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THE CROWD SURFER For supporting the making of Riot on the Dance Floor, we will send you: Five live tracks from the film’s soundtrack, your name will appear on citygardensfilm.com on the supporter wall of fame AND you will receive a film punk card thank you in the mail.
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THE STAGE DIVER You will receive ALL of the above PLUS: A DVD download of the film (upon release) AND the official production poster of the film signed by Director Steve Tozzi, Photographer Ken Salerno, Randy Now and all of the crew.
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THE SKIN HEAD You will receive ALL of the above PLUS: The limited edition first run DVD (upon release), signed by Director Steve Tozzi, Photographer Ken Salerno, Randy Now and all of the crew.
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THE SLAM DANCER You will receive ALL of the above PLUS: An original signed and numbered 8” x 10” photograph from Photographer Ken Salerno’s City Gardens photo archive. (You can choose from 20 images)
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THE RUDE BOY For your insane dedication to the project you will receive ALL of the above PLUS: Official thanks in the film credits.
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THE STAGE MANAGER OK... now we are getting serious here. For this level of commitment you will receive ALL of the above PLUS: You will receive a limited edition Riot on the Dance Floor skate deck, featuring one of Ken Salerno photographs. Each deck will be signed and numbered by Ken. Note - This might be the only time that we produce these decks, so grab them while you can!
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THE BOUNCER (AKA 'THE GENTLEMAN JIM') You will receive ALL of the above PLUS: An invitation for you and a guest to a NJ screening of the film with the producers, director and Randy Now (travel/accommodations not included) AND the official film production photo book "Behind The Scene", where you see the film being made through the lens of photographer Ken Salerno.
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THE PROMOTER You will receive ALL of the above PLUS: You will receive a 24” x 36” original hand pulled print from Ken Salerno’s City Gardens photo archive.
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THE CLUB OWNER Thanks for your huge support! With your donation you are dramatically changing what this film can be! For this you will receive ALL of the above premium items. You will be credited as an Executive Producer on the film and be listed on the film's IMDB. You are ALSO invited to sit in on one of Randy Now’s radio shows, where you’ll get to hang out with the man himself and pick the songs he plays. (travel/accommodations not included)
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Director Steve Tozzi has worked on the production of several films including Jonathan Demme's - Man from Plains, Rachel Getting Married and Davis Guggenheim's - It Might Get Loud. Steve lives in NJ with his family.
Holy shit, you can still order Flipper t-shirts from Burning Airlines! He used to let me look around the warehouse but you had to order via mail because he didn't have a license for a store.
http://www.burningairlines.com/flipper/flipper.html
26 years ago at this moment I was standing in City Gardens waiting for the Residents to come on stage
http://www.theresidents.co.uk/museum/browse.php…
got the poster in the mail yesterday! looks great! thanks guys and good luck getting things wrapped up!
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It looks like RandyNow.com lapsed and it is no longer on the web. To get the old images of the punk cards you can go to:
http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.randynow.com/images/*
I went to Jane's Addition last night in Atlantic City and wore one of those City Garden t-shirts. A couple of people said something and one guy said in '88 he went there and parked in the grocery store parking lot behind CG. His truck got stolen and he got in trouble because he wasn't supposed to be there. They found his truck later all damaged after it was taken for joy ride off-road.
City Gardens was mentioned on SiruiusXM Radio. The Lithium (90's alternative) channel is doing a Nirvana special to celebrate 20 years since their album was released. Jon Stewart did a "town hall" with Nirvana and there was a discussion about stopping fights. Jon said he could have used that experience when he was bartender at City Gardens.
steve, my e-mail: tim514@comcast.net
I would just need your name and email address so we can send you things in the future.
-Steve
thanks steve, maybe it's because i was only in at 25.00. i double checked all the e-mails i received and on project update #19 it says something about the survey going out that weekend but i never received it??
oh well, was there anything important on there i should have responded to??
thanks
Tim, the survey was sent out about 2 or 3 weeks ago. It would have been in an email from Kickstarter. I unfortunately cannot resend it, Kickstarter does not allow me to. Let me know if you find it.
Best, Steve
where do i find the survey.
Gregory, I have your filled out survey you are all set. We start going into production on the decks and the photos in a few weeks. We will post an announcement when items are shipped.
The poster will be shipped when we produce the DVD sometime late 2012.
hi, how can you confirm if you got our selections for gifts based on our sponsorship?
I was able to track down some of the old promos from the early 80's (thanks to Jon Solomon who saved tapes from back then). I didn't find the one I was looking for but he came up with ones I had completly forgotten about. These promos have not aired in almost 30 years. I posted them at http://punk.org.
"What's bringing everone to King Tut's City gardens? ... It's a fun place, a big dance floor with room to dance and Randy Ellis the great DJ ... The chicks and the fantastic New Wave Sound .... all the nice looking guys ... great place, great people, and swell drinks .... City Gawdens in Trent'n, it's the only New Wave place mainly ... You all have a good time and you can Go-Go ... 1701 Calhoun St, just blocks away from the old Korvette Plaze"
"Sheena doesn't go to NY anymore to see good music ... you don't have to either. King Tut's City Gardens ..."
Congrats on all the pledges.
I lived near Trenton when the whole scene started. I think the whole scene was driven by the college radio shows. I think Randy and his "punk, funk, and other junk" show influenced many other DJ's at WTSR, WPRB, etc. and that is what drove my interest in going to CG. I used to like when he called Lee Parris.
Also, you had the indie record stores like Record Collector and Princeton Record Exchange.
I remember you didn't just go into Record Collector to buy something, you hung out for a couple of hours. I remember the one guy, "Beatle Bob" got a divorce over spending too much on his Beatles collection and his wife got half the records. It was always big news when Randy stopped in and if you were actually in there when he came in that was really big. This is where I first heard about CG when it was first opening up.
Does anyone have a recording of the original CG radio promo? "King Tut's City Gardens, Central NJ's ONLY New Wave Club ... Just Blocks from the old Korvette's Plaza" The first time I went there I was in the parking lot of the closed down Korvette's and I had to call for directions.
Great work Steve and crew. I love sharing this with my kid's band and their fans. They have their own generation's take on music, but it draws heavily from this era. I was there, then. Best of luck!
This is an era that needs to be documented. Thank you for taking on this honorable and mighty task, Steve.
Randy is the best! He gave us nothing but kindness and support on our recent tour. Thank you, Randy, for continuing to love music and supporting us. The world is a better place with you in it! Kisses and hugs from your New Orleans Skanks!
We're in!
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Greetings to all involved in making the documentary and the supporters.
Glad to be contributing to something that helped shape our meaning and devotion to cutting edge music in all forms.
Special thanks to Randy for the shows and for being a real gentleman.
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We love the Record Collector!! Thanks so much guys!!!
I have been watching the progress of this fundraiser. I wanted to be the one to bring it home. Congradulations!!!! We are excited to see the finished project, and of course wish to be a great part of it. Thank you John, Sue, Dan, and Randy at The Record Collector
Best time of my life was here. I am not suprized by trailer's assertion that Randy made no money - all of they shows were like $10, I am sure the bands got paid and I bet that place was expensive to insure. But they sure didn't spend money on keeping the bathrooms clean.
Happy to lend a hand to this film, saw many shows at City Gardens
Black Flag ( before Henry ), DKs, Cramps, Fleshtones, Gwar, Lush,
Sonic Youth, Flipper. There were very few Clubs back then
Emerald City ( Cherry Hill NJ ), The East Side Club ( Philly ), and Randy's
huge Warehouse !! Many happy memories of taking the van up Calhoun St.
Hope everything comes together, it really was something !!
Indeed killing it!! This is so great. There really should be no reason why this couldn't be doubled by Aug. 20th.
At the rate you guys are goin, I think it's definite that you will reach your goal. I hope it exceeds it by much more so you can do this film as best at possibly can be. Congrats. You're killing it.
Saw some if the best shows ever here.... Great work - can't wait to see the finished product!
Great trailer! Brings back a lot of GREAT memories! Can't wait to see the finished product...
Not knowing what to expect.....this trailer is AMAZING!! I had an idea that this would be a properly done and a well needed stamp on a piece of my life that was all important. It is great to see friends involved in it, so I know a great story will be told. I started off as hardcore kid that loved Ska. The NY Citizens & Toasters shows there were great. So much so that I said to myself, I want to do that one day. A few years later and some Oi!/Punk/Mod/Soul/R&B/Rocksteady/Skinhead Reggae albums later, I helped form Agent 86, which became the Crash Bars, and ultimately Inspecter 7. It was a complete thrill to be on the very stage that I used to look up at and sneak in a few stage dives from.
So at the end of the day, in telling the old City Gardens stories, I mention that if I had to describe myself I'd have to say a "City Gardens NJ Hardcore Kid". Thanks Steve & company for doing this. Good luck & and all the best.