---------------------------------- ABOUT THIS MAILER This emailer/newsletter is send out to the email lists of the bands and clubs on the list, and to various PA Rocks lists by Jim Lott - PA Rocks. This newsletter might be the best source of email info for the band or club you signed up for. ---------------------------------- PA ROCKS INFORMATION (information of possible interest to the PA music scene) http://parocks.com Good Stuff this week __________________________________ - TONIGHT - Bad Luck Charms, Dime Store Halos & Stiletto Boys at Gulliftys; Poptart Monkeys at Shakey's; Adrian Blitzer at Thoroughbreds; Emily's ToyBox, Bon Fuhrer and Red at Fiddlestyx - The Revolution Club; Hot Club of Cowtown, Echotown at Nick's 1014; Julie Schreiber and Eric Wirsing at Main Street Grille, Emmitsburg, MD - SATURDAY - The Steve Ward Quintet, Jellybricks at Gulliftys; Stept On, Spinebelt, Imbue, Malvado, Click, Fur at Fiddlestyx - The Revolution Club; Poptart Monkeys, Fuzzy Bunny Slippers at The Silo; Halestorm at Eagle's Peak Campground, Robesonia; Stone Jug at Appalachian Brewing Co.; - SUNDAY - Doug Stone at Free Spirit Rec Center - WEDNESDAY - Stone Jug at Gingerbread Man Downtown - THURSDAY - No Show Ponies at Gulliftys ___________________________ Another good national contest - http://www.rockstar2k.com different radio stations around the country take different approached to picking a band from their market to enter into the National Contest, where the grand prize is a national recording contract. According to the Rockstar 2k website, there are 40 radio stations / markets participating, In PA, according to the site, WZZO (Allentown), WEEO (Hagerstown / Chambersburg), WQXA (Harrisburg / Lancaster), WGMR (State College), and WBSX (Wilkes-Barre) are participating. WEEO is actually not participating, and there's no indication on the WZZO website about the contest. Stept On just (on Wednesday) won the WGMR competition at a gig at the Crowbar. Soma and Buzz Poets were the other bands. The voting on the WQXA website recently started. Negative Space, Julian Fist, Bullet, Devolver, and Epsilon are presently in competition for the local slot. You can vote here: http://1057thex.com/servlet/stations_ProcServ/DBPAGE=page&GID=01006013680974777501387332&PG=01171013680989954714106183 The voting for the WBSX contest starts on Monday. Starting Monday, I think you'll be able to vote here: http://citadelradio2.koz.com/servlet/stations_ProcServ/DBPAGE=page&MODE=display&GID=01016013680976811850878092&PG=01186013680992019878474720 Once the 40 or so regional winners are picked, 5 finalists are picked. The 2 top winners of the online voting are picked, and rockstar2k picks the other 3. Interesting quirk of the online voting. From the website "Voting will be weighted to take in account the size of each Station's market; see the Site or write to RockStar2k to obtain a description of the vote tallying methodology." I'd have to say that Stept On has a great chance at the online voting contest, as they've already (sorta / kinda) won FarmClub, and the State College market is not that large a market. The 5 finalists then go to NYC to play a show at CBGB's in September. Judges pick the winner there. Good luck to all PA bands in this contest - odds are pretty good for PA bands, and would like to see a PA band pick up that record contract with MCA. Bonehead from Philly recently signed with MCA in a rockstar2k.com related deal - congrats. ______________________________________ Got a promo pak from Lava Baby - http://www.lavababy.com - a good band from New York that sounds sorta like the Go-Go's and the Bangles, and who has played shows in NYC with Perforated Head (a hit at the MMC5 mainstage). One of the components of the promo pak (along with the Video, CD, pix, etc.) was a book, some 300-500 pages long I'd guess, basically consisting of e-mail that they've got from fans. My first thought about that was pretty much, wow, why this? Then I thought, hey, that was effective, in that it grabbed my attention, it stood apart. Although I don't get huge numbers of promo paks, this one really got me thinking and writing about the band, so it was useful to achieve their goal. Lava Baby is bringing their pure pop and girl power to Philly on July 29, where they open for Dave Davies at the North Star. Should be good. _________________________________________ ATTENTION BANDS!!! Interested in playing the Rib Cook-Off at the York Fairgrounds July 28-29? contact mailto:parocks@parocks.com for more info. _________________________________________ New Halestorm CD - Breaking the Silence. check out http://halestormweb.com/timeman.htm for 3 clips in 3 formats ___________________________________________ Make note of The Malevolent Metal Fest http://mmf2001.com that Dragon Fire is putting on on July 21 in Titusville, PA. http://parocks.com/mmf521.txt - recent press release on the event. Also make note of Shockfest - http://shockfest2001.8m.com - July 28 at the Hellam Fire Hall. ----------------------------- BIZ # BIZ # BIZ # BIZ # BIZ # BIZ BIZ # BIZ # BIZ # BIZ # BIZ # BIZ ----------------------------- 6TH ANNUAL MILLENIUM MUSIC CONFERENCE http://musicconference.net February 14-17, 2002 Hilton Harrisburg and Towers The Sixth Annual Millenium Music Conference may not be right around the corner, but the website is up. MMC6!! It's not until February 14-16, 2002; and it's back at the luxurious Hilton Harrisburg & Towers. --------------------------------- JOHN HARRIS http://johnharris.com Uncle Harry's Rock 'N Roll Campboree at Free Spirit Rec Center August 24, 25, 26 --------------------------------- CONTRIBUTORS # CONTRIBUTORS # CONTRIBUTORS CONTRIBUTORS # CONTRIBUTORS # CONTRIBUTORS --------------------------------- SHANNON AND MELANIE http://parocks.com/snm New 6/22 - 36 NEW PIX! --------------------------------- SPOTLIGHT - PAUL AUTRY http://parocks.com/spotlight --------------------------------- SUSANNE http://parocks.com/susanne --------------------------------- VIN http://parocks.com/vin --------------------------------- VENUES # VENUES # VENUES # VENUES # VENUES VENUES # VENUES # VENUES # VENUES # VENUES --------------------------------- GULLIFTY'S http://parocks.com/gulliftys Tuesdays: Don & Tony Jo Jun 22 - Bad Luck Charms, Dime Store Halos & Stiletto Boys Jun 23 - The Steve Ward Quintet, The Jellybricks Jun 28 - No Show Ponies - ALL AGES SHOW! Jun 29 - Steve Whiteman and Funny Money, Thick Jun 30 - Dead 50's, Sho 'Nuff ---------------------------------- SHAKEY'S http://shakeysbar.com/shakeys Jun 22 - Poptart Monkeys Jun 23 - DJ Rude Jun 29 - Emily's ToyBox Jun 30 - DJ Rude Jul 6 - Juiced Jul 7 - DJ Rude Fill out the online survey, get a chance to win free tickets!!! ----------------------------------- THOROUGHBREDS http://shakeysbar.com/thoroughbreds Jun 22 - Adrian Blitzer Jun 23 - DJ Dance Party Jun 29 - Clove, Something Fluid Jun 30 - DJ Dance Party Jul 6 - UPC, Nevermoure Jul 7 - DJ Dance Party ---------------------------------- CHAMPIONS http://shakeysbar.com/champions Jun 22 - DJ Dance Party Jun 23 - DJ Dance Party Jun 29 - Psyfon Jun 30 - DJ Dance Party ---------------------------------- FIDDLESTYX - CLUB REVOLUTION http://parocks.com/revolution Jun 22 - Emily's ToyBox, Bon Fuhrer, Red Jun 23 - Stept On, Spinebelt, Imbue, Malvado, Click, Fur Jun 29 - Stept On, Sho 'Nuff Jun 30 - Fusi4m, tba July 3 - Down and Out July 6 - Open, no bands July 7 - Metal Mania Mayhem - Balistic, Bullet, Spellbound, Grim ---------------------------------- FREE SPIRIT REC CENTER http://freespiritreccenter.com Jun 22 - (at Nicks 1014) Hot club of Cowtown, Echotown Jun 24 - Doug Stone Jul 1 - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Jul 14 - Bill Haley's Comets, Ronnie Allyn (Elvis) Jul 29 - Don Williams Aug 19 - John Anderson Aug 24-26 - Rock 'n Roll Campboree ---------------------------------- THE SILO NIGHTCLUB http://thesilonightclub.com DJ Thursday, Friday, Sunday unless noted Jun 23 - Poptart Monkeys, Fuzzy Bunny Slippers Jun 29 - CD Compilation Release - Spinebelt, Dead Leaves, Eastcide, Anthrophobia, ivet, Imbue, The Afterglows, Thirteen Over Eight, M.H.S., and Envy Jun 30 - CD Compilation Release - Fatal Aggression, Divination, Kizmat, General Eclectic, Lisa Christ Superstar, Synthetic Evolution, Choose Your Own Adventure, Squatweiler, 416 South, Lumpy Balboa Condition, and Inner Sanctum Jul 6 - CD Compilation Release - The Oddyssea , JiveMind , Big Green Limousine , Cropduster , The Cynikals, Dead 50's, Styles Murphy, Shame, 5 Steps Down, Mystery Van, and Johnny Action Figure ----------------------------------- BANDS # BANDS # BANDS # BANDS # BANDS # BANDS BANDS # BANDS # BANDS # BANDS # BANDS # BANDS ------------------------------------ THE MARTINI BROS. http://martinibros.com Jun 29 - Historic Blue Star - Lancaster, PA Jun 30 - Sutter's - Millerstown, PA Jul 28 - York Fair Rib Fest - York, PA Jul 29 - Buzzfest - Lancaster, PA ------------------------------------ HALESTORM http://halestormweb.com Jun 23 - Eagle's Peak Campground - Robesonia, PA Jun 30 - Gingerbread Man Downtown - Harrisburg, PA Jul 7 - Private Party Jul 25 - Mary Gate of Heaven Festival - Myerstown, PA Jul 28 - Eagle's Peak Campground Pool Party - Robesonia, PA New CD - Halestorm - Breaking the Silence. Tons new pix on the web site. --------------------------------- JULIE SCHREIBER AND ERIC WIRSING http://julieschreiber.com Jun 22 - Main Street Grille - Emmitsburg, MD Jun 29 - Private Party Jul 6 - Harrisburg 4th of July Celebration, Main Stage - Harrisburg, PA Jul 12 - Manyunk Brewing Company - Manyunk, Philadelphia, PA Jul 14 - Central PA Festival of the Arts, Allen Stage - State College, PA Jul 20 - Tailgaters - York, PA New Site Design Up. --------------------------------- STONE JUG http://stonejug.com Jun 23 - Appalachian Brewing Co. - Harrisburg, PA Jun 27 - Gingerbread Man Downtown - Harrisburg, PA Jun 29-30 - TMI Campout - Goldsboro, PA Jul 4 - Gingerbread Man Downtown - Harrisburg, PA Jul 7 - Roma Cafe - Steelton, PA Jul 11 - Gingerbread Man Downtown - Harrisburg, PA Jul 14 - Newport Hotel - Newport, PA Jul 18 - Gingerbread Man Downtown - Harrisburg, PA F Jul 20 - Nick's 1014 - Harrisburg, PA Jul 25 - Gingerbread Man Downtown - Harrisburg, PA Jul 28 - Gingerbread Man Mechanicsburg - Mechanicsburg, PA ---------------------------------- D'AREY OCTOBER http://parocks.com/dareyoctober Choose Your Own Adventure news... This is Jared and Steve's new project (ex-D'arey October). New website: http://cyoa.50megs.com New CD: The 2 new song sampler is available FREE!!!! at Vertigo Music and Young Ones (Kutztown)..while supplies last. Next show - June 30 - The Silo - Reading - Compilation CD Release, with 10 other bands. -------------------------------- JET SILVER http://parocks.com/jetsilver Selected Dates: Aug 1 - Vans Warped Tour '01, Nissan Pavillion, Bristow, VA (outside Washington, DC) Aug 3 - Vans Warped Tour '01, Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA -------------------------------- DARCIE MINER http://darcieminer.com Jun 29 - Slammer's - Steelton, PA ----------------------------------- JULIAN FIST http://julianfist.com Jun 23 - McFly's - Lancaster, PA ----------------------------------- UNSUBSCRIBE INSTRUCTIONS - Simply reply to this email and say UNSUBSCRIBE PAROCKS NETWORK as the subject - make sure that UNSUBSCRIBE appears in the SUBJECT line, or else it might be missed. ----------------------------------