Jack,
I take your point and feel a twinge of that nostalgia as well, but
some things I DON'T miss AT ALL are printing up and posting a
gazillion flyers, taking out ads in the papers you mentioned, calling
people up and begging/harassing them to come to your gigs, and (worst
of all) sending out
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, lightgrw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Let's just say the reason these clubs aren't sold out every weekend
> isn't solely because people don't like to go out and hear new music
and
> it's not only because of any "stigmas" related to Asbury Park.
There
> ar
Let's just say the reason these clubs aren't sold out every weekend
isn't solely because people don't like to go out and hear new music and
it's not only because of any "stigmas" related to Asbury Park. There
are far too many businesses around New Jersey (and especially in this
area) that don
I had no idea. Sounds like these folks never left high school, which
is quite telling.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, lightgrw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Well, I think I can speak from experience here (as the publisher
and
> owner of Upstage Magazine for its first four years) -- there
Ahh...now we're talking! Maybe a little Georger Porter and Art
Neville action? I used to see Leo Nocentelli at the Village
Underground in NY. That guy can lay it down. Now I've got to go dig
up my Meters bootlegs. ;)
Nicole did grow up in Neptune (proper, not City), but she lives on
Cookman no
Well, I think I can speak from experience here (as the publisher and
owner of Upstage Magazine for its first four years) -- there is FAR too
much politics around here regarding the venues and where they
advertise. My publication had an audience that was well within many of
the city magazines t
They're "private" clubs, not in AP! They have "atmosphere"! Both
have a pool table, a fixture in most Black bars/clubs, DJ's with ALL
music, Rock, Jazz, and R&B, which includes some Patriotic music! One
has a dance hall, for hire, where great dances, receptions,
get-togethers, are thrown for old
I think so-called Smooth Jazz, ISN'T! Being from New Orleans, I'm
partial to Fushion, part Funk and part Beat! Funky-Beat, get it?
Dixieland is way too slow for me, except when played in a funeral
dirge, which the musicians do, there! I love Quincy Jones, George
Duke and Bob James; like that!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> How many ads are now taken out in print? And who reads them? Does an
> 18 year old or 21 year old read the Press (paper) or App.com (if you
> can find the entertainment section). What's the actual readership of
> the TRi
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i-Pod.
Text messaging
cell phones
Need Teen nights.
PR
How many ads are now taken out in print? And who reads them? Does an
18 year old or 21 year old read the Press (paper) or App.com (if you
can find the enterta
Another thing that was great about WHTG were the interviews that they did with
all the
great alternative stars of the day. You'd hear interviews with Smashing
Pumpkins, Faith No
More, Living Color, Bob Mould...it was like a who's who of who was big at the
time. And
those bands were playing at
I'll take that one step further.
I think our entire music scene went downhill after the demise of 106.3.
That station really supported local music, and their DJ's also worked in The
Green Parrot
and other local clubs.
Many of us had the good fortune to do interviews with Matt on the station,
whi
The Brookdale station, WBJB - 90.5, has many of the survivors from
106.3 on their airstaff.
They play quite a bit of local music and they were promoting the heck
out of the Wave Gathering.
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> I just remembered the ot
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The one thing that worries me though is that MM and the city in
general seem to be
> steering any kind of music scene that we have away from
mainstream/rock ect and more
> toward safer things like cover bands, smooth
I miss Jason's too.
I also really miss Sonny's Supper Club on Cookman.
Besides having some amazing meals there, I heard some great music in the back
room,
which was a great place to see a show.
About a year ago there was talk about Sonny's coming back, but it seems like
all work
stopped.
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--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sharon_b283" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Black Music has NEVER gotten its' due in this town, although it is
> highly copied!
Quoted for truth. Haven't several members of the E Street Band waxed
poetic about the Orchid? I was really hoping Mel Hood was goin
Sharon,
I am completely with you about the demise of "black music" in AP.
Where is the opportunity or the venues to support a scene?
Nowhere.
I, for one wish there were a scene that wasn't just rock, not just safe smooth
jazz and
blues, but more like what you described.
A real Asbury Park music s
Great Post!
I agree about Nicole not sounding like Amy Winehouse. I just used that as a
point of
reference in that Nicole is much more sophisticated then pop music and she's
hard to
classify, much like Winehouse. Nicole doesn't come with the trainwreck problems
that'll
probably be the downfal
Chico, is handling that and has always gotten his venues publicized,
widely! You have to look at who is doing what! When Chico had
Convention Hall, same thing; lots of advanced publicity, etc. Shaking
my head and shrugging my shoulders! Ask the powers that be!
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Regarding whether the city itself is doing enough to "promote"
or "tout" these musicians - Did the city "promote" or "tout"
Springsteen, Southside and any of the other SOAPers back in the late
60s/early 70s when they were coming up? I honestly don't know, but it
would be interesting to research
Asbury Park doesn't want it's musical heritage to continue beyond Bruce
Springsteen.
We're headed toward "smooth" everything when it comes to music.
This is despite the fact that The Saint, Asbury Lanes and The Stone Pony
continue to
provide a link to new, original and exciting music, but the ci
It is really weird. There was a kind of 'maintain radio silence'
about it.
But the event itself was wonderful and not hurt by it.
The only loser was Asbury Park in that the town missed the chance to
brag about it.
It's like there's a disconnect between what's really great about the
area and wh
Fair points all. It was, as I understand it, a privately produced
festival. The promoters needed to get the word out.
But Heshy's original post raises a separate but equally important point.
There has long been an absence of viable alternative print media at the
shore. This was brought into stark
The city was fully aware of the event.
It's the 3rd year for the Wave Gathering.
Tom Gilmore had it in his weekly newsletter.
Scott from the Saint and the Wave organizers did plenty of PR, which is why we
had a
successful event this year.
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--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> It was also missing from the park sign that announces AP events.
> I find that to be a sad commentary on a city that was named one of
the best places
> to see live music in America.
>
Maybe instead of blasting the ci
It was also missing from the park sign that announces AP events.
I find that to be a sad commentary on a city that was named one of the best
places
to see live music in America.
Since hearing about that USA today article, I can't help but wonder who paid to
get that
blurb in there?
As a musicia
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