Newark, Delaware

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This place is the home of the University of Delaware. It’s known for its green spaces, like Rittenhouse Park, with its trout-filled creek. On the outskirts, White Clay Creek State Park has miles of forest trails, plus a late-1700s mansion on the estate of Judge Morris. A path circling Newark Reservoir offers city views. The University Museums at the University of Delaware include collections of art, plus the Mineralogical Museum.

But, the town is very small, and there is not all that much to do in the way of nightlife and entertainment and there are a lot of annoying frat boys who drive around in jeeps and chuck things at people. The drug scene is somewhat unstable here, there is a lot of laced and bad stuff, gotta be careful!

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  1. Please don’t characterize the word emo for me. I actually enjoy listening to emo, but when people take it a step further and become a scenester that is when it gets a bit out of hand. You can look up scenester at http://www.urbandictionary.com. See what I can’t stand is people that need to maintain an image representative of perhaps their musical tastes, or wealth. For example. Hi I’m emo. Therefore I wear really tight shirts with really tight 150.00 diesel jeans not to mention my really cool artsy glasses. The wealth example is pretty self explanatory. Hi i’m rich. I walk around with a 190.00 pocketbook complimented by my 200.00 sunglasses, oh wait and I drink martinis at a bar because its a status symbol. Hippies fall into that same damn category and it drives me up the wall. Why can’t people be themselves anymore, why do people persistently need attention. Sadly enough, I firmly believe these individuals don’t mind being stereotyped by society. Don’t get me wrong I love attention whether it be love,notoriety, etc, but I’m not going to make an effort to gain attention from society by acting or wearing things. Thats fucking sad human beings make such an effort for other people to look at them in a certain way. Don’t get me wrong i’m not the most humble guy in the world, but I certainly know how to maintain my own image. One more quick thing about that emo example. Don’t you notice all the emo kids are growing out their hair and parting it to the side? I went to a Bright Eyes concert a few weeks ago and as i’m staring around at the scene I was immersed with a 10 if not 20 kids who maintained that image. Maybe i’m getting older and wiser when it comes to what is cool and what is uncool, or perhaps maybe i’m just a stubborn 25 year old guy that doesn’t give a fuck about being cool anymore? Whatever the case maybe I find it unnecessary for human beings to display themselves in a way for other human beings to stereotype them into a particular category. It’s wrong, it’s unfortunate, but I guess pop culture is indicative to human progression.

  2. Paul why are you wasting your precious time,breath, and energy on a punk 25 year old kid. You obviously have a hidden anger towards me if you constantly keep rebutting everything I say, furthemore stop attempting to correct me on my grammatical mistakes, because last time I checked I’m not trying to impress you or anyone with my writing skills. Being an editing guru, i’m surprised you didn’t read my prior statement regarding grammar. Nonetheless I should make it super difficult for you to read my paragraphs, that way you’ll get tired and bored of trying to piece together my verbage. Spare me your DE friends restaurant story. Go tell that to some other hippy on this website that is actually curious of your revelations of this website. I am asking you nicely to go fuck yourself and I hope you never find your DE friends or restaurant or whatever the fuck you were trying to find on the web. Good riddance Ralph Macchio.

  3. You know, you’re right Jeremy, you ARE a COMPLETE waste of time and
    you make absolutely no sense to anyone – Why are YOU wasting your time
    when you have so many waves to catch and 100s of places to go? Thanks
    for the laughs… I’ve SO enjoyed listening to you try to make up for all your
    stupid ass comments which only make you look like MORE of a moron. Of
    course you most likely are going to respond AGAIN with something even
    dumber than your last comments, and I’m just waiting… You’re comic relief.
    It’s just unbelievable how hilarious it is to read your idiotic rants about how you
    know so much — THANKS AGAIN 🙂

  4. Paul, you obviously can’t comprehend the english language, nor follow directions. With that being said you’re very negligent to direction. No wonder you waste your precious time investing criticism at me. I told you I was right…regarding a waste of time and energy, so if i’m write why continue your weak attempt of mockery? I’m content in knowing I provide comedy to the table. It would be very unfortunate if i’m the only release of comic relief in your lifetime. That is certainly a tell-all sign that you don’t get laid. I’ve said what I had to say about you so I will forfeit my harsh criticism toward you. I no longer need to reiteriate myself as you do in every single posts you rebut. Paul….you’re an average joe….ubiquitous in this country we called the United States. Face it, i’m cooler than you. So please by all means…..don’t respond…it only makes you look worse. Fortunately I have a reputation to uphold on this message board, because afterall everyone hates me. When your hated you need to stand up for yourself and fight back from the harsh atrocities of people like you Paul. Aren’t you happy I give you special attention Paul, you east coast schmuck.

  5. If anyone doesn’t comprehend the English language it’s YOU Jeremy – YADAYADAYADA, BLAHFUCKINBLAHFUCKINBLAH – You just never shut the fuck up. All you seem to do is criticize, insult, and gab on and on about how fucking cool you are and all you sound like is some idiot cocksucker. If you have such a GREAT life and so many punk rock friends, then WHY are you hanging out on this site???????? Paul, Jenobee, and the many others who have responded to your holier than thou attitude are the ones that make any sense – your reputation is NOT of some “dude that is standing up for what he believes in against harsh atrocities” – your reputation is now of some asshole whose opinion is not wanted and who can’t seem to deal with not getting the last word. And DON’T PRETEND that you are content with everyone hating you – you know deep down that the only reason you’re still posting anything on this message board is your insatiable need for attention – you’re a very sad person. And by the way, It’s “and if I’m RIGHT”, not “write” – I know how much you LOVE to have your grammar corrected.

  6. Tang. You’re rebuttal actually makes Paul look cool. Come on bro, your adding fuel to the fire just by initiating another lame ass attempt to criticize me. You’re one of the many harsh opponents of my beliefs, and your only making yourself looking like a fool. No. I don’t seek attention, I actually hate attention. Better yet, i’m laughing at everyone that makes an attempt to put me in my place, but then again who the fuck are you to put me in my place. Rather than go by the name “Tang”, please replace the name with “Paul the Second”. For all I know your his HI I’M COOL BISEXUAL lover.

  7. whatever dude – it’s obvious to us all that you are a racist, homophobic, stereotypical, insecure person who needs to bash everyone around you to make yourself feel better – so blabber on if you like, everyone that reads this forum knows of your kind and WE ARE LAUGHING AT YOU sweetie-pie… by the way, I’m a girl you loser -BAHAHAHAHAHAHA – so far, you’ve been pretty much wrong about everyone you’ve attempted to judge – WAY TO GO – we love you.

  8. No, actually jeremy, everybody’s rebuttal has made YOU look like what you really are, a fool. Tang and Paul were right in that you are a very sad person who has beliefs that are exactly what nobody wants their children to grow up having — the education system has been working for decades to deter people AWAY from stereotyping and gender and racial discrimination – You are showing signs of missing that notion completely. To everyone else on this site, DO JEREMY A FAVOR (he’s literally begging for it) and don’t comment back to his ridiculous antics. You are only making him feel like he has some kind of power, which is what he needs and wants in his life, and is pathetically lacking. So, he chooses to steal good energy from the wonderful unique people on this site to gain confidence. Continuing this pointless argument with him is just going to him feel like he is winning a game where there really are no winners. I’m sure Jeremy’s next response will be something to the effect of “haha, I was right, you’re all losers” – but please expect that from a person like him. The real winners in this situation will refrain from giving him any kind of feedback on his negativity – LOVE AND LIGHT to you all!! Get well Jeremy, get over the denial that you have a problem and good things will come to you.

  9. Ok Dr. Anonymous, goes to show how outspoken you are, you can’t even conjure up a name for those wasteful words you just written. That speaks for itself. Nonetheless your absolutely right in that i’m anticipating for losers such as Paul and Tang to actually waste their time rebutting against my “immature, stereotypical, and racist comments? haha. See what you don’t understand is I am fighting against those adjectives you’ve listed, and for you to think i’m any of those characteristics is absolutely asanine. So what if I rattled some hippies in this retarded forum, if its took hot ..get the fuck out of the sun as I like to say it. Oh wait it snows in Delaware :*( I guess my phrase doesn’t jive with you people. I’ll tell you what jives…the feeble-minded people on this website that actually take time expressing their feelings to such a loser as myself. So please by all means stooping down to my level of thinking, I mean afterall I’m a fucking retard right? Apparently not, considering the amount of retarded responses I’ve gotten from the likes of Paul, Tang, and Jenobeee. To make matters worse i’m getting feedback from a person named Anonymous. Unfuckingbelievable. Do me a favor …….go read a book or something.

  10. Dear Anonymous – That was very smart to name yourself Anonymous and the whole reason you did that went completely over Jeremy’s head. To avoid instant stereotypical gender and discriminatory insults from racist people based solely on your name is a smart idea – Kudos to you. I totally agree with you that perhaps some day he’ll tire of ranting and raving constant spews of evil to people he doesn’t know – until then, we’ve all had a good laugh. Some people are just meant to be miserable their entire lives. I’m choosing to respond only to pleasantries from now on 🙂

  11. Young whatever you are….learn how to finish your sentences without a prepositional phrase. Oh, wait a minute…it’s a Delaware thing. My bad. By all means, you can address me rather than speaking personally to “anonymous”? I’m so hurt I just want to turn RADIOHEAD on now and listen to “lucky” and cry. I’m so emo. My rants overpower your rhetoric. Learn how to rebut in a more intellectual yet benevolent manner and maybe i’ll shut up. Until then….shut the fuck up.

  12. Anybody in the vicinity of Harrisburg, PA? Don’t forget the Sandy Hollow Festival that goes on twice every year. Last weekend was the first one and I think Montana Wildaxe played – not too sure how the weather held up, it was a bit cold and rainy. The next one will be in September and Grinch will be there. I went last year and it was a blast! Although it rained most of the weekend, a ton of people showed up and the bands were INCREDIBLE! Shout out to U. of DE alumni 🙂 PEACE

  13. I went to Sandy Hollow last year and had a GREAT time! Were you able to go into that area where they hang the glow in the dark stars from the trees all at eye level so when you’re walking through the woods it feels like you are in outer space??? It’s all 3 dimensional – amazing – they had this day glo fountain with gnomes and mushrooms set up all over the place – I’ve NEVER seen anything like it, quite a trip. Hey, since I am a web site guru and a hacker, does anyone mind if I track the email address from some unwanted parties on this site? I actually know the people that started this site to begin with and would love to have a good time of this one… Heeheehee

  14. Hi, it’s me again, Jeremy – I thought I’d write something at my normal 4th grade level of thinking, instilled with stupid comments about how everyone else needs to shut up because I would like all the attention to myself (oh, but wait, I hate getting attention, hmmmm…) Nevermind that last comment. BUT I was thinking this time I wanted to explain about what a miserable shmuck i really am, especially to be bashing the place where I come from. See, I’m still a virgin so I hate women in general. I failed out of school so I resent anybody that tries to correct me, and I have no life, so I have to sit on this forum and be an asshole so somebody will at least acknowledge me. Many apologies for thinking I’m so much smarter and better than anyone else, obviously I’m not but I NEED to post here so people will at least recognize that I exist since everybody around me ignores me. Well, gotta go catch a wave with the rest of the posers- I have my post-Delaware neo-Californian butthead surfer reputation to uphold ya know.

  15. You fools went from Anonymous, to my actual name. I love having a following of copy cats 🙂 I’m so just so fucking content that everyone knows who I am and what my intentions are on this particular website. Just put a smile to my face all you retarded hippy girls.

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  20. Aww where are all the artsy cool hippy hookers at? Partied too hard this past memorial day weekend? Smoked too much seedy,dry Delaware herb? hahah. Herb? thats such a Delaware thug terminology. Out here we say Beester. Ahh nevermind loser hippies attention span ranges from Greenpeace, rainforests, and post Grateful dead garbage. I love you all 🙂

  21. Hey Crispy !!

    Are you a masseuse from Oklahoma? If so, I’m your old roommate Frank. From the couch. I should have known I’d find you here. You hippy drug addict 🙂 How’s Fred? 🙂

  22. OH MY GOD FRANK B!!!!! I thought you had disappeared forever!!! YAY, I’m so glad to get to talk to you again. You were more like my brother sleeping on the couch, not just a roommate 🙂 Fred’s still in DE, married with kids. I’m in OK, not married, with a 17 month old baby and in nursing school. You should email me, christy_stamper@hotmail.com. I wouldn’t call myself a hippie or a drug addict anymore, but I’m still Crispy! Tell your mom I said HI!

  23. OH MY GOD FRANK B!!!!! I thought you had disappeared forever!!! YAY, I’m so glad to get to talk to you again. You were more like my brother sleeping on the couch, not just a roommate 🙂 Fred’s still in DE, married with kids. I’m in OK, not married, with a 17 month old baby and in nursing school. You should email me, christy_stamper@hotmail.com. I wouldn’t call myself a hippie or a drug addict anymore, but I’m still Crispy! Tell your mom I said HI!

  24. I used to live in Madison. Once some frat boys threw a full can of beer at me as I rode my bike down Chapel St. Therefore, I feel especially qualified to comment on this review.

    I don’t know about hippies, but the East End was a great place to get FUCKING WASTED. A+++++++++++++++++++++++ WOULD DRINK THERE AGAIN. Those of you who find it distasteful probably have actual hobbies or interests outside of “getting wasted,” or are XstraightedgeX, and that’s cute.

    I live in Chicago now. We eat hippies for breakfast.

    Do I know you people? Holla at me: rabbitrabbit AT gmail DOT com

  25. Respect to all who love Newark, who are disappointed with Newark, and especially those who feel a bit of both – as I do.

    But the potential of Newark is awesome.

    Madison Ave. has many cool people, but we must not forget that Madison Ave. also housed a man who was Newark’s “Serial Robber” who stole from the elderly at least 25 times, robbed SkidFest of $8500 Fall 2002, and raped and murdered University student Lindsy Bonistall who lived only a block away from Madison.

    Yes, the Deer Park and East End are now both under different management. The classic Deer Park room is gone, the East End has a new owner who wants nothing more than to get his money back from his sketchy investment

    I remember the Nazarites, Grinch, and many others with complete fondness. These bands made the East End what it is today despite the protests of the management at the time. Grinch’s first show would have been shut down for being too loud, except Rich didn’t have anyone else to do dishes the next day, so he let Baily’s band play dispite the volume complaints from the motel next door. Then he counts the money, and history is made, bands are now allowed at the East End.

    A month before I had to tell a band Rich wanted them to stop because they were too loud, and their sound was going through the windows to the outside. That band “Black Wax” was the ones who broke every window that night. Then the East End found it was cheaper to leave the windows broken and just board them up. Those boards on the windows are part of how the first Grinch show wasn’t shut down by police.

    Shelby is still the sweet, decent person she always has been. Not enough can be said about her cool.

    The Nazarites were a very poplular reggae band at the time, and I was honored to know them well – Especially Eric who was the greatest Reggae frontman of the decade (in my opinion, and I don’t mean just in Newark either)

    ANNOUNCING:
    Grinch Reunion
    Sept 29th 2005 Thursday
    The East End Cafe
    Every member of Grinch will be there
    Making of a new live album (24 track digital HiRes)
    I will be providing sound (the East End PA get taken away for this one)

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    Also I am the new host of open mike at the East End
    I was one of the original hosts of this show and I’m bringing the old traditions back. This history is – The East End was changed by the music of Open Mike first, and then the scene developed from the united musicians working together to start concerts. Learn about the new open mike at https://eastend-cafe.com

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    SkidFest is OCt 15th 2005, raindate Oct 22nd
    https://myspace.com/skidfest

    PEACE to all. Happy trails. Respect.
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