The Hard Rock Lunch Box

This week on the BOX...

DJ has a problem with stupid people, specifically stupid people effing things up for other people.  And by "other" people, he really does mean "other" people - but also him.  He has (so very) much to say about the super-awesome and amazingly-important, end-all-be-all show of shows that went down Friday night with so many ground-breaking and chart-shattering bands and club goers with oh-so-much "cool-itude" that no one needed to even bother with social distancing, wearing masks, being at all responsible or even following the remarkably simple NYS state guidelines for phase 3 re-opening, because who cares if we ever get to phase 4.  This show was all anyone around here needed to see, right?  Of course not.  Selfish F***s.

DJ also finds time to discuss "the rules" for the 3 Hard Rock Lunch Box Spotify playlists, and after everyone is sound asleep from that explanation he drops some Northlane and hopes everyone likes it.

Where "old" music belongs, what is Kaz listening to, hidden organ parts on the new R9 record and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Deftones, Architects, Sundressed, Fear The Masses, Bring Me the Horizon, A Skylit Drive, Northlane, Sweet Tooth, REVEL 9, Craving Strange and MORE!

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This week on the BOX...

DJ has a problem with the way he handled a client so he drags all of us down memory lane with him.  He reflects on a time where he didn't handle something "correctly" at the ripe old age of 16 that still bothers him today.  Don't worry, he also points out how ridiculous that is.  He also seems to be OK with violence on TV as long as it's just Annie punching Artie.

DJ also has a new found affection for K-Pop -specifically for their fans.  He highlights a few recent "moderations" the group has made to our social landscape and thinks everyone of good conscience should take note and learn what a few million motivated - but bored - superfans can accomplish if they want to.

Newly found REVEL 9 videos, why Orlando sucks, great bands that used to be and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from ADTR, The Black Clouds, Taking Back Sunday, Red Handed Denial, Know Your Enemy, Dead Sara, Thrice, The Veer Union, Tallest Trees In The Universe, Craving Strange and MORE!

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This week on the BOX...

DJ wants to talk about Spotify... and has even brought in documentation to the BOX!  Unsurprisingly, he doesn't get to it for a long while, but eventually he walks us through all the stats he gets to see as an Artist on the Spotify platform, and why they're important.  He also lets "you" know how you can influence those stats and answers the age old question: "What can I do to help?" with three simple steps.

DJ also discusses the problems he's seeing in the "it's ok to be white" pushback and quickly points out that yeah, it's always been "ok" to be white.  And maybe we could all learn a little something from that very simple fact.

An excess of spider bites, an unfortunate lack of resulting super powers, "blowing a four-man" anything and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Deftones, Know Your Enemy, The Racer, REVEL 9, Jackknife Stiletto, Something Heavy, Acceptance, Like A Storm, Type O Negative, Craving Strange and MORE!

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This week on the BOX...   Annie Stoic from Jackknife Stiletto stops by. 

DJ and Annie talk about band support, smoking at clubs and being a "broad" on the road.  Annie confirms that sexism is alive and well in the country and could do without being asked if they're going to just be "dancing to a track" ever again.  She just wants to be treated like any other rock band, but it doesn't seem like that's coming anytime soon from the fly-over states.

Annie explains the logic of playing 9 shows in a row, to which even the great Melissa Cross responds "why would you do that?" and DJ agrees that she has indeed manged to get "Black Coal Lung" after playing a single show in Southern Indiana.

Waffle House vs. IHOP, the trouble with feet, teaching Roxy to drive and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Jackknife Stiletto, Beartooth, Social D. and more!

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This week on the BOX...   Jimmy G. from Craving Strange stops by. 

The boys talk "End Game" and all things Marvel, Superhero movies in general, personal hygiene, "facts" in politics, "Theater" movies vs. "Netflix" movies and why are people so angry on the East Coast?

They also take on vaccines and gay marriage.

Stupid stage stuff that makes for the best pictures, Frank vs. Aquaman, "Say what you want about Craving Strange" and MORE!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from ...practically no one!

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It's 2018's BEST of the BOX!

We're counting down 2018's TOP 25 Songs!!!  

Our crack team of tabulating tabulators have tabulated the number of plays to bring you the MOST PLAYED songs of the Hard Rock Lunch Box this year!   

Did YOUR favorite band make the cut? Are YOU ready for this?  What's in YOUR BOX!!!???!!!

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from...  [the most secrety secret in all of secret town!]

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This week on the BOX...   

DJ is trying to figure out what he is, politically.  Being socially liberal trumps everything for him, but he's not going to be going overboard with it, and still wishes everyone Merry Christmas.  He's also surprised to find out what a big Matt Skiba fan he is.

He talks about Saturday's show and about how rude people can be while performers are performing (Stop that!). He goes overthe "rules" for wearing your own band merch during your set and is also trying to decide if James from Pathmaker looks enough like Dave Grohl that he shouldn't be wearing Foo Fighter's shirts on stage.

LTOB's pink sashes, "breathe" vs "eyes can't meet", why cheerleaders are important and MORE!  

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Coheed, Pathmaker, Approaching Troy, Junkrat, Alpha Zero Three, The Muckrakers, Dino Skatepark, Edisun, Marwood's Fall, Craving Strange and MORE!

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This week on the BOX...   

Jimmy G. stops by... unexpectedly.  And scares the hell out of DJ... But before that...

DJ talks about "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the sickest he's ever been and also begins to get into weird band behavior on the majors of social media, but then... 

Jimmy from Craving Strange stops by.  They talk about border walls, stress-induced weight gain, playing live with a click and how easily bands can go overboard with that and quickly start looking very foolish. They discuss some common band divisions and band dynamics and the different approaches you can try and then what it's actually like to enter into battle with the army you have.

How fun it is to introduce people to new music, the pathetic state of rock music, band members and MORE!  

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Volbeat, Settle Your Scores, Stelladeora, Fear The Masses, Good Tiger, Older Than Oceans, and MORE!

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This week on the BOX...   

DJ is talking entry level calisthenics, and has to keep refining his search with "for weight loss" and "beginner" and "at home", but still everyone seems to assume he has a pull-up bar and a "dip" machine - he doesn't!  He's worried that using body weight and gravity-resistance exercises might be a little much to ask from someone that's just trying to get started and happens to be pretty effin heavy.  He';s also pretty close to just throwing in the towel completely.

He eventually gets to music and talks about how hard it is to write with drawn-out tension in songs, and wonders if it's just not luck that made Filter's "Hey man, nice shot!" so damn good.

How good the new Ballyhoo! record is, Spotify's 2018 wrapup, Toys for local Tots and MORE!  

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from Ballyhoo!, Paramore, All New Episode, Pathmaker, Flyleaf, Greyscale, Shreddy Kreuger,  Dino Skatepark, Taproot, Mile Marker Zero and MORE!

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This week on the BOX...   

DJ talks about how humans aren't really designed to sit around and be inactive all the time, and going to the gym will never change that.  He talks about the possibility of kick boxing and even jiu jitzu, but wonders what sort of "real human" activities he could be passionate about so that his body would just naturally fall in line, because the current situation just ain't working -again.

He talks about writing the perfect song (or verse or chorus) and how he's not "telling" anyone how to do anything; he's just thinking things through out loud based on years of experience and the things he's learned along the way from people that are better at it than he is.

The "second best" songs of the box, talking too much at shows, ranking the band members in Craving Strange, LTOB, Jackknife Stiletto and MORE!  

 This ain't your mom's lunchbox.  

Music from My Chemical Romance, Sweet Tooth, Dance Gavin Dance, All New Episode, Jackknife Stiletto, Dead Sara, Dino Skatepark, Last Turn Off Broadway, Craving Strange, Deftones and MORE!

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