NEWS ARCHIVE FROM Winter 2000
to February 3, 2006
MAKAR INTERVIEW 2000 ON WUSB 90.1 FM
Friday April 1, 2005
This is MAKAR’s first and only radio interview on Stony Brook’s WUSB 90.1 FM on Kate Marlborourgh’s “Don’t Look Now” show. You'll understand why once you hear Andrea try to read a PA announcement while on cold medication (or at least that's her excuse). Also for MAKAR archivists this contains a really REALLY old version of The Monkey recorded by Dan Coates, Mark and Andrea in his "Waiting Room" studios in Hackensack, New Jersey. You can see some lovely pictures of that venture under Hackensack, NJ in the pictures section
THE MAPLE SYRUP WEIRDO (JANUARY 2005)
Wednesday April 13, 2005
ah...New York...
so MAKAR is strolling off to rehearsal on this wintery evening and on the way to the yellow line (catching a cab on the corner) this strange thin dude is walking circles in the snowy sidewalk. They pass him and Mark notices he is holding a bottle of maple syrup. He just has this freakish vibe. Andrea finds this amusing and starts to sing quietly, "people are strange..."
Of course, the little weirdo probably heard this and decides this is a mating call or something. He follows the dynamic duo from a distance circling like a lunatic vulture. Andrea is now uncomfortably laughing. Mark gives the freaky dude a look. He ducks back.
They've reached the corner and Andrea has to mail a letter. The freak takes this opportunity to approach Mark but not say anything but smile like a nutter swimming in a fruitcake. He makes as if he is going into the diner on the corner but comes closer to Mark. At that point Mark blocks him with the biggest umbrella in the world Avengers style.
The freak leaves.
Mark and Andrea wonder is maybe he's only a fan and they abused him unnecessarily. Or maybe it's just NYC and everyday a new weirdo...
MAKAR PLAYED IN ENGLAND ON AIIRADIO!
Wednesday April 13, 2005
at 9:19 am, can’t believe it, aiiradio.net is playing us. And I just got into work and was able to listen into the live stream and then BAM! MAKAR!
And they introduced us and were talking with this guy who is a big MONKEES fan so guess what they're playing The Monkey!!!!
God, this is awesome, god I’ll never get tired of this!!!!Wonder what they’ll say about us at the end?
Helen: “That’s the sound of MAKAR and I’m wearing a button!”
Gus: “I’m sorry but I love them!”
They have a great show called “Breakfast in Bed”
They’re fighting over our pin!
woooooooooooooo-hoooooooo!
Andrea’s old British shoes, they eventually wore out along with her two pairs of flame boots. All man made materials of course.
SECOND PLACE (A PRETTY COOL ACCOMPLISHMENT)!!
Monday April 25, 2005
So we didn't win...oh well!
I know, I know it's a disappointment...oh, gee you look really upset...
It’s okay.
There, there!
No, really it’s okay... c’mon, you have to be adult about this... but we’re moved by your emotion...
And Dan from Radio Crystal Blue is going to feature us anyway, for 2 songs, because Makar had a quote unquote "outstanding" turnout in the votes from all you wonderful people. Your support and love are highly appreciated by Makar and we love you for it!
So please check out Radio Crystal Blue (http://www.radiocrystalblue.com/) and Ari Scott’s homepage (http://www.ariscott.com).
We also finished the album this weekend! Now for a magic trip to the post office to send to be mastered and manufactured and it will be ready sometime in late May. And we will have a new and improved website up and running by then as well. So lots and lots to look forward to.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Thank you all!
MAKAR
Do you need another hankie?
That one you have is pretty gross…
MAKAR FUN FACT #1
Friday July 22, 2005
Fun Fact: Makar the band has nothing to do with Makar Sankranti the January 14th Hindu festival which marks the beginning of Uttarayan, the Sun's northward journey.
MAKAR the band has everything to do with rocking!
RIOTLAND COMICS MARCH 2005 INTERVIEW WITH MAKAR
Wednesday August 3, 2005
This is an interview conducted by Tony Killerbrew on his zine Riotland Comics Super Smash Media Online Zine for March 2005.
"This month we have an interview with a group from New York called Makar, who are just a great band and should be sought out and listened to by all. Makar are currently in the studio and should have some new stuff out real soon."
1. Who is everyone and what do you do?
Mark Purnell: First off, Makar would like to say a big thank you for interviewing us and being interested in our band! You rock Tony!
Makar, is a New York based Indie-Rock band that writes its own songs and plays its own instruments. No lip-synching, pitch-correction or dance steps involved, just pure from the heart (and sometimes the funny bone) music. We’ve played lots of NY clubs such as Luna Lounge, CBGBs Gallery, the Hook, Pianos, Knitting Factory, Galapagos and others and had a blast doing it.
We’re releasing our debut 18-song album, 99 Cent Dreams, at the end of March 2005 on www.cdbaby.com, so we’re incredibly excited about that. We’ve been working on it for 2-1/2 years on the weekends and we’re definitely ready to set it free on the music world!! We plan to gig a lot to promote it and do local and regional tours this summer and into the Fall. We named the album 99 Cent Dreams after a 99 Cent Dream store in Hackensack. The idea that a store could be selling dreams for 99 cents really appealed to us. Songs usually cost 99 cents a piece and in my opinion are like little dreams so we ran with it!
Makar has had a few incarnations since we began in 2002, but the album consists of the original lineup, which was a 5-piece band with my wife Andrea DeAngelis singing, songwriting and rocking acoustic and slide guitar, Jorge Arias banging on the drums all day, Dan Coates rocking the bass, Vince Viray singing, songwriting and rocking acoustic guitar, and myself, Mark Purnell singing, songwriting, and rocking piano!
Right now, Makar is just putting the finishing touches (mastering and artwork) on the album and not playing out due to the loss of our lineup. Unfortunately, Vince went West to California to follow a family biz dream and Jorge, who is a full time architect when he’s not beating the pig skins, most likely will have to leave the country to fulfill the requirements of his Fulbright scholarship, which require him to go back to his country of origin, Argentina, for 2 years! So Makar is down, but not out. If Jorge wins his appeal and doesn’t get deported maybe we’ll ply him with enough liquor to get him back into the fold and Vince has been missing the band even though he’s all the way out in San Francisco starting a funky t-shirt biz with his sisters, so maybe we can get him back too. But if things don’t workout and we can’t get our original lineup back we plan to look for a new drummer and bass player and get out there as soon as they’re up to speed with the songs. We really can’t wait to play out again!
2. How would you describe your sound?
Andrea DeAngelis: Actually, other people have said it best. Kathi Merrick at indieradiolive.com called us “retro/alternative folk” music, and that sounds about right. We just do what we do, but we’re Indie at heart.
Mark: Thoughtful, fun, rocking and quirky.
3. Who are you influences?
Andrea: Everyone. I like all kinds of music from the Sex Pistols to Willy Nelson to Outkast. Just got the latest Modest Mouse CD and am blown away. Whenever an artist does something unique you have to give it up to them. Sometimes, certain artists have influenced me directly when writing a song. I’ll give two examples. With “Honey-Colored Time”, a slide guitar song of ours, I tried to write that song from Mr. Jimmy’s perspective in The Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” I was also pissed off by some inane, cookie-cutter lyrics from a song playing on the radio at the time and wanted to write something to purge that awful let down from my mind.
And “I Hate My Job” started out with me wanting to write something punk rockish (as much as Makar can do that) because I was listening to the Sex Pistols, Greenday, Everclear and Offspring a lot. But that being said, I’m sure the Beatles have infected everything that I do. A short list? The Beatles, Bowie, T. Rex, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez and Richard Farina, Bjork, Blondie, The Cars, The Zombies, Nick Drake, Love, Radiohead, U2. God, there are so many, it is silly to even try to name them.
Mark: Yeah, that’ll do me!
4. Do you have any good stories from shows you have played?
Andrea: M.E.A.N.Y. Fest 2004 last fall was one of the funniest and weirdest shows we ever played. The whole night bands played that were very un-MAKAR-like. They were hard-core bands and their crowd was hard-core, so it was a bit more nerve-racking than usual for us, because we thought we’d be playing to a very indifferent audience. But we really didn’t have anything to worry about because the artist before us managed to clear out the entire room. He played solo on an electric viola and a beat box. To say that the crowd didn’t get him is an understatement. They ran, not walked, to the exits.
Three of us were sick that night on top of it all. I had been to the emergency room the day before suffering from a severe sinus infection. I was on so many kinds of cold medication I couldn’t see right. Mark was sick as well, we must have gone through 2 boxes of tissues in the van. Then our set time was shortened to 20 minutes instead of 25, because after the viola guy the judges just wanted to get the hell out of there. So we had to blast through I Hate My Job, The Country Song, The Monkey, Worth It, and Damion Day.
During The Monkey, I managed to knock into Mark’s mic and send it crashing into his forehead. Mark didn’t know what had happened at first because his eyes were closed. He just felt the mic whack him in the head. The bass player and I could barely see straight we were laughing so hard, while Mark, bewildered and befuddled, look around for a mic that had just been in front of his mouth a minute ago. But Jorge kept drumming like the Argentinian madman that he is, Mark finally came to his senses, located the mic and kept on singing, and we rocked out the rest of the set. It was a fun night, even though only 6 people were left in the audience. On the positive side, the judges and sound guy said they really loved our music and were pulling for us. And all 6 people voted for us, but what the hell were 6 votes going to do?!!
Mark: Yup, me forehead still smarts when I think about that magical and mystical night, but I’ve learned to make sure me mic is far removed from the Pete Townshend swirls of me Rockin’ love kitten. Had to learn the hard way, but I learned cause mama didn’t raise her no fool.
5. So who do you like better? The Beatles or the Stones?
Andrea: I have always been a Beatles fan first and foremost.
Mark: She’s a Beatles Fanatic!!! The girl gone crazy for the mop tops.
Andrea: But that being said, The Stones are just amazing and fun. I’ve just started listening to Let It Bleed and I just love that album. Sometimes I feel like the best Stones albums could be culled from the “album filler”. Because on Beggar’s Banquet the “hits” don’t seem to fit. I like to listen to that album without Street Fighting Man and Sympathy for the Devil although Sympathy is one of my favorite songs of all time. But on Beggar’s Banquet, I just can’t stop listening to Jigsaw Puzzle and on Let It Bleed, I just love the title track to death. But when you listen to any phenomenal band like U2, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones and The Who and then you put on the Beatles there is no comparison. And there never should be.
Mark: Well, it’s hard to say, because they’re both such phenomenal bands and one of the five main pillars of Rock music (Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Elvis being the other three), but since you be pressing me to throw down the Beatles/Stones’ gauntlet I have to give it up to the Beatles as well. Mainly because they paved the way for the Stones and every other sixties band to make it. They wrote some of the Stone’s earliest hits and really helped them along the way. Also, the Beatles have the bigger hits and a greater number of them. And I happen to love John Lennon above all other musical artists, except maybe the King, so that about seals the deal. Elvis, Little Richard and Chuck Berry, put Rock on the map, but the Beatles brought it to a larger audience and gave it a lot of artistic credibility. Their artistic development from a fluffy, but incredibly hooky pop band to a group of highly evolved, ground breaking artists pushing music to its outer limits creatively speaking in only 12 years and in a way that no other band had ever done, puts them ahead of the Stones as well.
At first I thought the Stones rocked harder than the Beatles, but if you listen to Lennon on “Twist and Shout” or McCartney singing “Long Tall Sally” you realize the lads could blow the tops off any group out there if that’s the way they had wanted go. But hard raucous Rock and Blues wasn’t the only color they had, unlike the Stones. They had every color of the musical spectrum available to them and they used it like the masters they were. So hands down the Beatles! But that doesn’t mean I don’t love the Stones completely and without question and thank the good lord above for creating them and blessing them with unearthly and amazing powers of Rock n’ Roll!!! I mean Exile on Main Street and Beggars Banquet??? WOW!!!
RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE FEATURED AIRPLAY FOR MAKAR!
Wednesday August 3, 2005
Makar was selected from the airplay vote for featured airplay on THIS SUNDAY's Radio Crystal Blue radio show.
MAKAR will receive 2 songs aired during this segment, which you can tune into on Sunday, August 14 from 7pm-1am EDT at http://www.live365.com/stations/142950
If you miss the show, it will be kept on another website for up to 4 weeks thereafter, also streaming audio: http://cblue.lunarpages.com
If you have iPod, and iTunes, you can get the audio feed (podcast) of each archived show at http://www.craigsmusic.net/simplepodcast/rss.mv?xcode=rcb
WUSB 90.1 FM PLAYS MAKAR
Wednesday August 3, 2005
Kate Marlborough, DJ extraordinaire, rocked some Makar tracks on WUSB 90.1 FM. She played the Monkey and Lost Voices as well as giving Makar's fist ever Radio interview which can be listened to in its entirety here.
STREET BLAST RADIO PLAYS MAKAR!!!
Wednesday August 3, 2005
Makar's track "Damion Day" has been selected to be played on Streetblast Radio during their "Independent/College Music/Unsigned Show".
Listen in and vote for our song! The indie show plays every day, 5:00 am - 7:00 pm (EST) at http://www.live365.com/stations/streetblastradio?play
You do have to login/register to vote. It's a great internet radio station, playing a wonderful diversity of music.
KALX PLAYS MAKAR!!!!!!!
Wednesday August 3, 2005
Woo-hoo and out of the blue! This was so cool.
Just a little info about KALX...
KALX began its life in a one-room country shack in the backwoods of Tennessee. Okay, not really. KALX began its life in a cigar box in the dormitories of UC Berkeley in the Spring of 1962. Yes, really: a cigar box was used to build the first on-air board used by Radio KAL.
Some nifty quotes
"Hi, I’m Jesus Christ. Whenever I’m in the Bay Area, I always listen to this station. 90.7 FM KALX, Berkeley" - KALX station ID
FRESHLYSQUEEZEDRECORDS.COM CD COMPILATION WITH MAKAR!!
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Makar's track "What Can I Tell You" has been selected for the Freshly Squeezed Music Vol. 1 compilation CD in July 2005. This is a Canadian label with the goal of promoting the BEST independent music to music lovers across the globe (http://www.freshlysqueezedrecords.com/)
The CD is now available for purchase on http://www.myspace.com/freshlysqueezedrecords
Buy it today!!
RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE AIRPLAY FOR MAKAR!!!!
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Makar's song "Show Me the Real World" was played on Radio Crystal blue's 7/31/05 radio show.
YELLOWBEAT.COM JAPANESE RADIO PLAYS MAKAR!!!
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Makar's debut 18-song album 99 Cent Dreams was selected to be played on Yellow Beat http://www.yellowbeat.com (a Japanese Radio Station).
Yellow Beat is a bilingual music entertainment radio program playing all kinds of music from all over the world of all times, no prejudice towards any music, no limit towards music genre. "Love" (in all it's wondrous ways) and "Hope" are the key concept of the show. The music speaks for itself and so, there is very little talk.
The name Yellow Beat comes from an existing small Honda convertible in Japan called the "Beat". baby Gremlin and baby Magic own this Beat convertible, a Yellow one since 1991. Running, with the music on the Yellow Beat. Taking those who still believe in music, on a ride with us on our Yellow Beat, down the city, hanging out with friends, new friends, etc. going on an outing, stopping at the diner, and finally, to that lost horizon.
MAKAR ON ITUNES!!!
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Makar is finally on iTunes!!!!
You can now download Makar's entire debut album, 99 Cent Dreams, straight to your ipod on itunes!!! JUST GO TO http://www.itunes.com
And the best part is that the album is only $9.99 on itunes because it's digital. You don't get the pretty artwork, which in my opinion is just a damn shame, but you save mucho deniros muchochos and you get cutting edge technology to boot. Just do a power search for Makar in the artist slot on www.itunes.com Yippee!
If you are someone who still likes owning an actual CD, go directly to cdbaby and pick up the classic today at http://www.cdbaby.com/makar2. If Makar's CD is in the top 100 CDs shipped from cdbaby.com this month (August, 2005), one of our songs will be included on 5000 copies of a promotional compilation CD, at cdbaby's expense, to be given to returning customers on cdbaby.com this fall!!
INDIE LIMELIGHT RADIO SHOW PLAYS MAKAR!!!!!!
Tuesday August 9, 2005
Makar's song "What Can I Tell You" was played on Indie Limelight Radio Show at http://www.indielimelightshow.com
Check it check it out!! More to come!! Meanwhile, read a little about the radio show...
The Indie Limelight Radio Show has quickly become one of the largest syndicated radio programs dedicated to Independent/Unsigned music worldwide.
Each week hosts James St. James and Khiki Cavan bring listeners the best in independent music with a great mix of pop, rock and alternative bands. This is what we would like to call “Prozac for the Ears”, or damage control from the everyday radio our listeners are subjected to throughout the week.
GREAT REVIEW FROM DAVID BYRNE'S COLUMN IN WINDY CITY TIMES
Thursday August 18, 2005
"The New York music scene recently flourished with electro and ‘80s-inspired bands, the band Makar is a breath of fresh air with its full-length debut 99 Cent Dreams. Timeless folk-based pop gems manifest Makar’s 99 Cent Dreams. The opening track “I Hate My Job” offers everyday man fantasies about leaving the 9 to 5 drudge to become a rockstar. The standout tune “What Can I Tell” also appears on the compilation Freshly Squeezed Music vol. 1. Husband and wife Mark Purnell and Andrea DeAngelis not only share lead vocal duties, but also co-wrote 15 of the 18 songs jointly and arranged the album’s artwork. Purnell’s voice is surprisingly theatrical and DeAngelis, who proved her own at various poetry recitals in the Big Apple, flavorfully adds chirps, complementing the cadence. 99 Cent Dreams is available through cdbaby.com."
Review of Makar's debut album, 99 Cent Dreams
Windy City Times
"Pop Making Sense Article" by David Byrne
8/11/2005
Entire article can be found at:
http://www.windycitytimes.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9162
WHAT CAN I TELL YOU IS HOT HOT HOT!
Tuesday August 23, 2005
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, hosted by Dan Bonn and Carl Cafarelli played "What Can I Tell You" and had this to say about it:
Well, lotsa new stuff this week on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO with Dana & Carl, so we'd best get t' goin'. We opened the show with a real treat, an exclusive brand-new track from long-time TIRnRR faves THE OOHS! From The Oohs' forthcoming album LLAMALAMP, we offered the world radio premiere of "That's What She Said!," fulfilling our persistent promise to give you all the Oohs you can use. Also new this week were tracks from THE KOOTZ (debut album TALES FROM THE ENDLESS BUS TOUR OF NEW JERESEY, featuring Chris Breetveld of The Breetles, promising "Rock 'n' roll with fiber!"), MAKAR (ace tune from the group's 99 CENT DREAMS album), DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS (with VAMPIRE CITY, on the Trash 2001 label), new Wizzard In Vinyl label releases from RICHARD ORANGE and THE LET'S GO'S, and a teaser track from the soon-to-be-released new album from some guys called BIG STAR, an act with whom a few of you may be familiar, we suspect....
Hey, Little Steven has his "Coolest Song In The World," but we've always had our own ever-changing GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! This week's worthy nominee for that title was requested by our ol' pal Dave Murray, who's canonized "Get Your Own" by ALICE PEACOCK as The Coolest Song In...sorry, make that THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! Remember, as always: an infinite number of songs can truly be THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE, as long as they take turns. (And if YOU have a song you want Dana & Carl to recognize as THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE, shouldn't you let us know, or something?)
Otherwise, recent faves from THE VOLEBEATS, THE LEN PRICE 3, ASTROPUPPEES and THE CONDORS rubbed thighbones with RAY PAUL, DAVID RUFFIN, THE FIVE AMERICANS, HANK WILLIAMS, THE RAMONES, BRIAN LINDSAY, THE ARCHIES, THE OTHER KIDS, CARROTS, THE CATHOLIC GIRLS, THE DAVE CLARK 5, STEVE BARTON, ANNY CELSI, THE BRISTOLS (covering The Pete Best Combo!), THE GO, LUGLESS BOOTH (from our own essential THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO compilation CD), STATUS QUO, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, OCTOBER ELSEWHERE, SCREEN TEST, THE LONG RYDERS, JOE JACKSON, COTTON MATHER and THE RUTLES. All this, and yet another Pick-Hit from www.littlehits.com, this week in the irresistible form of "Nothing's From Today" by THE VIPERS.
You can support our pathetic efforts at slappin' together THE BEST THREE HOURS OF RADIO ON THE WHOLE FRIGGIN' PLANET with a generous TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION to Syracuse Community Radio, 826 Euclid Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210, or via PayPal to subscribe@wxxe.org. If you prefer to be deleted from our weekly greetings, please let us know. And this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, hosted by Dan Bonn and Carl Cafarelli, airs Sunday nights from 9 to midnight Eastern (with reruns during the day on Wednesday) on WXXE-FM in Syracuse, NY, and on the web at www.wxxe.org.
WEB PLUGS:
THE OOHS: www.theoohs.com
DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS: www.trash2001.de
ALICE PEACOCK: www.alicepeacock.com (MAN, she's cute...!)
THE KOOTZ: www.thekootz.com
MAKAR: www.makarmusic.com
RICHARD ORANGE: www.richardorange.com
WIZZARD IN VINYL: www.wizzard-in-vinyl.com
The THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO compilation CD: www.cdbaby.com/cd/rnrradio
Tell 'em DANA & CARL sent you!
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 324: 8/14/05 playlist:
THE RAMONES: "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" (Rhino, End Of The Century)
THE OOHS: "That's What She Said!" (Oohszone Layer, Llamalamp)
DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS: "Penetrate" (Trash 2001, Vampire City)
RAY PAUL: "How Do You Know?" (Permanent Press, The Charles Beat)
STEVE YANEK: "No One Said" (Primitive, Across The Landscape)
DAVID RUFFIN: "I Want You Back" (Motown, VA: The Ultimate Rarities Collection 1: Motown Sings Motown)
BIG STAR: "Dony" (Q Magazine, VA: Here Comes The Sun)
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THE FIVE AMERICANS: "Zip Code" (Sundazed, Western Union)
AMERICAN SUITCASE: "A Legend Is Returning" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Summerman)
THE VIPERS: "Nothing's From Today" (www.littlehits.com)
HANK WILLIAMS: "Move It On Over" (Polydor, 40 Greatest Hits)
THE RAMONES: "Oh Oh I Love Her So" (Rhino, Leave Home)
ANTON BARBEAU WITH THE BEVIS FRONBD: "Sweet Creature, What's Your Name" (Bongobeat, King Of Missouri)
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ALICE PEACOCK: "Get Your Own" (Peacock Music, Real Day)
BRIAN LINDSAY: "Lonesome Train" (GFI, The Crossing)
WILLY DeVILLE: "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory" (Diesel Motor, VA: A Tribute To Johnny Thunders--I Only Wrote This Song For You)
ADRIAN BELEW: "Oh Daddy" (Atlantic, Mr. Music Head)
THE ARCHIES: "She's Putting Me Through Changes" (RKO, Archies Party)
THE LEN PRICE 3: "Christian In The Desert" (Laughing Outlaw, Chinese Burn)
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THE KOOTZ: "15 Minutes Of Fame" (OMJ, Tales From The Endless Bus Tour Of New Jersey)
THE OTHER KIDS: "Neverland" (Wizzard In Vinyl, The Other Kids)
CARROTS: "One, True, Three, Love" (Grabaciones En El Mar, All It Takes Is A Little Confidence!)
KENNY HOWES: "The Truth Is" (Yeah!, Lady Friend)
THE CATHOLIC GIRLS: "Boys Can Cry" (Renaissance, Catholic Girls)
GIGANTIC: "Some Suburban Road" (Popboomerang, Some Suburban Road EP)
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THE VOLEBEATS: "This Girl" (Turquoise Mountain, Like Her)
MAKAR: "What Can I Tell You" (www.makarmusic.com, 99 Cent Dreams)
THE DAVE CLARK 5: "Any Way You Want It" (Hollywood, The History Of The Dave Clark 5)
STEVE BARTON: "When You're Gone" (Sleepless, Charm Offensive)
ANNY CELSI: "Empty Hangers" (Ragazza, Little Black Dress & Other Stories)
ASTROPUPPEES: "On My Way" (Manatee, Sugar Beat)
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THE BRISTOLS: "The Way I Feel About You" (Sympathy For The Record Industry, VA: The Sympathetic Sounds Of Toe-Rag Studios)
THE GO: "Instant Reaction" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Instant Reaction)
LUGLESS BOOTH: "I Blame His Brother" (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
THE PRIMITIVES: "You Said" (Sanctuary, VA: The British Are Coming Volume 2)
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: "I Can't Hide" (Sire, Groovies' Greatest Grooves)
STATUS QUO: "Ice In The Sun" (Sanctuary, VA: The British Are Coming Volume 2)
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RICHARD ORANGE: "All The Way To China (Hole In My Heart)" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Big Orange Sun)
BLISS: "Baby He Loves You"
BOMBONES: "Mr. Sun (The King Of Galaxy)" (Rock Indiana, Bombones)
THE CONDORS: "Don't Talk About Love" (Not Lame, VA: International Pop Overthrow Vol. 8)
WONDERMINTS: "Proto-Pretty" (Rhino, VA: Poptopia! Power Pop Classics Of The '90s)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: "Crystal Days" (Q Magazine, VA: Rule Britannia!)
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THE LET'S GO'S: "24 Hours" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Rancho Relajo)
OCTOBER ELSEWHERE: "Screw The Critics" (n/a, Metropolis)
SCREEN TEST: "Sound Of The Radio" (Air Mail Recordings/Jealousy, Anthology)
MODERN GIANT: "I Thought You Were Somebody Else" (Popboomerang, I Thought You Were Somebody Else EP)
THE LONG RYDERS: "Run Dusty Run" (Polygram, The Long Ryders Anthology)
ADRIAN BELEW & DAVID BOWIE: "Pretty Pink Rose" (Atlantic, CD single)
SEX CLARK 5: "Mongol Song" (Skyclad, Antedium)
THE DUKES OF STATOSPHEAR: "My Love Explodes" (Geffen, Chips From The Chocolate Fireball)
JOE JACKSON: "One More Time" (A & M, Steppin' Out: The Very Best Of Joe Jackson)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: "This Year's Girl" (Rykodisc, This Year's Model)
COTTON MATHER: "My Before And After" (Copper, Kontiki)
BIG STAR: "September Gurls" (Ardent, # 1 Record/Radio City)
THE OHIO EXPRESS: "Had To Be Me" (Cameo, Beg, Borrow & Steal)
THE RUTLES: "I Must Be In Love" (Rhino, The Rutles)
Cartoon by Andrea’s little bro - Matthew DeAngelis. Andrea likes how she’s almost as tall as everyone else and her flame boots!
FOUR STAR CD BABEL REVIEW!!!
Wednesday August 24, 2005
In an email, E Jeff Einowski, Editor-in-Chief wrote this week--
"Hey Andrea,
I know this is random, but I'm going to do some editing on your review pretty soon. The more I listen to your album, the more I love it.
The sound is just so different, your style is where it’s at. Even the recording quality problems I had went away when I really became familiar with the sonic quality. I wouldn't want your album to sound any other way.
Just thought you'd like to know.
Your Listener,
-E Jeff Einowski"
Read the original review below...
MAKAR's music is strangely normal. They play their instruments like they were in a punk band...but the music they are playing is very classic sixties rock. The result is a feel somewhere in-between the Sex Pistols and Lovin' Spoonful. Makar's Lyrics are wonderful. Simply put I find myself addicted to them. A song like "Lost Voices" doesn't come along every day, nor a musing like "The Country Song." The vocalist duet is right out of Belle & Sebastian, except the mans voice is deeper. This makes for a nice contrast. Both voices carry the sort of inner humor that allows them to make serious lyrics fun. The bands sound takes some getting used to and the first song will most likely scare you away, but if you listen to this CD a couple of times you will start to notice that there is some real genius behind the lyrics and the sound.
Review of Makar's debut album, 99 Cent Dreams
CDBabel.com
by E Jeff Einowski
6/29/05
http://www.cdbabel.com/showReview.php?reviewID=28
Update 2019: Sadly the link and site are part of the internet graveyard
"THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO" PLAYS MAKAR AGAIN!!!!
Wednesday August 24, 2005
Makar's song "What Can I Tell You" continues to get mad airplay!! The song is hot YO!!!!
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, hosted by Dana Bonn and Carl Cafarelli, airs Sunday nights from 9 to midnight Eastern (with repeats during the day on Wednesday) on WXXE-FM in Syracuse, NY, and on the web at www.wxxe.org.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 325: 8/21/05 Playlist:
THE RAMONES: "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" (Rhino, End Of The Century)
THE DIPSOMANIACS: "Syd Barrett" (FDR/American Laundromat/JAM, Whatever Planet)
IMMACULATE MACHINE: "Army" (Mint, Ones And Zeros)
THE FOUR TOPS: "Reach Out I'll Be There" (Motown, The Ultimate Collection)
PINK FLOYD: "Free Four" (Capitol, Obscured By Clouds)
THE RAMONES: "Teenage Lobotomy" (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)
TRASHCAN DARLINGS: "Far From Me" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Episode 1: The Lipstick Menace)
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THE SUPAHIP: "Everything's Alright' (Not Lame, Seize The World)
THE EDDIES: "Thinking Of This Girl" (Twist, In The Sunshine)
THE ROLLING STONES: "We Love You" (Abcko, Singles Collection The London Years)
AMEN CORNER: "Expressway To Your Heart" (MOJO, VA: Mod Club Party)
ADAM MARSLAND: "Love x 10 (How Dare You)" (Karma Frog, You Don't Know Me)
THE SEARCHERS: "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (Sequel, 30th Anniversary Collection)
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SEX CLARK 5: "Fool I Was" (Skyclad, Antedium)
THE PREACHERS: "Who Do You Love" (Sundazed, VA: Garage Beat '66 # 3: Feeling Zero...)
THE ROMANTICS: "National Breakout" (Nemperor, National Breakout)
THE TONY JACKSON GROUP: "Fortune Teller" (MOJO, VA: Mod Club Party)
BILL LLOYD: "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points" (www.billlloydmusic.com, All In One Place)
THE YARDBIRDS: "For Your Love" (Sanctuary, VA: The British Are Coming Volume 2)
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THE VIRGINIA SISTERS: "Beautiful One" (Not Lame, Last Pathetic Fool)
STEVE EARLE: "Everyone's In Love With You" (E-Squared, Transcendental Blues)
LITTLE RICHARD: "The Girl Can't Help It" (Specialty, The Georgia Peach)
IKE & TINA TURNER: "I Can't Believe What You Say" (MOJO, VA: Mod Club Party)
THE JESSICA FLETCHERS: "Summer Holiday & Me" (Rainbow Quartz, Less Sophistication)
THE OTHER KIDS: "Neverland" (Wizzard In Vinyl, The Other Kids)
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THE KNICKERBOCKERS: "Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue" (Big Beat, A Rave Up With...The Knickerbockers)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: "Crystal Days" (Q Magazine, VA: Rule Britannia)
SHANE FAUBERT: "Ophelia" (Music Maniac, San Blass)
PINK FLOYD: "If" (Capitol, Atom Heart Mother)
NEW MATH: "They Walk Among You" (Reanimator, Wake The Dead)
HANK WILLIAMS: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (Polydor, 40 Greatest Hits)
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THE CLICK FIVE: "Pop Princess" (Lava, Greetings From Imrie House)
HELEN LOVE: "Debbie Loves Joey" (Sympathy For The Record Industry, The Bubblegum Killers EP)
STIV BATORS: "Not That Way Anymore" (Bomp!, L.A. Confidential)
THE MUSIC MACHINE: "Mother Nature/Father Faith" (Sundazed, VA: Garage Beat '66 # 3: Feeling Zero...)
THE IRISES: "Lo-Fi Girl" (www.theirises.com, Not Good In Bed)
THE BAND: "The Weight" (Capitol, The Best Of The Band)
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THE TOMS: "I Can Go Now" (Not Lame, The Toms)
MAKAR: "What Can I Tell You" (www.makarmusic.com, 99 Cent Dreams)
LOVE: "Can't Explain" (Rhino/Elektra, Love Story 1966-1972)
THE PETE BEST COMBO: "I Don't Know Why I Do" (Griffin, Beyond The Beatles 1964-66)
DAVID JOHANSEN: "Cool Metro" (Razor & Tie, David Johansen)
THE LET'S GO'S: "24 Hours" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Rancho Relajo)
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THE FLASHCUBES: "Boy Scout Pinup" (Not Lame, VA: Shake Some Action)
DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS: "Penetrate" (Trash 2001, Vampire City)
THE PRIMITIVES: "Crash" (RCA, The Primitives)
THE PRIMITIVES: "You Said" (Sanctuary, VA: The British Are Coming Volume 2)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: "Wouldn't You Like It?" (BMG, Wouldn't You Like It)
THE GREAT SCOTS: "I Ain't No Miracle Worker" (Sundazed, VA: Garage Beat '66 # 3: Feeling Zero...)
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KALEIDOSCOPE: "Jenny Artichoke" (www.littlehits.cm)
THE SMALL FACES: "Get Yourself Together" (MOJO, VA: Mod Club Party)
HAWAII MUD BOMBERS: "Wolf N' The Lamb" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Mondo Primo)
THE LEN PRICE 3: "Medway Eye" (Laughing Outlaw, Chinese Burn)
LANCELOT LINK & THE EVOLUTION REVOLUTION: "Teaser"
GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS: "How Do You Do It?" (Sanctuary, VA: The British Are Coming Volume 2)
ACTION SWINGERS: "No Heart And Soul" (Caroline, Decimation Blvd.)
THE FLASHING ASTONISHERS: "Period Exclamatory" (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
MAKAR ARE "FAVES" ON THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO!!!!
Friday September 2, 2005
Makar's song "What Can I Tell You" played for the 3rd time on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO and called a "Fave!" Here is what the radio hosts had to say about it.
Greetings again from Dana & Carl and THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, with a hope that all of our friends in the Deep South are safe and dry. We're pressed for time, so let's just hit this week's highlights, shall we?
BRAND NEW MUSIC: great, hot-off-the-press albums from THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE HIGH DIALS and ORANGE PEELS.
RECENT FAVES: from IMMACULATE MACHINE, MAKAR, THE CONDORS, THE CLICK FIVE, DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS, THE LEN PRICE 3, THE SUPAHIP, THE VOLEBEATS, THE OOHS and THE DIPSOMANIACS (the latter two represented by advance peaks at their forthcoming new albums).
REQUESTS: "I Just Want To Stay At Home" by THE BLONDES and (in memory of Robert Moog) "Daily Nightly" by THE MONKEES.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 326: 8/28/05 Playlist:
THE RAMONES: "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" (Rhino, End Of The Century)
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: "Star Bodies" (Matador, Twin Cinema)
IMMACULATE MACHINE: "Army" (Mint, Ones And Zeros)
THE BLONDES: "I Just Want To Stay At Home" (Teenacide, Swedish Heat)
THE RELATIVES: "I Know" (Delirium, Meet The Relatives)
KIRSTY MacCOLL: "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby" (IRS, Galore)
CARROTS: "The Day In Which The Toys Killed The Man" (Grabaciones Del Mar, Saving Chocolate Coins)
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THE MONKEES: "Daily Nightly" (Rhino, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.)
THE BEATLES: "Here Comes The Sun" (Apple, Abbey Road)
THE THREE O'CLOCK: "Jet Fighter" (Frontier, Sixteen Tambourines/Baroque Hoedown)
THE SEARCHERS: "September Gurls" (Raven, The Sire Sessions 1979-80)
THE VILLAS: "Pull You Back" (Think Tank, Secrets)
EYTAN MIRSKY: "Everyone's Having Fun Tonight" (M-Squared, Everyone's Having Fun Tonight!)
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SEX CLARK 5: "When Words Become A Kiss" (Beehive Rebellion, Strum & Drum!)
MAKAR: "What Can I Tell You" (www.makarmusic.com, 99 Cent Dreams)
TOOTS & THE MAYTALS: "Take Me Home Country Road" (Music Club, The Very Best Of Toots & The Maytals)
THE CLIQUE: "Superman" (Varese Sarabande, The Clique)
KISS: "Beth" (Mercury, Destroyer)
CYCLONES: "On My Mind" (n/a Walk Fast...Head Down)
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THE HIGH DIALS: "Higher And Brighter" (Rainbow Quartz, War Of The Wakening Phantoms)
THE CONDORS: "Don't Talk About Love" (Not Lame, VA: International Pop Overthrow Volume 8)
SUZI QUATRO: "I May Be Too Young" (Razor & Tie, The Wild One: Classic Quatro)
THE HEARTBREAKERS: "Born To Lose" (Rhino, VA: DIY: Blank Generation)
JOAN ARMATRADING: "Drop The Pilot" (A & M, Greatest Hits)
ORANGE PEELS: "Something In You" (PASTE Magazine, VA: [August-September 2005 sampler])
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THE CLICK FIVE: "Pop Princess" (Lava, Greetings From Imrie House)
ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: "This Year's Girl" (Rykodisc, This Year's Model)
ROLLERCOASTER: "Do You Remember" (Snap!!, Rollercoaster)
DENNIS MOST & THE INSTIGATORS: "Heavy Metal Thunder Child" (Trash 2001, Vampire City)
THE STANDELLS: "Why Pick On Me" (Sundazed, Why Pick On Me)
THE LEN PRICE 3: "Chinese Burn" (Laughing Outlaw, Chinese Burn)
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THE SUPAHIUP: "Satellite" (Not Lame, Seize The World)
PANDEMONIUM: "No Presents For Me" (www.letsbethebeatles.com)
THE OOHS: "That's What She Said!" (Oohszone Layer, Llamalamp)
XTC: "Earn Enough For Us" (Virgin, Upsy Daisy Assortment)
WANDA JACKSON: "Let's Have A Party" (Capitol, Vintage Collections)
BUDDY HOLLY: "Rave On" (Rhino, VA: Loud, Fast & Out Of Control)
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THE DIPSOMANIACS: "Thank You" (FDR/JAM/American Laundromat, Whatever Land)
KENNY HOWES: "Tell 'Em All" (Yeah!, Lady Friend)
CHEAP TRICK: "Way Of The World" (Epic/Legacy, The Essential Cheap Trick)
THE OTHER KIDS: "Satellite" (Wizzard In Vinyl, The Other Kids)
IT'S MY PARTY!: "On The Beach Tonight" (Mister Kat, Can I Get To Know You Better?)
THE RAMONES: "Rockaway Beach" (Rhino, Rocket To Russia)
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THE VOLEBEATS: "This Girl" (Turquoise Mountain, Like Her)
ROC LaRUE & THE 3 PALS: "Rockabilly Yodel" (Sundazed, VA: Sundazed Sampler)
RUDI: "The Pressure's On" (Wizzard In Vinyl, VA: Don't You Know...It's Last Year's Youth!)
THE FLASHING ASTONISHERS: "Period Exclamatory" (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
THE IDES OF MARCH: "Roller Coaster" (Sundazed, Ideology)
THE REMAINS: "Don't Look Back" (Rhino, VA: Nuggets)
THE RASPBERRIES: "Go All The Way" (RPM, Power Pop Volume One)
TODD RUNDGREN: "I Saw The Light" (Rhino, Anthology)
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: "The Summer Of Joycelynn May" (Get Hip, James At 35)
THE SPONGETONES: "Here I Go Again" (Black Vinyl, Beat & Torn)
THE STEPBROTHERS: "Very Last Time" (Licorice Tree, Baby It's Over)
THE UNDERTONES: "Teenage Kicks" (Rhino, VA: DIY: Teenage Kicks)
FRAN SMITH JR. & THE TEN CENT MILLIONAIRES: "That's The Way I Will Remember" (wwww.fransmithjr.com, Man Meets Machine)
STEVE BARTON: "She's Leaving Home" (Sleepless, Charm Offensive)
MAKAR SELECTED TO RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE'S ANNUAL FUTURE STARS AIRPLAY SERIES!!!!!
Friday September 2, 2005
Hello. Dan Herman of Radio Crystal Blue here. I"m happy to announce that you (you being the artist or the PR rep of said artist) have been selected for my annual Future Stars airplay series.
Future Stars, in essence is a weekly series that spotlights a series of artists I deem to be above and beyond the top indie/underground artists heard on my weekly internet radio show.
For 8 weeks, beginning with the 9/4 webcast and finishing through the 10/23 webcast, I will spin 2 tracks of 10 or 11 artists that have not previously reached my highest honor "Gem of the Week".
Artists were chosen based on a combination of factors, mainly related to prior airplay and exposure (referencing acts I've booked, have seen, or have some connection to my "Gems"). More about those Gems at http://www.radiocrystalblue.com/gems.html
In all, 90 artists were chosen out of an original list of 180. 45 will be further chosen by me for future featuring, 15 of which will earn "Gem" honors. The subsequent airplay will take place between 11/05 and 2/06.
Information on where/when to listen is below in the signature. Feel free to contact me with any questions/comments.
Congrats on being selected!
Dan Herman
Dan Herman/Radio Crystal Blue
http://www.radiocrystalblue.com
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A GIDDY POP ESCAPE FROM THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO
Tuesday September 6, 2005
"What Can I Tell You" continues to to get more play from ROCK 'N' Roll Radio! I think this is the 4th week in a row they've played it. Check it out:
Hello again from Dana & Carl and This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio. We know you don't need us to remind you that this has been a miserable, awful week. So this week's playlist exists in a vacuum, unaffected by the real world, a giddy pop escape. We do this not to be shallow, but merely to concede that there's nothing useful we can say in the face of such unimaginable heartbreak. Contact the Red Cross, or a local charity if you prefer, and give generously. We'll provide you with some peppy music to write checks by.
That includes new music this week from ALL TOMORROW'S PARTY and THE BLOODY HOLLIES (both on Alive Records), a pair of unreleased tracks from EYTAN MIRSKY, a farewell to the late R.L. BURNSIDE, requests for THE KINKS, THE SHAMUS TWINS and JACK "PENETRATOR" LIPTON, and, of course, the music of THE FIRE APES, FRANKIE FORD, THE MUFFS, BIG STAR, THE ISLEY BROTHERS, THE LEN PRICE 3, THE BUZZCOCKS, IMMACULATE MACHINE, THE CURE, THE LYRES, THE DIPSOMANIACS, STATUS QUO, THE BAY CITY ROLLERS, THE GRIP WEEDS and DOLENZ, JONES, BOYCE & HART. Keep writing. Don't forget to endorse it.
Send a check, dammit. And this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, hosted by Dana Bonn and Carl Cafarelli, airs Sunday nights fro 9 to midnight Eastern ( with reruns during the day on Wednesday) on WXXE-FM in Syracuse, NY, and on the web at www.wxxe.org.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 327: 9/4/05
THE RAMONES: "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" (Rhino, End Of The Century)
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTY: "As Tears Go By" (Alive, You Doo Right, You Doo Slide)
THE HOLLIES: "My Back Pages" (MOJO, VA: Dylan Covered)
THE FIRE APES: "Anything Is Better" (n/a, A Perfect Day For Bananafish)
THE RELATIVES: "Turn 2 Stone" (www.therelatives.net, Meet The Relatives)
JELLYFISH: "The King Is Half-Undressed" (Charisma, Bellybutton)
FRANKIE FORD: "Sea Cruise" (Rhino, VA: Loud, Fast And Out Of Control)
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EYTAN MIRSKY: "Help Me Get Over You" (unreleased)
CYCLONES: "On My Mind" (n/a, Walk Fast...Head Down)
THE MUFFS: "Saying Goodbye" (Warner Brothers, The Muffs)
T. REX: "20th Century Boy" (Crimson, The Very Best Of T. Rex)
THE MONKEES: "Regional Girl" (Rhino, Justus)
BIG STAR: "Watch The Sun Rise" (Ardent, # 1 Record/Radio City)
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DOLENZ, JONES, BOYCE & HART: "I Remember The Feeling" (Varese Sarabande, VA: The Songs Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart)
WRECKLESS ERIC: "Reconnez Cherie" (UNCUT sampler)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: "Got To Have You Back" (UNCUT, VA: Summer Of Motown)
THE PILGRIM TRAVELERS: "Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb" (OXFORD AMERICAN, VA: 2005 Southern Music CD)
THE LOLAS: "Yer Gonna Need My Lovin Someday" (JAM, Ballerina Breakout)
JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY: "This Wheel's On Fire" (MOJO, VA: Dylan Covered)
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THE BLOODY HOLLIES: "We're So Anxious" (Alive, If Footmen Tire You...)
THE LEN PRICE 3: "Chinese Burn" (Laughing Outlaw, Chinese Burn)
JACK "PENETRATOR" LIPTON: "Search And Destroy" (Rockinnn, Badboy EP)
THE BUZZCOCKS: "What Do I Get?" (IRS, Singles Going Steady)
THE KINKS: "A Gallon Of Gas" (Velvel, Low Budget)
JOHNNIE LEE WILLIS & HIS BOYS: "Milk Cow Blues" (OXFORD AMERICAN, VA: 2005 Southern Music CD)
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EYTAN MIRSKY: "I'm Losing You" (unreleased)
IMMACULATE MACHINE: "Don't Leave Without Us" (Mint, Ones And Zeros)
SEX CLARK 5: "You Left The Light On In Your Eyes" (Beehive Rebellion, Strum & Drum!)
MAKAR: "What Can I Tell You?" (www.makarmusic.com, 99 Cent Dreams)
TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART: "I'll Blow You A Kiss In The Wind" (Varese Sarabande, VA: The Songs Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart)
ELVIS COSTELLO: "Alison" (Rykodisc, My Aim Is True)
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JOHN WICKS: "Her Stars Are My Stars" (Big Deal, VA: Yellow Pills Volume 3)
THE CURE: "In Between Days" (Elektra, Staring At The Sea--The Singles)
THE JIVE FIVE: "What Time Is It?" (Collectables, Their Greatest Hits)
R.L. BURNSIDE & THE SOUND MACHINE: "Well, Well, Well" (Inside Sounds, Raw Electric 1979-1980)
THE LYRES: "You Won't Be Sad Anymore" (Matador, Lyres Lyres)
MISSING PERSONS: "Destination Unknown" (K-Tel, VA: Doubleshot: New Wave)
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THE DIPSOMANIACS: "Syd Barrett" (FDR/JAM/American Laundromat, Whatever Planet)
THE LONG RYDERS: "Masters Of War" (MOJO, VA: Dylan Covered)
THE SHAMUS TWINS: "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" (www.shamustwins.com, The Shamus Twins)
THE VIRGINIA SISTERS: "Dazzling Blue" (Not Lame, Last Pathetic Fool)
THE RICH KIDS: "Rich Kids" (Dojo, Ghosts Of Princes In Towers)
STATUS QUO: "Paper Plane" (UNCUT sampler)
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THE SUPAHIP: "Everything's Alright" (Not Lame, Seize The World)
THE SPECIALS: "Maggie's Farm" (UNCUT, VA: Hard Rain Vol. Two)
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: "Yesterday's Hero" (BMG, Dedication)
THE RAMONES: "Psycho Therapy" (Rhino, Subterranean Jungle)
CHAMPAGNE: "Smile" (Rock Indiana, Ready, Steady, Go!)
THE SMALL FACES: "Get Yourself Together" (MOJO, VA: Mod Club Party)
THE COBBWEBS: "And That's All" (n/a, Magic Boat)
THE BYRDS: "I Know My Rider" (Columbia, Fifth Dimension)
THE MARLOWES: "Alicia Futurama" (Shiny Fly, Glue, Glitter & Shine)
THE LET'S GO'S: "Come On" (Wizzard In Vinyl, Rancho Relajo)
THE GRIP WEEDS: "Every Minute" (Rainbow Quartz, The Sound Is In You)
ORANGE PEELS: "Something In You" (PASTE Magazine, VA: August-September 2005)
JACK NITZCHE: "The Lonely Surfer" (Time-Life, VA: Axes & Saxes--The Great Instrumentals)
LOVE FROM JACK FM RADIO!!!
Tuesday September 6, 2005
So over the Labor Day weekend, Makar checked their voicemail and found a super cool message from DJ Lenny Block at JACK Radio 100.3 FM.
Lenny thanked us for the "really great looking [promo] package" we sent him and said "the music sounds great and I wish you much success," but unfortunately "the station doesn't break new music!"
Well, we were just happy with kudos from a major FM station, but then he gave us two of his personal contacts at Sirius satellite radio and told us to send our package to them as satellite radio is more open to playing indie music!!! He also left his number and told us to call him if we "needed anything." What a super cool guy right? Wooooooooohooooooooooo!
So cool!
So this just goes to show you, that you never know where a lead will lead! Maybe that other package Andrea sent will actually reach Micky Dolenz from the Monkees, because right now they are Andrea's latest musical obsession. Stay tuned!
MAKAR REVIEWED BY BLUE MAG
Monday September 12, 2005
"At first it was kinda hard to wrap my brain around Makar's debut CD, 99 Cent Dreams. The album definitely harkens back to an earlier age or idea with its late 60's' Go Go guitars, community theater boy/girl vocals, and healthy dose of boogie piano. It finally hit me - Makar sounds like an early 70's rock musical, filled with furry do-gooders all oddly earnest and projecting on a stage of rainbows and karma. With a vibe that's both reverent folk revivalism and (possibly) tongue-in-cheek pastiche, 99 Cent Dreams owes as much to the "Jeepers Creepers" sketch from Mr. Show as it does to Hair. If could be a well-played goof but offers enough in terms of arrangement and melodies to cover itself in case its not. On "The Country Songs", Mark Purnell's Vanagon blues vocals are periodically interrupted by sharp yelps from second vocalist Andrea DeAngelis, leading me to picture them both in technicolor dream coats on a stage mugging for a stoned, easy going audience. DeAngelis carries "What Can I Tell You" with an enjoyable blend of the Supremes and Suzi Quatro, simultaneous lush and chrome for what's probably the album's standout song. The title track, like much of the record, is really peppy and sunny, throwing in narrative tempo changes and a big blustry coda. Closer "Andrea" turns down the starshine with some minor key emotionalism after "I Don't Know God" sways its way through some mid-tempo coffee shop existentialism. While not your average folk/pop release, 99 Cent Dreams certainly displays its fair share of musical talent and theatrical bombast. Its biggest weak point is its marathon length. 18 full tracks (i.e not Bob Pollard length) are tough to take from any artist, to say nothing of a new artist that much of the time sounds like the closing number of an old episode of Josie & the Pussycats. If you're feeling groovy however, this could be just the thing."
Makar - 99 Cent Dreams
by rooney
September 07, 2005
http://bluemag.com/reviews/archives/001692.html
Unfortunately, this site has gone the way of friendster but we have this awesome picture below to help with the sadness.
I HATE MY JOB HITS THE AIRWAVES AT THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO
Wednesday September 14, 2005
I Hate My Job hits the airwaves at THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO.
Listen in for this is where it all begins, folks! The email from the hosts Dana and Carl below!
Hello again from Dana & Carl and THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO. We know a lot of folks have donated generously to the Red Cross and other worthy charities to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We certainly want to encourage anyone who can to donate whatever they can to this cause, and we don't wish to take a dime away from that effort.
However, for those of us who can spare just a little bit extra, there are two extended friends of TIRnRR who were affected directly by this disaster, and they can also use your help. Susan Cowsill, best known of course as a member of THE COWSILLS, lost her home and possessions to Katrina; her brother Barry is still missing, and we pray he is recovered safely, and soon. Rebekah Zornes, a friend of long-time TIRnRR pal (and former COCKEYED GHOST frontguy) Adam Marsland, also lost everything, and will be trying to pick up her pieces as well. These are not the most tragic stories you'll hear in Katrina's wake, not by a long shot, but they are friends of friends of Dana & Carl, so we turn to you.
Give to a reputable charity to help the victims of Katrina, and give generously. Then, if you can afford to do more, consider helping Susan and Rebekah. For example: if everyone who receives this e-mail were to scrape together as little as $10, and give a fiver apiece to Susan and Rebekah, they'd each raise over $2500. We have perspective; we know there a million broken hearts and worse in the South right now, and we know that many of you may be tapped out, or that you may have other plans to help where you can. But some of you will respond to this plea, and every little bit's gotta help.
And we thank you for whatever you can do.
This week's show began with a glance back at this country's last great disaster, as we reprised our pal Lizzy in New York City's 9/11 request for ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS, and "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?" We played a great new track from local boy TIM ANTHONY, bid farewell to everyone's Little Buddy Bob Denver, celebrated "Highway Lines" by MANNIX as this week's Coolest Song Inna...er, GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE (our enthusiasm tempered by Joe Mannix's recent announcement that he'll be retiring from the music biz; his final album is due out shortly), and played requests for THE HEATS, THE MOST, THE BLONDES and THE FLASHCUBES. God bless you all; this is what rock 'n' roll radio sounded like on a Sunday night in Syracuse this week.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO, hosted by Dana Bonn and Carl Cafarelli, airs Sunday nights from 9 to midnight Eastern (with reruns during the day on Wednesday) on WXXE-FM in Syracuse, NY, and on the web at www.wxxe.org.
THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO # 328: 9/11/05
THE RAMONES: "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" (Rhino, End Of The Century)
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ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS: "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?" (Rykodisc, Armed Forces)
THE BEATLES: "Revolution" (Apple, 1967-1970)
MATERIAL ISSUE: "International Pop Overthrow" (Mercury, International Pop Overthrow)
THE CHI-LITES: "(For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People" (Shout! Factory, VA: Black Power--Music Of A Revolution)
THE HONEYBEES: "You Need Us" (n/a, from GILLIGAN'S ISLAND TV series)
LITTLE ROGER & THE GOOSEBUMPS: "Stairway To Gilligan's Island"
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THE COWSILLS: "She Said To Me" (Robin, Global)
BIG STAR: "When My Baby's Beside Me" (Ardent, # 1 Record/Radio City)
THE MONKEES: "The Door Into Summer" (Rhino, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones. Ltd.)
ORANGE PEELS: "Something In You" (PASTE Magazine, VA: August-September 2005)
THE HEATS: "Rivals"
CARROTS: "Tom" (Grabaciones En El Mar, Saving Chocolate Coins)
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TIM ANTHONY: "Maryellen" (Jealousy, The Happy Door)
THE RELATIVES: "Walk Away" (www.the relatives.net, Meet The Relatives)
CRABBY APPLETON: "Go Back" (Collectors' Choice Music, Crabby Appleton)
THE BEVIS FROND: "Dragons" (Rubric, Hit Squad)
MARY LOU LORD: "Aim Low" (Kill Rock Stars, Mary Lou Lord/Sean Na Na)
THE FAST: "Boys Will Be Boys" (n/a, Boys Will Be Boys [1976-1982] & Live At Max's Kansas City '77)
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MANNIX: "Highway Lines" (www.mannixrock.com, Come To California)
ANTON BARBEAU WITH THE BEVIS FROND: "Sweet Creature, What's Your Name?" (Bongobeat, King Of Missouri)
LO & THE MAGNETICS: "Sooner Or Later" (Top 5, A Part)
T. REX: "Ride A White Swan" (Crimson, The Very Best Of T. Rex)
THE MOST: "Take A Chance" (Northside 45)
TYLER JOSEPH & DIGINOVA: "Bleed" (unreleased)
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TOMMY GUNN: "Best Of Me" (Tomboy, Endangered Species)
THE LEN PRICE 3: "Chinese Burn" (Laughing Outlaw, Chinese Burn)
THE RASPBERRIES: "Go All The Way" (RPM, Power Pop, Volume One)
THE RUTLES: "I Must Be In Love" (Rhino, The Rutles)
ED JAMES: "Party At Joe's" (JAM, Meet Ed James!)
THE RAMONES: "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" (Sire, Ramones Mania)
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COCKEYED GHOST: "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" (Big Deal, The Scapegoat Factory)
LISA MYCHOLS: "Cactus Boy" (JAM, VA: This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Volume 1)
THE BLONDES: "I Just Wanna Stay At Home" (Teenacide, Swedish Heat)
IMMACULATE MACHINE: "Don't Leave Without Us" (Mint, Ones And Zeros)
THE KINKS: "This Is Where I Belong" (Essential, Face To Face)
THE SOFT BOYS: "I Wanna Destroy You" (Matador, Underwater Moonlight)
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THE FLASHCUBES: "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Northside, Brilliant)
THE RAMONES: "Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)" (Sire, Ramones Mania)
GEORGE JONES: "The Race Is On" (Legacy/Epic, The Essential George Jones)
MAKAR: "I Hate My Job" (www.makarmusic.com, 99 Cent Dreams)
KLAATU: "Everybody Took A Holiday" (Bullseye, Sir Army Suit)
STEELY DAN: "Barrytown" (ABC, Pretzel Logic)
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SEX CLARK 5: "To Much Mongol Business" (Rockets To Russia, Crimson Panzer)
THE CRICKLE: "Place In My Heart" (ROIR, VA: Garage Sale)
SPLIT ENZ: "History Never Repeats" (A & M, History Never Repeats)
BRUCE WOOLEY & THE CAMERA CLUB: "Video Killed The Radio Star" (Sony, VA: New Wave Hits Of The 70's & 80's)
SCREEN TEST: "Sound Of The Radio" (Air Mail Recordings/Jealousy, Anthology)
THE BEATLES: "Hey Bulldog" (Apple, Yellow Submarine Songtrack)
KISS: "Rock And Roll All Nite" (Mercury, Dressed To Kill)
THE RAMONES: "Wart Hog" (Sire, Ramones Mania)
THE DAVE CLARK 5: "Any Way You Want It" (Hollywood, The History Of The Dave Clark 5)
MOBY GRAPE: "Omaha" (Epic/Legacy, Vintage)
THE PYRAMIDS: "Penetration" (Time-Life: VA: Axes & Saxes--The Great Instrumentals)
MAKAR "FUTURE STAR SEGMENT" ON RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE 10/2 @ 7PM!! Wednesday September 21, 2005
Makar, chosen out of 180 bands to be on Radio Crystal Blue's Future Stars Annual Series, will get 2 songs aired Sunday 10/2 from 7pm to 1am on Live365!!! So tune in and listen.
Check out the host's email below...
Hi folks. On the heels of my email I sent to you re featured airplay, you're in the latest group of acts that will get 2 songs heard in my Future Stars segment (no, not to be confused with American Idol, etc). The show will air Sunday 10/1 from 7pm to 1am on Live365.
www.live365.com/stations/142950
Those that miss the show on Sunday can check out the archived or podcasted version of the show after the fact at
http://cblue.lunarpages.com
Or look on http://www.radiocrystalblue.com, where folks who don't even have iPods can simply listen to the mp3; those that do can easily subscribe to the podcast audio feed to synchronize to iTunes.
Feel free to contact me with any questions on this. Thanks!
Dan Herman
Radio Crystal Blue (live/podcast)
http://www.radiocrystalblue.com
Live show: Sundays 7pm-1am or so EDT www.live365.com/stations/142950
Archived shows with playlists up 24/7 at http://cblue.lunarpages.com
Subscribe to podcasts at
http://www.craigsmusic.net/simplepodcast/rss.mv?xcode=rcb
Andrea amazed at this artificial leg in grammar school
MAKAR LOVES MYSPACE
Friday, September 30, 2005 at 3:52 pm
okay, not like this is news or anything but MAKAR LOVES MYSPACE
Why you may ask?
Well, because of all the wonderful people we meet
And all the laughs we have...
This picture below was created by Alistair from The Battles of Winter because Andrea keeps on posting random British images on their myspace page.
MAKAR PLAYED ON CORK CAMPUS RADIO 97.4 FM
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 at 3:21 pm
Ah, the Makar tunes have finally gotten to Ireland. Cork, Ireland that is. And what tune did the astute Cork Campus students pick? Well, "I Hate My Job" of course...
Check out Cork Campus Radio 97.4 FM and say hello!
http://www.ucc.ie/ccr/
Makar hopes we'll get over there someday to meet such nice folks as Kieran and Aoife (http://www.myspace.com/sweet_oblivion).
WE'RE LIKE POPULAR (ON RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE)
Thursday October 6, 2005 at 7:25 am
Radio Crystal Blue Autumn 2005 Airplay Chart Announcement in full...
Every 3 months Dan Herman the host of Radio Crystal Blue takes a survey of airplay and exposure via Radio Crystal Blue in 3 categories (1) amount of airplay in 3 months, (2) same for 12 months, and (3) a composite amount plus extra credit for acts I see and/or book in the last 3 months.
The chart itself is a reflection of the acts getting the most airplay plus a way of answering the question he gets sometimes--
"Who are the most popular acts you play?"
Airplay for purposes of this chart focused on all airplay granted to acts from July 2004 through through June 2005. The top 100 of all 3 categories were counted, and only those that placed in all 3 categories were counted for the quarterly chart.
The Best of 2005 list will be determined based on the combined rank of the 4 quarters of 2005. A de facto score, rounded to the next 25th place for those that missed a chart appearance, gets factored in afterward.
The Autumn chart can be viewed at http://www.radiocrystalblue.com/chart.html
In all, over 340 different acts received airplay in the last 12 weeks.
Only 63 got onto all 3 categories to be considered for this chart. The cut was: 2 songs played in the last 3 months, 7 songs in the last 12 months. MAKAR is number 54 out of over 340 different acts! Yippee and only like 3 behind our likewise ambitious buddies Hello Nurse.
This is a true accomplishment since we didn’t have a commercially released album until mid-June.
Please when you have time checkout the Dan Herman/Radio Crystal Blue (live/podcast) at the following links--
http://www.radiocrystalblue.com
Live show: Sundays 7pm-1am or so EDT at http://www.live365.com/stations/142950
Archived shows with playlists up 24/7 at http://cblue.lunarpages.com
MAKAR LOVES HARRY POTTER!!!!
Saturday October 8, 2005 at 6:38 pm
So because we love Harry Potter, both the movies and the books we wanted to show our appreciation by sending a copy of our album to the wonderful author J.K. Rowling!
Her publisher wrote a nice letter back to us and said they would forward our gift to Ms. Rowling. They also sent the picture of her that you see on this news item.
We hope she enjoys our album as we love her books and her wonderful creativity. She's also amazingly inspirational. From single mom on the dole to billionaire author! Wow, Makar is impressed and inspired!!
SOONEST MENDED TO DEBUT IN JAPAN
Tuesday October 18, 2005 at 4:05 pm
Yellow Beat a really cool Japanese bilingual indie music radio program will be airplaying/webcasting "Soonest Mended" on October 21st at approximately 9:57pm (Japan Standard Time).
We hope this will be the beginning of Makar's Big in Japan phase!
Yellow Beat Playlist is available for fan's and friends early Friday morning at the following site: http://www.yellowbeat.com/
yeah
Mark as a child with his bike!
MAKAR'S ACOUSTIC GIG MONDAY NOVEMBER 21ST!!!!
Thursday November 10, 2005 at 6:08 pm
Before you get stuffed on turkey, tofu, fish and chips or whatever, get your fill of MAKAR.
Makar is playing an acoustic show at Bar 169 on "Radio Crystal Blue Night". This is our first gig back in a looooooooooooooong time so come celebrate with us.
Date: Monday, November 21
Time: 8pm
Place: 169 Bar at 169 East Broadway (cross street: Rutgers Street)
The show starts right at 8pm. There is a $5 cover. The easiest way to get there by subway is to take the F and get out at at E Broadway. Otherwise, you can grab the "yellow" line (aka a taxi). Hope to see all your lovely faces. Yippee!
just remember to wipe your food stained hands before undoing the bubblewrap on our album so it doesn't get all grubby...
or maybe you won't have to, look for MAKAR on itunes!
ACOUSTIC RENDITION OF MAKAR = SUCCESS
Tuesday November 22, 2005 at 7:19 pm
The acoustic rendition of MAKAR was a lovely success! Mainly due to our lovely fans and friends coming out on a rainy Monday night to 169 Bar!
So thank you sooooooooooooooooo much for coming to our first ever acoustic rendition of MAKAR on Nov 21!!!
For it was rainy and cold and the holidays are almost upon us so we really really appreciate that you took the time out and hung out with us! Yahoo!
It means so much to us to see your smiling shining faces when we play.
So happy happy holidays! And thanks again!
Andrea and Mark
P.S.--The full band will be debuting soon! Stay tuned.
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Monday November 28, 2005 at 2:54 pm
Check out the Ms to see where MAKAR has been played, reviewed, or gossiped about. Help us get more Ms on the map! Spread the MAKAR word like butter!
A list of countries for the geographically impaired.
• USA
• CANADA
• ENGLAND
• IRELAND
• RUSSIA
• POLAND
• JAPAN
You see, we're quite serious about world domination.
OOOOOO LA LA MAKAR ON THE RADIO IN CANADA
Thursday December 8, 2005 at 1:59 pm
On December 7, 2005, we got the coolest little message from Joe, the music director at CKRG 89.9 FM lighting up our inbox.
"I got the cd/presskit and i like it. Ive been playing random tracks off the album, and a couple of other dj's are taking interest."
Yeah!
One continent at a time!
Check out CKRG 89.9 FM at http://ckrg.esoteric.ca/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & MAKAR ACOUSTIC GIG AT MATCHLESS DEC. 29TH @8PM!!!!
Wednesday December 21, 2005 at 3:29 am
Dear friends,
Happy Holidays!! Hope you all have a wonderful time with your family and friends. We plan to with lots of heavily spiked egg nog!!
Just a reminder that Makar is playing its 2nd acoustic gig ever!! That's right just Mark on Piano and Andrea on guitar singing some Makar tunes for your listening pleasure.
We'll be at a venue called Matchless between Williamsburg and Greenpoint Brooklyn.
Coming from Manhattan: Take the L train at 14th street to Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg bklyn. It's the first stop after the 1st avenue stop in Manhattan. Then it's about a 10 minute walk to Manhattan Avenue OR...you can call Northside taxi (718-387-2222) and for $6 they'll drive you and your buddies there.
Hope to see you there!
Love Makar
Matchless
557 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
Driggs across from Enids
Tel: (718) 383-5333
Short on gift ideas? Need that last minute perfect gift for family or friends...or your boss that has it all? Look no further than Makar's classic...99 Cent Dreams www.makarmusic.com. :-)
LOOK MA! ANDREA IS FAMOUS!
Thursday January 12, 2006 at 7:16 pm
So Andrea wrote a letter to the editor at NY Magazine in response to their article on "Pegacide". Little did she know that it would get published.
Well, actually we thought it did have a good chance! Especially with this guy's letter—
"Pegacide is hardly the blood sport you make it out to be…"
They did trim her mad letter down a bit though...so here for your viewing pleasure is the original letter-
Love your recent issue on 123 Reasons to Love NY Right Now. But I hate to break it to you, No. 55 "A Game called Pegacide" wasn't invented in New York. As a kid, we used to play a very very similar game in Northern New Jersey called "Butts Up" back in the eighties. But there were some brutal differences (or maybe those New York kids aren't telling you something).
Once I got "pegged" in the nose after coming back from touching the wall. I bled like a banshee. And if you got three outs, you had to take a chance being pegged in the butt. You put your hands up against the wall and butt out and up (hence, butts up) and the person who pegged you last, took a shot.
Rumor has it that our elementary/middle school banished the game when some poor kid's hip bone was broken.
Now that's old school, baby.
Yeah!
MAKAR IS LISTED IN RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE'S BEST OF 2005
Thursday January 12, 2006 at 7:16 pm
As many of you know, MAKAR is part of the Best of 2005 on Radio Crystal Blue! We were selected because of the amount of airplay we received in the 2005 calendar year, and also our relative ranking in each of the quarterly airplay charts. MAKAR is No. 52 in the list of 100! Woo-hoo! You can listen to Dan's show here.
I think this was at Otto’s Shrunken Head, East Village
MAKAR BEING PROMOTED BY SUPER COOL FAN SITE!!!
Thursday January 26, 2006 at 4:06 am
A super cool Makar fan on myspace put us on his favorite band site to promote us and draw more traffic to our site.
He said --
“I really like Another Day!!!
I've got you on My Fav Bands, a little site I put together to celebrate the greatness of new.
You're on the "Wicket" page, row eleven, column seven.
The idea is to drive up the number of fans hitting your My Space site. I'm just getting started so we'll see how it goes.
Thanks for the great music and keep it tight!
TommyO (number one fan)
My Fav Bands
http://www.myfavbands.com”
So click on his site and check us out on the Wicket category! Makar loves to get love from fans all over the world. That's what it's all about.
look for our little psychedelic faces near the bottom
99 CENT DREAMS IS ADDED TO THE NEW MUSIC AT CHRW RADIO
Friday January 27, 2006 at 8:57 pm
As of January 19, 2006, 99 Cent Dreams is added to the new music section at CHRW Radio.
Have we told you how much we love Canada lately?!
CHRW is one of Canada's highest rated Community-based-Campus Radio stations.
Yeah yeah yeah!
ATW1 ONLINE RADIO PLAYING "ANOTHER DAY" ON SATURDAY, JAN 28TH
Friday January 27, 2006 at 8:59 pm
ATW1 online radio is planning on playing "Another Day" either first or second on this Saturday's episode. That is January 28th people!
But to get the song played on ATW1 again it has to get enough requests from listeners, so request away after Saturday's show (yo!)
And listen to the show, these folks care about good underground music, something the major labels should be doing!
MAKAR AT KENNYS CASTAWAYS SAT. FEB. 4TH AT 8PM!!!!!!
Friday February 3, 2006 at 3:50 am
Makar is playing our first show in quite a while as a full band with new bass player Mark Nilges joining the lineup, so come help us celebrate and have a great time. :-)
Makar live at Kennys Castaways
Saturday, February 4th at 8PM!!!!
Love Makar
Mark Purnell, Andrea DeAngelis, Mark Nilges, Josh Black
Kennys Castaways
157 Bleecker St
between Thompson and Bleecker
Tel: (212) 979 9762
site: kennyscastaways.net
Subway directions: You can take the 1 to Christopher St. or the A,C,E to W 4th St, or B,D,F to W 4th St. or for eastsiders take the 6 to Bleecker Street.
99 CENT DREAMS IS PUT INTO HEAVY ROTATION ON MANSION ON THE HILL
Sunday February 5, 2006 at 7:46 pm
99 Cent Dreams is put into heavy rotation last month on the radio show Mansion on the Hill blasting out of Virginia. Listen in to this cool indie music show...
Here is what they had to say...
"Not much going on here. I just wanted to let you know that I have put the 99 Cent Dreams album into heavy rotation last month and got a really good response from listeners. Excellent stuff.
Keeping up with the radio station almost seems to be a full time job in itself. Just the sheer amount of e-mail to be responded to, CDs to listen to, MP3s to examine can be overwhelming, but it is still quite fun.
If there is anything I can do to further help you guys, let me know!
Talk Soon,
Mark Johnson
http://mansiononthehill.biz"
