Weekends

The Clash formed in London in 1976, as part of the original British "punk" music invasion...besides punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, funk, and rockabilly. The band consisting of Joe Strummer (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Mick Jones (lead guitar and lead vocal), Paul Simonon (bass guitar and vocals), and Nicky "Topper" Headon (drums and percussion)... R

The sign says it all. Tuesday is Election Day in New Jersey. YOU get to decide who will represent you. You get to vote for 2 Assembly candidates. Sheriff. County Freeholder. Local/town office. The school board election is on this ballot...

While "Somebody's Watching Me" isn't technically a Halloween song...it can give you Halloween chills...and it does make the "cut" on 1980's-based Halloween song lists. And, there's more to the song, and its singer, Rockwell, than you think...

Soft Cell is vocalist Mark Almond, and instrumentalist David Ball. This duo gained worldwide fame with "Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go." Soft Cell formed in 1978, when Almond and Ball met at Leeds Polytechnic (in England). Their first recordings appeared on an EP called "Mutant Moments...

Our cars are mobile billboards. Through bumper stickers and window signs, we share our interests, and our social and political beliefs. In short, the driver's personality is on display. As residents of the Great Garden State, it's said that we collectively share a "Jersey attitude...

The Greg Kihn Band was started by front man Greg Kihn and bassist Steve Wright. And while the lineup has changed over the years, the band still tours today. Greg Kihn began his musical career in Baltimore. He started writing songs and playing in the local coffee houses while in high school...

So, I'm headed in to do the show here at New Jersey 101.5...and on my way, I stop on a quick errand. I see the (above) car as I cross the parking lot...and I must share! Obviously, the driver is a Greg Kihn Band fan. By extension, a New Jersey 101...

When my neighbors open the pool, to me, that's a sign that summer is...just around the corner. You'll recognize these pool scenes... ...from the Neighborhood Tractor Race, back in May. FEEL the JOY! Now... ...the pool is quiet...

Eddie Money is one artist whose music and career spans the decades of "New Jersey's Greatest Hits"...the 1970's, 80's and early 1990's. And, now, he's gone (September 13th). Just a few weeks after announcing that he was suffering from stage four esophageal cancer...

Labor Day signals the end of the summer season...and we're a few days past that. Sure, there will be more "summer-like" days in the next few weeks. But, when I walked into the kitchen, I knew that "fall" had arrived... Pumpkin Spice coffee is, once again, an option...