Hello Everyone,
Here is the recap of the November 16 edition of “The Homegrown Rocker,” which airs every Sunday night from 8 to 10 PM on Q94 Classic Rock (www.q94classicrock.com), and from 10 PM to midnight on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM (www.1071jack.fm)!
Twenty years ago, an Altoona Area High School junior named Ryan Wapner started a nonprofit promotional enterprise with his mother called AnEmergencyScene (AES), with the purpose of staging all-ages shows for the area’s younger live music fans. They booked up-and-coming young local acts, traveling regional acts and even a few rising national names. Within the next 13 years, AES had presented 302 shows, building a large local youth-driven do-it-yourself community along the way. One of prominent participant bands during that run was Pittsburgh’s Punchline, who played numerous shows for those all-ages audiences in the Altoona area, and generated a lot of popularity along the way. The 20th Anniversary celebration of AnEmergencyScene will take place on November 29 at Liberty Hall at Hollidaysburg’s U.S. Hotel Tavern, and Punchline will be the headliner for that event. We spoke with Punchline members Chris Fafalios and Steve Soboslai about their career, their music, their live show, their thoughts and memories about AnEmergencyScene and the upcoming 20th anniversary show. We played several songs off Punchline’s latest album, “Somewhere to Land,” and debuted new songs from Gene The Werewolf, Eternal Boy and Lunatic Revival. We dug out three “Local Music Flashback” feature songs spotlighting AnEmergencyScene participating bands – including a 2007 number from Altoona’s Like A Movie (featuring future NBC “The Voice” contestant Jimmy Mowery), a 2010 song from Altoona’s The Hope Fallacy, and a 2008 Punchline number! And via a texting contest, two lucky listeners won pairs of tickets to attend the AnEmergencyScene 20th Anniversary show! (For those who missed the program, a four-part podcast of this show is available for listening or download from Q94’s website, www.q94classicrock.com. Click on “The Professor’s Classroom,” and then scroll down to “Homegrown Rocker Podcast” and look for the four show segments marked with the date, 111625.)
Here is this week’s playlist:
HOUR ONE:
TED McCLOSKEY – “Parasite”
WALKNEY – “Tourniquet”
PUNCHLINE – “I Don’t Wanna Live in this World Anymore”
GENE THE WEREWOLF – “Raised By Wolves” (new)
PUNCHLINE – “Find Yourself”
LIKE A MOVIE – “The Views of the Revolutionary Towards Himself” (2007, Local Music Flashback)
PUNCHLINE – “I Will Wait”
ETERNAL BOY – “Excommunicated” (new)
HOUR TWO:
THE HOPE FALLACY – “Up All Night” (2010, Local Music Flashback)
PUNCHLINE – “Tunnel Vision”
LUNATIC REVIVAL – “Hypocrite” (new)
PUNCHLINE – “Another One”
PUNCHLINE – “Just Say Yes” (2008, Local Music Flashback)
PUNCHLINE – “Get Me Out”
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we express thanks to all the listeners who have supported “The Homegrown Rocker” through the years with our “All Request Special!” You get to pick out the area bands and performers we play! Just email your local music requests – band, performer or song – to homegrownrocker@gmail.com, and we’ll get to as many of your requests as we can fit in! We’ll also update “Local Music News” and dig a “Local Music Flashback” from the archive! Listen to the “Homegrown Rocker” this Sunday night (November 23) on Q94 Classic Rock – 94.3 FM and online at www.q94classicrock.com, and on 107.1 and 101.3 Jack FM, online at www.1071jack.fm!
UPCOMING GUESTS AND SPECIALS:
NOV. 30 – Local Music on Vinyl Special
DEC. 7 – Patrick Motto
DEC. 14 – Dr. Barry Atticks (Lilla Jul Rockeband)
DEC. 21 – Christmas Special
DEC. 28 – 2025 Year in Review
JAN. 11 – Man In Reverse
JAN. 18 – Tim Woods
(All dates are subject to changes as circumstances warrant.)
Bands and artists wanting to submit news items for “Local Music News” may email their news to homegrownrocker@gmail.com. Indicate “MUSIC NEWS” in the subject heading!
Bands and artists interested in having music aired on the show are invited to send their broadcast-quality recordings to: The Homegrown Rocker, 2513 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 (ATTN: Jim Price). You can also email digital song files or inquiries about the show to homegrownrocker@gmail.com; and submit digital song files through the link on “The Professor’s Classroom” page. And bands and musicians interested in being guests on the program can email their interest to homegrownrocker@gmail.com as well!
Jim Price
