On The Scene: Tony Bennett—The Visual Artist Arts Weekly December 11, 2019 Buzz, Features Music is like poetry, and notes are like brush strokes. If you sing something plainly without intonation, without changing the beginning and end of how a word sounds, it’s not poetry. You can say something pla...
The Wizards of Winter—’Tis the Season Arts Weekly November 22, 2019 Features, Interviews 1 The audience explodes with excitement as the theater darkens. Lights illuminate the stage as the large ensemble of musicians and vocalists begin to perform. Assorted video screens come to life and the awestruc...
A Tribute to Slayer Arts Weekly November 6, 2019 Features, Interviews 1 “It was the road warrior himself, Lemmy Kilmister, who had this to say in Sounds magazine in 1975, describing his legendary group Motorhead: ‘If you moved in next door , your lawn would die.’ By that...
Spotlight: Rockit Live Foundation Announces Partnership with Brookdale Community College Arts Weekly November 6, 2019 Goings-On A public exhibit of world-renowned photographer Mark Weiss and his collaboration with artist Steve Lacy, who is an anchor on Fox 5 in NYC, will take place on Friday, November 8 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday,...
Weird NJ––Halloween 2019 Arts Weekly October 30, 2019 Goings-On Better Them Than Me: A True Ghost Story My wife Jill and I purchased our home 16 years ago. It was in a brand new development which was previously a wooded area, just down the street from the town library, ...
A Tribute to Jim DeSalvo Arts Weekly October 9, 2019 Buzz, Features 2 Friends, family, and the music world at large sadly lost hometown success and true friend, Jim DeSalvo, on September 23, after succumbing to injuries he sustained on September 12, when a wheel blew and detache...
Spotlight: Hunter & Wolfe Arts Weekly September 18, 2019 Goings-On Brooklyn duo Hunter & Wolfe have been compared to the Arcade Fire, Jeff Buckley, and other alternative rock luminaries. What they share in common with those aforementioned greats is a willingness to make t...
2019 ROCKIT LIVE FOUNDATION GALA Arts Weekly August 21, 2019 Goings-On 2019 Rockit Live Foundation Gala honoring Ricky Byrd and ROCKIT Impact Award presentation to Lou Pallo. “I Have done several events with the gang at the Rockit Live Foundation. I love their mission and all ...
Peter Murphy–Taking Residency in the Belfry Arts Weekly August 7, 2019 Features, Interviews To his adoring fans, Peter Murphy is an international post-punk and goth icon. To his family, he’s the joyful husband and father, who laughs almost all of the time and loves nothing more than the news...
Lavender Disaster—The Chaos of Angels Arts Weekly July 10, 2019 Features Lavender Disaster is the alternative rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Christine Bochicchio. When she was 17-years-old, Bochicchio attended Berklee College of Music—embarking on a musical journey that led...