCS The Point, Waterfront Video, and Burlington Bay Market.
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BIG HEAVY WORLD RECORD LABEL NEWS:
CHAINSAWS.AND.CHILDREN ANNOUNCE ELECTROHELL 2001
Tech-core mavens chainsaws.and.children have launched the cross-country ELECTROHELL Tour. They'll stop at more than a dozen cities across the map, crash the DEFCON 9 hacker convention in Vegas, and land back in the east coast in time for Burlington's most brutal showcase, HELLBENDER. chainsaws.and.children's full-length debut CD '.daca.' is out now on the Big Heavy World record label - and in its second pressing! The unsuspecting cities that won't have time to yell, "INCOMING!!!!" this time 'round are: 7.1:/Fairfield, OH, (Skunk-a-Rific); 7.7:/Colorado Springs, CO, (Industrial Nation); 7.8:/Salt Lake City, UT, (Ya'buts Club); 7.10:/Reno, NV, (Zephyr Lounge); 7.11:/ Los Angeles, CA, (Coconut Teaser); 7.12:/Tempe, AZ, (Bash on Ash); 7.13 DEFCON 9, Las Vegas, NV , (Alexis Park Hotel); 7.16:/Albuquerque, NM, (Sprocket's Pub); 7.17:/ Oklahoma City, OK, (Green Door); 7.18:/ Conway, AR, (Matrix Club); 7.19:/ Atlanta, GA, (Nine Lives Saloon); 7.20:/Charlotte, NC, (Milestones); 7.21:/ Greenville, NC, (Backdoor Skatepark); 7.27:/Brattleboro, VT, (Common Ground); 8.04:/ BIG HEAVY WORLD HELLBENDER, Winooski, VT, (Higher Ground) with TORSION, PRISONER 13, MORE MACHINE THAN MAN, SERENADE TO NOTHING, and others; 8.30/ Boston, MA (Linwood Grill); and 9.05:/ New York, NY, (CBGB'S).
CHAINSAWS.AND.CHILDREN REMIX CONTEST
ACIDplanet is offering a chance to remix tech-core terrorists chainsaws.and.children for prizes! ACID PRO 3.0 is an award-winning loop-based music program that allows users to create original, royalty-free music. Previous ACIDplanet remix contests featured Beck, Black Eyed Peas, and Depeche Mode. Now you can be the one to find fame and cool prizes by creating the most blazing remix of 'Scream Johnny Scream'. Prizes include your choice of ACID PRO 3.0, or VEGAS AUDIO 2.0, five loop libraries, chainsaws mech and cool Big Heavy World loot. For more info, contest rules, and to begin mixing visit www.acidplanet.com.
NEW ARRIVALS AT VERMONTMUSICSHOP.COM
There are many thrilling musical adventures avaliable for purchase at our own Vermontmusicshop.com This month new titles include: THE HALOGENS, WRECKINGHORN, GIVEN GROOVE, SPENCER LEWIS, HOP 3 AND 4.
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ABOUT US: BHW is Vermont's tech-heavy music cheerleader, promoting local artists through emerging technologies and publishing http://www.bigheavyworld.com, the comprehensive online guide to regional music known as "Burlington's Urban Scene Web Site". We also run an expanding record label with releases from Burlington's alt-rock kiddies Chin Ho! And the techno-core harbingers of doom chainsaws.and.children. Contact us at 800-303-1590, groundzero@bigheavyworld.com or P.O. Box 428 Burlington VT 05402. The Big Heavy World Web site is made possible by our generous annual sponsors: WBVT UPN (wbvt.com), Magic Hat Brewing Company (magichat.net), Chek.com, SoVerNet (www.sover.net), Scully Interactive (www.scullyinteractive.com), and Small Dog Electronics (smalldog.com).
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