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Twenty minutes before the Asbury Angels ceremony. Shooting down Asbury Avenue for the 78^{th<\/sup> time this year; that\u2019s an approximation but probably close. I\u2019ve developed a love affair to remember with Asbury Park and find myself there three or four times a week; hey, I\u2019m a music, art, environmental and evolving cerebral journalist and Asbury has morphed into a renaissance\/ re-birth. I\u2019ve been saying for some time now in my writings that part of this dynamic is the celestial descending of particulates of molecular energy from the living and past musical history of this town; I\u2019m saying that the world knows about Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Vini Lopez, and the vast array of current performers whose roots came from Asbury.<\/p>\n}

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Asbury Angels Founder Tony Pallagrosi introducing inductees\/bios.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yes, for me this energy\u00a0 is absolutely palpable. Last summer I remember walking down Cookman Avenue and looking across the street at several houses. One had a pastel green back porch; a young teenage boy was playing a guitar and gyrating. I was certain he was pretending \/dreaming \u2018Springsteen.\u2019\u00a0 I thought to myself; it\u2019s the sprinkled particle energy of the living legends. I also thought while heading down Asbury Avenue, adhering to the speed limit, passed an Italian restaurant and beautiful red brick church, that I was heading to an emotional poignant ceremony honoring particulate energy of Asbury music history of those who have passed on.<\/p>\n

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cutting the ribbon. hugely moving ceremony to unveil Angels.<\/p><\/div>\n

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the plaque unveiled honoring Clarence Clemons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Iconic Tony Pallagrosi, so deeply involved in the musical and philanthropic composition of Asbury Park founded the Asbury Angels. \u00a0“The mission of the Asbury Angels is to honor and memorialize the lives and history of members of the Asbury Park musical community, including but not limited to, musicians, tech support persons, DJs, journalists, club owners, record company personnel, managers and promoters.”<\/p>\n

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Tara-Jean Vitale(editor, producer at NJ Discover) interviewing Tony Pallagrosi<\/p><\/div>\n

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writer Calvin with Kevin John Allen(Lonely Teardrops Band) & Marc Ribler (& Friends ROCK tuesday nights at McCloones Boardwalk)<\/p><\/div>\n

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NJ Discover\u2019s team, Tara-Jean Vitale (editor, producer) and I quickly slammed car doors in front of the Stone Pony, and joined the hundreds assembling on the boardwalk for the induction of the 2012 class (first one) of the Asbury Angels. Jackie Pappas from the Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce introduced Tony Pallagrosi who read brief biographies of the inductees. Families and friends applauded each reading; the ocean glistened in the background; the sky was perfectly blue and the weather Gods cooperated. The night before, Pallagrossi hinted, Springsteen\u2019s concert at Met Life stadium was rain delayed until 10:30pm.<\/p>\n

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writer Calvin with Kevin John Allen, Carl Tinker West (Bruce Springsteen\u2019s 1st manager) Vini Lopez(with leg up) and Carrie Potter Devening (author of a amazing book \u201cFor Music\u2019s Sake Asbury Park\u2019s Upstage Club & Green Mermaid Cafe: The Untold Stories\u201d) after a very poignant Asbury Angels Induction Ceremony on the boardwalk at Asbury on sunday. this day was powerful stuff<\/p><\/div>\n

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I listened to every word of each bio. These were legends and icons that did so much for Asbury music. I kept thinking in the midst of the throngs consuming the whole width of the boardwalk, that someday these Angels would\u2019ve contributed to making Asbury Park one of the world\u2019s music destinations. I want to think everyone thought like me. After all, look at the depth, range and impact of these Angels. Its two days later as I write this. I\u2019m still intestinally queasy. I was so moved being there.<\/p>\n

As each name was read, a plaque on a boardwalk bench was unveiled with the bio of the Angel.\u00a0 Huge scissors were summoned to cut the yellow ribbon to share the memorial for the ages. It was Asbury Park\u2019s walk of fame. \u00a0The 2012 Asbury Angels are: Arthur Willard Pryor, Bobby Alfano, Larry \u2018Bozo\u2019 Blasco, Bill Chinnock, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, John Luraschi, Joe Arthur Major, Arthur Morris, Tom and Margaret Potter, and Moe Septee.\u00a0 When the ceremony was over, I watched people hugging and shaking hands, photographers capturing plaques, old friends seeing one another after decades, smiles and bittersweet\u00a0 teary eyes; a panoply of emotions.\u00a0 I did my joyous deep inhalation\/exhalation. \u201cHey Mah, look where I am,\u201d and thought ten thousand people should\u2019ve been here to experience this. (Or more)<\/p>\n

You can find the biographies and information on the Asbury Angels here:<\/p>\n

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INTRODUCING THE FILM \u00a0“JUST AROUND THE CORNER” \u00a0The Story of Bob Benjamin.<\/p>\n

A POWERFUL RECOMMENDATION (I rarely do this) \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Just-Around-Corner-Bob-Benjamin\/dp\/B008B49FHG\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1348600934&sr=8-2&keywords=just+around+the+corner+dvd<\/a><\/p>\n

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On a Thursday(first day of 4) night, two weeks ago I attended, ‘Glory Days, A Bruce Springsteen Symposium’ at Monmouth University. It was an academic, musical and geographical adventure into the world of Bruce Springsteen. On that first night in Wilson Hall at Monmouth University there were two special events as part of the symposium; a ‘Songwriters by the Sea’ concert with gifted singers, Joe Rapolla and Joe D’Urso; in a room of indescribable ambiance so their acoustical \u00a0music lifted me a few thousand miles away. That’s what this ‘Songwriters by the Sea’ series does to me every time. The concert was preceded by a special screening of the new film, ‘Just Around the Corner: The Story of Bob Benjamin.’ \u00a0Sometimes I’m less of a reviewer or journalist but a conduit of feeling emotions and expressing my environment when doing so. Thus an observation about the viewing audience and me: it was about as silent and intense absorbing\/viewing a film as I’ve ever seen. A human interest and story of courage. So my only one word \u00a0review so to speak, “riveting.” \u00a0Probably means if you follow my one word lead; pick up a copy at Amazon and other places.<\/p>\n

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