#asbury park history

[yearningforunity]

Stepping Out on the West Side of Asbury Park (c.1950s), Photograph by Joseph A. Carter, Sr.

[uvmagazine]

VFW'S 2022-2023 Citizenship Education Teacher Award Competition

Mr. David Wronko, Social Studies Teacher for the Asbury Park High School, and Mrs. Jessica Gualario, Social Studies Teacher for Neptune High School, were awarded the Citizenship Education Teacher Award.

On February 20, 2023 Mr. David Wronko, Social Studies Teacher for Asbury Park High School, and Mrs. Jessica Gualario, Social Studies Teacher for Neptune High School, were awarded the Citizenship Education Teacher Award. Mr. Wronko was given the award representing grades 6-8 while Mrs. Gualario was given the award representing grades 9-12. Below was a letter from post commander Wilbur V.…

[pinkshiftbites]

for all the hot bitches: pinkshift on tour starts this weekend!

Headliners:

8/10 - VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - SCANDALS LIVE (WITH @destructodisk and @springsilverino)

8/11 - WILMINGTON, NC - EAGLES DARE with babe haven

8/12 - COLUMBIA, SC - NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN with babe haven

with gaslight anthem + @joycemanorofficial :

AUG 13 ATLANTA, GA I| THE EASTERN

AUG 14 NASHVILLE, TN I| MARATHON MUSIC

AUG 16 ASBURY PARK, NJ (SOLD OUT)

AUG 17 PROVIDENCE, RI |I THE STRAND

AUG 18 BOSTON || MGM MUSIC HALL AT FENWAY

AUG 20 WASHINGTON, DC I| THE ANTHEM

AUG 21 NEW YORK, NY || CENTRAL PARK

AUG 23 PHILADELPHIA, PA II THE FILLMORE

AUG 24 MCKEES ROCKS, PA || ROXIAN THEATRE

AUG 25 TORONTO, ON I| HISTORY

AUG 27 CINCINNATI, OH || ANDREW J BRADY

AUG 29 CHICAGO, IL II SALT SHED

AUG 30 MINNEAPOLIS, MN || THE FILLMORE

AUG 31 MILWAUKEE, WI |I THE RAVE/ EAGLES CLUB

SEP 1 DETROIT, MI |I THE FILLMORE DETROIT

[norsienor]

S&S: Who did the artwork for the record?

Gerard: I did. You like it?

S&S: Yes, very much.

Gerard: Actually, I did a bunch of artwork -a whole bunch of stuff that didn’t make it on the record. I just didn’t want it on, and we used that stuff on the hoodies. I’ll tell you a funny story about it. I went in to the head of the Art Department at Warner. He’s a guy with a lot of history. He’s worked on Beatles stuff. He’s been in the business. Did you seen the VH1 thing with Fleetwood Mac? That band had a big special air on Sunday, and it was the making of their last record. He’s there. He’s in it. I’m sitting there and watching it like, “Holy shit.” Anyway, I go in with this book, this sketchbook of all this watercolor stuff, because I was going to use that as a basis for what the photographer was going to do. We have a photographer I really love, Justin Borucki. He ended up doing all the photos of the band for the record. But he was supposed to do this set up of a man and a woman. It was supposed to be a photo of them covered in blood. So, I pass all my sketches over, and he’s sitting there looking at them and he’s like, “What do you want me to do with these?” I was like, “I’m just going to give them to the photographer and he’s going to recreate the situation.” He goes, “How come you’re not using these?” I’m like, “I don’t know. I haven’t done art in years.” So, I didn’t think of myself that way. I didn’t think they were good enough. He loved them. He was like, “This is your cover, dude.” I was really surprised. It’s very gory, but I guess because it’s watercolor, it’s very tasteful, which is why he actually preferred all of them. Because if we put people there, it would look like a hardcore record. It would look like a movie poster for some weird movie. So, I was like, “Alright. Ok, let’s do it.” So, that’s how that came about. We have two versions of it too. There’s another gorier version that I actually didn’t like because the guy came out bad. The girl came out great. It didn’t look right. The other one is more tasteful.

[vodkaandsnakes]

On this day, February 25, in Type O Negative history:

Type O Negative play The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ (1994)

Bloody Kisses is #12 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart (1995)

Bloody Kisses is #169 on the Billboard Top 200 chart (1995)

The soundtrack for the Howard Stern biopic Private Parts is released. The soundtrack features a collaboration between Type O Negative and Ozzy Osbourne called "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (originally by Status Quo). Somewhere out there in the ether, a Peter-only-vocals version of this track can also be found- it's definitely worth listening to as well. (1997)

Type O Negative play the American Theater in St. Louis, MO (2000)

[fnsrockyhorror]

ASBURY PARK!!! Are you ready to get into some mischief? For the first time in our cast’s history we’re SO stoked to announce we’ll be bringing the full Rocky Horror Picture Show experience to ASBURY LANES on 10/30!! 💋🖤💀✨

Join us as we bring the cult classic film to life with a live cast, audience participation and SO much more. We’ll also be having a costume contest for your chance to win prizes! Tix are available now, grab them at RockyHorrorNJ.com!

[punkrockhistory]

Joey Ramone and Mike Ness. The photo was taken at the warp tour 1997 in Asbury Park, New Jersey by Jimmy Barbarino

#punk #punks #punkrock #joeyramone #mikeness #history #punkrockhistory

[julio-viernes]

“I Don’t Want to Come Home: The Oral History of The Stone Pony” de Nick Corasaniti. El local abrió sus puertas en 1974 en Asbury Park, New Jersey. Jack Roig y Butch Pielka, dos porteros, cansados ​​de la aburrida rutina diaria, soñaban con tener su propio sitio. Con poca preparación y fondos mínimos, compraron el primer bar que consideraron en una ciudad donde nadie quería estar.

[summerofmy1ife]

asbury park is crazy because springsteen is actually my father and my imaginary brother and all of my ex boyfriends whether they knew they were my boyfriends or not. and sometimes you’re taking the shore line down to long branch from penn station as you’ve finally settled into your second apartment in new york and you see glimmers of it there but it’s really not there it’s just asbury is the color of your eyes. and you’re listening to nebraska and staring through the filthy njtransit windows at the navesink river and your sister came over for dinner last night because you both couldn’t stand to be in jersey any longer but can’t stand to be too far away either. and yet you’re perpetually moved to tears on the train home like you’re gonna see the same thing that you left but the truth is it never feels quite the same as summers when you were a teen working on the boardwalk in this place with its history and it’s echoing ancient buildings regardless of your family that’s still there and the soft serve and the ocean. it’s different every time and sinister in new ways and yet the wound draws open wetter and wetter so new things stick to its opening and cement in there like they’ve always been a part of you. of it and of you.

[brookston]

Holidays 1.5

Holidays

American Divorce Day

Apple Howling Day

Carnival begins (Old Bohemia)

Carnaval Blancos Negros, Day 2: The Day of the Blacks (Colombia)

Dia de la Toma (Spain)

Eve of Wonder

Fair Deal Day

Fathers' Day (Оци; Serbia)

501st Legion Day (UK)

Flint Day (French Republic)

FM Radio Day

George Washington Carver Day

Get on the Computer Day

International Declutter Day

International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Kamakura, Japan)

Kappa Alpha Psi Day

Little Cold begins (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Monopoly Game Day

Mr. Ed Day

National Bird Day

National Day of Dialogue

National Don’t Talk Day

National Ellen Day

National Screenwriters Day

National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day

Nellie Ross Day (Wyoming)

Night of the Magic Camel (Southern Syria)

Red Hackle Anniversary Day of the Black Watch

Review Your Wrestling Holds Day

Right of Self Determination Day (Pakistan)

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney; Australia)

Tucindan (Serbia, Montenegro)

Turn Up the Heat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Can Opener Day

Granny Smith Day

National Keto Day

National Whipped Cream Day

Sausage Day (UK)

Strawberry Day (Ichigo No Hi; Japan)

Take the Cake Day

Whipped Cream Day

1st Friday in January

Gals Night Out [1st Friday]

Thermopolis Day (Wyoming) [1st Friday]

Independence & Related Days

Ajdinland (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Monarchy of Craztonia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Pitchfork Union (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Seirlandia (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Avian Day (Pagan)

Befana (Ancient Roman Goddess)

Burning of the Evergreen (Pagan)

Charles of Mount Argus (Christian)

The Eve of Epiphany (Christian; Transition Between Christmas & Carnival Season)

Feast of Poseidon (Ancient Greece)

Festival of Kore (Greek Goddess of Good Fortune & Zeal)

Festival of Lares Compitales (Ancient Rome)

Festival of Pyrotechnics

Gerlac of Valkenberg (Christian; Saint)

Hayao Miyazaki (Jayism)

Hoots the Owl (Muppetism)

International Sarcasm Day (Pastafarian)

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Ludwig II Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lycurgus (Positivist; Saint)

Mungday (aka Hung Mung’s Day; Discordian)

Nicolas de Staël (Artology)

Noche De Reyes (Three Wise Men; Mexico)

Nones of January (Ancient Rome)

Old Christmas Eve

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

Telesphorus, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Trettondagsafton (Epiphany Eve; Sweden)

Tucindan (Old Serbian Pagan Folk Festival)

Twelfth Day of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Twelve Holy Days #11 (Aquarius, the lower limbs; Esoteric Christianity)

Twelvetide, Day #12 (a.k.a. the Twelve Days of Christmas or Christmastide) [until 1.5]

Ullr Festival (Norse)

Umberto Eco (Jayism)

Verbal Abuse Day (Pastafarian)

The Voyage of Hathor to See Her Seven Sisters (Ancient Egypt)

Yves Tanguy (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [4 of 71]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [4 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 5 [3 of 72]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [4 of 60]

Premieres

All My Children (TV Soap Opera; 1970)

Any Rags? (Betty Boop Cartoon; 1932)

Armed Forces, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1979)

Buddy the Gob (WB LT Cartoon; 1934)

Cavalcade (Film; 1933)

Chica Chica Boom Chic, by Carmen Miranda (Song; 1941)

Come Dance with Me!, by Frank Sinatra (Album; 1959)

The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies, by Clark Ashton Smith (Short Stories; 1935)

Desire, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1976)

Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1945)

The Dud Avocado, by Elaine Dundy (Novel; 1958)

Giasone, by Francesco Cavalli (Opera; 1649)

Greetings From Asbury Park, by Bruce Springsteen (Album; 1973)

Happily N’Ever After (Animated Film; 2007)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (UK TV Series; 1981)

In the American Grain, by William Carlos Williams (History Book; 1925)

Lion Down (Disney Cartoon; 1951)

Lyrical Ballads, by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Book of Poetry; 1798)

Maze Craze (Atari 2600 Video Game; 1980)

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (TV Series; 1976)

Nixon (Film; 1996)

The Shannara Chronicles (TV Series; 2016)

Stop! In The Name Of Love, recorded by The Supremes (Song; 1965)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Novel; 1886)

The Swiss Summer, by Stella Gibbons (Novel; 1951)

Three Little Bops (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Tiger Trouble (Disney Cartoon; 1945)

The Tortoise and the Hare (Disney SS Cartoon; 1935)

Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett (Play; 1953)

What’s Sweepin’ (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

Who’s Kitten Who? (WB LT Cartoon; 1952)

The Wiz (Broadway Musical; 1975)

Today’s Name Days

Emilia, Johann (Austria)

Emilijana, Gaudencije, Miljenko, Radoslavl (Croatia)

Dalimil (Czech Republic)

Simeon (Denmark)

Lea, Leana, Liia (Estonia)

Lea, Leea (Finland)

Édouard (France)

Emilia, Johann (Germany)

Syglitiki, Theoni, Theopemptos (Greece)

Simon (Hungary)

Amelia (Italy)

Sīmanis, Zintis (Latvia)

Gaudentas, Telesforas, Vytautas, Vytautė (Lithuania)

Hanna, Hanne (Norway)

Edward, Emilian, Emiliusz, Hanna, Symeon, Szymon, Telesfor, Włościbor (Poland)

Sinclitichia, Teona, Teotempt (Romania)

Andrea (Slovakia)

Amelia, Emiliana, Juan, Simeón, Telesforo (Spain)

Hanna, Hannele (Sweden)

Apollinaria, Teon (Ukraine)

Ladarius, Ladd, Laird, Lamont, Lane, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana, Tawni, Tawnya, Tia, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 5 of 2024; 361 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 1 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Beth (Birch) [Day 11 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Jia-Zi), Day 24 (Wu-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 24 Teveth 5784

Islamic: 23 Jumada II 1445

J Cal: 5 White; Fryday [5 of 30]

Julian: 23 December 2023

Moon: 35%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 5 Moses (1st Month) [Lycurgus]

Runic Half Month: Eihwaz or Eoh (Yew Tree) [Day 11 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 16 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 15 of 31)

[incandscents]

☆ — (natalia dyer, she/her, cis woman) who is joseli ryan anyways? ew. you don’t know about her, we’ll bet you want to. she's feeling twenty-eight and painting feels like a perfect night to them. rumor has it they’re capricious and implacable because they care, but they’re also affable and tenacious in the best way. she works to make a little money as a songwriter / musician. they’ve rented a place on cornelia street in the form of woodvale apartments. long live and my tears ricochet are the songs they could dance to the beat of forevermore.

𓂅   GENERAL INFORMATION .

name: joseli powell ryan ( born joselyn leigh powell-ryan )

nicknames: josie, jo, jojo.

age / date of birth: twenty-eight, born on november 22, 1995

zodiac sign: scorpio / sagittarius cusp

gender: cis woman ( she/her/hers )

place of birth: asbury park, new jersey

sexuality: pansexual

occupation: songwriter, main songwriter & guitarist for electric touch

𓂅    THE STORY SO FAR .

potential trigger warnings — mentions of injury, surgery.

before she was good with her hands, she was good with her feet: joselyn, more affectionally called 'josie leigh' by her doting parents, was all over a soccer field at age five. age four consisted of her making daisy crowns on the sidelines of the game, and after her parents sitting her down with ice cream and telling her they'd make her give it one more go, "one more chance to be the best", she screwed her head on straight. being the best never felt like an option to joseli. it was an expectation, a standard. anything less would not suffice. age five brought a ruthlessness on the field beyond what was anticipated of the ymca rec league for children. she'd spend hours in her backyard curling soccer balls into the upper corners of the net, dribbling down an empty soccer field, orange slices between her teeth and a loose ponytail signifying the dedication she poured into her craft. she never did anything halfway or half-assed.

for joseli, the future felt like soccer. she wasn't good in school aside from the occasional writing assignment — poetry was where she shone, considering it was allowed to be as abstract as the general make-up of her brain — so she put all her chips into soccer. her devotion demanded hard work and she was willing to give it her entire being if that was what it meant. it didn't go unnoticed, either. joseli was invited to development camps hosted by us soccer and called up for the u-16 and u-17 teams. every step she took was angled in the direction of the goal of being drafted to play pro, making the senior national team roster, having a shot at olympic medals and world cup trophies.

senior year was when the cards started to fall exactly as she'd designed: a scholarship to play at stanford, a call up to one of the senior national team camps, a spot among the greats carved out just for her. and then she tore her acl in a spring season game, which required surgery, and an extended recovery time that stanford could not guarantee being able to hold her spot for — even if she was with the greats at one point, she was cut back down to size. the crash and burn of her soccer career knocked joseli back years. most people her age were stepping into their dreams, figuring out what they wanted to do, while joseli felt like she was seven years old again trying to discover the root of who she was all over again.

she did everything she wasn't supposed to in an attempt to burn the ashes of josie leigh. she changed her name legally to joseli powell and told stanford thanks, but no thanks in exchange for nyu classes that she'd be in debt for until she's steady growing grey hairs. she spent her time in the city, drawing in the field books she carried at least three of inside her bag and observing the world with her mindlessly rambled thoughts and doodles. where her feet failed her, her hands would be her savior.

growing up in asbury park meant joseli had quite the exposure to music & music history, staffs embedded in her bones and melodies buzzing under the surface. always whistling on the soccer pitch during drills and locker room cool-downs slowly evolved into the stupid, angsty poems she scribbled into napkins and on the insides of her arms finding chords and melodies. she went to open mic nights at bars and played shitty songs that no one other than the three drunks found good, but the thrumming of electricty was back in her blood that she missed so desperately once soccer was cut out from her life. the bitch was back.

spending all her time in another already oversaturated dream meant that joseli would really amp up the all gas, no brakes mentality as she went about climbing the newest mountain in her range and clambering for the top. create, consume, create, consume: her life was a vicious cycle of art and trying to become the best at something other people had already invested decades of their lives into. everything was a race for joseli, a competition with a winner and a loser, and she was familiar with blood in her teeth while she fought.

age old story: girl falls in love. girl moves to the city with big dreams and her lover, drunk on a daydream and hoping that the fairytale ending is in sight amongst the tears and bruises of rejection and the grind, the constant fucking grind that joseli almost needs in order to survive. and then it suddenly pays off, after the years of learning the city like it's a constellation of freckles on the back of her hand that she sees each time she picks up a pen, with radios playing the song and record labels asking for meetings, and joseli feels like she is flying. she is seventeen all over again, dreams coming true as she returns from saturn and begins to build a kingdom from her home. problem is, she's never been the best at figuring out when enough is enough. when there's a line, when not to cross it, when to apologize, when to make it right. she just doesn't understand how she can possibly be wrong when it means living a dream — she's already lost one, so is it any surprise she'd kill to see this one to fruition?

little does she know it's alllllll gonna blow up in her face and force her to grow up. again. :')

joseli's a cosmogyral — literally means ‘whirling around the universe,’ which is very much a perfect descriptor. she’s all over the fuckin place. she’s a hot mess. she’s constantly in new corners of her universe, reinventing herself and finding new pieces and parts to highlight while trying to bury others. loves hard, fights hard. warm until she is too hot to handle. she always means well but she’s quicksilver; she is never the same version of herself, she sticks to her guns until she decides she only wants to carry knives from now on. will charm the pants off of just about anyone she comes into contact with. flirty. a little goofy, wildly sarcastic. there’s method to her madness even if no one else gets it. is the passive aggressive type, bottles things up and simmers. stubborn as fuck, fiercely protective and neurotic. she’s almost thirty and she constantly feels like she’s living someone else’s life, no matter how many times she reinvents herself professionally or personally, and it is starting to wear on her soul.

𓂅    DESIRED CONNECTIONS .

meredith to her cristina — basically her best friend (not gender specific) who tells it to joseli like it is, doesn’t mind if she laments about how the world sucks every now and again, the person she’s calling if she needs help with a body.

joseli, for all her neuroticism, is quite friendly and sociable and overall A Good Time, is the type to make sure a stranger doesn't feel like one in a crowded room. casual friends, neighbors, people that jam out and get high on each other's couches, regulars at the same coffee shop: she doesn't bite (usually) so anything in that vein will work

i am also not opposed to a roommate for joseli 👀

someone who dr. phil's joseli and she just does not listen (bonus points if she tries to reciprocate and they too ignore the fuck out of her)

pr relationship ! — someone who joseli's management has partnered her up with to help promote electric touch's upcoming album. either they’re good friends or they hate each other, i’m up to anything

hookups, friends with benefits, ‘we have casual sex because it’s fun to rile each other up,’ exes of all flavors — joseli is pansexual and a mega flirty hot mess so anything works !

childhood friends, friends who are only friends because their agents told them to play nice, friends that have definitely fought in a club or a bar before even though they went in together holding hands, friends who are only friends with her to benefit from it, good influence / bad influence, friends who are forced to be pr enemies and are secretly laughing at the media in private, friends who are only friends when they’re drunk

ANGSTY SHIT — a plot based off of ‘wrong’ by ally hills, “bad for me but i keep coming around,” someone joseli calls late at night because she doesn’t want to be alone, a plot based off come back be here by taylor swift except they actually came back and it’s like wtf do we do now

gimme a girl that joseli is rlly in love with but she’s lowkey sabotaging their relationship because she is absolutely batshit crazy right now trying to sew all her dreams together to keep them from imploding and she does not know how to prioritize ! and she has to actually decide if this is in fact the worthwhile fight #iykyk

everything and anything, really, feel free to hit me up on discord @/lizolsen and we can plot up all kinds of magic together :')

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

January 5 1973, the album “Greetings From Asbury Park” was released. 

Columbia Records wanted to promote Springsteen as a New York City artist. “Wait, you guys are nuts or something. I’m from Asbury Park, New Jersey. Can you dig it? NEW JERSEY.” The rest they say, is history.

Admittedly as a kindergartner I didn’t pay much attention to this when it came out. Growing up I heard Manfred Mann’s version of “Blinded by the Light” before Springsteen’s. As a ypre-teen with an attitude I refused to be a part of something everyone was into, pointedly ignoring everything Springsteen. (Hard to do when you live in NJ, just a few minutes from the views found on the postcard.) Then “The River” came out and slowly, song by song, I was drawn in and devoured his entire back catalog. "I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd but when they said 'Sit down,' I stood up." Hit a chord with an angsty teen.

SO we present you with a celebration of the album in the next forty minutes. -Carolyn

PS The view in the letter “K” on the postcard of Convention Hall, is my view when I am on the beach.

[sheetmusiclibrarypdf]

The Grinch You're A Mean One Mr Grinch EASY solo piano arr by Dr Seuss and Albert Hague (sheet music)

The Grinch You're A Mean One Mr Grinch EASY solo piano arr by Dr Seuss and Albert Hague (sheet music)Best Sheet Music download from our Library.Please, subscribe to our Library. Thank you!The Grinch - History"You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch" ~ Dr Seuss (The original song)Lyrics:Browse in the Library:

The Grinch You're A Mean One Mr Grinch EASY solo piano arr by Dr Seuss and Albert Hague (sheet music)

https://youtu.be/Pg0Nd8fH1mk?si=BLJXsNM-sZtcT57_

The Grinch - History

"You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 animated special Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. The lyrics were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, the music was composed by Albert Hague, and the song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft. Because Ravenscroft was not credited in the closing credits of the special, it is often mistakenly attributed to Boris Karloff, who served as narrator and the voice of the Grinch in the special but is not a trained singer. Until Ravenscroft was publicly credited, Tennessee Ernie Ford was also speculated to be the voice behind the song. The soundtrack to the special won the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children at the 10th Annual Grammy Awards.

The song has been incorporated into most other adaptations of the story. In the 2000 live-action film, Jim Carrey performs the song in character as the Grinch, singing about himself. The stage musical adaptation included the song in the score, among several other original numbers composed specifically for that production. The 2018 CGI animated film features a substantially updated version of the song from Tyler, the Creator featuring an orchestral arrangement by Danny Elfman. The song was also covered by New Jersey alternative rock band the Whirling Dervishes. Writer Chris Jordan of the Asbury Park Press called their version "wonderfully depraved in the best of holiday ways" and noted that their version became a 'Jersey' classic. Other artists who have recorded versions include Cee Lo Green with Straight No Chaser, Tyler, The Creator, Mojo Nixon, Aimee Mann, Pentatonix, Jordan Smith, Misfits, Kidz Bop Kids, Darius Rucker, That Handsome Devil, Burl Ives, Lindsey Stirling, Dweezil Zappa, Deanna Kirk, Rachel Platten, k.d. lang, Darius Rucker and Dailey & Vincent. "You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch" ~ Dr Seuss (The original song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hj3U18FHgQ Lyrics: You're a mean one You really are a heel You're as cuddly as a cactus You're as charming as an eel Mr. Grinch, you're a bad banana Mr. Grinch, with the greasy black peel You're a vile one You got termites in your smile You have all the tender sweetness Of a seasick crocodile Mr. Grinch You're a foul one Friends you don't have none I wouldn't touch you with a 39-and-a-half foot pole! You're a monster Your heart's an empty hole You're a goner You got garlic in your soul You got garlic in your soul All them smiles homie I turn up the frown All them decorations I tear em down You can ask Max, I don't play around Ayo, eww Who is this mean fellow With his skin all green and his teeth all yellow? (Eww) What you so mad for? Halloween come around and we ain't knockin' at your door, mane Mr. Grinch you're a bad banana You're gonna spoil everybody with your bad attitude (Spoil everybody) Mr. Grinch La-la-la-la Who is this mean fellow With his skin all green and his teeth all yellow? (La-la-la-la) What you so mad for? Halloween come around and we ain't knocking on your door (La-la) Bad banana Read the full article

[portablefrailty]

Ha! Found this in an old newspaper archive: a snapshot of the start of the 1600 m race at the Shore Conference Championships published in the Asbury Park Press back in May, 1997. The dude in the middle with the "South" singlet is me a few days after I turned 18. I didn't actually have a great race that day (something like 4:34 for around 9th place) but it's still pretty awesome that I wound up in the center of this shot (and kind of look like a badass).

In defense of my record (and fragile ego), I would add that the same year I took 3rd in the 1600 during the indoor edition of the same meet, contributing 6 points to our team's 40 point win (first in school history).

[vodkaandsnakes]

On this day, January 22, in Type O Negative history:

Type O Negative play Fastlane in Asbury Park, NJ (1994)

Type O Negative play Nashville Municipal Auditorium with Pantera in Nashville, TN (1995) (shenanigans and hijinx ensue)

Type O Negative play Pearl Street with Sister Machine Gun in North Hampton, MA (1997)

Type O Negative play the House of Blues in Los Angeles, CA (2007)

[tinygmusic]

K-R&B artist Babylon (베이빌론) announces his “Beautiful Memories 1st USA Tour”

Rosa Gulliver of TINYGMUSIC | 14th August 2024

With the announcement of his “Beautiful Memories Tour”, Babylon (베이빌론) born Lee Jong-min is set to tour the United States for the first time, in which he will perform in all regions of the country across 21 shows.

Babylon is a distinguished R&B musician known for his unique and classic vocal style, which has left an indelible mark on the music scene. Rising to prominence with his collaboration with Zico on "Boys and Girls," which dominated the annual charts, Babylon has since established himself as a significant force in the hip-hop and R&B genres.

With a career marked by innovation and excellence, Babylon recently garnered acclaim for his new contemporary album “EGO 90’s,” which brings the essence of 90s music into the modern era. This 25 song album has further solidified his reputation for musicality and artistry.

Babylon has released six full-length albums and numerous singles under his name, showcasing his wide vocal range and exceptional production skills. His first full-length album, CAELO, received critical acclaim and was hailed as a masterpiece, earning him significant recognition as a musician. This album's success demonstrated his prowess in production and songwriting, cementing his status as a respected singer-songwriter in the industry. Each of his albums features a stellar line-up of collaborations, earning him the moniker "musician's musician.

Babylon's contributions to the music industry, characterised by his innovative approach and consistent excellence, have firmly established him as a leading figure in R&B and hip-hop. His ability to blend contemporary sounds with classic influences continues to captivate audiences and critics alike, ensuring his place in the annals of music history.

BABYLON TOUR SCHEDULE

10/2/2024: Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom10/3/2024: Denver, CO @ Mercury Cafe10/4/2024: New York City, NY @ Mission

10/5/2024: Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club

10/7/2024: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live Midtown

10/8/2024: San Antonio, TX @ Trinity University

10/9/2024: Dallas, TX @ Trees

10/10/2024: West Chicago, IL @ The WC Social Club

10/11/2024: Kansas City, MO @ Voodoo Lounge

10/12/2024: Falls Church, VA @ Crescendo Studios

10/16/2024: Reading, PA @ Reverb

10/17/2024: Asbury Park, NJ @ The House of Independents

10/18/2024: Hartford, CT @ The Webster

10/20/2024: Pittsburgh, PA @ Greer Cabaret

10/24/2024: Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop

10/25/2024: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line

10/27/2024: Madison, WI @ Liquid

10/28/2024: San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar

10/31/2024: Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's

11/1/2024: Sunnyvale, CA @ Pure Nightclub

11/2/2024: Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile

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