*we’ve performed in 9 of 21 counties so far…*
*from ‘cork’ to ‘county mayo’!*
“no irish need apply!”
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“ATLANTIC COUNTY”
BERGEN COUNTY
BURLINGTON COUNTY
CAMDEN COUNTY
CAPE MAY COUNTY
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
ESSEX COUNTY
GLOUCESTER COUNTY
HUDSON COUNTY
HUNTERDON COUNTY
MERCER COUNTY
TRENTON SHOWS
TRENTON SOCIAL
BENJAMIN PORAWSKI
RACHEL JOYCE
449 south broad street
trenton NJ
(609) 989-7777
TC is in charge of booking
(called in sunday)
(call monday @ 11am)
(michelle initially suggested the venue @ new horizons)
(saw john’s old guitarist jesse eliot play a show here on saturday 13 june 2015)
NOVEMBER 2015:
(played the tuesday night open mic)
PRINCETON SHOWS
TERRACE CLUB
DAVID SAHAR
PACO AVILA
NICK HORVATH
(born 31 march 1994)
(president of terrace club)
DECEMBER 2015:
(met him on nassau street)
(he gave me a black marlboro cigarette)
(i was playing “house of the rising sun”)
(friended him on facebook)
(he did not immediately accept request)
hey brother great running into you on nassau last week…keep me posted on any open dates to play at terrace…i’ll get in touch with paco + david as well…i’m living with my friend (another guitarist) in lawrence so i’m able to drop by at a moments notice in case there’s any spots available…
PRINCETON ARTS COUNCIL
FARMER’S MARKET
MEGAN MCKEEVER
mckeever.meg@gmail.com
(hofstra class of 2009)
(works at princeton fitness + wellness center)
(manager of princeton farmer’s market)
(lives in princeton)
(send her an email to play @ farmer’s market next year)
JANUARY 2016:
(sent her friend request)
(she let it sit)
(although she is an active fb user)
(never a good sign)
(sent her email to set up farmers market show)
(i play underneath her apartment)
(PJ complained to cops)
(she didn’t)
(near starbucks)
(every thursday 11am – 4pm)
(may – november)
(hinds plaza)
(on witherspoon street in front of public library)
info@princetonfarmersmarket.com
27 june 2015:
sent an email inquiring about performing at a princeton farmer’s market
(no response)
ALCHEMIST + BARRISTER
IVY INN
HALO PUB
9 hulfish street
palmer square
princeton NJ
carmen marranco
euwers@aol.com
16 june 2015:
sent carmen an email for booking…he said that the venue is booked until february 2016…didn’t respond to my email or fb friend request…”the tone rangers”…sent him a followup email on 30 june 2015 asking him to book us for the next available slot…
will imbert informed me that halo pub has bands perform outside on saturday nights…i contacted “carmen” (an old musician) to book a show…they are booked until next february…i sent him an email anyway…
(first i called christina hayes at the hamilton office)
(609)695-3311
SMALL WORLD COFFEE
“SARA STRYKER”
*willfully ignorant*
(sent her fb friend request)
(off madeline’s page)
(lawrence high school class of 2008)
(TCNJ class of 2012)
(philosophy student)
JANUARY 2016:
(i’ve observed this busty redhead from afar)
(then i spotted her in princeton public library)
(and gave her a joga card)
(telling her i want to book a show @ small world coffee)
(she never hit me up)
(and didn’t wave goodbye as she left the library)
MADELINE
JESSICA
15 FEBRUARY 2016:
(small world monday night jam)
(hosted by madeline chyba)
(who doesn’t want to play with me)
(small world coffee also hosts live music)
small world coffee
attn: Vin
14 1/2 Witherspoon St.
princeton, NJ 08540
vin@smallworldcoffee.com
submitted application via the website
(twice)
talked to some bespectacled dude named “schafer”…gave him a “finest hour” CD…he said he’d book the band @ “small world coffee” (schafer’s a barrister)…he was with some other meathead…
i’ve done multiple walk-ins to the venue…
(the barista simply gives me the e-mail address of “vin”)
WITHERSPOON GRILL
57 witherspoon street
princeton NJ
the witherspoon grill also hosts live music…
(609)924-6011
i spoke to “robert hayes”
he alluded to a woman who had their annual “harvest + music festival” booked
(sunday october 12)
i gave him my phone # and contact info anyway…
9 july 2014:
cheryl visited me and we went to the witherspoon grill for dinner…i was starving because i hadn’t eaten all day…
my meal consisted of:
water / cokes / iced coffees / bread + butter / fried calamari / caesar salad / 10oz hangar steak medium rare with parmesan eggplant fries (i gave to cheryl) / side order of regular fries + ketchup
i first heard about this place in spring 2012…i heard that they had live music at their restaurant…probably easy-listening jazz singers…but i think i halfheartedly applied anyway…
also took server applications there several times…
TRIUMPH BREWERY
PRINCETON
ANTHONY MENDIZZLE
born 13 september 1993
MARCH 2015:
sent him direct message asking him to like the fb page…he complied without response..
(met him in december 2014)
(i was partying @ triumph brewery)
(ran into him smoking a blunt on the park outside)
(went outside for a cigarette break)
(he offered me some hits)
(we became facebook friends)
(they no longer feature live music on the weekends)
(i’ve been booted out of the bar on several occcasions)
138 nassau street
princeton NJ
NEW HOPE
BRENT RICHARD GEE JOHNSON
manager @ triumph brewery company (princeton)
(former boss of gandharva?)
(fan of the joga music page)
(temple university class of 2001)
(married with kids)
(singer/guitarist for the “lynchpin lullabies”)
400 Union Square Dr
New Hope, PA 18938
If you would like your band to play here, please email the following to NHMusic@triumphbrew.com.
In the subject line put your band name. In your email please include your full name, your phone number, a link to your website, Facebook page, and one or two YouTube videos. If you do not get a response after a day or two, please do not send another email. Please do not call. Please do not drop off your CD or press kit. Give us a chance to check out your band. If you haven’t received a response after a few weeks, then feel free to send another email.
29 june 2015:
sent an email asking to book a show
(no response yet)
(arv is supposed to follow up with his contact there)
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PRINCETON BOOKERS
BAINY SURI
bainy.suri@facebook.com
30 june 2015:
(refriended her)
(we’ll see)
once i moved to princeton in september, i was eager to book shows…
i saw a flyer @ the princeton shopping center advertising a “rock the vote” concert…
(i e-mailed the organizers to book a spot to no avail)
(i got drunk in summer 2014)
(and chewed her out for liking chris harford)
(so we’re no longer fb friends)
KEN SOUFL
ken.soufl@gmail.com
(princeton booking agent)
(we’re fb friends)
(is he a fan of my music page?)
MAIDENHEAD SHOWS
RIDER UNIVERSITY
ACACIA
WILDFLOUR CAFE
THURSDAY NIGHT FESTIVALS
EWING SHOWS
TCNJ
HAMILTON SHOWS
BLEND BAR + BISTRO
911 Highway 33
Hamilton, NJ 08690
609-245-8887
“antonio” handles booking
(solo acoustic is best)
(open mic every other wednesday)
(this wednesday is the last open mic until february)
*16 december 2015*
HOPEWELL SHOWS
HILLBILLY HALL
1 MAY 2015:
acoustic (unamplified) set with arv @ hopewell chiropractic
(25 east broad street)
(5pm – 8pm)
(during an antique car show)
(organized by doctor annie mo)
(arrive @ arv’s pad @ 3pm)
(then she’ll drive us there)
(sell CDs and promote the website)
(live stream the event)
annie mo picking me up from princeton
(now she’ll see the mounts motel up close)
MORRIS COUNTY
OCEAN COUNTY
“the jersey shore”
PASSAIC COUNTY
SALEM COUNTY
SOMERSET COUNTY
WATCHUNG SHOWS
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WARREN SHOWS
ROLF’S
(65 stirling road)
(warren NJ)
(908)754-5500
tim preston (manager):
(908)377-9095
TIMOTHY PRESTON
(manager)
german for “renown the wolf”…
the old man (via painter “charles valentino”) promoted the pub as a hotspot to pull chicks in summer 2005…so once i turned 21, i decided to explore…
i used to drink with madcow @ rolf’s in february 2006…i was in the midst of recording “finest hour” and thoroughly depressed…
and then when the professor finally graduated college in spring 2006 we used to head there pre-midnight for drinking sessions…
i reunited with brad lubeck @ rolf’s. the ally of fellow aryan “little max” and former boy scout “leader’s” son “little matt”. with tim ponzio in the other corner drinking with his father. madcow drinking his dry martinis before he had to go to work. and i had to record my music…
on thanksgiving 2006, lubeck drove me back from rolf’s and we smoked a blunt in his driveway…we seemed to bond as he rambled on about his entrepreneurial aspirations but he don’t dig my music so fuck him….
later that fall, i went to rolf’s for a “drink” with the old man…although he drove me there, he got thoroughly hammered and i (though in no shape to drive myself) drove us home…i reunited with my high school crush the dumataliana “carmela gonnella” as the old man continued to purchase us pitchers…for once in his life, he was serving my purposes so i didn’t complain…luckily i wasn’t pulled over…
then i agreed to meet longtime highschool crush christine fisher there one saturday evening…i brought along “little eddie” for the ride just in case…i’d already facebook posted that i was “in a relationship” (just to stop plain janes from messaging me)…so when she came onto me in the rolf’s parking lot and asked me whether i was “in love”, i was forced to lie to her…then i went and got stoned with magic dan…
i first performed a solo show there on saturday 19 march 2011…
JANUARY 2016:
(asked “rolfs warren” to like fb page)
(we are fb friends)
(no response)
(who is behind the mask?)
roboray and i performed @ rolf’s on 23 july 2011 to a much more sympathetic crowd…
(mama was impressed by my vocal stamina during the 3+ hour set)
(4 the hometown crowd…)
Rolf’s Restaurant + Pub
(65 Stirling Road, Warren NJ)
(saturday night special)
(23 JULY 2011)
(8pm – 1am)
(be there!!!)
the next time i found myself @ rolf’s, it was november 2012. so by the time it reached 11pm, i had no other choice but to be dropped off at rolf’s. some middle-aged blues band was performing that night. i said hello to tim the manager and bummed several cigarettes (the ladies smoked newports and the men smoked marlboro lights). after borrowing $5 from paul, i bought myself a jack and coke (for $8) and a budweiser draft (for $4). paul arrived on the scene around midnight accompanied by el madre (who was waiting in the car).
23 JULY 2011:
(saturday night special)
(8pm – 1am)
(roboray on drums)
(we were paid $300)
(but i don’t think i gave roboray his cut)
(the manager tried to underpay me because i “hadn’t brought in enough fans”)
MARCH 2011:
on my facebook invite, emma and roboray were the only ones to respond…i felt kinda guilty as roboray wasn’t welcome to perform…
my girlfriend emma wolin and her mother melissa cox were in attendance…i performed solo (as roboray and i were broken up at the time)…it was a thoroughly disastrous show (though i was in particularly good voice as my self-inflicted video proves)…i performed for several hours but was not applauded at all (the same self-inflicted video shows that whenever i concluded a song (making it obvious with a loud crescendo) all i heard were either digs from the shitty middle-aged wankers or nothing at all…i’d always thought that a few sympathetic females in the audience could augment their applause with a few “woos!” to silence the jealous male masses but alas that was not the case)…i believe the performance contributed to the breakup of emma and i the very next week…yet again a middle-aged man turned emma off to me…after one of my songs, he brashly came up to me and requested that “you’d sound better if you’d turn it down” (even though i was playing solo in a venue that routinely featured loud live middle-aged bands)…emma had only heard me perform once before…and that time, the daughter of the guido owner of “caffe cielo” had double-booked the friday night (despite my multiple unanswered confirmations to her)…roboray and i performed for about 15 minutes before this rude guido pulled the plug because we were “playing too loud” (despite the fact that roboray was playing brushsticks on drums)…
via text emma requested i dedicate a song to her mother @ the rolf’s show…so i played the beatles’ “here there and everywhere” and dedicated it to mother + daughter…it was the first time that our mothers met…mama mentioned that she was “young”…she also said that melissa was an admirer of mine…emma spotted AI but they never met…they left before the show was over because her mother had to go to sleep…she gave me a lip kiss before she left and said she was “so proud of me” (just like she does with her daddy)…she said she wanted to hang out more than 2 times a week…emma called me @ 12:30am and i called her back…she didn’t answer…
i met frederick marigliano via AI in late 2010 / early 2011. he attended my march 2011 performance @ rolf’s. all he had to say about the performance was “the second half was better than the first half” (conveniently AFTER emma + melissa had already departed)…go fucking figure…
the next week emma graciously informed me that some “retired cop” (aka “old man”) winked at her @ my rolf’s gig the weekend before and told her that she was too young to be sitting at the bar “but he wouldn’t tell”…
i also noted via facebook that she had “hung out” before the show with a fellow jew a few years older than her. his name was “maximillian brandell”
WATCHUNG HILLS
BRIDGEWATER SHOWS
ROCKTOBERFEST
in october 2010, i was invited to perform a set @ thomas ruperto’s annual “rocktoberfest”
(we had met @ my aunt pattie ann’s piscataway housewarming party:)
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(progress from somerset –> union –> essex –> hudson)
(through the holland tunnel into NYC)
SUSSEX COUNTY
UNION COUNTY
RAHWAY SHOWS
RAIL HOUSE
SCOTCH PLAINS SHOWS
VIENNA 60
(375 park avenue)
(scotch plains NJ)
(908)322-8000
GRILLESTONE RESTAURANT
2377 Route 22
Scotch Plains NJ
(908)889-8000
(i know brooke cassidy worked here)
(they probably replaced original bands with cover bands)
(and then cover bands with DJs)
(they don’t need any more songs)
JADE ISLE
(158 terrill road)
(scotch plains or plainfield???)
(908) 322-6111
(chinese restaurant)
OCTOBER 2005:
(the old man set me up with a solo gig in october 2005)
(because he was investigating my mother’s past)
(and richard the drunk was known to frequent the spot)
(i also met a gaybird who purported to be the CEO of j. crew)
(i brought the PA system / acoustic / electric guitar)
(learned the top 20 songs on the VH1 “best songs of rock”)
(the old man reported that a family who was dining was “goofing on me” at the beginning)
(but then started liking me when i played “american pie”)
(leave it to him to ruin a moment)
(vincent lordi came out with his family)
(closed the set with “DWI”)
(T and carol came out)
(i believe i made some money that night)
FLANNERY’S PUB
(fanwood NJ)
(917)769-9776
(wanted to play here in early 2012)
(within walking distance from grandma skip’s house)
(but i never did)
EVANGEL CHURCH
patrick@evangelchurch.com
WESTFIELD SHOWS
THE OFFICE
(westfield NJ)
(908)232-1207
FEBRUARY 2012:
(performed there with roboray)
(we signed up after cheryl told me about the show)
(they almost didn’t let us play!)
(clark cotton came to the show)
(i was paranoid about sending in my probation letter that month)
WARREN COUNTY
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