The Hard Rock Lunch Box

This week on the BOX...

DJ is all about the "Do Know Harm" Listening Party scheduled for tonight.  He breaks down everything that's gone into it so far, what's gone through his head this whole time and other ideas he initially had for it.  But most of all, he explains why it's a big deal (for him) to let this happen the way it is, and why he's truly grateful for it.

DJ also may, or may not, have debuted the new song from The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus last week - he did - but he plays it anyway and ends up with a double Wahmann's Whenever of the Week.  Also, his soundboard is working just fine - thanks for asking!

The last time DJ got realllly sick, the Rise Against "cutoff", the cost of making and actually putting out a record these days and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ is caught up in the "local music music summit" planned for the 19th.  He reads the invite verbiage on the air, and critiques everything he expects it to be - without any real information or insight into it.  He does eventually explain that he's quite tired of people that just "wanna be mad" at how things are, especially when they don't want to actually do the work to fix something, and extra-specially when they don't even bother to understand how things actually work in the real world after temper-tantrums don't produce the desired result of "mommy" coming and making everything "all better".

DJ also gives a hint of the true loss that is the closing of Revolution; not just for himself, personally, but for his band and the scene as a whole.  And really has nothing to offer in the form of a "way out of this" - and that should probably speak volumes to anyone truly paying attention.

Why drug dealers need to step up their Arctic Fox game, thank God for Coheed and Cambria, why people should actually say what they mean  and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ is all about mailboxes.  He tries to explain, and to better understand, privilege as it relates to mailboxes, having them removed and what that means in the current climate.  While easily a provable phenomenon, he points out that people don't "believe it's happening" and "won't" believe it, simply because it's not happening to them or in their neighborhoods.  He points out that that isn't actually what "not happening" means, and wonders how far up the ladder of social ails this mis-perception goes; because clearly racism doesn't exist if it's not happening to white people in the suburbs directly, right?  DJ is clearly worried about this continuing trend towards selfishness, bubbling and good ole stupidity. 

DJ also gives everyone a rundown of what it's like to be part of the REVEL 9 promotion machine.  Especially at the break out of a brand new record.  It's not super encouraging.

DJ can't seem to use the new facebook layout, why pizza would of course be the first post-quarantine meal, actually finding a Static-X song DJ likes and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ is beside himself with frustration towards the sub-geniuses on social media.  He's exhausted from trying to explain the -very simple- regulations that have been laid out in NY State regarding performing as a band and all but begs the audience to help spread some understanding to the ever-growing legions of the stupid.  He goes through the incredibly inflammatory - and inaccurate - "news" article out of Syracuse regarding ticketed shows, and tries to make the actual rules as "second-grade-reading-level" as possible for the cheap seats.

DJ also breaks down what he thinks is so great about "Unknown" from 10 Years and spends a little time with clips from the song to demonstrate why and how he thinks that.  And even offers up an alternative to anyone out there that can sing a little bit higher than he can, aka, "everybody".

Why parents can ruin everything, depression cycles, what actually won't sound good acoustic with Jimmy G and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ is over trying to save the stupid. He tries not getting political and ends up getting political.  He discusses how dangerous it is to limit your news sources and the kind of corruption of the "truth" that can occur if you don't pay attention.  But since people need to be told not to eat paint, they probably aren't going to recognize a balanced newscast if they tripped over it.  In short, DJ is just tired of having to explain and teach everything to everyone these days and is "cool with it" if the number of "everyones" drops off, significantly, really soon.

DJ also talks about the "New Music Show" on SiriusXM and doesn't understand the credentials required for hosting something like that.  And though he says he's not talking about himself, wonders how much better the show would likely be for unsigned bands if "someone like" him were at the helm.

Tablets on stage, "According to Waterbury" returns, why naming your songs properly is important and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ can't believe he's got to talk about "local shows behaving badly" ...again!  He desperately tries to explain the "food requirement at bars" to people that keep thinking it either blocks the coronavirus or infringes upon their rights to be stupid - nothing can do that, apparently - and cannot believe, again, that people are "cool" with other people not following the NYS guidelines, again!  And why it's such a freaking problem!

DJ also talks about how difficult it was to talk some real "Umbrella Academy" racism with his daughter, Charlotte.  He also explains how his parents and their friends were the ones going down South in the 60s to help end the institutional racism there and wonders - on air - just how may people Southerners he knows currently had parents that were "more the problem than the solution".  And... he wonders how their were kids raised, and is that the problem that's playing out right now?

DJ explains his pain scale, why a NUTUYU recruitment template is important, kidney stone delirium and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ hates The Chainsmokers and the people that went to see them this past weekend even moreso.  He has a hell of a lot to say about the entitled and pretentious POSs that decided they were cool enough to A) throw themselves a "party" out east, B) have The Chainsmokers come play at it and C) not need to wear masks or properly socially distance themselves from the other a**holes in attendance.  He goes into detail, AGAIN, why this is such problem for everyone, and yes, holds the band responsible for a significant part of it.

DJ also thinks Amazon should be ponying up a little more to the country because of their overwhelmingly over-usage of public resources, like the internet and roads which Amazon doesn't pay for at all - we do.

DJ loves his aloe plant, what people are getting wrong about the New York State "dining" rules, being able to shoot people that bypass the line at an off-ramp and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ hates dropbox.  He goes into a fair amount of detail regarding the steps the company seems to be taking in order to NOT get his business.  And now their latest restriction - 3 PCs only - is just a little too much.  With 12 seconds of research, DJ has found a better company that he's currently trying out and he promises to keep you posted!

The "BOX" has also officially gotten in trouble with the RIAA.  DJ explains why he should have seen that coming, why it's legally the right thing to do, but also why it's a really stupid move - and why pretty much any artist would agree.  Regardless, any non-direct-submission song will no longer be included on the replay podcast for the foreseeable future.  DJ says it's not a fight worth waging - and he's probably right.  

Working all night, worried for Waterbury, that's not coffee and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon on 99WNRR.com

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This week on the BOX...

DJ talks all things News12 LIVE!  He goes through some of the really weird stuff that was going down while he was trying to perform on the livestream this past Thursday night.  He talks about the sound of absolute silence after finishing a song and what it's like to get trolled in the comments 90 seconds into an online performance.

He also has a little bit to say about how helpful his bandmates were with it.  (Is the sarcasm coming through? No? Well, let me turn on the sarcasm filter...)  And he's got tons to say about the premier of the NUTUYU Music Spotlight (www.nutuyumusic.com)

Jimmy's up next, game controller thumb, what happened to blink-182 and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Sadly, the RIAA has slapped the BOX with a warning about using copywritten material without permission on the podcast replay, so you won't hear anything except direct submissions here anymore, but you can still catch all the music from the show when the BOX runs live, Thursdays at noon! 

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This week on the BOX...

DJ has a really big show coming up... and he's kinda flipping out a little.  He wonders if it's at all interesting for people to "peek behind the curtain" into every semi-maddening thought he's having about getting ready for this thing, and then just proceeds to drag everyone through it anyway, whether they wanted to or not.

REVEL 9 also decides to release "Do Know Harm", finally.

The new NUTUYU Music: Spotlight series, DJ's total Order Magazine article, finding space for gratitude in absolute chaos and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Deftones, Know Your Enemy, Thornhill, Sundressed, Fear The Masses, Stitched up Heart, Envy On The Coast, Alkaline Trio, All Time Low, Craving Strange and MORE!

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