If you are near any of these stations -- take a bit of time out from your day and call them up -- get us played -- we appreciate it.

We really appreciate it.

 WJRR-Orlando FLA-- 407-916-1011

 WOBX-Nags Head NC -- Studio Line: (252) 441-9810
 WPUP-Athens GA-- (706) 549-6222
 WTPT-Greenvalle SC--  864-233-9393

  WKPX-Sunrise FLA    954.262.8460

  WFWM-Frostburg MD 301/687-4144
  WVUD-Newark (302) 831-2701
              wvudmetal@gmail.com

  WRBC-Lewiston Maine -- (207) 777-7915 (207) 777-7916
  WUMD-Dartmouth Mass -- (508) 999-8150 Friday Night Blitzkrieg
 

* WKTA-Chicago A -- 847-498-3390
  http://www.rebelradio.com/Request%20Form.html

  KFAI-Minneapolis MN 612-341-0980

  KIWR-Council Bluff Iowa 712-328-8970

 
  WSUP-Plattville WI 608.342.1291
  http://www.uwplatt.edu/org/wsup/contact.html

  WWSP-Stevens Point WI (715)346-2696

  WJCU-Univ Hights Cleveland Ohio 1-216-397-4438

  WRUW-Cleveland (216) 368-2208
       http://www.wruw.org/guide/request.php

  KSYM-San Antonio TX 210-486-KSYM

  KMSA-Grand Junction 970-248.1240


  WRIF-Detroit 313-298-WRIF
  WXUT-Toledo A ON ON ON ON ON 1 1 SPIN THIS WEEK
  http://www.wxut.com/index.php/song-request

  KTUH-Honolulu Hawaii(808) 956-7261

  WVUA-Tuscaloosa AL--       205.348.9070

New York/NJ

* ExtremeRadio NY/UK http://www.extremeradio.co.uk

* WKGB-Binghamton NY (607) 786-ROCK (7625)

  WHPC-Garden City NY 516.572.7440

  WSOU-So Orange NJ (973) 761-9768

 
Pennsylvania

  WARC-Meadville 814.332.5275

  WCAL-California 724.938.6068

  WCLH-Wilkes Barre (570)-408-5909 (570)-408-2907

  WLVR-Bethlehem (610) 758-3913

  WMUH-Allentown (484) 664-3456

  WPTC-Williamsport (570) 327-4778 or AOL IM at WPTC881

  WRKC-Wilkes Barre Bob's Metal Show Sat / 12-3 PM EST 570-208-5821


 California

  KUSF-San Francisco 415-751-KUS

  KEOL-La Grande OR 541-962-3333

  KGLT-Boseman MT 406.994.HIYA

 

Little freakouts like this are nice. Friend of ours brother took this pic with his phone cam.

So we researched it and found this in a PDF

Q. How do I submit my music (audio tracks) to Music Choice?
A. Please mail your CD, along with an artist profile and press information to: Music Choice Programming, 328 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 (indicate genre on envelope) All music genres will be considered, but there is no guarantee of airplay. Each submission is reviewed individually and tracks are selected for possible airplay. Because of the large volume of submissions that we receive on a daily basis, it is impossible for us to notify artists if their music has been selected or to return materials. Keep listening to your favorite channel to find out if your music was chosen for airplay. By submitting your music to Music Choice, you grant all rights to broadcast and perform your music.

So -- I am not sure how it made its way -- but thought I would share this little moment.

 Cycle of Pain last night -- and that was alllright down at the Pony.

There is really nothing unique one can write about one's actual trip. Traffic at places least desired, plastic chain food at random times: one doesn't even have to have been in a band to relate. Drive across country, same stuff. Do it a few times, rinse, repeat.

We were fortunate enough to have a place at Scott and Kendra Meades place just outside of Toronto.

We arrived late yet ate good and drank. The burgers were simply delicious.

Getting through Customs was a smooth affair.

Driving late up the QEW reminded me, the landscape, of the anonymous parts of Staten Island, without the garbage smell, desolate, at times industrial/business with the occasional huge dealership lot beyond tall elephant grass/brush.

Outer Toronto, flat like Philadelphia's surrounding areas.

Our memory of this trip punctuated by the Will Ferrell impersonation of Harry Carey and Garrett's impersonation of that.  ( Related: Funny -- big hat -- tsfunny.)

Securing the parking spot in front of the club -- considering the Tahoe and Trailer combo -- priceless.

Amazingly everyone RG had stuff to get to at home Sunday -- what a crazy there & back one off.

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We now look forward to our Space Mountain gig and preparing for October, when we are currently booking gigs -- midwest -- south -- not set in stone yet -- but we will be out there.

September? Magnet -- Australia spells a chunk of September.

We are still hard at work on our contribution to a Queen tribute CD -- this next week brings your humble narrator into the studio to do a zillion tracks of vocals yea! Death on Two Legs baby!

Cubs win! Cubs win! 

For the record this is SUN -- vocalist and for the most part -- primary "Friend Farmer."

After great and continuing efforts in regard to the MySpace option, I offer this for public record, easily accessible and for the future notable, unchangable.

A friend count is not what we are after, that is the consequence of necessary effort.

To best make use of the enormity of connection and exposure, this action, the one of promotion and introduction for the active, hungry, explorative band, filled with desires, we of course take part in regularly.

Speaking for my method, I state this:

Friending on MySpace is the offer of the first hand-shake, the first impression. When you meet someone, this is usually -- in person - the first action. It is all one can do in a courteous instant.

Certainly -- in that moment you cannot say whether you like the person, can form judgements or really do anything else than extend a greeting and contact. This is what I -- and by extension, we as a band try to do.

Before: you knew jack shit about our EXISTENCE and via the request it is our hand shake.  After: We know about you and you us and it is recorded. One more "friend."

If this were a personal contact situation, imagine, as if we lived in a giant camp, a sprawling kind of e-tent city, some combination of a festival, refugee camp, bazaar and burning man rolled into one big enormity. You cannot establish in-depth personal continuing relations with everyone. Duh.

So -- what now?

I just want to state I find it humorous when some bands accept and immediately foist a comment on your page, filled with say 3 large pictures and a link to their wares -- yet -- yet when you go to leave the corresponding comment of your own, maybe not 3 big ads for your product but a simple TFTA graphic or even a gig poster tie in -- said band prohibits HTML on their page.

Interesting.

I really look at the comments offered and am hard pressed to deny usually -- unless there is something "wrong" almost inhuman about the presentation... and god forbid the DUMB factor.

Although I labor for a millisecond over any rare denial of comment, one must be in agreement that sloppy html with broken code is a YP not an OP -- your problem or their problem -- not our problem.

Also, it is not our poilcy to straight away shove our wares down ones comment throat either. We rarely try to employ widgets -- that is just messy and god damn -- not first comment for sure. Our first comment will never be an buy our stuff ad. Imagine that -- meeting someone at this party and this interaction.

RG:      "Hello -- may I shake your hand."
OTHER: "Yes."
.....
OTHER: "Great -- well then //pause// Buy my stuff? I have T-shirts, CDs, DVDs of our concert at a state fair in 2001, mugs, beachballs, commemorative vinyl, jackets, hoodies, our own brand of children's vitamins, nifty eye-catching ....etc etc"

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I/We try to simply turn on people one at a time to our deal -- to let anyone know about our hard work and desire, really hoping to make true connections, building bridges if you will

There is thought behind our action, sincere intent. That is all we can strive for and will continue in practice. Of course -- it would be great to meet a few people down the road....

Anyway -- Our practice, the method behind it, the intent and overall attitude toward and opinion of it: It is now -- however obvious -- in writing.

This act itself, the detailing of this tedious, silent process, which until only very recently MySpace made easier with a bit of code, and expressing how I/We handle it,  injects my/our necessary stamp of humanity on it.

Cheers -- buy our CD! // *wink*

SUN

RiotGod will be featured on Fat Cat Radio this coming 15th on their "BIG SHOW"

Now we realize some reading this might own the CD, and some might simply listen to the tunes here or at Reverbnation... but this is about letting people know about this cool online ROCK/BLUES radio station... more or less.

So -- check out Fat Cat Radio and why not check it out on July 15th, while we are featured -- for their BIG SHOW.

NB: We erred in saying we would be broadcast over the July 4th weekend -- woops -- we bad so consider this too a correction.

We thank Swede for choosing to play us -- again -- & invite other bands to send quality original material his way.

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We are in the middle of getting together a recording of Queen's Death on Two Legs for a compilation produced by our friends at  Mainman Records ( Keith Roth and friends ). If you know Queen -- then you know what a great creative challenge this will be, fun to nail that song down in every single fucking way....

We look forward to heading up to Canada ( still working on some gigs along the way ) to play at Lee's Palace on August 8th. This gig has been splendidly handled by the Meades Bros. up north and if you are thinking about playing up in the Ontario/Quebec way -- hit up there MySpace and give them a shout.

Later in the month we will be doing a FREE SHOW at Space Mountain in Brooklyn along with Lapdog of Satan (members of Priest Bird), w/more to come!

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Being in RiotGod means being aware of our greater music peripheral family -- so to speak -- basically motherfuckers who live to play. So here is the scoop for those into it.

Most pertinent news at the time of this entry:
Bob -- "Save some fo' th' Drummer" Pantella will be appearing for some Cycle of Pain dates so check out their MySpace for info.

We last had a gig at Arlene's in NYC and thank again all the intrepid souls who came to see us rock that great room. The sound man had to have been to coolest we have met so far for this band.

To all that have accepted our invite to hear our music we appreciate you and of course -- for the newcomers -- pledge our commitment to a non-spam/low bulletin policy. You will not get image after weekly image from us, begging you to buy our CD. We want as many people of course to buy it -- a good amount of time and effort, afternoons and rehearsal went into it and in our humble opinion it sounds great, but a comment with 60 big images every week or even every month aint our style.

Next week Bob and Jim -- the J&B Express as they are sometimes referred to go off with Monster Magnet and back to Europe ( dates below )

So -- after a few personal commitments us take up mid-July, August approaches and we are planning for that window of time -- for in September -- Magnet heads to the land down under.

We have been in contact with the Meades Bros up in Toronto and are working on getting up across the border to bring our situation to Canada.

As soon as we get that together and anything else for late August ( Space Mountain Bklyn anyone??) -- we will let everyone know. Time is our found Serengeti kill, our bloody find, and we will get our piece, whenever opportunity presents itself. WE WILL GET OURS.

And now your dates: Go out and check out J&B rock the fuck out. -- SUN


Monster Magnet Europe dates

Things went great and we are super stoked to hit the stage Saturday night.

For not having played in a while it went pretty damned great. Bob and Jim having come off their Magnet shows, SUN ( myself ) recuperating from "The Philadephia Incident", all fatigue and minor concerns aside, it went great.

We look forward to playing.

For those that are not going to be in NY, or in the US for that matter



The event, at  will be broadcast here