This was a Special Forces Records showcase show. I want to say it was sometime in the summer of 1998. According to the web, No Contest, No Regrets, Purpose, and Hindsight played this show. I took a few pictures at it, but don’t remember much more about the show.
This was the second day of a two day fest in Asbury Park. We went back up to this show after I had gone for a bit the day before. I do not have remember any of these bands playing besides Ink & Dagger. A lot of my friends thought it was funny to go off for them like they were Breakdown. It got old after awhile, but it was pretty amusing at the time. I swear I took pictures at this show because we were going to interview Sean (which never happened…more on that in a future post), but…
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(I remember a flyer, but don’t have it scanned…) This show was part of a two day fest. I was only at this day for a little bit to see Get High. I worked in the morning, went home and showered, and then headed up to Asbury Park for the show. After seeing Get High I left to go on a date back down in Toms River. The person I was seeing at the time was pretty…normal…so I actually changed clothes in the car before heading back down. That is so funny looking back. I cannot remember at all who…
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This was really cool. Stockton was always able to get great speakers to come to campus (looking forward to Junot Diaz this fall!) and I was so excited to Chuck D. I had a class until 8pm, but I remember our professor let us out early because she wanted to get to the event herself. Chuck D spoke for about an hour about a variety of topics. The best part was definitely afterwards when he just hung out in the hallway by the PAC for awhile talking to a bunch of us. He was really down to earth and enjoyed…
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This show was done by Maggie Rosario. I did a flyer for it with a Sailor Moon background that I only have a cruddy scan for at the moment. My only copy got wrecked when I pulled it off my wall to scan, so I had to take it out of a fanzine. I also helped get Reach The Sky onto this show sometime during that week. Back in the 90s we got so much done via ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger before texting, Skype, etc. CC4J were a band that got back together to play some shows around this…
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The first ever benefit for Matt Leveton was in January 1999. Matt used to book shows at Manville and got seriously hurt in a car crash. These shows were a really big deal at the time and a nice showing of what can happen when the hardcore scene comes together for something good. The first day was highlighted by a reunion show for Strength 691. I remember seeing a lot of people who I had not seen in a few years, which is an odd feeling when you are 19, and hung around catching up with a lot of people.…
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This gig was definitely overshadowed a bit by the recent presidential election, which featured two of the most repugnant human beings I have ever encountered. Seeing people from the hardcore scene cheer on either of them makes my skin crawl. Infest however stepped up and absolutely tore the house down. John and I headed out to this show after he met up with me where I live now. We caught up on the way. It was nice to be with him in such disturbing times. He has the same vicious, cynical, unrelenting humor that I do. We always felt a…
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I wish I could remember who else played this show? Charge absolutely exploded on the NJHC scene in the fall of 2002. Their first few shows brought out a lot of people who loved their demo. Things took a different turn after awhile, but those first couple of shows were great. I recorded the audio of this show too.
I am pretty sure this show happened during finals week, but I cannot find a date for it online. I do remember a few friends and I guested on our college’s radio show that afternoon, but got pulled off after we played a song with some naughty words. Wah-wah. I have no idea why I even went to this considering I do not like Bouncing Souls at all. All the preppie ska-punk people in my high school loved them. I do remember they covered “Pay To Cum,” which was pretty cool.
I got in a big argument with a professor earlier in the day before going to this show. He said something really sexist about my lab partner and I called him out on it. He got ANGRY and we had it out. My partner was pretty upset, but also kind of mad I made such a big deal out of it. After class I wandered around the mall for a few hours and then drove up to the show. I mostly sulked in the back at this show and pretty much regretted going when I was such a shitty mood.…
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