FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE
1. CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND AT THE STONE PONY
2. THREE NIGHTS OF LIGHT: LIGHT OF DAY 5
3. THURSDAY NIGHTS AT THE STONE PONY: LADIES NIGHT
4. CALENDAR OF EVENTS
This Week at The Stone Pony: Halloween Jamboree with DeSol (Friday), The Weird NJ Halloween Party (Saturday), The Stone Pony Rockin' Halloween 2004 (Sunday), Matt Nathanson (Wednesday)
New on the Stone Pony Calendar: John Eddie (November 13), Bob Marley's Legendary Wailers (November 24), Bret Michaels (November 26), Melissa Ferrick (December 4), Kottonmouth Kings (December 7)
You've gone out and gotten a really great costume. The candy is all ready for the trick or treaters who will be out Sunday afternoon. Now, you just really need a cool place to hang. Spend the All Hallow's Eve weekend on Ocean Avenue for a weekend of music, costume contests, prizes and other fun and games.
The weekend kicks off on Friday, October 29th, with the Halloween Jamboree featuring Asbury Park's own deSol, celebrating the release of their new self-titled CD on Curb Records, headlining with Tears of Hera. It's an exciting time for deSol, who just appeared on the WCBS/New York Morning show, "CBS2 This Morning," and are in the midst of a tour which includes shows in New York City and other cities in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as two gigs opening for R.E.M. in Mexico City in early December. deSol is definitely burning bright, and this is a great chance to see them up close before they start performing in larger venues.
The party continues Saturday, October 30th, with The Weird NJ Halloween Party, featuring performances by Reno's Men and Frankenstein 3000, plus MC Glen Jones. "Weird NJ" is the very popular magazine and travel guide that celebrates all that is strange, odd and unique about the back roads, local lore and underground stories of the Garden State. Published by Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran, "Weird NJ" started out in 1989 as a small, self-published mailing that has grown into a well-known brand. The magazine can be found in bookstores, convenience stories and music shops everywhere, and "Weird NJ: The Book" and, most recently, "Weird US: The Book," bring all the secrets to you in beautiful hard-cover full-color. Saturday evening's party will feature costume contests, films, raffles and door prizes.
Finally, the weekend comes to a ghoulish end on Sunday, October 31st with The Stone Pony Rockin' Halloween 2004, featuring performances by the underworld's scariest talent, Blue Day Golden and Red Lyte District, along with From Downtown, Angel of Vivalda, Scarlett Effect, Vext and The Bog. There will be a costume contest with $500 in cash & prizes for best, sexiest & funniest costumes, along with a Halloween trivia contest, bobbing for broken bones and lots of giveaways! So, after you've finished treating the kiddies (or, if you're out of candy and need to hide!), doors open at 3 pm and all ages are admitted.
More information about the Stone Pony Halloween Weekend and all upcoming Stone Pony events can be found on our website, at www.stoneponyonline.com.
Bob Benjamin, The Light Of Day Foundation (www.lightofday.org) and Concerts East (www.concertseast.com) are proud to announce the 5th Annual Light Of Day Concerts To Benefit The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (www.pdf.org) (PDF) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (www.mda.org) (MDA) for their ALS research programs at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Avenue, New Jersey, Asbury Park, New Jersey (www.stoneponyonline.com) or call 732-502-0600.
The events will be held on Friday, November 5, 2004, Saturday, November 6, 2004, and Sunday, November 7, 2004.
Tickets for all three shows are available at all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster Charge By Phone, Ticketmaster Online (www.ticketmaster.com) , Vintage Vinyl (www.vvinyl.com) in Fords and the Stone Pony Box Office.
Tickets are priced as follows: $50 in advance for a general admission ticket for a single show; $125 in advance for a general admission “Three Nights Of Light” 3 day ticket; $150 for a very limited number of VIP seats.
Please note that this will be a smoke-free event.
The first four years of concerts have raised approximately $200,000 for the PDF and the MDA.
Artists who have performed in previous years include Joe Grushecky, who has been joined onstage by Bruce Springsteen at each or the first four year’s concerts.
Others who have joined the celebration include Michael J. Fox, who joined Springsteen, Grushecky and concert organizer Benjamin on stage for a raucous finale to last year’s opening night show of the song which gave the event its name, the Springsteen-penned, “Light Of Day.”
Gary U.S. Bonds, La Bamba, Max Weinberg, Soozie Tyrell, Tony Amato a/k/a Boccigalupe and many others have also generously donated their time, talent and energy to the Light Of Day concerts.
Benjamin also worked with Salvador Trepat to release the album "Light Of Day: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen." The album has sold over 23,000 copies in the U.S. allowing the donation of over $100,000 to the PDF and the Kristen Ann Carr Fund for sarcoma research.
As in previous years, there will a raffle with many great donated prizes including concert tickets sports tickets and gift certificates and other prizes donated by local merchants.
For the first time there will a Light Of Day auction. The biggest items which will be auctioned off by Lelands (www.lelands.com) are:
• A saxophone used onstage by Clarence Clemons on Bruce Springsteen’s 1999-2000 tour. The sax is signed by Clarence and comes in its original road case.
• A black Takamine acoustic/electric guitar signed by Nils Lofgren.
• A Remo drum head signed and used by Max Weinberg being auctioned in tandem with a Rising 2003 summer tour program signed by Bruce Springsteen.
• A script from the Sopranos pilot show signed by the cast.
There will about 25 other items which will be auctioned on eBay. Details will be announced in the next couple of weeks.
Following is a list of the performers confirmed so far for Light Of Day 5. This list is subject to change. Other acts will be announced shortly.
Friday, November 5 (doors 6 PM)
Nicole Atkins (www.nicoleatkins.com)
La Bamba (www.labambaandthehubcaps.com)
Boccigalupe & The Bad Boys (www.boccigalupe.com)
Pat DiNizio (www.patdinizio.com)
Rob Dye (www.robertdye.net)
Exit 105 (www.exit105.net)
Jody Joseph (www.jodyjoseph.net)
Jesse Malin (www.jessemalin.com)
Matt O’Ree (www.mattoree.com) Best Blues Band - 2004 Asbury Music Awards
Maybe Pete (www.maybepete.com)
Roamin EZ (www.dawneallynne.com)
April Smith (www.aprilsmithmusic.com)
Danny
White Band (www.dannywhitemusic.com)
Saturday, November 6 (doors 5 PM)
Dawne Allynne (www.dawneallynne.com)
Boccigalupe & The Bad Boys (www.boccigalupe.com)
Joy Bodnar
JoBonanno & The Godsons of Soul (www.jobonanno.com)
Mimi Cross (www.mimicross.com)
Joe D’Urso & Stone Caravan (www.jdcaravan.com)
Rob Dye (www.robertdye.net)
Exit 105 (www.exit105.com)
Jeffrey Gaines (www.jeffreygaines.com)
Jennifer Glass (www.jglass.com)
Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers (www.grushecky.com)
Gary Lucas’ Gods & Monsters (www.garylucas.com)
Willie Nile (www.willienile.com)
Mike Rocket (www.mikerocket.com)
Bobby Strange (www.bobbystrange.com)
Sunday,
November 7 (doors 3 PM)
Boccigalupe and The Bad Boys (www.boccigalupe.com)
BR5-49 (www.br5-49.com)
Melissa Chill (www.melissachill.com)
Rob Dye (www.robertdye.net)
John Easdale (www.johneasdale.com)
John Eddie (www.johneddie.com)
Exit 105
(www.exit105.com)
Shane Fontayne (www.shanefontayne.com)
Moxy Featuring
Dawne Allynne (www.dawneallynne.com)
Bruce Tunkel (www.brucetunkel.com)
Plus many others to be announced.
For info on anything other than ticket sales, please e-mail Bob Benjamin at njbob113@aol.com. More information can be found on the official Light of Day website, at www.lightofday.org.
Now at AsburyPark.net:
New builder found for high-rise: A Hoboken builder has
purchased the block which contains the unfinished high-rise that has come to
symbolize the city's struggle to redevelop its waterfront. Metro Homes plans
to complete the 16-story building in art-deco style.
THURSDAY NIGHTS AT THE STONE PONY: LADIES NIGHT
The hottest Thursday night continues with LADIES NIGHT at The Stone Pony.
Music by DJ PRIME spinning the best in house, hip hop, reggae and trance. 18 to enter, 21 to drink. ID a must! Doors open at 9:30 pm. Dress to impress. 25 cent Budweiser drafts 'till 11 pm. $1 drafts after 11. $2 shot specials all night.
Come see for yourself why Thursday nights are the hottest with Ladies Night at the Pony!
