Well, I don't wish to belabor the point, but while I think everyone
can agree with what your saying here, I still don't see how the
city "blew" anything vis a vis the Hall of Fame. When you used the
adverb "again" after "blew it", that sounded like there was an
opportunity the city had regarding this particular exhibit, and that
they lost that opportunity through inaction.
Or is it more that this exhibit simply reminds you that the city has
dropped the ball on cultural tourism continually over the course of
many years?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hing...@...> wrote:
>
> Valid points, all of them, but the fact is that Bruce Springsteen
and Asbury Park will be
> forever linked for so many reasons.
> I see people taking their photos all the time in front of the Stone
Pony, and I tend to think
> that the only reason they do so is because of it's connection to
Bruce.
> I've told this story before, but a few years ago I was working at
the German MTV music
> video awards in Hannover Germany.
> I was wandering around the location, which was the Worlds Fair
where it was being shot,
> and proudly wearing my "Vaccarro Guitars" shirt which features the
name "Asbury Park, NJ"
> I can't tell you how many people stopped me to ask about the shirt,
and 2 really nice
> women actually offered to buy the shirt right off my back. They
kept asking if I knew Bruce
> and all sorts of related questions. And this happened to me many
times.
> Many of us in AP have said for years that AP is completely ignoring
the concept of music
> tourism as it relates to Bruce and the rich musical heritage that
pretty much put the city on
> the world map for many people.
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sandpiper15" <sandpiper15@>
wrote:
> >
> > Your points in the second half of your post are valid, but I'm
not
> > sure I see a connection between those points and the
city "blowing"
> > anything in the context of the Hall of Fame exhibit.
> >
> > If you look at the Hall's Web site, there is no announcement. And
the
> > Associated Press article was noticeably short and devoid of
> > detail. "Rock Hall officials today couldn't disclose any
specifics
> > about what the exhibit will include, except to say it's a work in
> > progress." So all anyone knows for sure is that there will be an
> > exhibit, and it is tentatively titled ''From Asbury Park to the
> > Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen''
> >
> > Since the arc of both his "life" and "music" began not in Asbury
> > Park, but rather Freehold (and, to a lesser extent, Middletown
and
> > Sea Bright) it seems like based on the title alone the city has
> > already come out ahead of the game - at least in terms of PR.
> >
> > If I were a resident of Freehold, however, I think I'd be a
little
> > miffed.
> >
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The city blew it again.
> > > Yesterday a major exhibit was announced for the R n R Hall of
> > Fame... a Bruce exhibit.
> > > Of course AP will be a part of that exhibit.
> > > And here we are with our most well known and recognizable
export,
> > with nothing.
> > > And what do we get?
> > > A boardwalk with mostly failing high end retail, acres of empty
> > parking lots, and the ugly
> > > piece of crap C8 part 2 destined to mar the landscape for an
> > indefinite time.
> > > I guess that's what we get when we allow a company who focuses
on
> > malls and retails to
> > > guide our destiny.
> > >
> >
>
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