Lester Bangs ((December 13, 1948 – April 30, 1982) (0)

 today is the anniversary of Lester Bangs death , he's the most celebrated of rock writer in my opinion of all time. With his excellent knowledge of the 70's rock rebels and poppy princesses it put him on top through out the 1970's; in the eyes of journalists and readers all over the country.  However when  he overdosed in March of 82 and his life was ended to a batch of Darvon, Valium and NyQuil, it was as if the music had died a few years previously and he was just making his last "ha raw". I'm 100% sure if Bangs was still alive to this day he would be truly disappointed in the way the music has dived into a pit of whinny adolescents and immature personality'

s. But on the other hand he never really felt that "rock stars" were more then just mere people with above average day jobs.  

"Well basically I just started out to lead [an interview] with the most insulting question I could think of. Because it seemed to me that the whole thing of interviewing as far as rock stars and that was just such a suck-up. It was groveling obeisance to people who weren't that special, really. It's just a guy, just another person, so what?" -Lester Bangs quoted in a interview

Here's a clip from the movie Almost Famous that came out in 2000 portraying Lester.




And here's his voice in  a snip-it from a interview he did in the late 70's about technology.

RIP.

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50 people 1 question (0)

So I have come across this film so many times an idea formed into my head...

At every show that happens for the month of May i plan to make one of these videos

So be on the look out, the question will be changed  at every show!

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By land or Sea Release Party (0)

es,yes on Saturday night By Land Or Sea had the release party of their album " Hell Broke Loose", both floors of The Colony Cafe found themselves covered with all sorts of friends,family,strangers and long time fans. There was plenty of dancing but, with a line up of The Paper Planets(http://www.myspace.com/thepaperplanets), Nightmares for a week(http://www.myspace.com/nightmaresforaweek) and then By Land or Sea(http://www.myspace.com/bylandorsea) who could really contain there body movements with such musicians playing!. unfortunately I had never been to a  Nightmares for a week previously and did not bring enough tape to film their performance. But everyone should say a big congratulations to By Land Or Sea for finishing " Hell Broke Loose" and go BUY the album at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ByLandorSea/from/viglink

 Photos by miss Lauren Tischler

The Paper Planets!




By land or Sea Part one!




By Land or Sea par two!




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My second Published article! (0)

Here's my second article as a intern for the Daily Freeman!

http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/04/25/entertainment/doc4bd2669f1d516608414729.txt

By Ethan Barnett
Freeman Intern

Seminal Stain (photo provided)

Kingston High School is having its third annual Battle of the Bands on Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. at the high school auditorium at 403 Broadway in the city.

Ten bands auditioned and six were selected to play for the prize of $200. They were chosen based on their quality of sound, organization, lyrical appropriateness, timeliness. To qualify, at least one band member from each band had to be a student of the high school.

Performing bands will include The Paper Planets of Woodstock, Depot Street of Saugerties, Coprolite of Kingston, Seminal Stain of Kingston, Y.I.C of Kingston and if all else fails of Kingston.

The line up for the night of the 29th is said to start with an adult band — with two out of the three members being Kingston High school teachers. Then if all else fails will perform, followed by Coprolite, Y.I.C., Seminal Stain, The Paper Planets and Depot Street.

All of the seniors that are taking Matthew DiDonna’s civics class will have to participate in the event to complete their community service partition grade.

“All of the students were assigned specific jobs — including event managers, band contractors, security, band roadies, ticket sales, internal promoters, external promoters, program creators, T-shirt design and T-shirt sales,” said DiDonna, a social studies teacher and Class of 2012 adviser and Battle of the Bands coordinator.

“The hardest step of the Battle of the Bands is raising money for the sound equipment,” DiDonna said. “But this year we had a vast amount of support from the community ... having well over 50 sponsors all producing $25 to $50 donations.”

This year’s proceeds are going to benefit former Kingston High School student Keith Gurgui. Gurgui, a 2009 graduate of the high school, suffered a spinal cord injury in a swimming accident last summer. He is scheduled to attend the event.

DiDonna said that the event previously raised money for Family of Woodstock and the Children’s Annex. “We only sold 350 tickets” in the first year, DiDonna said, adding that the following year, almost all of the 700 tickets were sold. “We are hoping that this year will be the most successful year yet,” he said.

Tickets are $9 at the door and $7 in advance, to purchase tickets in advance call DiDonna at (845) 331- 1970. Labels:

Happy Weekend everyone! (0)

So it's Friday pumpkin!
What's everyone doing tonight?
Oh that's right, you're going to go see Taxi To Alaska at Skatetime209, 7pm sharp! to see them win the battle of the bands oh and by the way they have one song up on their Myspace and also just put a new teaser up so go check them out!

or

You're going to the Tuscan Cafe(Warwick) at 7pm sharp! to go see The Paper Planets(http://www.myspace.com/thepaperplanets /http://thepaperplanets.com/ ) and The Closers( http://www.myspace.com/theclosersska) but it's just going to be a really good show full of wonderful vibes!

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R.I.P.Ask For Lisa 5/5/2007-4/21/2010 (0)

So after four beautiful years of the Noah Bowman,Eli Cohen, Harry Basch and Trevor Stannus being Ask For Lisa it is time to call it quits. I found out yesterday and was deeply saddened, but not to say surprised. After watching these boys grow into the boy-ish men they are, I and a few others new it was soon the end. With everyone having  such different personality's and music interests it was the right time. They will still be putting out there newest songs "Brain Track and Watered flowers" but after that don't expect anything new for the rest off music existence. I am so disappointed to see these boys break up mainly because they ARE the band that inspired me to start " Young Eight Four Five". So let us remember them as the wonderful band they have always shown us to be <3
R.I.P.Ask For Lisa 5/5/2007-4/21/2010

 


 



 



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The Paper Planets at the final round! (0)

The Paper Planets gave it there all on Sunday at 830 for the final round of The Break Contest, They had a decent size crowd that showed them so much support. With a set list of Rise Up, Lack of a solider ,unity-Operation ivy cover, a Island theme song without a name and California Bound they were pulling for a win!
Unfortunately the judges did not feel the same, with giving them scores of "7.5, 7 and 8 and comments saying they needed to be more like "Jason Marz", who knows what the judges were thinking!

So here are the two videos from their performance!

Part 1

Part 2

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