Reality Check — The Mexican Flip Off: How Mexico Keeps Embarrassing Donald Trump and Why He Allows It James Campion June 19, 2019 Columns, Reality Check Our Game Show President’s latest fuck up brings his old political dominatrix back for more punishment, when he threatened to impose tariffs on another nation that has a stranglehold on our manufacturing in...
In memoriam: Dr. John [1941 — 2019] Dan Alleva June 11, 2019 Columns “They call me... Dr. John, known as The Night Tripper....” Born Malcolm John Rebennack in New Orleans on November 20, 1941, the man whom the world knew and loved as Dr. John suffered a heart attack and sadl...
Makin’ Waves with Green Knuckle Material Bob Makin June 11, 2019 Columns, Makin' Waves “Never say die” is a motto few bands live up to as intensely and successfully as New Brunswick-based Green Knuckle Material. After nearly 40 years of covering the New Jersey music scene, I am convinced tha...
Reality Check: OPEN LETTER TO MY WIFE IV James Campion June 11, 2019 Columns, Reality Check My Bride, I can vividly remember the first time I decided to do this, the week of our nuptials in early June 1999; an unthinkable twenty years: one daughter, yoga instructor certification, six books, three ...
North Jersey Notes: This Year’s Comeback Tim Louie June 5, 2019 Columns, North Jersey Notes THIS YEAR’S COMEBACK – Toms River, NJ More young bands only means the music scene in Jersey is not dead! One of the acts opening the Scarlet Carson reunion show is a young band out of Toms River, NJ, who ca...
Queued Up Bryan Reesman May 29, 2019 Columns, Queued Up INTERNAL AFFAIRS Nearly 15 years ago, I asked Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry what advice he'd give to young rockers. He said to “keep the video camera going all the time” because they will want that footage ...
North Jersey Notes Tim Louie May 29, 2019 North Jersey Notes EMPIRE ON FIRE – Fairfield, NJ I found this cool new band from Fairfield, NJ, who happens to be playing Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ on June 6 with my buds Arc’d Angel. The name of the band is Empire On Fire and...
Reality Check: Readers’ Responses James Campion May 29, 2019 Columns, Reality Check READERS’ RESPONSES Congratulations, Mr. Campion! You predicted this for over a year and again last month and it has come true! (TRUMP GUILTY OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE – NOW WHAT? – Issue: 4/24/19) Now that ...
Kam on Film: ‘Echo in the Canyon” Kam Williams May 29, 2019 Columns, Kam On Film Dawn of Hippie Era Revisited via Rock Music Retrospective In the wake of Beatlemania exploding across America in 1964, many aspiring musicians were inspired to start their own rock band. Some settled in Lau...
New Dark Age: Johnny Marr at the Wellmont Theater and more! Doktor John May 22, 2019 Columns, New Dark Age Major Concert Johnny Marr at the Wellmont Theatre, May 1, 2019 Prolific singer-songwriter Johnny Marr was born and raised in Manchester, England, where he began his musical career at the age of 13. The ar...
