December 30th, 2004
The New Haven Register posted a follow up to Tuesday's article!

WNPR says UNH plans benefit community
Joe Amarante, Register Staff
12/30/2004

WNPR-Connecticut Public Radio officials, in defense of plans to air public radio programs during the morning and afternoon drive slots on the University of New Haven FM station, WNHU (88.7), said the change would benefit students and the community.

Some station members have objected to the proposal, saying it will be repetitive and crowd out some of WNHU’s eclectic shows, but Carol Sisco of WNPR said it’s a win-win situation with a big educational element.

"It’s a proposal at this point, but there’s a lot of benefit here. … It offers opportunities for both organizations, said Cisco, vice president of corporate communications.
WNPR News Director John Dankoski said he looks forward to helping students learn how to produce local news for WNHU. The training would take the form of seminars and internships.

"We’ve spoken to the student news director and some other news folks and they’re excited," Dankoski said.
"They would get an affiliation with a professional organization that does radio."

As outlined in the Register this week, WNHU General Manager Hank Yaggi would like to air WNPR’s "Morning Edition" from 6 to 9 a.m., "All Things Considered" from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and "Marketplace" from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Weekends would not be affected.

Opposition concerns are summed up by this e-mail from a WNHU listener, who noted the value of such programs as Scott Whipple’s Tuesday morning jazz show and said, "The airwaves are filled with multiple stations playing NPR chatter.

"I am also a fan of the ‘Go Cat Go’ rockabilly show, punk rock, and the Irish music shows as well as the late evening blues show that is on Monday nights," said listener Keith Henderson. "My 17-year-old son is a huge fan of the various alternative music forms, especially death metal. It is the only way he can hear this music and find out about new artists, which I thought was the point of college radio."

On Wednesday, Harold Kramer, WNPR’s vice president of business development, said some of WNHU’s good shows don’t get good ratings and he thinks WNPR’s "promotional impact" can help with that.

Yaggi did not say which shows would be moved or discontinued.

The uncertainty has local show hosts, such as Jeff Terranova of "The Anti-Emo Empire," concerned.
He said he understands the university is looking for exposure and prestige, but thinks the timing of the plan is bad (students have gone home for break) and it seems "like more of a marketing tool for the university as opposed to something beneficial to listeners and students."

Terranova said music fans are losing six hours a day of airtime and his big fear is that amount will increase.

"To me, true college radio is being eaten up left and right," he said. "The giants (Clear Channel and Cox among them) have bought up everyone else already."

As for benefits to WNPR, officials there said that WNHU’s audience would be a new (and potentially younger) one for Connecticut Public Radio. In addition, the signal of the station would help WNPR’s programs be heard in spotty areas such as West Haven and north into the Valley.

Kramer said it is hardly a case of WNPR taking over a college station, as some have charged. He said WNPR can help WNHU managers with membership lists, audience research and fund-raising plans.

"It’s about community service," Cisco said. "That’s what engaged us all here."

The confusion on the part of listeners comes in the fact that WSHU-FM in Bridgeport and stations in New York also air public radio programs but aren’t part of the CPR family of signals (WNPR’s main transmitter is at 90.5 in Meriden). WNPR for years has had a similar part-time deal with college station WECS-FM at Eastern Connecticut State University.

"There’s a lot of competition on the left end of the dial for public radio," Kramer admitted. "But we don’t do the same programming" as non-WNPR public stations.

He mentioned WNPR’s "robust coverage of the state capitol" as an example

.©New Haven Register 2004

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December 28th, 2004
We got press today in the New Haven Register about the NPR fight...

WEST HAVEN — Officials at WNHU-FM on the campus of the University of New Haven are mulling a change in morning and afternoon drive-time programming that has some students and community members upset

.If final details can be worked out, WNHU General Manager Hank Yaggi plans to air National Public Radio’s "Morning Edition" from 6 to 9 a.m., "All Things Considered" from 4 to 6:30 p.m. and "Marketplace" from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

AdvertisementOpponents say there are already enough outlets airing NPR in the area, that it will cut down on some alternative music (metal, hardcore rock) on the station’s air, and that it will take programming and training away from students.

One WNHU alternative-music show host from the community, Jeff Terranova of the two-hour punk-music show "The Anti-Emo Brigade," has been organizing an e-mail and phone campaign against the changes, saying the move would be "turning a community radio station into another bland station broadcasting the same NPR programming that is already — on seven other stations in the surrounding areas."

Yaggi disputed the idea that he was turning WNHU over to NPR, saying, "That is nonsense."
He said the station is an underutilized asset, and the NPR programming would "offer something we can’t duplicate." Without a broadcast journalism major, for instance, UNH doesn’t have a pool of students to produce anything like "All Things Considered." WNPR, meanwhile, is interested in the 30 miles of signal radius that WNHU broadcasts into eastern Connecticut. It also would be another platform from which to air NPR pledge drives. Yaggi said such NPR phonathons would be limited to the two drive times.

The station’s new-music director, sophomore Mark Scialabba of Wallingford, said drive time is too big a listening period to hand over to Connecticut Public Radio’s WNPR.
"It’s kind of a slap in the face to all the students who put so much time into the station and don’t have input into the changes," Scialabba said last week.

Yaggi, former top official at WTNH-TV, has held the UNH post for almost a year and has been working to raise the visibility of the station and university in the community. He said he discussed the changes with some station managers and wants to meet with a representative from the opposition to answer concerns. Opponents gave out a mistaken e-mail address, so he’s been hearing about concerns secondhand.

"We’ll be answering them. … But if it’s just ‘we don’t want change,’ that’s not good enough," Yaggi said. "Change is the principal component of growth."
The broadcasting veteran said there are key advantages to bringing in NPR during drive time, not the least of which is marketing for a college that doesn’t have a six-figure advertising budget.

The station and school will get daily mentions on the rest of the WNPR system in the area, he said. The affiliation would be an opportunity to extend the station’s listenership through the polished NPR programming.

And as part of the deal, some UNH communications students will get the chance to intern at Connecticut Public Radio’s new studios in Hartford.
"A lot of people don’t have a remote idea of what we do (at UNH)," he said. "NPR brings value to us in filling our void in news and informational programming. And we’ll be able to promote our ethnic programs, new music and stuff on campus."

Yaggi said the non-commercial station is just completing expensive studio renovations for students, and it would continue to do student news and information "in small segments during the day." Training, he said, would improve under the plan.

The WNPR arrangement, he added, will not cost WNHU any money. Opponents, some of whom also protested when ethnic programming was moved to weekends in place of a metal/new music block, worry now that public-radio material will squeeze them out eventually.

©New Haven Register 2004

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December 27th , 2004

SAVE WNHU

The University of New Haven administration has recently announced its plans for NPR to be broadcasted during the morning and afternoon drive times of WNHU. This was done behind the backs of the student and community staff of WNHU, without their knowledge and without their input. This plan is in stark contrast with the goals and concepts of WNHU.

WNHU exists to serve the community. How can nationally syndicated programming that is already broadcasted on at least 7 other radio stations in our market help the community? It can only hurt the community by decreasing diversity on the radio dial and decreasing the speech of one of the few community radio stations in our area.

WNHU exists to serve the students. How can reducing the times students have to work on the radio station help in any way? It can only hurt the students by keeping them off of their radio station.

WNHU is almost entirely student funded. The equipment and upkeep of that equipment comes from the student government money, money that comes directly from the students. The students do not want their equipment used for the broadcast of NPR and should have a say. The money allocated by the student government for upkeep and purchase of radio station equipment was not intended for the use of furthering the cause of NPR, it was intended for the students.

The university decided to keep their decision to bring in NPR to the student radio station secret until the beginning of winter break. This is a blatant attempt to keep any student dissent from being heard, as most students will not be around during the winter.

In an age of unprecedented media consolidation in the United States, the need for independent voices in the media is greater than ever. Radio is essentially the last localist media because of its relative cheapness and wide scope of audience. Consolidation in the radio industry has happened rapidly following the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Radio is now dominated by two commercial entities (Clear Channel and Viacom) and a “public” counterpart, National Public Radio.

With NPR’s heavy reliance on corporate sponsors, there is nothing public about it. It is part of the problem of media consolidation. NPR has worked against the licensing of low-power FM radio stations to communities through out the US. These shameful actions have been anti-democratic, harmful to radio diversity and fueled by arrogance and an intense fear of competition.

There is nothing public about NPR and NPR will not serve the community. How can the staff of community members of WNHU not serve the community infinitely better than nationally syndicated corporate sponsored radio?

We are asking for the community’s help.
Please e-mail hyaggi@newhaven.edu (Hank Yaggi, WNHU general manager),
SKaplan@newhaven.edu (Steve Kaplan, UNH President),
JSchuster@newhaven.edu (Julian Schuster, UNH Communications Dept)
and send mail addressed to
Communications Dept
University of New Haven
300 Boston Post Rd
West Haven, CT 06516

December 22nd, 2004

For over thirty years 88.7 WNHU has been broadcasting in a thirty mile radius of New Haven CT. It has provided programing that you CANNOT find any where else. WNHU has supported the metal and hardcore communities by offering over 13 hours of hardcore/metal programing each week and serves as the only TRUE alternative in CT to commercial radio.

PLEASE HELP US!!
The school administration has decided WNHU will be broadcasting NPR during the morning and afternoon drive times, not only taking programming away from the students, but turning a community radio station into another bland station broadcasting the same NPR programming that is already being broadcasted on seven other stations in the surrounding areas. This decision was made with out the input or knowledge of the students.

PLEASE e-mail the following people and tell them NPR on WNHU is a bad idea and they should not go through with it:
hyaggi@newhaven.edu
jallen@newhaven.edu
dcsmith@newhaven.edu
JSchuster@newhaven.edu
goverend@newhaven.edu
USGAPresident@newhaven.edu
ikleinfeld@newhaven.edu
allen@newhaven.edu
mharvey@newhaven.edu
skaplan@newhaven.edu

And also, call these people on the phone:
School of Business Dean 203-932-7115
Communication Dept 203-932-7208
Student Affairs 203-932-7199
Call 203-932-7200 and ask for the president, because i can't find his phone number.

And finally if you can spare 37 cents, please write a letter to:
Communication Dept.
University of New Haven
300 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516

November 19th, 2004
The Abused have found a few long lost Live tapes and they will be released shortly on Ltd. Edition vinyl and Cd , for posterity and historical accuracy .With previously unreleased material!! Along with a re-issue of the "Loud And Clear" EP!
Check out the band's official web site...

October 26th, 2004
Legendary BBC DJ John Peel Died
JOHN PEEL 1939 - 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm

October 23rd, 2004
From the Bomp! Records mailing list!
--Greg Shaw
1949-2004
We have some very sad news to report-- Bomp's founder, Greg Shaw, died on Tuesday, October 19, from heart failure at the age of 55. Greg's lifelong devotion to discovering, raving about and releasing authentic -albeit obscure- rock & roll, and promoting rock fandom over four decades was extraordinary. Among his many accomplishments were fanzine publisher, magazine editor, band manager, author, indie label owner, and rock historian. Though his roles often varied, two things were absolutely consistent: his impeccable taste in music and the ability to be there first.
Though we grieve for him now, please know that Greg's legacy is the Bomp/Voxx records he was so proud to release, as ever they will be in print and available to inspire music lovers everywhere through the efforts of his business partner, Suzy Shaw, and Alive/Total Energy's Patrick Boissel.
However you choose to honor Greg's memory-- do it with anything but a moment of silence


BUSTED HEADS RECORDS RIP 1997-2004
7 years, 26 releases – fuck it, let’s go!
Hey kids, here’s the news:
* Busted Heads is quitting! Yes, the label and the distro will stop to exist within the next few months. Be no more. This is an ex-label. By the end of 2004 or January/February 2005 I hope to be rid of this behemoth named Busted Heads.
* Why am I ending my label/distro? Many, many reasons. But the most important one is that my heart is no longer in it. I want more free time. During these past 7 years there’s so many books I haven’t red, films I haven’t seen, people I haven’t met etc. I wanna put my energy into other shit.
* What shall I do with my stock and distro? Well, my apartment if filled with tons of vinyl and CD’s and to be honest I have no clue what to do with them all. If there is any label/dsitro who might be interested in buying the lot – let me know!!! But yes, you can keep ordering stuff for the next few months. Please do, help me live again!
* Thanx to all the people who have helped and supported me through the years.

October 11th, 2004
From the official Agnostic Front web site:

Agnostic Front joins the Nuclear Blast family!
Spread the news! NY Hardcore legends Agnostic Front have signed a recording deal with Nuclear Blast worldwide! The official release date for the very anticipated "Another Voice" is set for November 22nd in Europe and January 5th for the United States! With Matt Henderson (Madball/AF) on guitars! and Production by Zeuss and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed), AF is offering their meanest, nastiest and sheer brutal NYHC Anthems! The enhanced CD will including a ripping band performance and a guest appearance by Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed) captured by acclaimed director Dale "Rage" Resteghini (Fear Factory, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Shadows Fall, Candiria...) Other special guest vocal appearances on "Another Voice" will include Scott Vogel (Terror) and Karl Buechner (Earth Crisis)" ................................ Spread the news!!!!!!!!!

Agnostic Front Home DVD!!!!
We will be shooting our 1st ever home dvd here in NYC at the legendary CBGB's club on November 7th! We will be performing 2 shows starting at 3pm and 5pm for only $5 per show. There will be no openers being it is a live recording! so come on down and be part of NYHC history! We will be performing 2 different sets with songs from everyone of our releases including our upcoming "Another Voice" release!

Song List: AF CBGB’s DVD 2004
Eliminator
New Jack
Victim in Pain
United Blood
Strength
Crucified
Friend or Foe
Last Warning
All Is Not forgotten (new)
Peace (new)
One VoiceOver The Edge
Gotta Go
Riot, Riot Upstart
Police State
Somethings Gotta Give
Believe
Power
Undertow
Public assistance
So Pure To Me (new)
Undertow
Public Assistance
Anthem

September 16th, 2004
Johnny Ramone, of 'The Ramones,' Dies at 55
Johnny Ramone died in his sleep Wednesday afternoon at his Los Angeles home surrounded by friends and family, his publicist said. He had battled prostate cancer for five years, and was hospitalized in June at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Ramone, born John Cummings, was one of the original members of the Ramones, whose hit songs "I Wanna be sedated" and "Blitzkrieg Bop," among others, earned the band induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6014362/ and www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/16/obit.ramone.ap/index.html

September 13th, 2004

Motorhead cancels US tour
Motorhead regrets to announce that the U.S. tour scheduled for September/October 2004 is canceled due to a foot injury suffered by vocalist/bassist Lemmy.
Lemmy injured his foot on stage about month ago while touring in Europe.
Lemmy, ignoring the pain and against his European doctor's recommendation, completed the few remaining shows on the Motorhead summer festival tour.
Since he was not able to rest his foot for a while, Lemmy's injury worsened, and his U.S. doctor insisted in no uncertain terms that Lemmy stay off his foot for several weeks in order for it to heal properly.
Motorhead will return for a U.S. tour in March 2005. Lemmy, guitarist Philip Campbell and drummer Mikkey Dee hate to disappoint their fans but it is necessary for Lemmy's injury to heal so that Motorhead can rock long into the future.
Motorhead's latest album, 'Inferno,' has earned the groundbreaking band the best reviews of its career. The Associated Press calls this Metal-Is/Sanctuary Records release "their best album ever ... a 12-track opus that packs as much power, punch and attitude as anything that's ever been committed to tape."

September 3rd, 2004

The New Haven Advocate did a nice A through Z piece on "The School Of Local Rock" in their recent issue. WNHU got their logo on the cover of the issue and The Anti-Emo Empire! as well as my wife Michelle (Go Kat Go Radio), Basement Takeover and Mandatory Feedback all received mention under "R is for radio". Click here to check out the write up...or click here to check out the Advocate's site...

The tv program "Oasis D' Neon Video Magazine" is CT's "longest-running arts/music/culture cable access program" of it's kind. The program is cablecast every Thursday at 11pm from CTV on ch 27 (citizens television) in New Haven, which goes out to West Haven, Hamden and New Haven. In addition to current stuff, the show constantly airs the older historical programs of great CT musical heritage, such as Lost Generation, 76% Uncertain, Seizure, Stratford Survivors, Cadavers, Mill Valley Taters, Delvis, Dresden, Vatican Commandos, CIA, Black Hole, Miracle Legion, Stray Divides, Dumptruck, Hello Strangers, Saucers, Poodle Boys, Future Plan/ Ad-x, Editors, Throttle Babies, Thing's Fingers and many more...

August 31st, 2004

Malcolm Tent from Trash American Style was my special guest in the studio this afternoon. He prepared a show with the theme "punk rock as seen by Malcolm Tent". The show documented the bands that introduced him to punk while growing up in Florida in the mid to late 1970's up until the mid 1980's as Malcolm found CT to be his new home.
Check out the playlists page for the madness! I am sure that Malcolm would love to hear from you... Malcolm / www.trashamericanstyle.com

The 9th annual Film Fest New Haven takes place September 16 -19, 2004 in New Haven
Sunday, September 19th @ York Square Cinemas
5:30 and 7:45 PM RAMONES: END OF THE CENTURY
A feature documentary about The Ramones Directed by Michael Gramaglia & Jim Fields
www.endofthecentury.com/

August 26th, 2004

After one year, my buddy Joe Snow came back to co-host a second all Connecticut band show yesterday. This is what Joe had to say in a mass email that he sent out:
Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I will again be guest DJing on My Friend Jeff Terranova's WNHU radio show tomorrow (August 25th) at 4pm (I think). We will be playing PART 2 of the all Connecticut band series that we started with last year. This time around you will be hearing a more diverse selection of bands and sounds. The playlist ranges from 1976 to 2004 will tons of real cool unreleased tracks that have never been heard elsewhere! Expect to hear everything from punk and hardcore to retro 60's garage and 90's alterna rock. Also I will be playing some selections from the upcoming yet to be released Incas Records compilation "UP ALL NIGHT" which features many of the CT punk forefathers that we should all bow our heads in respect to. LISTEN IN, IT'S GONNA BE A REAL COOL TIME!!!
Joe Snow

Check out the Playlists page and also get in touch with Joe if you have CT band info or music to share with him. He is truly the most avid collector of everything CT and would love to hear from you...Joe Snow


My prayers have finally been answered. Another State Of Mind has finally officially been released on dvd!!!!
Another State of Mind

DVD Release Date: August 24, 2004
Suggested Retail Price: $14.98
Genre: Musical/Performing Arts
Cast: Social Distortion, Minor Threat
Director(s):
Summary: An incredible journey through the punk rock underground. Are these kids socially deviant or just the "flower children of the '80's?" This seminal punk rock film tracks the tour of "The Better Youth Organization of Los Angeles" - basically a fancy name for several punk rock kids crossing the country in a dilapidated school bus. A few of these punks were members of the pioneering bands Social Distortion and Youth Brigade, and their raucous concert footage is captured here. This a fine pairing of visceral and exciting music with an informative sociological look into a youth subculture.
DVD Special Features: Region (unknown), Keep Case, Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Commentary 1. Mike Ness 2. Adam Stern
MPAA Rating: NR

August 20th, 2004

I posted pictures from Sick Of It All, Terror and Champion from last night's show at Toad's Place. Check them out on the pics page...

August 18th, 2004

Holy crap!! Last night at Café Nine was one of the best shows that I have seen there this year! Texas Terri Bomb! from Los Angeles and The Midnight Creeps from RI/MA. Both bands were so incredible that I just kept taking pictures all night. Just when I thought that it was safe to put the camera away, the energy intensified and I found myself taking more and more pics. There were so many good ones that I could not choose which ones to leave out, so I posted A LOT of them on the site. Be sure to check them out on the pics page...

On the show Tuesday August 24th we will have Jim Martin and Gerry Stopper from Broken talking about the new cd and the cd release show coming up on the 28th.

On Wednesday the 25th Joe Snow will be returning to co-host an all CT show. View it as part II from the show that he co-hosted with me last year.

Lastly, on the show Tuesday the 31st Malcolm Tent from Trash American Style in Danbury will be my co-host spinning punk rock as Malcolm sees it!

Look for bigger and better things for The Anti-Emo Empire! once the new school season starts. There is going to be a huge programming change in mid September on WNHU and it's looking like we are going to be moved to Monday nights from 8-10 PM. I am excited about the new time slot and all of the new opportunities it will open up for the show!!

August 16th, 2004

I had the huge honor of emceeing the 1st Summer Skatefest which was held this past Saturday at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk in honor of the official opening of the Norwalk Skate Park! It was a great day and a great event. The Mayor made a short speech and officially cut the ribbon with the kids to open the park. Live bands played the whole day, there were raffles and booths from tons of great companies and sponsors. If all goes well we can do it all over again next year! Check out the pics!!!

August 11th, 2004

Posted pictures from a show at CB-GB's that I attended on Sunday. YDI, Lethal Agression, Eyes Of Hate, Two Man Advantage, Kill Your Idols, Only Crime and Verbal Abuse. Check them out on the Pictures page...

It's looking like there is no one to fill in for Search and Destroy on wednesdays from 4-6 so I have volunteered to do it for the remainder of August. Be sure to tune in to The Anti-Emo Empire! Tuesdays from 3-5 and Wednesdays from 4-6. Also, there is a good chance that the show is going to be moved to Monday nights from 8-10 sometime in September, I will keep you posted when I find out more.

This Saturday is the Summer Skatefest in Norwalk and I just got word that I will be emceeing the day, so try to come out and support the new Norwalk skate park, Axis Board Sports and a bunch of great bands. Scroll down to the news from July 23rd for more info about the event!

July 26th, 2004

Posted pictures from two shows that I attended over the weekend. Friday night I saw Only Crime, FC Five, Stretch Armstrong, Hope Conspiracy, and Bane at the Knights Of Columbus in Wallingford, CT. Saturday night I saw the Disaster Party, Nasty Disaster and the Misfits at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT. Check out the Pictures page...

"The Adolescents are working on a collection of 1980 demos and rehearsals to be released at end of the year on Frontier records. That should be interesting. OC Confidential mixes are almost completed. The release for OC Confidential is announced for spring 2005. Don't ask why, just accept it."

RAMONES: END OF THE CENTURY
A feature documentary about The Ramones Directed by Michael Gramaglia & Jim Fields
Opens in August in the USA
http://www.endofthecentury.com/

July 23rd, 2004

Summer Skate Fest 2004
Saturday August 14th from 12 noon to 6pm at Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk, CT
Pro skateboard demos from 5 Boro Skateboards and from Bodega Skateboards both from New York City.
Rraffles and fund raising for phase 2 of the park.
Free skateboard lessons
The mayor will speak
and of course live music all day on the main stage!
Vendors booths from companies like Bastard on Wheels, Kultjah, Skateraid, Axis Boardsports, Etnies and more!

A basic schedule of events is as follows
12:00 - 12:25 - International Brunch Mummies
12:30-12:40 - Mayor speaks
12:40-1:05 - Running Like Theives
1:15-1:40 - Mugshot Militia
1:50-2:25 - Human Vice Patrol
2:25-3:05 - Workforce / Matikhan (back to back sets, no change over)
3:15-3:45 - Planeside
3:55-4:25 - Dead 50's
4:30-5:00 - Raffle prizes giveaway
5:00-6:00 - Sixty Cycle

For more info contact Axis Board Sports in Norwalk 203-866-6444


Directions...
From interstate 95 (northbound , from NYC)
1-Take I-95 to Exit 16 East Norwalk
2-Turn right onto East Ave. go approx .4 miles
3-Turn slight left onto Cemetary St. go approx .1 mile
4-Turn slight right onto Gregory Blvd. Go approx .3 miles
5-Turn left onto Ludlow Manor. Go approx .1 mile
6-Turn Left onto Marvin St. Go approx .1 mile
7-Turn right onto Calf Pasture Beach Road
8-Follow to end to Calf Pasture Beach Park
From interstate 95 (southbound, from New Haven)
1-Take exit 16 off I-95 East Norwalk
2- Turn left onto East Ave.
3-Follow from directions above (starting with #3)
From interstate 84
1-Take I-84 to Exit 3 (mall,Rt 7 South)
2-Follow Rt 7 south to Norwalk. Approx 35 minutes
3-Follow signs to interstate 95
4-Get on interstate 95 East.
5-Follow directions above (starting with #1)

July 21st, 2004

On Wednesday July 28th, Kevin (Basement Takeover), Mark (Shock And Awe), Jessica (Search And Destroy) and Myself will be on the air from noon til' 6pm. After 3 solid years of spinning punk rock on WNHU, Jessica is relocating to the west coast. Wed July 28th will mark her last Search And Destroy show on WNHU. Us other punk/hardcore dj's have decided to throw her an on air bon-voyage party and we have taken over the radio station for a 6 hour block. Be sure to tune in, this will be definitely be one afternoon that you will not want to miss!!

July 15th, 2004

New York Doll Arthur 'Killer' Kane Dies
Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane of seminal punk band the New York Dolls has passed away. The bass player with the pioneering punk-rock outfit is reported to have died Tuesday night (July 13) in a Los Angeles hospital from complications with pneumonia at the age of 55.
Kane becomes the fourth Doll to pass away following guitarist Johnny Thunders and drummers Billy Murcia and Jerry Nolan...

There will be a public memorial held behind the Mormon Temple on 10777 Santa Monica Blvd on Saturday July 17th at 10AM.
Our deepest condolences go out to Kane's family, friends and fans!

July 12th, 2004

Posted some pictures of The Reducers from Sailfest this past Saturday.
Also, check out some Sailfest pics of The Swaggerts at Go Kat Go Radio!

July 9th, 2004

I filled in for Shock And Awe yesterday afternoon. Played a lot more Rock N' Roll than normal. Check it out...

July 6th, 2004

New All Ages Venue In Boston

Boston now has a big DIY all ages venue that can hold punk and hardcore shows in Boston!!!!!
The Polish American Citizen's Club in Dorchester, MA
This was the venue we held the In-Fest (Three days, 50 bands..!) last month. They have agreed to allow us to promote as many shows as we would like. Of course we cannot book just any ol show there. It is a big venue, and looks really empty unless it has more the 100 people in it...and even then it looks empty. Think of it as a substitute to Bill's Bar or Axis....with out the huge over head costs.
We are now booking shows for a couple big punk bands, but we want to book hardcore bands also...we love it all!
The venue has the following:
Easy subway access
All Ages
Bar for 21+ w/ID
Huge open space (As big as the Elk's!)
A real stage! (3ft.)
Good lighting and fans
Low cost!!!!! Wicked low!!
Don't settle for huge Clear Channel venues, or other venues who odviously rip bands off (we all know which ones).
We cannot book every band or every show. Again it must be a band that can draw! If you know someone who does booking for bands, or you need a big show booked.contact me fns_publishing(at)msn(dot)com
FNS Records and Promotion have slowly built a reliable reputation in the Boston music scene as a reliable and responsible label and promoter. We run a label and publish zines and do all sorts of shit.....look us up. www.fnsboston.net

July 1st, 2004

It's been a good few weeks for New Haven's own Jim Martin and his band Broken. With the recent completion of the band's 14 song cd to be called "Homeland Insecurity" and released on Scrap Records (UK and Europe) and the just announced domestic release on New Haven's Feralette Records. An incredible live performance on June 17th at Cafe Nine, a show tonight at Rudy's with the Deuce Frehley Band and The Murder Junkies, and a cool feature in this weeks New Haven Advocate called Stuck In A Corner With Jim Martin.


On a sad note, The Roxy in Norwalk will no longer be doing shows!


The Clash's Classic 'London Calling' Album Upgraded to 2-CD Plus DVD Set
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of The Clash's landmark third album, "London Calling" (December 14, 1979 in the U.S.), Epic Records has announced plans to issue a deluxe Legacy Edition version. "London Calling: The 25th Anniversary Edition" will feature 2 full CDs of music plus a newly-created DVD component. The package will arrive in stores on September 21st.
The Clash and "London Calling" are constantly cited as influential by the media, music industry, and the band's immense fan base, and recent accolades have included the band's induction into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and "London Calling" being named the # 1 Album of the '80s by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the Top 5 British Albums Of All Time by Q Magazine.
"London Calling: The 25th Anniversary Edition," will include 2 CDs of music and a DVD housed in a lavish digipack. The original packaging will be expanded with full lyrics, a new historical essay, and rare photos by band photographer Pennie Smith. Disc 1 will feature the complete classic album. Disc 2 is entitled "The Vanilla Tapes" and features previously unheard demos for the album which were recently discovered in vocalist/guitarist Mick Jones' storage house. Among the demos that will feature on "The Vanilla Tapes" are a number of tracks that never made the final cut of the album. Finally, the DVD will represent a time capsule of The Clash at the time of "London Calling's" release, and one of its features will be a newly-created 45-minute documentary by the band's longtime biographer and collaborator, Don Letts. The documentary includes newly discovered footage of the band in the recording studio with producer Guy Stevens, as well as previously unseen live performance footage, interviews with band members Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon, and for the first time ever band manager Kosmo Vinyl telling his side of the story.
Incorporating elements of rockabilly, funk, blues and reggae into The Clash's amphetamine rush of sound, and spread out over four sides of LP vinyl, the 1979 release of "London Calling" was closer to a manifesto than an album release. The album's influence is immeasurable and reaches from the ska-punk of latter day bands such as The Offspring and No Doubt, to the political pronouncements of Rage Against The Machine and System Of A Down.
Sony Legacy Recordings


Social Distortion has announced that they will be releasing their first ever live DVD, entitled Live In Orange County via Time Bomb Recordings. The DVD was filmed on January 19, 2003, at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA, and will feature backstage footage, interviews, a photo gallery and more along with the show itself, the setlist of which spans the band's entire career, and even includes two brand new songs;“Footprints On My Ceiling” and “I Wasn’t Born To Follow.” Both songs are to be included on Social Distortion’s forthcoming studio album due out later this year. Live In Orange County will be in stores July 27th.

June 28th, 2004

Added pics from an incredible show at CB-GB's yesterday afternoon. I posted my thoughts and feelings about it on the Live Wire Records message board.

June 22nd, 2004

Added pictures of The Reducers from the 26th Annual Meriden Daffodil Festival Saturday April 24, 2004. Also added Broken and The Defcon Five from Cafe 9 June 17th, 2004!

June 15th, 2004

Johnny Ramone fighting a 4 year battle with prostate cancer!
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6185029&pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single1&rnd=1087356431410&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.857

June 9th, 2004

I had an opportunity to fill in for Search And Destroy! this afternoon. It was a great three hour show! Check out the playlist...

May 27th, 2004

I had an opportunity to fill in for Shock And Awe this afternoon. It was a great three hour show! Check out the playlist...

May 18th, 2004

D. Boon's brother Awest just posted some previously unpublished photos of D. and friends.

May 11th, 2004

If you haven't noticed, we added two new pages to the site a few weeks ago. Those being a Reviews page and a Concert Wise page. So far we have two book reviews posted and hopefully more to come in the near future. The Concert Wise page is updated every week, so be sure to check back weekly for Anti-Emo Empire! recommended shows.

A huge thanks goes out to Dave Smalley who mailed me an autographed copy of his book The Last Brigade 20 Songs From 20 Years Of Punk Rock to give away to a lucky winner of the show. I read a passage from the book on the air this afternoon and will do the same again next week. On Tuesday May 25th be sure to tune into the show for your chance to call in and win the book. Check out my review of the book on the Reviews page...

May 4th, 2004

Kung Fu Records has announced that legendary punks The Circle Jerks will be the subject of the next volume of Kung Fu's The Show Must Go Off! live DVD series. The live shoot, filmed last week at the Anaheim House Of Blues, featured eight 24P digital video cameras and 24-track audio. Expect a late Summer or Fall release. www.showmustgooff.com


Here is some info that I thought was interesting about CD-R's!

Are we putting too much faith in the ubiquitous "recordable CD", or CD-R? It is undeniably one of the most useful means of storage around, offering an inexpensive way to save digital photographs, music and files and costing less than 50 pence per disc.

If you check the claims made by some manufacturers of popular CD-R brands, you will see that some make bold claims indeed. Typical boasts include: "100-years archival life", "guaranteed archival lifespan of more than 100 years" and "one million read cycles". One company even says data can be stored "swiftly and permanently", leaving you free to bequeath those backups of your letter to the electricity company to your great-great-grandchildren.

But an investigation by a Dutch personal computer magazine, PC Active, has shown that some CD-Rs are unreadable in as little as two years, because the dyes in the CD's recording layer fade. These dyes replace the aluminium "pits" of a music CD or CD-Rom, and the laser uses that layer to distinguish 0s from 1s. When the CD is written, the writing laser "burns" the dye, which becomes dark, to represent a "1" while a"0" will be left blank so that if the dye fades, there's no difference; it's just a long string of nothing to the playback laser.

So have you already lost those irreplaceable pictures you committed to medium, after its own testing found some with unreadable data after just two years. "Though they looked fine from the outside, they turned out to be completely useless," wrote the technical editor Jeroen Horlings, who had tested 30 brands in 2001, left them in a dark cupboard for two years and then re-tested them in August 2003. Of the brands tested, 10 per cent showed ageing problems. And it wasn't just Horlings. After seeing the results, shocked readers contacted the magazine with their experiences.

Recordable DVDs are not off the hook either. The "dye chemicals" in write-once DVDs are similar to CD-R, though recording density and disk construction differ. "We're in the process of testing DVDs and we're sure that the same problems will occur," said Horlings, who plans to publish his findings soon.

Gordon Stevenson, the managing director of Vogon International - a company specialising in data recovery - is familiar with these shortcomings thanks to the experiences of his customers, one of whom commissioned Vogon to retrieve pictures of his second honeymoon from a failed six-month-old CD-R. "The dye layer was fading," Stevenson says,"but we were able to recover most of the disk. But these claims [of a 100-year archival life] are unhelpful and misleading. If you're spending 20p on something, you probably don't expect it to last 100 years," he says.

In the wrong conditions, such as sunlight, humidity and upper surface damage, your CD-R will slowly turn into a coaster. "CD-Rs should never be left lying in sunlight as there's an element of light sensitivity, certainly in the poor quality media," says Stevenson. "I wouldn't rely on CD-Rs for long-term storage unless you're prepared to deal with them as recommended."

Such views are echoed by the National Archives at Kew. "Generally speaking, we don't recommend CD-Rs for long-term storage," says Jeffrey Darlington, a project manager at the Archives' Digital Preservation Department. "We don't regard CD-Rs as an archival medium. Most of the CD-Rs on the market are not of archival quality." Instead of CD-Rs, therefore, the National Archives tend to use magnetic tape rated for a 30-year life. Also, they are careful to copy, check and re-copy to avoid losing information and this is also a useful strategy for CD-Rs. "If you keep doing that so the CD-R is never more than physically three to five years old, you'll be safe enough. A hundred years sounds pretty unlikely," says Darlington.

Not all optical media is vulnerable. The rewritable variants (RW) use metallic materials that change the phase of the light, rather than light-sensitive dyes. Commercial magneto-optical and ultra-density optical systems are different too. Stewart Vane-Tempest, the optical product director at Plasmon, the archival specialists, has first-hand experience of unreadable CD-R media. "Some dyes are very robust, but others not," Vane-Tempest says. "The one thing they have in common is susceptibility to environmental conditions. I do a lot of digital photography and pay top price for media. If I have anything important, I generally make a couple of copies. I've not used CD-Rs for long-term archiving."

Vane-Tempest also offers a tip. Blank CD-R disks have a code that your CD writer reads to find the best writing strategy. If this isn't in the CD-writer's inbuilt software (its "firmware"), the default may be a poor compromise. Vane-Tempest says that some "less scrupulous" Far East companies have been using other people's codes, with deficient results. However, there is a way around this which is to find out which brands suit your writer and ensure the firmware is up to date.

While such matchmaking is useful, there's no way to assess CD-R longevity at home. All you can do is check periodically. As for whether manufacturers are guilty of using finger-in-the-air methods, Kevin Jefcoate, the marketing and product management director at Verbatim, says: "It's a bit more than guesswork because there's a lot of scientific evidence to back it up."

The answer, Jefcoate says, is to use a climate chamber to accelerate the ageing of the organic dye. Using a relationship between chemical reaction rate and temperature, 100-year lifetimes may be argued for normal conditions. Jefcoate adds that he has never known users to complain of age-related failures? "We haven't had anyone complain that, after three to five years, it hasn't worked." It's easy to blame budget CD-Rs when things go wrong. Novatech's purchasing and product manager, Kriss Pomroy, suggests users buy a small quantity for testing first.

The PC builder sells unbranded CD-Rs sourced from a Far East distributor that buys over-production from well-known factories. Are we saving pennies and taking risks? "No," says Pomroy, "You can get problematic batches, but that's as true with branded media." The company now sells two-and-a-half times more unbranded write-once DVDs than CD-Rs. The world's No 1 supplier of CD-Rs, Imation, talks of "saving precious digital photo memories" - exactly what many people think they're doing. Semar Majid, its technical marketing executive, hasn't heard of any> ageing problems. "Optical media should last between 30 and 200 years,"he says, "but it's dependent on storage conditions and how you handle it." He suggests transferring important photos to DVD, and keeping on moving to new formats.

Another big maker, TDK, takes a cautious view with DVDs, claiming only a 70-year lifespan. "This does not mean that DVD is more fragile or unstable in time compared to CD-R; this is only because of the shorter experience that we have in manufacturing and testing this relatively young technology," says the TDK product manager Hartmut Kulessa. There have been no complaints about ageing failures.

As the oldest CD-R is barely a teenager, there are no definitive answers either. But perhaps the last word belongs to Jeroen Horlings at PC Active. "We see a lot of manufacturers and they think that quantity is more important than quality," he says. "The problem will remain."

For more info on CD-Rs and dyes:
www.burnworld.com/cdr/primer/whatis.htm
www.xdr2.com/CDR-Info/Dye.htm

April 23rd, 2004

Congratulations to New London Connecticut legends the Reducers who after 25 years of existence are going to rock 'n roll in Japan this coming June!!
June 25th (Friday) - Shelter Club, Tokyo, Japan
June 27th (Sunday) - Pipe69, Osaka, Japan
June 29th (Tentative) - Fiddler Pub, Tokyo, Japan
July 1st (Tentative) - venue TBA
July 3rd (Saturday) - Shelter Club, Tokyo, Japan

April 21st, 2004

Unless you live in a cave, you should be fully aware that the government has been pushing to control what we see and hear on tv and radio. If you believe in freedom of speech and are uncomfortable with the idea of the government having the power to soley dictate what you can and cannot hear and see and also have the power to hire/fire radio and tv personalities, then go to StopFCC.Com and sign there petition. It only takes 30 seconds and every name makes a difference. There is also a link on the site where you can send an instant fax or email to your local Senators. This too only takes about 30 seconds. It's more important than ever for the citizens of the United States Of America to stand up and fight for our freedom of speech!

April 14th, 2004

Dr. Strange NEWS!
BROKEN BONES Just in TODAY is the newest release on Dr. Strange Records; BROKEN BONES 7”ep., “No-One Survives!”. This is a GREAT release. (3 new songs) Imagine: Classic Discharge (good Discharge!) mixed with the vocals of Negative Approach and you’re on the right track. This one is STRICTLY limited to 800 copies; 400 on black and 400 on white. Be quick, many of these are going to distributors overseas so we don’t have a lot

THE PARTISANS is joining the Dr. Strange family. They will have a new full length release out in July called “Idiot Nation” as well as a U.S. tour. I’ll have song samples, artwork etc.. on my site as soon as possible. Their new stuff is AWESOME!!! It’s a cross between their old stuff and vintage Clash.


1st Annual KNIFE OR DEATH FEST 2004
FRIDAY JUNE 4th and SATURDAY JUNE 5TH: KNIFE OR DEATH FEST at the Fairless Hills Fraternal Order of Eagles Hall in Fairless Hills, PA. (It's ten minutes outside Philadelphia and five minutes from Trenton, right off of route 1). YOUTH OF TODAY (both days), ANTIDOTE (NYC), KIDS LIKE US (Tallahasse, FL), CHARGE (Hell Bent Records), VISION (NJ), DOWN TO NOTHING, MOUTHPIECE, Mental, Desperate Measures, Righteous Jams, Love is Red, Thumbs Up, Punishment, One Up and xtraitorx!


INSTED REUNION SHOWS
June 25 Boston, MA tba w/ The First Step
June 26 Montclair, NJ Bloomfield Ave. Cafe w/ The First Step
June 27 New York, NY CBGBs w/ The First Step
Check out Indecision Records for more info...

March 24th, 2004

A friend and long time supporter of the New Haven music scene has decided to relocate to Fresno, California. Chris Arnott of the New Haven Advocate wrote a very heart warming article about Fran Fried in last week's edition. Here is a link to the article, check it out. I searched all over for an online copy of the "farewell" article that Fran himself wrote in last week's edition of the New Haven Register's Weekend section, but could not find it. So...I scanned in my copy, so if you want to check out the article just follow this link for Fran Fried's last Weekend column. Fran we love ya and wish you all the best in Fresno, but New Haven will always have the #1 music scene...

I got into the Descendents back in 1985 and 'I Don't Want To Grow Up' and 'Milo Goes To College' were two crucial albums for me when I was growing up. I used to know all of the lyrics to every song and would sing them loud and proud while driving past the nuclear tits in my 1972 Chevy Malibu Classic. When things got too tough to cope with at school or in life, I would retreat to my room, put on the headphones and crank up 'My World'. I had the pleasure to see the band at the Ritz in NYC back in 1985 and I still cherish the memories and the Official Bonus Cup that I bought at the show and have proudly displayed on my office shelf to this day. The reason that I say all of this is because I just got a copy of their new cd 'Cool To Be You' on Fat Wreck Chords and I cannot say enough good good things about it. It truly fuckin' rocks!!!! So be one of the proud, the few, and rock out with the Descendents tonight...


On a funny note, check out this movie clip with Straight Ahead and the Smurfs!

March 17th, 2004

Stiff Little Fingers has signed with Kung Fu Records to release their latest album "Guitar and Drum" in the U.S. and Japan. http://www.slf.com/

I had the pleasure to go to England for 10 days and I posted some pictures on the pictures page for you to check out...

In sad news, Dave Schulthise AKA Dave Blood, the bassist of the Dead Milkmen committed suicide on Wednesday March 10th. You can see and read more on the In Memory page...
http://www.deadmilkmen.com/

To end on a funny note, check out this link to see/hear Ian MacKaye from Minor Threat/Fugazi singing a kids song called Vowel Movement
http://www.pancakemountain.com/tvev.html