Rant ‘n’ Roll: Oz Noy, William Steffey, Professor Louie, and more! Mike Greenblatt April 17, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll In the nineteen-sixties, Latin audiences in New York City went wild for what was known as boogaloo, a hybrid dance sound of funk, salsa, jump blues, and mambo, that went national when Dick Clark introduced it o...
Kam on Film: ‘Breakthrough’ Kam Williams April 17, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Despite being saddled with a couple of generic American names, John Smith's (Marcel Ruiz) life story has been anything but boring. It's just too bad that the shy, 14-year-old has been too embarrassed to share i...
Reality Check: The Attempted Murder of the Planet & The Merry Human Virus James Campion April 17, 2019 Columns, Reality Check And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every cr...
North Jersey Notes: NYC’s Voices of Extreme Tim Louie April 17, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes As I’m sitting here looking at some of the upcoming shows in Jersey, I came across the Tesla show on April 20 at the Starland Ballroom. What caught my eye was one of the opening acts, Voices of Extreme. Did tha...
Reality Check: The Final Word on the Mueller Report & Obstruction of Justice James Campion April 10, 2019 Columns, Reality Check As stated time and again in this space, the Trump administration’s obsession with Russia during its first two years of governance has had nothing to do with collusion. The undisputed proof that the President of...
Rant ‘n’ Roll—Pete Seeger: Centennial of an American Hero Mike Greenblatt April 10, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Pete Seeger should be celebrating his 100th birthday May 3. We lost him January 27, 2014 at the age of 94. Upon his death, President Barack Obama said, “Over the years, Pete used his voice—and his hammer—to str...
Shoreworld: Terry Reid, Deborah Bonham, and the Matt O’Ree Band Take to the Wonder Bar John Pfeiffer April 10, 2019 Columns, Shoreworld Terry Reid is a name that needs little introduction. As the now-famous utterance from Aretha Franklin stated, “There are only three things happening in England: The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and Terry Reid.”...
North Jersey Notes: Black Dawn Tim Louie April 10, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes My band, Rahway, will be rocking with fellow Jersey superstars, Skid Row, on May 4 at Starland Ballroom in Sayerville, NJ. I already featured one of the other bands on the bill that night, Another Days Armor, s...
Kam on Film: ‘Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Kam Williams April 10, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Sophia Lillis Shines as Legendary Teen Sleuth in Adaptation of Carolyn Keene Classic After the untimely death of his wife, Carson Drew decided he and his daughter Nancy (Sophia Lillis) might benefit from a c...
North Jersey Notes: Sami Eldebs Tim Louie April 3, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes A couple of weeks ago, I met a talented singer-songwriter from West Orange, NJ, while I was at work at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. His name is Sami Eldebs, and he was supposed to perform in the...
