Ari Katz – Humbled By It All: Lifetime Front Man Chats About Influence On Vital New Brunswick Basement Scene And New Project, Mitylion Bob Makin June 22, 2016 Interviews 2015-6-17 Asbury Park NJ. Ari Katz (Mity Lion) photographed at his house in Asbury Park. Photo: Greg Pallante Lifetime front man-lyricist Ari Katz has been an influence on punk, hardcore, emo and ... Read More...
Little Dickman’s Fuzz Fest Was A Sonic Blast! @ The Saint Bob Makin June 22, 2016 Concerts Little Dickman Records’ Fuzz Fest With Ringo Deathstarr, Dentist, Dinowalrus, Dan Waszay & The Blackouts, And Lunch Ladies ASBURY PARK, NJ—An airplane recently landed in The Saint, and its... Read More...
Old Bridge Militia Helped Launch Metallica’s Career Bob Makin May 11, 2016 Interviews Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers Give Back To Old Bridge Militia Foundation It’s not often that millionaire rock stars give back, but Metallica seems not to have forgotten what was given to them at the start... Read More...
‘Let Me Down Hard’ Returns To Asbury Park For Festival Bob Makin April 6, 2016 Columns (Pictured: Photographer Mark Weiss, Director/Producer William DeVizia, and Starring Actor Keith Roth -- Photo by Michele Terry) Award-Winning Indie Film Stars Aquarian Alum Keith Roth If you love Asbu... Read More...
Willie Nelson Recognized By Library Of Congress In Midst Of Summer Tour Bob Makin August 12, 2015 Columns When the subject of vital songwriters comes up, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young usually are mentioned. I’d like to add one more face to that Mount Rushmore of Song: Willie Nelson. Througho... Read More...
An Interview with Movement Music Records founder Jason Samel: Buy This Fracking Album Bob Makin June 17, 2015 Interviews (Photo by Andrew Werner) The following is a conversation with Long Island-based Movement Music Records founder Jason Samel, producer of the four-CD Occupy This Album and its forthcoming follow-up, Buy Th... Read More...
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers/Steve Winwood @ PNC Bank Arts Center Bob Makin December 3, 2014 Concerts HOLMDEL, NJ—If you get a chance to see Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, take it. You may find that you won't be sure who has more fun: you or the band. After playing together for 44 years, Petty and gu... Read More...
Various Artists: Looking Into A You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne Bob Makin May 23, 2014 Albums Jackson Browne should be proud of Looking Into You, a two-disc tribute to him, because of the organic treatment of his music by the likes of Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Indigo Girls, Lyle Lovett, Ben Harper, ... Read More...
