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Rosalita by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
September 19, 1978: Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
(Source: fuckyeahnj)
For the people who attended this Bruce Springsteen concert in Passaic, NJ way back in September of 1978, I imagine the experience was akin to having lightning strike the ground three feet in front of you; the kind of experience that leaves you awe-struck and singed from the raw electricity in the air.
Not only is this one of the best Darkness on the Edge of Town performances I have ever seen, it’s one of the best performances I’ve ever seen captured. This video hammers home everything that is great about Rock & Roll, and it does so in black & white, with no flashy lights, gimmicks or camera angles. The depth of this performance isn’t manufactured in a studio by a camera man or a post-production team, it’s manufactured in the soul of a young man from Freehold, NJ who lives and breathes rock and roll because that’s all he knows how to do.
With a now legendary ability for eloquently expressing the struggles of day to day life, a staggering number of awards-20 Grammy’s, 2 Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Academy Award, to name a few—and inductions into the Rock & Roll, Songwriting, and New Jersey Hall of Fame, you’d think that Bruce might decide to kick back and take it easy. You’d be wrong. The Boss is still out touring; rocking arenas of die-hard fans all across the globe one three hour set at a time, because as this video shows, for some people playing music isn’t what you do, it’s who you are.
(Source: 34thandnow)
New Jersey state senator John A. Girgenti, the leading Democratic opponent of marriage equality, lost almost 75% of his town committee members in Tuesday’s election. Gay advocates, stung by the defeat of the marriage equality bill this year, won the seats in the northern part of the state.
According to the Bergen Record, “In the Passaic County borough of Hawthorne, a major coup occurred. Democratic state Sen. John A. Girgenti was walloped in his home town. He was backing a 26-person slate for Hawthorne Democratic Committee; 19 of his people were defeated. The big winner was Jeff Gardner, a vice chairman of Garden State Equality. His slate won the 19 seats.”
Gardner attributed his win not to the marriage equality issue, but to the fact that voters view Girgenti as out of touch. Even so, the veteran politician’s loss could presage an election defeat in 2011, the year that marriage equality advocates pledged to target Girgenti, according to the Record.
