Sorry, getting the message late as usual... Jo already contacted me offline. Hopefully this will help anyone else who finds themselves in Hartford, CT. For what it's worth, I wasn't about to pass on the opportunity to give CT some advertising. I'll apologize in advance for writing a book.
Matt is correct, "Spiritual Emporium" (better known as the Municipal Cafe, aka Muni) is now closed. For those of you who don't know the place, it was a restaurant, an "after-hours" club, and a record store. It was THE physical center of the techno scene in the area for easily the past 15 years. The building was sold to new owners who are looking to lease the place to a Burger King or Dunkin Donuts or other such chain establishment. The Muni will definitely be missed... Fortunately, it was no big secret that the Muni's days were numbered so a couple of people went out and established events of their own. Having said that, I'll shamelessly support all the events that remain... The new center of our underground electronic universe is shaping up to be a place in Farmington, CT called ZenBar (www.thezenbar.net). It's a very chill lounge out in the suburbs. They serve alcohol so you've got to be over 21 to get in (translation- NO RAVERS). This is the place to go to if you want to hang out and listen to good music without dealing with a barrage of glow sticks on strings or 800 break-dance circles. It's the place for the 25+ crowd to hang out, have a few drinks , and maybe even get on the dance floor for a minute. The event is called "We Won't Stop Wednesdays". You guessed it, it's on Wednesday nights. Definitely look out for this venue if you come out this way. There's also a Saturday night house party happening in Old Lyme (about 40 min south of Hartford) featuring residents DJ Donut. Donut is a very solid DJ and producer who has been around for at least 12 years. This night is brand new so I haven't had the chance to go to attend it for myself just yet. I will vouch for the DJs though. Donut and his brother Friddo are very tight. This is the place to go to if you're looking for deep, vocal house. Check the website for details, www.ibrmusic.com. These are the more well known events. I know of a couple of others going on but I don't have all the info about them just yet. I'm planning to post info about local events on the forum in my website so check there if you're interested. What Connecticut lacks in events we seem to make up for with radio shows. Most Nutmeggers (CT residents) are private people who would much rather prefer to party in the privacy of their own living rooms than go out. Hence, there are a bunch of us doing shows on college stations. Mine is on every Monday night from 10:30 to midnight EST on 88.1FM (www.wesufm.org). My last 4 shows are archived on my site, www.antonbanks.com/show.htm. You can also hear James Fusion (www.jamesfusion.com) every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 8:30 playing techno and acid techno. He also keeps several of his last shows online. DJ Mike Nyce is on right after him playing deep house from 8:30 to 10:30. OL (formerly of Hillbilly House) is on every other Wednesday night from 7:30 to 10:30 EST on 89.3FM (www.wrtcfm.com). There are a couple of others doing shows on smaller stations but I'm not sure what their schedules are anymore. Lastly, if you're going to be in Hartford, e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd be happy to show you around. -ant- Vault Radio, CT www.antonbanks.com -----Original Message----- From: matt kane's brain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 5:41 PM To: amy z; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) Hartford, Connecticut info At 05:16 PM 6/10/2005, amy z wrote: >unfortunatly there's never much 313-related stuff in Hartford... but there >is a cool event in New Haven that begins this weekend - the art and ideas >festival - <http://www.artidea.org>www.artidea.org >plus there's always lots of fun outdoorsy stuff to do here... listmember anton banks has a hartford radio show though. it's worth a listen even though i forget what station it's on. www.antonbanks.com has the answer though! :) -- /* Halley */ (Halley's comment.) matt kane's brain podcast | http://www.hydrogenproject.com | netradio | on-the-air [EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: mkbatwerk
