New Brunswick's over everyone; shut it down

[dhoop]

its moved to court tav and they werent gonna post the address anyways

[sircox]

Oct 13, 2010 18:58:13 GMT -5 dhoop said:

its moved to court tav and they werent gonna post the address anyways

Well I guess that's technically a basement.

[oltitn]

Oct 13, 2010 19:22:39 GMT -5 sircox said:

Oct 13, 2010 18:58:13 GMT -5 dhoop said:

its moved to court tav and they werent gonna post the address anyways

Well I guess that's technically a basement.

that it very true... they should get the door man to be extra rude that day....

[carlweathers]

i thought this idea was stupid to begin with but moving it to the court kind of defeats the purpose of this whole contest

[GabeXVX]

If they had just said they were gonna hold it at the Court Tavern in the first place we could have foregone all this nonsense, and it would've just been a regular old BOTB. Fuckin' Red Bull...

[planetmoonshoes]

"a real New Brunswick basement show"

[dEaDhEaD]

Oct 14, 2010 11:57:50 GMT -5 carlweathers said:

i thought this idea was stupid to begin with but moving it to the court kind of defeats the purpose of this whole contest

bing fucking go

[offthebooks]

Can anyone confirm that 1) it was at dhoop's house in the first place 2) that it's happening at court tavern or 3) that it's happening at all?
- C.J.

[sircox]

I love how much of a miserable failure this thing is turning in too. What a celebration of our underground music!

[carlweathers]

this would've gone much smoother if monster was behind it

[sircox]

Oct 14, 2010 14:38:09 GMT -5 carlweathers said:

this would've gone much smoother if monster was behind it

or Four Loko

[therobside]

Oct 14, 2010 15:38:22 GMT -5 sircox said:

Oct 14, 2010 14:38:09 GMT -5 carlweathers said:

this would've gone much smoother if monster was behind it

or Four Loko

That would be wild/scary

[jay]

Oct 14, 2010 19:18:13 GMT -5 therobside said:

Oct 14, 2010 15:38:22 GMT -5 sircox said:

or Four Loko

That would be wild/scary

Blonde kids would be jumping off roofs left and right.

[sircox]

Joose sponsored a party at my old place a few years back. Most ridiculous night ever. The four cases of Joose were gone by 8.

[the knife]

Oct 14, 2010 21:36:58 GMT -5 sircox said:

Joose sponsored a party at my old place a few years back. Most ridiculous night ever. The four cases of Joose were gone by 8.

A few years back, this kid at my school had this show where Monster and Skullcandy donated a bunch of shit and they made a small donation to a charity. There were entire fridges full of Monster and Skullcandy threw headphones out into the crowd or whatever.

[guilttrip]

Anyone remember when Rheingold sponsored the Crewtonz show? Who played that, Negative Creeps?

[joe]

aaron from marathon/attica attica is doing a pretty cool thing in response to this. here's the text:

Okay, first look at this: www.redbullusa.com/noisecomplaint

Basements (and houses) are the best places to play shows. They’re the best because they are ours; we create and determine the environment without mediation from corporate parasites. Red Bull energy drink is hosting a contest where bands apply to be considered for a "real" basement show as a “tribute to the legendary New Brunswick, New Jersey underground music sc...ene.” I cannot think of a more insincere way to pay tribute to a scene than through guerilla marketing like this, which subverts the essential freedom that basement shows represent. The reason basement shows are so legendary is because of the explicit absence of influences like corporate sponsors and A&R reps. We play basement shows to share the best of ourselves without interference from those who would try to profit off us.

In celebration and sincere tribute to basement shows EVERYWHERE, and to the promoters who offer their homes for the music and the scene, I propose a challenge. I don't want to sit here quietly while a global energy drink company attempts to infiltrate our space. I propose an artistic challenge to those of you who, like me, want to respond in some way.

The challenge: write a song or tell a story that is your personal tribute to basement/house shows. The song/story can take any direction you want. Submit your recorded song or written/recorded story to [e-mail] by 5 PM EST, Tuesday, October 26. For songs, please include a few sentences about the song. For stories, please give it a title and indicate how you want to be credited. We will master the songs for a digital-only free download comp and collect the stories as a blog. We are also accepting photos, drawings, comics, etc. We want to get this out as soon as possible. Time is short, but that's part of the fun!

That's not a lot of time, but part of the challenge is about urgency. If you don't feel urgently about this, that's fine. But if you do, find an afternoon in the next two weeks to write and record something, no matter the sound quality. If you're not a musician, tell your story in writing or record it. Our songs and our stories are the evidence of our legacy. I would hate to think that anyone in the future would go to a house show thinking that there were always corporate logos hanging from the ceiling.

and the link:

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166632633353815&index=1

[joe]

i'm goin' hungreeaaaeeeyeaahhhhhh

[offthebooks]

Oct 15, 2010 8:39:55 GMT -5 joe said:

aaron from marathon/attica attica is doing a pretty cool thing in response to this. here's the text:

Okay, first look at this: www.redbullusa.com/noisecomplaint

Basements (and houses) are the best places to play shows. They’re the best because they are ours; we create and determine the environment without mediation from corporate parasites. Red Bull energy drink is hosting a contest where bands apply to be considered for a "real" basement show as a “tribute to the legendary New Brunswick, New Jersey underground music sc...ene.” I cannot think of a more insincere way to pay tribute to a scene than through guerilla marketing like this, which subverts the essential freedom that basement shows represent. The reason basement shows are so legendary is because of the explicit absence of influences like corporate sponsors and A&R reps. We play basement shows to share the best of ourselves without interference from those who would try to profit off us.

In celebration and sincere tribute to basement shows EVERYWHERE, and to the promoters who offer their homes for the music and the scene, I propose a challenge. I don't want to sit here quietly while a global energy drink company attempts to infiltrate our space. I propose an artistic challenge to those of you who, like me, want to respond in some way.

The challenge: write a song or tell a story that is your personal tribute to basement/house shows. The song/story can take any direction you want. Submit your recorded song or written/recorded story to [e-mail] by 5 PM EST, Tuesday, October 26. For songs, please include a few sentences about the song. For stories, please give it a title and indicate how you want to be credited. We will master the songs for a digital-only free download comp and collect the stories as a blog. We are also accepting photos, drawings, comics, etc. We want to get this out as soon as possible. Time is short, but that's part of the fun!

That's not a lot of time, but part of the challenge is about urgency. If you don't feel urgently about this, that's fine. But if you do, find an afternoon in the next two weeks to write and record something, no matter the sound quality. If you're not a musician, tell your story in writing or record it. Our songs and our stories are the evidence of our legacy. I would hate to think that anyone in the future would go to a house show thinking that there were always corporate logos hanging from the ceiling.

and the link:

www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166632633353815&index=1

This is great.

- C.J.

[guilttrip]

Oct 15, 2010 8:22:57 GMT -5 @hungerstrike said:

that might have been the career suicide/ergs/negative creeps show

I'd say maybe to Career Suicide but def not The Ergs. I would've walked out for that and I don't remember doing that.