Newzrag #41
BIG HEAVY WORLD NEWZRAG #41 - November 1, 2004
You Rock Our World. Let Us Rock Yours.
Check http://www.bigheavyworld.com for VERMONT'S MUSIC. Volunteer-run since 1996.
FRIENDS AND FANS OF VT MUSIC: Reply with "remove" in the subject line to be nuked from this list. We'll take you seriously. But damn, we'll miss you!
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CONTENTS:
THE WARDS AT 242 11/6: LEGENDARY VT PUNKS, ALL AGES
VERMONT MUSIC LIBRARY BENEFIT 11/12 FEATURES STELLAR SINGER-SONGWRITERS
MATTHEW THORSEN BAND PHOTOS AT 'THE MET' - THE 90'S NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD
CALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREW: BUZZFEST AT FIRST NIGHT 2005
FIRST NIGHT BANDS LIVE ON CH. 17 NEXT THREE MONDAYS
BUZZFEST AT FIRST NIGHT GOES ORBITAL W/5 VENUES
BUZZFEST POSTER PREVIEW, BURLINGTON FREE PRESS 11/11
BHW ON ADELPHIA CHANNEL 17
VERMONTMUSICSHOP.COM: BUY LOCAL & SUPPORT VERMONT MUSIC!
'BETTER ANGELS' NEAR TO PRESS
'VERMONT WOMAN' INTERVIEWS BHW CREW GRRRLZ
BHW RADIO. >REAL< RADIO.
BHW THANX...
FOR ***VERMONT*** MUSICIANS:
CALL TO >HEAVY< ARTISTS: 'BOX OF NAILS' IN PRODUCTION
CALL TO ARTISTS: STATEWIDE VT MUSIC JUKEBOX PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION
CALL TO ARTISTS: COBBLESTONE DELI & BHW SERVE VT MUSIC FOR LUNCH
JANUARY '05 BUZZSAW COLLEGE RADIO MAILING ANNOUNCEMENT
YOU IN THE BAND GUIDE, THE SHOP, AND THE VT MUSIC LIBRARY?
ARTISTS/PROMOTERS: HELP US?
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THE WARDS AT 242 MAIN 11/6: LEGENDARY VT PUNKS, ALL AGES
5 Bands @ 242 Main - Saturday November 6
Living legends THE WARDS perform with DUCKY BOYS ( http://duckyboys.com ), DARKBUSTER ( http://www.darkbuster.net ), OPERATION EXTERMINATION, and THE YARBLES ( http://www.theyarbles.com ) at 242 Main, Burlington VT on Saturday November 6 at 7pm. All Ages. Tix $10, doors open at 7pm. Presented by Big Heavy World and 242 Main ( http://www.242main.com ). For more info contact spencer@bigheavyworld.net or booking242main@hotmail.com.
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VERMONT MUSIC LIBRARY BENEFIT 11/12 FEATURES STELLAR SINGER-SONGWRITERS
Patrick Fitzsimmons, Jenn Karson, & Aaron Flinn at Burlington City Hall Friday 11/12
Three amazing singer-songwriters bring their memorable performances to the Contois Auditorium stage for an early-evening show on Friday, November 12. PATRICK FITZSIMMONS ( http://www.patrickfitzsimmons.net ) with guest ROB MEEHAN on upright bass; JENN KARSON; and AARON FLINN ( http://www.aaronflinn.com ) will play to benefit Big Heavy World's Vermont Music Library project - a growing public listening library that currently holds more than 1,000 Vermont-made albums and live performance recordings. Come for an evening with some of Vermont's premier musical talent and be a part of the opening celebration of the Matthew Thorsen band portrait photography exhibit in the Metropolitan Art Gallery (see below). Concert admission is a suggested donation of $7. All Ages, doors open at 5:30 with music 6-8pm. Contois Auditorium is located inside Burlington's City Hall, which is on the corner of Main & Church Streets. This benefit concert is sponsored by Advance Music Center. Contact redshift@bigheavyworld.net for more information. This event is accessible to persons with disabilities. For information or to request accommodations, call Alyssa Todd at (802) 865-1140 or Vermont Relay Service at
(802) 253-0195.
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MATTHEW THORSEN BAND PHOTOS AT 'THE MET' - THE 90'S NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD
November City Hall Exhibition of 90's Burlington Band Portraits Brings It All Back...
MATTHEW THORSEN ( http://www.matthewthorsen.com ) is one of Burlington's unheralded cultural treasures. He's been photographing the faces of our region's newsmakers for ten years as staff photographer for Seven Days Newspaper and was the go-to person for band portraits during the local music scene heyday of the mid-1990's. His portraits range from the sublime (Construction Joe) to the overt (Yolanda), with dozens of familiar faces in-between. This special exhibition is a combination of Matt's own prints and those collected by Jim Lockridge of Big Heavy World; as a survey of the faces of Burlington's contemporary musical history, it's unprecedented. The show hangs at the Metropolitan Art Gallery in the lobby of Burlington's City Hall from November 2 through November 29. The gala opening event is Friday, November 12 at 5:30pm. Admission to the exhibit is free. Sponsored by Burlington City Arts ( http://www.burlingtoncityarts.com ), Advance Music Center ( http://www.advancemusicvt.com ), Boutilier's Art Center ( http://www.boutiliers.com ), Repro Graphics ( http://www.reprografx.com ), and Circle B Press. (A Vermont Music Library Benefit Concert featuring Patrick Fitzsimmons, Jenn Karson, and Aaron Flinn will be performed in the neighboring Contois Auditorium (also inside City Hall) during the exhibit opening. See above). For more information about this exhibit contact redshift@bigheavyworld.net. This event is accessible to persons with disabilities. For information or to request accommodations, call Alyssa Todd at (802) 865-1140 or Vermont Relay Service at (802) 253-0195.
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CALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL CREW: BUZZFEST AT FIRST NIGHT 2005
High School students up for kicking a little concert butt this New Year's Eve should get in touch with Spencer at Big Heavy World, spencer@bigheavyworld.net, to join the volunteer BUZZFEST concert production crew. The show's in five venues including Memorial Auditorium, features a couple dozen bands, and crew is needed for everything from hospitality to security. Spencer's got the list of what's up - tag him with an email and he'll send you all the info. BUZZFEST is produced by Big Heavy World and First Night Burlington, and it RAWKS.
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FIRST NIGHT BANDS LIVE ON CH. 17 NEXT THREE MONDAYS
BHW Interviews, Bands Play Live on TV...
With super-sized (in a good way) THANKS to Adelphia Channel 17 'Town Meeting Television' Big Heavy World is bringing a pile of bands to live TV. Don't miss 'Live at 5:25' for the next bunch of Mondays - November 1, 8, & 15 - when Spencer Crispe interviews bands who will be on-stage during BUZZFEST at First Night this New Year's Eve, then plugs them in to perform live. If you miss these live shows check Channel 17's web site - http://www.channel17.org - for the schedule of the 'Live at 5:25' re-runs. for more info email spencer@bigheavyworld.net
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BUZZFEST AT FIRST NIGHT GOES ORBITAL W/5 VENUES
The BUZZFEST web site is coming in November with ALL the info, including music downloads and the schedule. 'Til then, here's the newz: BUZZFEST 2005 will be HELLACIOUS. It's blown up into five venues with bands, DJ's, improv, and mayhem in Memorial Auditorium, Edmunds School, and the YMCA - all during New Year's Eve. It's been growing for four years and the 2004/5 show is out of control with: THE STATIC AGE ( http://www.thestaticage.com ), MY REVENGE ( http://www.my-revenge.com ), CARALINA ( http://www.caralina.com ), JUNIUS ( http://www.juniusmusic.com ), THE CHASERS ( http://www.chasers.cjb.net ), SYD ( http://www.sydband.com ), SALAD DAYS ( http://www.saladdays.tv ), THE YEAR'S BEST ( http://www.theyearsbest.com ), CRAZYHEARSE ( http://www.crazyhearse.com ), THE YARBLES ( http://www.theyarbles.com ), FROM THE GROUND UP, STEPH PAPPAS ( http://www.stephpappas.com ), THE ACACIA STRAIN ( http://www.theacaciastrain.net ), FIVE SECONDS EXPIRED ( http://www.5seconds.net ), THOSE NOT ON THE LIST ( http://www.falltoashes.tk ), THE APOSTACY ( http://www.theapostacy.com ), WHEN GLASS SHATTERS ( http://www.whenglassshatters.net ), HIGH FLOW ( http://www.high-flow.com ), DJ ENDO, DJ BIND, MR. NICE GUY, GREEN LIZARD AND COMPANY (GLC), MILTON ONE-ACTS, GORILLA THEATER, SEE WHY IMPROV TROUPE, & ESSEX IMPROV. Admission is with a First Night button - $10 & available November 3-20 online at https://www.officegopher.com/firstnightburlington/buttons/ then November 21-December 24 at these outlets (still $10): http://www.firstnightburlington.com/buttons/outlets.php HEADS-UP: First Night buttons are $15 the night of the show - get yours early!!! BUZZFEST is All Ages and sponsored by Pepsi ( http://www.pepsi.com ), The Burlington Free Press ( http://burlingtonfreepress.com ), 99.9 The Buzz ( http://www.999thebuzz.com ) & SoBe ( http://www.sobebev.com ). For more info email redshift@bigheavyworld.net and stay tuned for the BUZZFEST web site, coming soon!
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BUZZFEST POSTER PREVIEW, BURLINGTON FREE PRESS 11/11
Big Newspaper Runs Big BUZZFEST Ad...
Pick up a November 11 issue of the Burlington Free Press ( http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com ) to find an early version of this year's BUZZFEST poster - a full page collectible courtesy our BUZZFEST sponsor!
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BHW ON ADELPHIA CHANNEL 17
Check the Channel 17 'Town Meeting Television' schedule at http://www.channel17.org/ch17dailyschedule/ and look for the show titled "Big Heavy World Music Project". Tune in at those times and you'll find BHW's Spencer Crispe describing BHW and what's it's all about. Channel 17 is on the Adelphia Cable system, info at http://www.channel17.org
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VERMONTMUSICSHOP.COM: BUY LOCAL & SUPPORT VERMONT MUSIC!
Hey, if you're going to buy stuff this holiday season you might as well do a world of good while you're busy at it: Grab your gifts at http://www.vermontmusicshop.com and you'll be supporting your local Vermont musicians, their biggest hyperventilating cheerleader Big Heavy World (a volunteer-run nonprofit), and you'll be getting the best darned music there is to give. There's almost 400 CD titles from Vermont artists in-stock, the shop takes three credit cards through a secure server, accepts checks, and sends everything via USPS Priority Mail. It's been around since 1998 and is the biggest thing like it. The store is searchable by artist, title or genre and Shop Manager Dave Donegan will help you find ANYTHING if you tap him at musicshop@bigheavyworld.net . Thanks for thinking about shopping at http://www.vermontmusicshop.com - your personal support makes the scene go 'round. :)
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'BETTER ANGELS' NEAR TO PRESS
Next BHW Compilation CD Sliding Out the Door...
With tracks from THE STATIC AGE ( http://thestaticage.com ), THE LESTONS ( http://www.lestons.com ), PRETTY & NICE ( http://www.prettynice.tk ), CARALINA ( http://www.caralina.com ), AARON FLINN'S SALAD DAYS ( http://www.saladdays.tv ), CONCENTRIC ( http://www.concentricsound.com ), 8084 ( http://www.8084.com ), and more, the next Big Heavy comp is going to be sweeeeeeeet! The cover art's done (thanx Keith & Seth @ KSV!), liner notes are coming together, and it'll be at the factory before January. We'll keep everybody posted.
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'VERMONT WOMAN' INTERVIEWS BHW CREW GRRRLZ
Editor Hangs with "High Octane Grrrrlzz of Big Heavy World"
Turn to page 25 of the November issue of 'Vermont Woman' ( http://www.vermontwoman.com ) to find interviews with four of Big Heavy World's smack-down crew grrrlz: Liz Hart, Nikki Lee, Jackie Wheel, and Alyssa Todd. Editor Margaret Michniewicz grilled them at the BHW office and put them in print in living color. Thanks Vermont Woman!
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BHW RADIO. >REAL< RADIO.
LPFM Construction Permit Granted for Downtown Station
The cooperative low power FM radio station of Big Heavy World and Lee Anderson's Radio Bean has been granted its construction permit, meaning we can start getting our downtown Burlington community radio station together. It's good news, and long time coming... we've been waiting three or four years to hear it. Details will follow in a few months as the fundraising plans come together. Info, redshift@bigheavyworld.net
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BHW THANX...
MARGARET MICHNIEWICZ of Vermont Woman ( http://www.vermontwoman.com ) for being so good to the crew & BHW; LENNY and the Lacie's crew (PETER & ISAAC) for installation of the incredibly blue new carpet in the hallway (makes us want to take our shirts off and roll around on the floor for no good reason); NINA'S STEP-PA for the carpet gift; JOHN MCKEOWN of Vermont Mechanical ( http://www.vtmechanical.com ) for the photocopier that we'd stab ourselves without now; MIKE TROMBLEY at Advance Music ( http://www.advancemusicvt.com ) for all the support in the last few months - making some dreams come true here; MICHELLE BAILEY & JANET RESSLER at the Vermont Arts Council ( http://www.vermontartscouncil.org ) for their guidance; DIANE KONRADY at the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing for being the sweetest "Champion" we've ever met; ANGELA SAWYER-DESANCTIS for helping make 'Box of Nails' a reality; RICHARD BAILEY & DARYL RABIDEAU at 242 Main ( http://www.242main.com ) for all the help with the Madball show at the Annex; BRUCE WILSON & MEGAN at Straight Talk Vermont for the benefit concert at the U-Mall and all their good energy; KATHY SATTERFIELD at the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services; WENDY COE at the Peace & Justice Center ( http://www.pjcvt.org ) for her patience; our landlord ESTHER ABRAMS who's cool beyond words; ERICA SPIEGEL at UVM; CHRIS STECHER for the monitor; ROBIN INGENTHRON at Good Point Recycling ( http://www.retroworks.com ) for the computers; STEVE PARIZO for everything, always; JAGER DI PAOLA KEMP ( http://www.jdk.com )for their continued generosity; IRVING ( http://www.superpickle.com ) for the jewel cases; MATTHEW THORSEN for all the work in putting up the show; KELLIHER SAMETS VOLK ( http://www.ksvc.com ); GREG GIORDANO ( http://www.flameape.com ) for putting up with Jim's sh**; MATT RIZZO at First Night ( http://www.firstnightburlington.com ) for the faith - good luck!; Jimmy Swift at First Night for being an ass-kicker; Ginny Joyner ( http://www.ginnyjoynerillustrations.com ) for the Vermont Music Library art (beautiful!).
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FOR ***VERMONT*** MUSICIANS:
CALL TO >HEAVY< ARTISTS: 'BOX OF NAILS' IN PRODUCTION
BHW Label Crew Welcomes Punk/HC/Metal/Rawk Submissions...
Help us represent the the heaviest, deepest subterranean music of Vermont by submitting tracks to the 'Box of Nails' compilation CD project. Any heavy style of tune is invited for consideration. The project will benefit Big Heavy World and bands on the disc should be down with the idea that tolerant is the way to be and that everyone should be self-aware and make smart choices. It's funded through a grant by OVX (Our Voices Xposed, http://www.ovx.org ) so trax with swearing can't be used; also sponsored by Soundtivity ( http://www.soundtivity.com ) Copierworks of Vermont, and Advance Music Center ( http://www.advancemusicvt.com ). The art's being done by the graphic meisters Keith and Seth at Kelliher Samets Volk. We've got $ and album art, so bring on the music! Send it to: Box of Nails c/o BHW, P.O. Box 428, Burlington, VT 05402. Email Nina at xemoxstarx@hotmail.com for more info.
CALL TO ARTISTS: STATEWIDE VT MUSIC JUKEBOX PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION
More "official" details to come, but here's the preliminary note-to-yourself to make: GET YOUR CD'S INTO VERMONTMUSICSHOP.COM RIGHT NOW! Artists with inventory in the shop will be invited to participate in a BHW project to bring Vermont-made music to the information areas (rest stops) throughout the Interstates of Vermont. With support from Advance Music Center ( http://www.advancemusicvt.com ) and the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services we've got the first installations of hardware ready to bring perpetual Vermont-made music to the public address systems of the largest half-dozen information areas in the state. The whole project will continue to expand and it's a blast to put together. No matter what kind of music you make, get it to Dave Donegan at the shop (email musicshop@bigheavyworld.net for info). Then, if your style wouldn't scare grandparents, contact Skip Bourgeois ( XoTakeWarningoX@aol.com ) about inclusion in the jukebox project - there's NO COST to be included.
CALL TO ARTISTS: COBBLESTONE DELI & BHW SERVE VT MUSIC FOR LUNCH
It's a lot like the statewide Vermont music jukebox project, only different: if you have a CD title in vermontmusicshop.com and would like to have a real - not digital - copy of your CD in the carousel at the Cobblestone Deli on Battery Street (right across from Main Street Landing near the corner of Main Street) and your liner notes in a binder that customers can peruse and make music requests from, next to a computer where they could order the disc from vermontmusicshop.com... - you get the idea :) - let Skip Bourgeois know - XoTakeWarningoX@aol.com and he'll get you in there. If your music isn't in vermontmusicshop.com yet, contact the shop manager, Dave Donegan, at musicshop@bigheavyworld.net and make it happen!
JANUARY '05 BUZZSAW COLLEGE RADIO MAILING ANNOUNCEMENT
Skip Bourgeois and Craig Batstone are also the men to connect with if you're up for having Big Heavy mail 200 of your CD's to college radio stations across the country. Drop off 200 CD's and $200 at the office (215 College Street in Burlington, above Pure Pop) and in late January we'll be sending the Big Heavy World BUZZSAW box of love with your CD in it, and getting station phone numbers to you to do some D.I.Y. tracking if that's your thing. All genres welcome - it's college radio after all. Skip and Craig's email addresses are XoTakeWarningoX@aol.com & craig.batstone@mymail.champlain.edu
YOU IN THE BAND GUIDE, THE SHOP, AND THE VT MUSIC LIBRARY?
Bands and solo performers: Check to see if you're in the VERMONT BAND GUIDE at http://www.bigheavyworld.com/bandguide.php. If not, send info to us through the form at the top of the web page. Your CD in inventory at VERMONTMUSICSHOP.COM, http://www.vermontmusicshop.com ? (Search for your band name or title on the main page). If not, email Dave at musicshop@bigheavyworld.net and he'll tell you how to make it happen.
ARTISTS/PROMOTERS: HELP US?
Big Heavy World is a dinky nonprofit with normal-sized bills. We might have 50 people volunteering here to promote and archive Vermont-made music, but since there's no such thing as a "Big Heavy World Tax" we have a tough time keeping the lights on. You can help if putting shows together is your thing - If you've got the friends and connections to produce benefit shows to help us do what we do, please know we'd luv to feel the luv. We support ALL Vermont music, inclusively, so if you're brave enough to step forward and support, know your effort would be appreciated beyond words. (Thanks!).
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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 , a fat directory of regional music info and a hopping chat board. Our crew of volunteers also run a record label with more than a dozen compilation CD releases of Vermont's incredible music; vermontmusicshop.com selling almost 400 independent Vermont-made CD titles; and the Vermont Music Library where you can come listen to more than 1,000 Vermont-made recordings. 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 with an Apple XServe from Small Dog Electronics ( http://www.smalldog.com ) and server co-location contributed by SoVerNet ( http://www.sover.net ). Please support our generous sponsors!