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Rogue Waves April: Live Music (and Rocky Horror) in Jersey City

You many have heard recent reports of drag-averse states banning showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.  I take this as a personal insult to Jersey City. Rocky Horror wasn’t created here, but we’ve got a long history with the movie and its attendant phenomena, including some memorably gonzo screenings and performances in the Harsimus Cemetery.  Sal Piro, the longtime […]

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Rogue Waves January: Joe Bataan, CR and the Nones, Tom Barrett, Debra Devi, and More

Though it’s been imitated plenty of times since 1967, “Subway Joe” remains unique. Everything on the record jostles for attention like buskers in the subway. The piano and the Caribbean drums are blown out, distorted, and gleefully shoved into the red. Trumpets blare with impatience like car horns in rush hour traffic on Fifth Avenue. […]