The Cheryl Parascand Memorial Fund

Asbury Park is no stranger to losing friends and once again one of our own needs your help. Madison Marquette chef Paul Parascand lost his wife Cheryl in a Howell Twp. fire recently. The tragedy had brought the communities of Howell and Asbury…

The Wave Gathering—Gaining Momentum For June

The new and improved Wave Gathering will host a street-wide (and free) outdoor festival on Saturday, June 20, 12-6 p.m., in Downtown Asbury Park on Cookman Avenue to compliment the weekend.

The street festival will be a huge food and music…

MF Gallery Takes Over Asbury Lanes—Saturday, May 16—8 p.m.-1 a.m.—Featuring Dethrace

The Asbury Lanes continues to dig deep into their never-ending bag of colorful treats to feed your visual addictions. To quote the artist Damien Hurst, “We are a ‘trauma culture,’ expecting to watch an artist’s suffering play…

Rob Dye—Days To Here

Mention the name Rob Dye and you’re bound to hear the following question: “Isn’t that the guy that does those Sunday night open mics in Red Bank?” And you, sir or madame, would be correct. That jam has been going on since the early ‘90s…

Writers In The Raw—The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank—May 1

This next installment of this high class production is instrumental in proving that not only is Writers In The Raw alive and well, but that they still live up to the claim they’ve made since their inception, that…

The Secret Syde Reunion—The Brighton Bar—April 25

Back in 1980, when The Brighton Bar was little more than a dank, carpeted cave, the music scene was an exploding revolution and a far different animal than what we see today. Jersey was crawling with cutting edge groups all screaming…

Deena Shoshkes—Somewhere In Blue

I can remember when The Cucumbers were at the height of popularity, playing alongside The Bongos, the Feelies and many others, and causing quite a commotion with the 1987 Profile Records release of “My Boyfriend,” a song that got extensive play time on MTV. It…

Jack Brag—Fear Of Falling Overturned

The ‘80s was a wild decade for sure. The clothes, the coke binges, the clubs and the music were off the gnarly scale. It was a period of formation for many eclectic bands and those quirky underworld sounds were the foundation of many…

The Chronic Sick—Brighton Bar—LIVE—Feb. 28
Bobby, Greg, Jo Jo and Artie are back and better than ever as they showed a whole new generation of Brighton faithful just how you get hardcore done. With the help of L.A. Gun’s Adam Hamilton at the engineering helm, the band has…

I remember listening to Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” from She’s So Unusual and not knowing till years later that Robert Hazard had actually written it. The Philadelphia legend wrote that song back in 1979 and though it was never really a hit for him and he…