North Jersey Notes Tim Louie January 15, 2020 Columns, North Jersey Notes ROCKSTAR RACECAR – Bloomfield, NJ In a time where finding original bands in North Jersey seemed to have slowed down, I found a bunch of kids from Bloomfield, NJ, who seem to continue to carry the torch for ...
Reality Check–AMERICA ALONE: Welcome to the New Age of Isolation, Apathy & Defeat James Campion January 15, 2020 Columns, Reality Check I’m not sure what you would call this Trump Doctrine. Is it foreign policy? Not sure it would make the cut of any “policy,” per se. Seems like most of this presidency’s maneuvers are knee-jerk, ad-hoc, half-as...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt January 15, 2020 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll A Night At The Deer Head Inn Someday (Deer Head Records), by father-son team Skip and Dan Wilkins, is a love letter of sorts to the hallowed environs of Pennsylvania’s legendary Deer Head Inn. Built in the ...
Reality Check– THE IRAN MISTAKE Forget Impeachment, Crimes, Lying, Stupidity & Sucking Up to Tyrants – This is the Worst Part of the Worst First Term James Campion January 8, 2020 Columns, Reality Check We are at the brink of war with Iran. The executive branch is at war with Congress. The Senate and the House are at war. A game show host is in charge of all this. Welcome to 2020. What a shock.&nb...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N Roll Mike Greenblatt January 8, 2020 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Ow! Leave it to the “Jazz Detective” Zev Feldman to uncover this treasure trove of hard bebopping from two masters, Johnny Griffin and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, at the height of their powers in 1962, live from...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie January 8, 2020 Columns, North Jersey Notes CITY VISION – Freehold, NJ I don’t believe I’ve ever given City Visiona proper feature here in North Jersey Notes. I’ve mentioned them a few times because Dar Franks, former drummer of the band Cascadence, ...
Makin’ Waves—The Makin’ Waves Dirty Jersey Dozen Bob Makin January 1, 2020 Columns, Makin' Waves Makin Waves Dirty Jersey Dozen are left to right from top: Cold Weather Company, The Cryptkeeper Five, Katie Henry, Bobby Mahoney and the Seventh Son, Daughter Vision, Well Wisher, Dentist, Deal Casino, Lowlig...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N Roll Mike Greenblatt January 1, 2020 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll One-on-One With Chris Jericho Recently, when I had the chance to talk to the lead singer of Fozzy, Chris Jericho, who also happens to be a professional wrestler, I jumped at it. Truth be told, I’ve spent a ...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie January 1, 2020 North Jersey Notes KENNY CURCIO – Southern New Jersey A few weeks ago at my day job as the Public Relations Manager of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, I was working on a local radio remote and a performer came on...
Queued Up Bryan Reesman December 25, 2019 Columns, Queued Up THE ENDLESS RIDE Time loop movies have become more common in recent years, but The Fare (2019) takes the genre into different territory. After a cab driver (Gino Anthony Pesi) picks up a beautiful woman (Br...
