Spotlight: The Fab Faux, Nothing More & Others! Arts Weekly February 7, 2018 Goings-On Better Than The Beatles by Mike Greenblatt The Beatles stopped touring in 1966. They never played their greatest songs on a stage. This is music meant to be digested live. It’s too good not to. So like...
Makin Waves: Scene Report with Pat DiNizio, The Stone Pony, and More Bob Makin January 11, 2018 Columns, Makin' Waves The latest Scene Report also includes Monster Magnet, Brian Fallow, Gaslight Anthem, Mike Montrey, Black Wail, Dusters, “The Eleventh Hour,” Stephane Wrembel, Helen O’Shea, and Concert for Eric (Kvortek). ...
Pat DiNizio: Seems Like Yesterday Jenna Romaine December 27, 2017 Interviews 1 The loss of beloved artists hurts regardless of time and age, though the loss of a New Jersey-native always stings a little more in The Aquarian Weekly offices. Dec. 12, The Smithereens’ lead singer, Pat Di...
In Memoriam: Pat DiNizio: An Immense Loss For New Jersey Debra Kate Schafer December 13, 2017 Interviews The year is 1980: disco is dying, hair is beginning to get bigger, and Pat Dinizio has just formed The Smithereens with Jim Babjak, Mike Mesaros, and Dennis Diken in Carteret, NJ. An ad was placed right her...
Shoreworld: Pat DiNizio’s One-Man Show; Christine Feola and Dark City Entertainment John Pfeiffer March 18, 2015 Columns Pat DiNizio is a New Jersey musician that needs no introduction. The Scotch Plains native and his band The Smithereens was one of the biggest East Coast draws in the '80s. The Smithereens churned out gold a...
Local Noise: Pat DiNizio Hal B. Selzer December 1, 2010 Interviews 1 “Because that’s what I do. I play, and I write songs,” explains Pat DiNizio, visionary and renaissance man of the Smithereens, about his upcoming weekly residence at The Crossroads in Garwood. “I like the i...
