North Jersey Notes Tim Louie August 14, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes KODIAK – Toms River, NJ I’m not really sure how I even stumbled across these guys, but I am so glad that I did. They have a retro eighties rock sound and I’m an eighties rock kind of guy, and no one is play...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘n’ Roll Mike Greenblatt August 14, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Stranger Things One of the more entertaining aspects about the first two seasons of Stranger Things is the music. The soundtrack for season three is a mixed bag that interlocks into a mesmerizing 16-track w...
Reality Check: AUGUST 15-18, 1969 – The Woodstock Miracle & The Aging of Aquarius James Campion August 14, 2019 Columns, Reality Check The third and final installment of a three-part series on major events in our recent history which will be commemorating their fiftieth anniversary this summer. As they approached, it turns out, for me, the me...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie August 7, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes STEPHANIE CHIN – West Windsor Township, NJ I’m always down for seeing a fellow Asian doing what they love in music. Am I being racist? Hell no! Most of us Asians are in finance or the medical field, so ther...
Reality Check: August 9, 1969: Tinsel Town Terror & The Demonizing of the Drug Culture James Campion August 7, 2019 Columns, Reality Check The second of a non-concurrent three-part series on major events in our recent history which will be commemorating their fiftieth anniversary this summer. As they approached, it turns out, for me, the memories...
Makin Waves with Little Vicious: Rappin’ Redemption with the Riff Witch! Bob Makin August 7, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves Asbury Park/Orlando-based Marguerite King’s tale of musical and personal redemption is as passionate as the pursuit of her dreams with her bad-ass band, Little Vicious. The Riff Witch is in the third chapter ...
Queued Up! Bryan Reesman July 30, 2019 Columns, Queued Up MARVELS OLD AND NEW Last month, I discussed Marvel's Captain Marvel. This month, I'm covering DC's Shazam! (2019) and the vintage, 12-part serial Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941). That's right, Marve...
Reality Check: July 20, 1969 – The Apollo 11 Moon Landing at 50 James Campion July 30, 2019 Columns, Reality Check (This is the first of a non-concurrent three-part series on major events in our recent history which will be commemorating their fiftieth anniversary this summer. As they approached, it turns out, for me, the ...
Mike Greenblatt’s Rant ‘N’ Roll Mike Greenblatt July 30, 2019 Columns, Rant 'N' Roll Alto Sax & Trombone with Good Vibes The sound of an alto sax/trombone frontline—with vibraphone underpinning instead of piano—hearkens back to an earlier era of classic Blue Note records and, indeed, th...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie July 30, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes LIBRICIDE – New York City This week I found a very cool band out of New York City who call themselves Libricide. I thought that I’ve written about these guys already, but it doesn’t seem like I have. I’ve w...
