tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post4543860518309539593..comments2024-03-17T08:00:53.335-04:00Comments on One Base on an Overthrow: Disregard The Things I SaidBrushbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-54534459303383724622009-11-21T21:09:13.187-05:002009-11-21T21:09:13.187-05:00The mp3 files on this post are now listen-only (no...The mp3 files on this post are now listen-only (non-dowlnoadable) files. However, you can download the entire Challenged/Nancy split EP (which is where the song "Consolation Prize" is from)for free at the Challenged's web site (<a href="http://www.thechallenged.com" rel="nofollow">click here</a>).Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-83675291991803792982009-08-17T20:43:12.681-04:002009-08-17T20:43:12.681-04:00Yeah, I really wanted to go to that show, but I ba...Yeah, I really wanted to go to that show, but I backed out because it was a weeknight and Cafe Nine shows don't usually end until around 12:30 or 1:00.Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-64808432517111955042009-08-17T20:22:50.194-04:002009-08-17T20:22:50.194-04:00you missed out on the chronic sick show. it was al...you missed out on the chronic sick show. it was altogether pretty entertaining, but because of some complications there were no free shirts.<br /><br />my voice in that interview sounds the way my twin brother's does now. weird.t...p...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-26566943319818126812009-08-15T22:51:09.945-04:002009-08-15T22:51:09.945-04:00Ha! That Malcolm interview is great!!! What a char...Ha! That Malcolm interview is great!!! What a charmer!Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-27172711727774445572009-08-15T20:17:23.597-04:002009-08-15T20:17:23.597-04:00Okay, to continue the continuity...more from Ready...Okay, to continue the continuity...more from Ready! and early 2000s Danbury...<br /><br />A young Tom, later of Guilty faces, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrCJsMEJAYk" rel="nofollow">interviews</a> Malcolm Tent.<br /><br />Jere's band <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHISV0_1rBg" rel="nofollow">covers</a> Bruce's band.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-19725500868030555162009-08-13T20:15:16.701-04:002009-08-13T20:15:16.701-04:00Fuck, Tom, you've got a show tonight. Wish I w...Fuck, Tom, you've got a show tonight. Wish I was there. I want a t-shirt!Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-14635439693044083662009-08-13T19:33:56.484-04:002009-08-13T19:33:56.484-04:00glad to see Ready TV is back on the air to some de...glad to see Ready TV is back on the air to some degree. Also, nice video of CCS in my folks garage.tommy h perkins (esq.)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-40359136499698821862009-07-13T15:00:53.818-04:002009-07-13T15:00:53.818-04:00Yeppers! I'll have to lay a disc on you, it...Yeppers! I'll have to lay a disc on you, it's quite reactionary and very anti-trad punk!Brah Wobblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-57930424106658883112009-07-13T13:41:00.875-04:002009-07-13T13:41:00.875-04:00Total Dick playing Safe To Swim this year, I see?Total Dick playing Safe To Swim this year, I see?Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-73081871343282379742009-07-13T12:53:16.344-04:002009-07-13T12:53:16.344-04:00She WAS indeed...one foxy cop.She WAS indeed...one foxy cop.Bruce Bartellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-72988819707227303162009-07-12T10:46:04.697-04:002009-07-12T10:46:04.697-04:00These are awesome, just to see Danbury (my favorit...These are awesome, just to see Danbury (my favorite CT town ever) in the background.Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-6829695239196517822009-07-09T16:31:23.054-04:002009-07-09T16:31:23.054-04:00More Ready action up here: Rollins vs. Danzig. Jer...More Ready action up here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChFvA-sGqqg" rel="nofollow">Rollins vs. Danzig.</a> Jere interviewing Bruce toward the end, and actual DDTeens talk in the middle. Brian aka Pist drummer and Pac-Men singer doing most of the interviewing.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-81995590360363491132009-07-09T12:56:34.639-04:002009-07-09T12:56:34.639-04:00Thanks! We had fun...
I've got a box full of ...Thanks! We had fun...<br /><br />I've got a box full of 7"ers....our limited run has not quite run out yet.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-46529658783548775542009-07-08T22:14:37.738-04:002009-07-08T22:14:37.738-04:00Aw, man, that is awesome.
I still want a Pac-Men ...Aw, man, that is awesome.<br /><br />I still want a Pac-Men 7".Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-48128572107182508312009-07-08T18:09:03.681-04:002009-07-08T18:09:03.681-04:00All this Danbury talk got me in an early 00's ...All this Danbury talk got me in an early 00's mood, so I uploaded the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYdsBWsiMNg" rel="nofollow">theme to my old cable access TV show.</a> The show and the song by The Pac-Men are both called "Ready!"<br /><br />I'll probably post more from the show soon, which will include, if nothing else, more Bruce.<br /><br />Also, Tom Faces (Tom Guilt? Tom DDTeens?) is briefly visible jumping in a red shirt at the 1:26 mark.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-64764548423841440582009-07-08T16:27:48.718-04:002009-07-08T16:27:48.718-04:00Actually, Malcolm's (solo and/or with Creepdus...Actually, Malcolm's (solo and/or with Creepdust and Ultrabunny) has been one of the few things from Danbury worth keeping up with lately.Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-80604500466596097232009-07-08T16:06:13.120-04:002009-07-08T16:06:13.120-04:00So it's agreed...we blame malcolm!So it's agreed...we blame malcolm!Bruce Run Itnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-75013002112528172722009-07-08T14:54:52.582-04:002009-07-08T14:54:52.582-04:00Here's basically all that I'm saying, and ...Here's basically all that I'm saying, and why I think releases are important (and I'm not slagging on Tony or Sub Rosa at all, just following up on what Bruce wrote in the first comment):<br /><br />Danbury has slid well behind the other CT cities, as far as a music scene goes. If you want to tell someone about New London, you can talk about bands like Brava Spectre, point to a label like Cosmodemonic, and hand someone a Fatal Film CD. If you want to tell someone about New Haven, you can talk about bands like Estrogen Highs, point to a label like Safety Meeting, and hand someone a Titles CD. Even the Hartford - Middletown area has bands like Werewolf Police and the stuff that's going on at Wesleyan. Now, try doing this with Danbury...<br /><br />It's harder to point at concrete stuff like this to give people an idea of what Danbury is about.Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-15037962090786810592009-07-08T12:58:22.369-04:002009-07-08T12:58:22.369-04:00Safe to Swim is really geared more to the out-of-t...Safe to Swim is really geared more to the out-of-town acts than the locals. Tony Sub Rosa was wise to not just make it a Gasball rehash. In some ways, rampant local-ism is what sunk that event.<br /><br />I dunno'...I'd hesitate to apply any particular standards to "the scene"...maybe the fact that so many good bands never released anything just means that instead of "the next Seattle"...Danbury became "the next DC".Bruce Tentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-70700931104629011552009-07-07T23:42:06.957-04:002009-07-07T23:42:06.957-04:00"Yes, please fill me in on all of those Empre..."Yes, please fill me in on all of those Empress Ballroom tough-guy metalcore shows that I missed..."<br /><br />No! That was what we were trying to go against. Our band even boycotted Empress, though its location would've made it a perfect home court for us. Had we not hated everything about it.<br /><br />I'm talking about the shows the kids now in Guilty Faces were at.Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-14664404509067296762009-07-07T21:30:37.588-04:002009-07-07T21:30:37.588-04:00Yes, please fill me in on all of those Empress Bal...Yes, please fill me in on all of those Empress Ballroom tough-guy metalcore shows that I missed...<br /><br />Really, the Danbury scene through most of the 90's-- with bands like Atlas and Monsterland and Creature Did and Her Tears and China Pig and so forth-- that kinda stuff just doesn't happen everywhere. The bar was set pretty high to begin with. Still, who are the standard-bearers of the Danbury scene now? I mean, I went to the big Safe to Swim Weekend last year, and found only one local Danbury band that interested me (besides Bruce's, of course)-- Failure's Art, and when I went up and asked them for a demo, they didn't have one with them. I still don't think they've released anything since then.<br /><br />You could maybe count Guilty Faces as being from Bethel, but that might be stretching it.<br /><br />I really had all my hopes set on Tractor Flip, but oh well.Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-24764396820541397432009-07-07T20:07:07.440-04:002009-07-07T20:07:07.440-04:00It's a shame that our host here kinda missed t...It's a shame that our host here kinda missed the one era of the Danbury scene that I was a part of. Which, of course, was the BEST time in Danbury history. Ha. <br /><br />But yeah, the loss of Trash goes so far beyond a record store disappearing. To be able to know that anything you want to do will have this centralized, free space that's both bulletin board and meeting space in which to promote it is invaluable. Add the fact that if you have nowhere else to do whatever it is you're promoting, you could just go ahead and do it right at Trash. Man, did I leave Danz-bury at the right time or what?? But I still root for it...<br /><br />Anyway, I think our best idea for documenting the "scene" back in '99-'03-ish was:<br /><br />The Danbury-area Punk Rock Grammys, to be held at Newtown Teen Center, and we'd all wear tuxes. I'll never forget Pat's line from our vision of the event: "Ladies and gentlemen....Diallo."<br /><br />And in a way, our cable access show documented it. Kinda. We did show local bands sometimes. Mostly our own band, though.<br /><br />Oh and Bruce, speaking of Danbury, I saw Grace recently. I can't believe Dominic died!Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-21067735348203519842009-07-07T12:04:27.376-04:002009-07-07T12:04:27.376-04:00I kid Malcolm...because I can't help it. But I...I kid Malcolm...because I can't help it. But I DO believe that without Trash the young 'uns are without a sense of community, though.<br /><br /> the Heirloom is having a rough go of it...all props to jay but the space IS unwieldy and a money pit. <br /><br /> The Danbury scene (or "next Seattle") has always had a big turnover rate...most of the local bands don't stay together too long, or graduate WestConn. <br /><br /> Not that it excuses the fact that there hasn't been a document of the "danbury scene" since CHOP WHIP GRATE, etc.<br /><br /> C'mon, blame Malcolm...it'll be fun!Bruce Tentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-30824709614659383442009-07-06T21:46:14.144-04:002009-07-06T21:46:14.144-04:00Can't disagree with that at all (except the bl...Can't disagree with that at all (except the blaming Malcolm part).<br /><br />I think the Danbury scene of the 90's had a real core, and Trash was a huge part of that... maybe sites like MySpace and Facebook help to fill in the blanks a little, but I also don't really get a feel for the Danbury scene right now, like I do with New Haven or New London for instance. I mean, there's Sub Rosa and Larry's, but where are the bands? Where are the records?Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239910173455706271.post-84582510258462565042009-07-06T15:00:11.962-04:002009-07-06T15:00:11.962-04:00I blame malcolm tent. hear me out...the loss of a ...I blame malcolm tent. hear me out...the loss of a trash as a central meeting place has denied the post-trash generation their ability to learn their first lessons in how a DIY scene works.<br /><br />discuss...I'm gonna' put coffee on...Bruce Tentnoreply@blogger.com