North Jersey Notes Tim Louie July 16, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes RISE AMONG RIVALS – Baltimore, MD Yes, I know these guys aren’t from North Jersey – or anywhere in Jersey for that matter – they are, however, performing at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ this Thursday night (7/18...
Reality Check – POWER TO THE JERSEY PEOPLE: Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Will Be on Us James Campion July 16, 2019 Columns, Reality Check It seems to me an unjust law is no law at all.Saint Augustine Due to the abject failure of this Democrat-led New Jersey legislature with the usual 19th century bullshit from useless Republicans, our...
North Jersey Notes: Sonic Blume Tim Louie July 9, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes SONIC BLUME – Asbury Park, NJ This week, I found an interesting band online that is not really my cup of tea, but after listening to a few songs on the band’s Spotify page, I couldn’t stop listening to them...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt July 9, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll 2 Meet Me On Southern Avenue I’ll be on Southern Avenue for a while because I Keep On (Concord Records) playing this Memphis band’s second album. Their 2017 self-titled debut had me up nights dancing by mysel...
Makin’ Waves with Chalk and the Beige Americans Arts Weekly July 3, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves On the eve of the Garden State Hip Hop and Makin Waves Summer Rap ‘n’ Rock Tour, Chalk and the Beige Americans talk about hitting the road and entering the studio, while sharing their soul-hop history. Base...
Bryan Reesman’s Queued Up Bryan Reesman June 26, 2019 Columns, Queued Up STAR BORN SAVIOR I've got to be honest: I watched Captain Marvel (2019) after I went to see Avengers: Endgame. As it turns out, it was fine to see this slightly smaller scale film after that mammoth Marvel ...
North Jersey Notes: Our Fears Tim Louie June 25, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes OUR FEARS – Congers, NY I’ve never written about these guys, nor have I ever even heard of these guys, but I will admit that I’ve been living under a rock as of late. I did, however, notice that they were p...
Reality Check: Readers’ Responses James Campion June 25, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Here’s the issue with what you’ve written here (TIME FOR MUELLER TO SPEAK – 5/8/19). Why don’t people actually READ the damn document???? It clearly implicated the President on numerous counts of obstruction o...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt June 19, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll The 2019 Blast Furnace Blues Festival is FREE This Year! Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—It’s always one of my favorite events of the year. This time it’s free. And all outdoors. The 2019 Blast Furnace Blues Festiv...
New Dark Age Doktor John June 19, 2019 Columns, New Dark Age Nights Out: Stimulate and QXT’s Present Leaether Strip, May 25, 2019 Danish electro-industrial act, Leaether Strip, headlined a lineup of dark techno-alternative/EBM at Newark’s QXT’s nightclub. Guest DJ Pa...
