Wizardzz record review

Check out Bobdead's review...

Yes, we were down...and we need your help

Sorry that LOTOFNOISE was down for a day or so. It should be good to go again now.

LOTSOFNOISE needs some help from you all. I have been paying for this site for over 6 years now, mostly out of pocket. For a little while I had advertisers from awesome local shops, labels etc...but I really wanted LON to be ad free...and still do. The problem is that this site is so big and has so much media on it, that I just can't keep up cash-wise. This is one of the reasons that LON was down last month and again this month.

Sasha and I have been thinking about it a bit and it seems like a good idea to have a benefit show for LOTSOFNOISE. There are tons of people that use this site each month (well, thousands actually) and I would like to think that many of them would like to throw just a few bucks into the pot to help me keep it alive. We are going to be planning a show for the next month or so where proceeds will go directly into the hosting costs of this site. As always, I make no money from LON and do it entirely for my love of the city, the scene and your bands.

Please keep an eye out for the advertisement of the show. I am hoping to sell posters and shirts at the show too...so if you feel like donating a little time to help screen or whatever, let me know. I will start a forum thread sometime in the near future about this very topic.

Thanks everyone, and I hope you did not miss anything awesome while we were down.

R O C K

Bilkin's restaurant

I have been frequenting possibly the best restaurant I have seen in a long time recently...and I thought that you should all know about it :)

Bilkin's is this sort of hole in the wall restaurant in Cranston (really just right on the other side of Lonelyville) next to Lang's Bowl-o-rama. On the outside it looks like a converted Carvel or Post office. Inside, while the decor is not totally my style in that it is a little old fashioned...the place is super clean and well kept. Most importantly, the food is fucking amazing.

I have not been to Bilkin's for anything other than dinner so I can not attest to it's greatness for breakfast of lunch (yet) but their chef, Willie, makes some awesome food. The first time that I went there I ordered my sort of "test" meal which I order whenever I try a new joint...Chicken Parm. I know this is sort of pedestrian amongst the other things on the menu, but it is like Pad Thai for a Thai restaurant. You know that if it sucks, everything is going to suck. Anyway, this was without a doubt the BEST Chicken Parm that I have ever had (except for my Mother's). I shit you not. It is made fresh for you at that moment and it soooo good. Since then I have had lots of things on the menu from burgers to insane Tuna specials. They have vegan and veggie meals though they do cater mostly to carnivores I think.

One of the greatest things about the place is that Willie claims that if you want something prepared differently or something that is not on the menu...ask for it and he will make it (providing he has the ingredients). Last time I was there he just made an experimental dessert which was Brownie Creme Brulee. It was insanely good. Another great thing about Bilkin's is that you get top quality food for pretty cheap. You get a healthy portion of top quality food, with your choice of alterations..Forr between 7-15 dollars. I would say the price structure is around Julian's or maybe cheaper.

There is a bar and lots of tables. I highly recommend this place. The owner is super nice and the entire staff, sans Willie, are his daughters. This is the real deal...you should go now. Luckily for you they are open for dinner Wed - Sat.

Tell them Ryan sent you. :)

Here are directions

Throne of Blood CD review

In the Music Review blog.

Providence Poster Gallery has 140 posters already.

Huge thanks to Scoots for his mega post.

LOCAL IMAGES

Local Images is now active on the navbar. If you are not seeing it over there on the left...reload the page. I have implemented a new Lotsofnoise GALLERY where we can ALL post images. This is a free deal. You register on the gallery, we turn on your account, you post images. Easy.

A few things:

• Currently every user has a 10 meg limit, so dont post megahuge images. If everyone posts 500x500-ish images as a decent jpg compression, you should get a good 100 images or so. Awesome contributors may get a special gift from me of more space.
• When you register, an ALBUM is automatically made for you. You can post here, or in the POSTER GALLERY.
  
• This gallery is for 2 things only: Images of local Rock Shows/Events and Images of local Rock Posters. I ditched the old, crusty poster archive so that everyone can post to this album. Please put up artwork only, no crappy junk to self promote. I will be reposting all of the old posters that were up before.
  
• all albums can and will be moderated. We will ditch anything that does not belong. In fact, as the all powerful owners of the site we will ditch anything that we find inappropriate. Mwaahaahaahaa.
• Users must register and a moderator will approve. This may take a day or two so be patient.
• I am working on the look of the gallery to make it jive with the site better. Bear with me.
  

Enjoy

Hey, Want to contribute to Lotsofnoise?

We are looking for some of our regulars to help out by occasionally doing one of the following things:

• Be a blogger (for this new main page)
• Be a photo blogger (for this main page)
• Be a forums moderator
• do interviews
• write reviews of records or shows
• other general Lotsofnoise tomfoolery

If you want to help us out, comment to the forum thread in General Discussions. LON is hard work for us and we want to make it even better than it is now. Let us know. Thanks!

So, LOTSOFNOISE was down for a few days due to some issues with us and our host as well as getting funds going. I am moving to a new host soon so hopefully this will not be as much of an issue again.

All listings are CURRENT as of Monday Night. If your post is not up, please repost. I will get it up there. Remember that if you post 1-3 days before the actual show...you run the risk of not getting posted. This is all still old school...we post listings by hand. R O C K

Check out the new Playstation Rock and Roll game by Providence locals Ryan Lesser, Dare Matheson, Jason Kendall and Brian Gibson:

www.GuitarHeroGame.com

www.myspace.com/guitarhero666

First test of the Lotsofnoise, lotsofnews blog

yup, here it is. BEHOLD!