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Happy Memorial Day. It is important today to take the time to remember those who have given their life for the great freedoms we are allowed. I in no way want to take away from remembering these people, but I'd like to use my space here this week to remember something else too. This past Wednesday a piece of local history was demolished. The Palace Amusements, which had been closed since 1988, gave way to the wrecking ball. The Palace had been a part of Asbury Park since 1888, immortalized in Bruce Springsteen's music, home to the short-lived Asbury Park Rock 'N Roll Museum, and a place I went many times every summer until it closed. It was not a sparkling amusment park like Six Flags or Disney World, It was dingy, dirty and a bit seedy looking, but for many like myself it was a place of pure enjoyment nonetheless. And now it's gone... Upon learning of it's demise Wednesday and seeing photos of the demolition, I wrote this poem: a little piece of my childhood died today the memories will not fade away the sea green building with the big arcade those were the days... I remember the brass rings on the carousel I remember the little things and now it's been torn down a picture of rubble, pouring rain even the skies cried for the Palace for it was a magical place to us all once a place of wonder soon to be another mall I'll never feel the joy again of bumping cars or fear the lion's roar in the fun house kind of ironic isn't it seeing as it faded away like a mouse oh those summer days my friend oh those summer days laughing and having fun but now my childhood has gone away and there's nothing I can say to bring it back Tillie ain't smiling anymore for today he died Tillie ain't smiling no more and neither am I... today they tore down the Palace on a rainy May day they may have torn down the Palace but they'll never take my memories away... Peace, Lazlo |
ARTIST | SONG | ALBUM |
Butterspy | ordinary day | |
Stigmatic | this life | |
Velour 44 | rocketship | ...and the amazing show |
This weeks Headlines include: NEW MP3 FROM SPEED CRAZY |
TUESDAY JUNE 1ST |
GREEN MARIE | The Saint |
THURSDAY JUNE 3RD |
THE BRIMSTONES | The Saint |
MICHELLE VECCHIONE | The Village Grille |
HY80 | Double D's |
SCOTT E. MOORE | Goldhawk Tavern |
FALLEN FROM GRACE | The Voodoo Lounge |
BILL MCGARVEY & THE GOOD THIEVES | Maxwells |
JOE WHYTE | Arlene Grocery (NYC) |
FRIDAY JUNE 4TH |
NO SOAP RADIO DIBS |
Court Tavern |
JODY JOSEPH & THE AVERAGE JOES | Wall St Pub |
THE FINALS | Riddle's |
AUDIOT (acoustic) | Borders (Princeton) |
EUGENE HIGH SPEED CHASE THE PENNYROYALS JIM TESTA |
CBGB's (NYC) |
THE CATHOLIC GIRLS | Acme Underground (NYC) |
SATURDAY JUNE 5TH |
THE O>MATICS | The Saint (day show) |
NO SOAP RADIO PILLAR TO POST |
The Saint (night show) |
THE FINALS | McKeage's Tavern |
SMOKESTAR | The Underpass |