>Kinda sounds like the recipe for a tourist town to me. It was less >than 15 >years ago that close to 100,000 people crammed the beach twice a >year for a >day of music on the beach sponsored by WNEW.
Ask my friend the former AP Police Officer who is permenantly disabled because he was jumped ON DUTY by a mob of WNEW concertgoers if he thinks the WNEW concerts were a good idea. Ask the people that were severely injured that one year in the boardwalk stampede if they think the WNEW concerts were a good idea. That era in AP was awful. No one was ever hurt at the boat show, the flower show, the ceramics show, etc. that were poplular here when I was growing up. That's what we are going to see here again. Family entertainment. Besides: Anyone making any rock n roll worth hearing these days? NOT. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for all your Bruce facts, you forgot one: Bruce was never, ever > > a booked act at the Pony. Not once. Not in the 70's, 80's or 90's. > > The first time his name ever graced the marquee was in 2001 for a > > benefit show. > > > > I sure hope the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't find out about > > that little tid-bit. I always correct people when they claim the > > Pony launched Bruce or vice versa. > > The fact that Bruce didn't get his start from the Stone Pony is a well known > one that somehow has gotten lost nationally as virtually every newspaper > article will make the mistake of mentioning it again; however, Bruce's > connection to the Stone Pony doesn't make a difference in how Asbury Park is > perceived around the world. > > The world associates Asbury Park with three things: the beach, the > boardwalk, and music. > > Kinda sounds like the recipe for a tourist town to me. It was less than 15 > years ago that close to 100,000 people crammed the beach twice a year for a > day of music on the beach sponsored by WNEW. Think it can't happen again? > How about 30-40,000 people coming to see Bruce Springsteen launch the Rising > on the Today Show in Asbury Park? Those people came from around the world - > not just from Monmouth County. > > Asbury Park is making a mistake, in my opinion, if they choose to abandon > its roots as a tourist destination. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
