BLOWUPRADIO.COM

WHERE NJ ROCK LIVES

APRIL 7TH, 2002


WELCOME TO BLOWUPRADIO.COM'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER!


CONTENTS

1. Special Programming Schedule
2. Message from Lazlo
3. New Songs Added This Week
4. CD Reviews
5. Headlines
6. Concert Calendar
7. New Additions to the Literature Corner
8. End Notes


1. Special Programming Schedule

Monday 9pm ET ~ Artist Amp Live
featuring a live performance from Spiral Jetty

Wednesday 9pm ET ~ @ the Show
featuring a live performance from Flat Morrison and 100 Lbs of Porn

2. MESSAGE FROM LAZLO

It's time I got really serious for a moment. I've avoided bringing this up for a while, hoping the problem would go away, but it seems to be getting worse. You may have heard on the news or on the web that Internet Radio is in jeopardy, and as much as it pains me to say it, this is undeniably true. The future of internet radio, and consequently the future of blowupradio.com, is in the hands of congress. Here's a short explanation of what's been going on:

America's fledgling Internet radio industry could be effectively killed on May 21st if the U.S. Copyright Office accepts the recommendations of its recent Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel ("CARP") recommendation concerning Internet radio royalty rates and establishes its proposed record-keeping requirements for webcasters.

Background: Congress passed a law in October, 1998, called the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) which established that webcasters must pay "performance rights" fees to record labels for the music they play. That law instructed the Copyright Office to set the appropriate rate.

However, the CARP's recommended rates are currently more than 100% of most Webcasters' gross revenues!

The Copyright Office is required by Congress to decide whether to accept, reject or modify the CARP's recommended rates by May 21, 2002. If they accept the CARP panel's recommendation, most observers believe that the decision will effectively kill Internet radio as an industry, as the decision could bankrupt all but the three or four largest webcasters.

The preeceding synopsis was taken from www.saveinternetradio.org. I cannot stress enough how important it is that everyone go to this site and read up on the facts of the situation.

After you read the facts, please E-mail your congressperson one of the form letters (or feel free to write your own passionate plea) to save internet radio. If congress accepts CARP's plan, Live365.com (which hosts blowupradio.com's webcast, paying the current royalty fees), will likely be forced to shut down, effectively destroying blowupradio.com's webcast. This would once again leave us with no place to hear NJ's indie music scene. Live365.com also has their own page with more information on the situation that you can check out here.

I was really hoping to use this space to talk about the excellent concert at Maxwell's last night, featuring performances by Hero Pattern, Particle Zoo, Planet Janet, and the incredible first performance by double-breasted, but somehow the future of internet radio seemed more important. I hope you all agree.



3. NEW SONGS ADDED THIS WEEK

ARTIST SONG ALBUM
the Comrades hope in a hopeless world illusory refuge from your torment
the Cryptkeeper 5 get in the mood from: the Cryptkeeper 5 to: you
Planet Janet radio nice socks
Slushpuppy beyond blue Slushpuppy

To hear the Blowup Radio Network- Where NJ Rock Lives, click HERE.



4. CD REVIEWS

Particle Zoo - It's in the Cans

To read all of our CD Reviews, click HERE.



5. HEADLINES

This weeks Headlines include:

"BENEFITS IN THE WORKS FOR AL MUZER"

To read these news stories and others, click HERE.



6. CONCERT CALENDAR

BENEFIT SHOWS ARE LISTED IN BLUE


Sunday April 7th

CLEAR SHOT, SAUCE @ the Saint


Wednesday April 10th

MADJUL @ Whiskey Bar

JOHN TAGLIERI @ the Pontiac Grille (Philly)


Thursday April 11th

VAL EMMICH, SMALL A.M. @ Plum St Pub

MOJO LOVE DOG @ Chubby's

BARBUDA @ Marita's Cantina

HIGH SPEED CHASE @ Love Sexy


Friday April 12th

MUDBOX, TAG YOU'RE IT @ St Joseph H.S.

A REMINDER, WELCOME HOME TRAVIS, FEELING LEFT OUT, DIFFERENT STROKES @ Stingrays @ Birch Hill

BASTARDS of MELODY, PARTICLE ZOO, CROPDUSTER @ the Waiting Room

FRANKENSTEIN 3000, MARS NEEDS WOMEN, DARGIS, FLAT MORRISON @ the Saint

DOWNSHALLOW (8pm) @ Terminal One

DOWNSHALLOW (11pm) @ Connections


Saturday April 13th

JIM TESTA & JERSEY BEAT ALL-STARS, TRIS McCALL, BOBFIELDS, AVSIO'HARA (Jersey Beat's 20th anniversary) @ Maxwell's

STICK FIGURE SUICDE, WELCOME HOME TRAVIS (day show) @ the Saint

WELCOME HOME TRAVIS (night show) @ Hamilton St Cafe

TOBER, ANGER of the LAMB, 60 MILES DOWN @ Bagota VFW

STUTTER (CD release), KNUCKLE SANDWICH, 37 SLURP @ Pontiac Grille (Philly)


Sunday April 14th

TWISTED BELLY @ the Saint

STICK FIGURE SUICIDE, 37 SLURP, SGR @ Medford VFW

the CATHOLIC GIRLS @ the Pontiac Grille (Philly)


To see all the upcoming shows, click here.



6. NEW ADDITIONS TO THE LITERATURE CORNER

ARTIST TITLE FORMAT
Laura Christansen so i 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


6. 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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