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New Music First Since 1978

About Me

The CMJ Network connects music lovers with the best in new music through print and interactive media, as well as live events. CMJ.COM offers an interactive music discovery service for new music fans, professionals and artists. CMJ NEW MUSIC MONTHLY -- the first consumer magazine to include a bound-in CD sampler -- connects music fans with the best new music, offering its readers multi-media opportunities to discover new music in print, on monthly CDs and online. CMJ NEW MUSIC REPORT in the music industry's connection to new music. The NMR is the weekly source for proprietary charts of non-commercial, college and internet radio airplay. CMJ EVENTS produces live music events and conferences, including the CMJ Music Marathon, the largest music industry event of its kind.
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My Interests

Uh...sounds, instruments, people, bands, music, concerts, festivals...all the stuff we've listed below.

I'd like to meet:

Forward-thinking music fans, people with open bar tabs, etc etc.

Music:

Yes, have some !

Movies:

Labrynth, Boogie Nights, Ichi The Killer, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, Blue Velvet, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Eraserhead, High Fidelity, Fallen Angels, The Girl Can’t Help It, Trainspotting, A Fish Called Wanda, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Teenage Gang Debs, River’s Edge, F for Fake, or Rock ’n’ Roll High School, Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii...

Television:

Six Feet Under, The Daily Show, South Park, The Sheild, Mr. Meaty, Lost, The Colbert Report, The Crocodile Hunter, Love Monkey, Arrested Development, Extras, Family Guy, SCTV, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations...

Books:

Marc Spitz 'How Soon Is Never', Bill Buford 'Among the Thugs', Carlos Casteneda 'Tales Of Power', Dave Eggers 'A Staggering Work Of Heartbreaking Genius', Thomas S. Kuhn 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions', Joe Meno 'Hairstyles Of The Damned', Norman Juster 'The Phantom Tollbooth', Haruki Murakami 'The Wind-up Bird Chronicle', Dan Brown 'Angels and Demons', Herman Melville 'Moby Dick', Oriana Fallaci 'The Egotists: Sixteen Surprising Interviews', Lester Bangs 'Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung', Michael Azzerad 'Our Band Could Be Your Life'...

Heroes:

Harrison Bergeron, Indiana Jones, Rex Grossman, Ralph Wiggum, Jon Solomon on WPRB, Joe Strummer, Claire Bennett, L. Ron Hubbard, Richard Stallman, Neil Young, John Bonham, Chris Elliot, "A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich"...

My Blog

CMJ News 6/5/08

Deerhoof is stomping all over the globe, as they set out to play a tour of Japan and a free show in Brooklyn, with a stop at the Halifax Jazz Festival in support of their upcoming album, Offend Maggie...
Posted by CMJ on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:07:00 PST

Oneida’s Instrumental ’Weaponry’

Brooklyn's Oneida are set to drop their ninth full-length studio album, Preteen Weaponry on August 5. The album will be released on their own label, Brah Records, which is distributed by Jagjaguwar. P...
Posted by CMJ on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:26:00 PST

2008 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival Launches Official Website

The 2008 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival website is now live! Visit www.cmj.com/marathon, and keep checking back for news, sign-up information, history, and more. And don't forget to get your b...
Posted by CMJ on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:40:00 PST

ATTENTION ALL BANDS!! Win a CMJ Marathon 08 slot + $2,000 / prizes!!

ATTENTION BANDS!!! CMJ, in conjunction with Zig-Zag Live, is giving up-and-coming bands the chance to win a performance at CMJ Music Marathon 2008 this fall in New York City. With your $2 submissio...
Posted by CMJ on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:41:00 PST

TOP 10 COLLEGIATE NATIONALS FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

A Brief Smile, Modico, French Horn Rebellion and SHIROCK are just some of the artists that have made the top 10 of the Collegiate Nationals Music Championship. Voting for the first grand prize, which ...
Posted by CMJ on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:17:00 PST

Hot Chip’s Chart Run Won’t Cool

Hot Chip duplicates last week's effort, going No. 1 at Radio 200 and RPM, No. 2 at Triple A and No. 3 at Radio Select Albums this week while the Raveonettes scale the charts, coming from a whopping 16...
Posted by CMJ on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:49:00 PST

TVT Goes Under; Fall Out Boy’s Comic Relief; Punk Legends ’Project’ Themselves...

Long-running independent label TVT Records has reportedly terminated a majority of its employees and is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of the week, according to Billb...
Posted by CMJ on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:59:00 PST

’Third’ Time’s Charm For Portishead; Trapper Blitz-Kriegs US...

We can almost taste it! The first announcement of Bristol-bred Portishead's third studio album, aptly titled Three (Mercury/Island), has been updated, now with an official tracklist in tow. The influe...
Posted by CMJ on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:30:00 PST

Student Artists: Last Chance To Win $12,500

CMJ has teamed up with the Collegiate Nationals Music Championship to give two acts the chance to perform this spring's Collegiate Nationals, as well as more than $12,500 in cash and prizes. If you ha...
Posted by CMJ on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:07:00 PST

Murder By O’Death; Islands Swim To Anti; Otis Redding’s ’Blue’ Ambition

We've already announced Murder By Death's new album, which hits March 4 on Vagrant and is reputed to be a rollicking 11-track journey through the darkest, most twisted depths of Americana. Guitarist A...
Posted by CMJ on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:47:00 PST