Newzrag #36
BIG HEAVY WORLD NEWZRAG #36, March 17, 2003
The news from http://www.bigheavyworld.com, Burlington Vermont U.S.A.
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REVOLUTION ROCK '03: TWO-DAY PUNK & HARDCORE TIDAL WAVE
...have pulled together an unreal two-day lineup of punk and hardcore bands from across the nation. Take it to http://www.rottenbrain.com/show.htm *NOW* for all the info (band descrips, set times...), but if you need to taste it first, here's the lineup for each day: DAY #1, FRIDAY MARCH 21 - THE RIVER CITY REBELS (http://www.rivercityrebels.com); SMUT PEDDLERS (http://www.smutpeddlers.net); THE VILLAINS (http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/thevillains/villains_news.htm); MIDNIGHT CREEPS (http://www.midnightcreeps.com); KINGS OF NUTHIN (http://kingsofnuthin.com); BLOODSHOT HOOLIGANS (http://www.geocities.com/bloodshot_hooligans/main.htm); THE YARBLES (http://www.theyarbles.com). ...DAY #2, SATURDAY, MARCH 22 - THE FIRST STEP; MY REVENGE! (http://www.xmulletx.com/myrevenge); MENTAL; CRUNCH TIME; HONOR SOCIETY; and SEND MORE COPS. Each day is $10 admission, show's at the Annex in the lower level of Memorial Auditorium on Main Street in Burlington. Doors and the first band (both days) are 5:30pm. Info, email bopper@rottenbrain.com.
BHW THANKS...!
Thanks this time around go out to our landlord ESTHER, who knows all too well how much she deserves our gratitude and to the Burlington Electric Dept. for similar reasons :) Bombing through this issue to get word out about the RevRock show this weekend, so stay tuned for more news to come.... including word of the BANG!, a veeeeeeeery special birthday party coming up in May...
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OLD NEWS... BUT READ IT ANYWAY (IF YOU'RE A VERMONT MUSICIAN):
MADNESS IN THE JUNGLE ROOM... BHW SITE GETS KICK IN THE *&!
For the next few months expect to regularly see FLAME coming from the third-floor windows of the Big Heavy World office/studio/crib as the crew throws some gas onto the web site and does the dance around it... All the incredible custom site programming that's happened in the last two years with support from Scully Interactive (http://www.scullyinteractive.com) and Irving Rabin (MAILBOX, http://www.superpickle.com/mailbox) is being brought to full-capacity by old and new volunteers, bringing things up-to-date and launching or gettting ready to launch parts that haven't been brought to light until now. Between now and April: Jim Hadeka (ASSEMBLE THE REMAINS, http://www.assembletheremains.com) is running the MP3 Showcase page - if you've got MP3's to give away, send them our way. Spencer Crispe & Mikey X (MY REVENGE, http://www.xmulletx.com/myrevenge & FIGHT BACK, http://www.fightbackcrew.tk) are pit-bossing the DIY Shows Page - Vermont bands and venues should shoot an email this way and you'll get the password to add your own shows to the page. It highlights all-ages shows, too... just so ya know; Jesse Chamberlain (13TH CHAIR, http://www.13thchair.com) is moving down the line with the Vermont Band Guide - the venerable institution is getting the spit smacked out of it by Jesse and Rose Kilpatrick, nuking dead bands and squeezing fresh blood into it (email us for info or to get into the guide); Sarah Saltus and Corinne Cogger have taken the ropes of the Paparazzi section over and are shoveling a pile of photos onto it - some from the unpublished archive, some still steaming; Scott Nelle is joining us from Champlain College to stir the alchemical PHP pot; Al Nemethy is about to begin the grand adventure of shooting 3D photos of local live music venues for the venue directory that's got hooks in it from Derek Beam and Damien Thibault who are getting the low-down on booking contacts, capacities, and maps so the musicians with interest will have a one-stop web site for scoring local gigs... and the near-future arrival of the mystical Video page is imminent with Kate Wheeler converting last year's MiniDV band interviews into streaming format with help from Jesse Krembs; the database of "What-Music-Got-Reviewed-In-Seven Days Newspaper" will be published in Joe Atherton's Vermont Music Library area along with a searchable library catalog (we're gathering the equipment to research Free Press music reviews now too...)... Will Glass, new to the crew, will be adding descriptions to the CD pages of Dave Donegan's vermontmusicshop.com and we'll be figuring out the legalities of putting our 3,000+ song online radio station back on the air (we're determined to figure out how much artist performance royalties will cost and find the sponsorship money to pay them... the math is crayzee...). The email here is redshift@bigheavyworld.net - don't be shy! :) BIG HEAVY WORLD IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS. If you want to pitch in and bust a sweat with the rest of us Terminator wannabees, get in touch with Jim at redshift@bigheavyworld.net. We do time in the office on Tuesday and Thursday nights, 6-8pm.
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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". Our crew of volunteers also run an expanding record label with more than a dozen compilation CD releases of Burlington's incredible regional music, and vermontmusicshop.com selling more than 300 independent Vermont-made CD titles. Contact us at 802-865-1140, redshift@bigheavyworld.net or P.O. Box 428 Burlington VT 05402. The Big Heavy World Web site is made possible by our generous annual sponsors: WBVT UPN (http://www.wbvt.com), Magic Hat Brewing Company (http://www.magichat.net), SoVerNet (http://www.sover.net), Scully Interactive (http://www.scullyinteractive.com), and Small Dog Electronics (http://www.smalldog.com).
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