CasaCoisalinda: January 2017

Sunday, January 22, 2017

2017 Academy Award Predictions

Academy Award nominations are announced this coming Tuesday. Here are the films I believe will be nominated for Best Picture.

Arrival
Hackshaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Silence

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Light of Day-Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park NJ, 1/14/2017

The annual Light of Day concerts took place in New Jersey/New York & Philadelphia this week, with dozens of events taking place primarily in Asbury Park New Jersey.

The show normally billed as Bob's Birthday Bash was held at the Paramount Theatre, as it has for the previous 8 years when the event returned to Asbury Park.

Initially held at the Downtown in Red Bank New Jersey, it moved to the Stone Pony 2 years later and then moved to Tradewinds in Sea Bright , back to the Pony and then to Starland Ballroom in Sayreville New Jersey. For its 9th year, it came back to Asbury and the main show has been held at the Paramount, with the majority of the remaining shows taking place in Asbury from Thursday the 12th of January until Sunday January 15.

As noted in previous years, the Light of Day concerts raise funds for Parkinsons and ALS research. The Bob on Bob's Birthday Bash is Bob Benjamin. The first LOD show was held in honor of his Birthday in November, but has since moved to January each year.

This year the format remained the same. In between each main stage act, acoustic performances lasting about 10 minutes took place in front of the curtain. Throughout the night, performers jumped onstage to join other performers.

The line-up included many of the regular performers for Light of Day: Joe Grushecky and the House Rockers, Willie Nile, Jesse Malin, Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan, Jake Clemons headlined this year and gave a great performance.
The highlight for me was when original Red Bank Rockers vocalist J.T. Bowen joined Joe Grushecky for Savin' Up, a Bruce Springsteen penned song which appeared on Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers first album Rescue.
The Firemen from Italy where performing a short acoustic set as the theatre opened.
Another strong show for a great cause. Happy Birthday Mr. Benjamin.

Here is the setlist(With ? after titles I am not sure of)

The Fireplaces

Set included: Jambalaya

You Never Can Tell

Ring of Fire

Battery Electric

Always After You?

I Need You?

It's Those Memories?

Nobody's Fool

Holiday in Heaven

Ramble?

Does He Love You

I Feel Good(James Brown cover)

Rob Dye/Taylor Tote/Nick Ryan

Miss You(Taylor Tote song)
You and I(Lady Gaga cover)

Bobby Bandiera

World Stand Still

Under the Sun(Southside Johnny song)
I Was a Fool

C'Mon Caroline

Miss Emily

Standing Stone

Sometimes It's Better To Lose

The Sellout

Remember Jones

Let 'Em Look

Miranda

When I Used To Do You

Viola(Arlin Feiles cover)

Bullet With Butterfly Wings(Smashing Pumpkins cover)

Peter Elkas & Terra Lighfoot

Set included Goodbye Dublin

James Maddock Band

It's a F***ed Up World

Don't Know

Insanity Vs. Humanity

Beautiful Now

Another Life

Emily Grove

Lock Me Out

Johnny Lee

Joe D'Urso & Stone Caravan

Noisy Guitars/I Wanna Be Sedated(Ramones cover)

Just Once

Let It Go

Come Down Tonight(Asbury Park)

You've Got To Hold On w/Vini Lopez & Ben Arnold

Rockin' in the Free World(Neil Young cover) w/Ed Manion, Miss Emily, Johnny Duke

Porter & Sayles
Freebird
You Had Me at Hello

Ben Arnold

Jesse Malin

Outsider

Turn Up the Mains

She Don't Love Me Now

In the Modern World

She's So Dangerous

Janey Don't You Lose Heart(Bruce Springsteen cover)

All the Way to Moscow

Rudie Can't Fail(The Clash cover)

Ed Manion

Town Without Pity

Wille Nile

Forever Wild

Hell Yeah

Trouble Down in Diamond Town

Sweet Jane(Velvet Underground cover)

One Guitar w/Joe D'Urso, James Maddock, Peter Elkas, Bobby Mahoney, Anthony D'Amato

Chuck Prophet

Summertime Thing

It Was a Bad Year For Rock and Roll

You Did

Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers

Everything's Going To Work Out Right

No Strings Attached

Hearts of Stone(Southside Johnny/Bruce Springsteen cover)

Pumpin' Iron w/Danny Clinch

Savin' Up(Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers cover) w/ J.T. Bowen, James Maddock, Joe D'Urso, Wille Nile, Tony Pallagrosi, Miss Emily

Jeffrey Gaines

All Over Again?

A Change Is Gonna Come(Sam Cooke cover)

Hero In Me

Jake Clemons

Hold Tight

Love'll Never Change

You Must Be Crazy

Sick,Broke,Broken

Janine

Move On

You're a Friend of Mine(Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne cover)

All

Light Of Day(Bruce Springsteen cover)

Twist & Shout

The Fireplaces

Battery Electric

Nick Ryan, Taylor Tote, Rob Dye

Bobby Bandiera

Remember Jones

James Maddock Band

Emily Grove

Joe D'Urso, Vini Lopez, Ben Arnold

Jesse Malin

Willie Nile

Joe Grushecky and Danny Clinch

Willie Nile, James Maddock, Ed Manion, Joe D'Urso, J.T. Bowen, Tony Pallagrosi

Jake Clemons

Finale

Friday, January 13, 2017

Light of Day: Blue Hawk Records Showcase - 1/12/2017

   The annual Light of Day festival began this week and Asbury Park New Jersey will be hosting a number of events.
    The Langosta Lounge held the 4th Annual Blue Hawk records showcase, which primarily included students who are part of the music program at Monmouth University.
    The show included
a brief speech from a representative of the Light of Day organization giving a history of the event and what the funds raised are used for. To date, it was mentioned that over $4,000,000 has been raised over the years.

This years show saw a pretty even mix of original songs and covers.
Francesca Rose started her set with a cover of Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On. She was followed by The Emily Youth Project and then the Subway Babes. The Carousers were up next and their set included the original She's the Devil and a cover of The Bouncing Souls Lean on Sheena. Nicole Govel was next and her set included Maroon 5's Sunday Morning, The Eagles Hotel California, San Francisco and Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. The Sentimental Gentlemen included a snippet of I'm Your Man which led into Faith as a tribute to George Michael. Bobby Mahoney & Zack Sandler performed next and included Jesse Malin's Brooklyn into Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town in their set.
   Before the scheduled finale, an impromptu jam session took place which included Joe Rapolla, the chair of the Music & Theatre department at Monmouth University, John Esposito, the Chairman & CEO of Warner Music Nashville, Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, Zack Sandler, John Bass and Michael T. Grant from The Emily Youth Project. They performed Springsteen's Glory Days and The Beatles A Hard Days Night.
   The finale saw different musicians trading places on The Beatle's I Saw Her Standing There, Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are Back in Town and No Doubts Just a Girl.

   A very fun night and all for a good cause.