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Cave In (acoustic) (Alkemy Coffee Co., Flemington, NJ, April 20, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: April 20, 2024] Cave In

I wasn’t aware that there was a coffee shop in Flemington, NJ.  But it doesn’t surprise me.  My wife sent me a link to an article about the new coffee shop that was being opened.  Well, it turns out that I’ve seen the new owner live.

Benjamin Weinman, founder, guitarist and songwriter of metalcore band Dillinger Escape Plan (who also plays with thrash band Suicidal Tendencies), and his fiancée Valentina Killough are opening Alkemy Coffee Co. at the former home of Factory Fuel Co. in Stangl Factory.

Amazing! (more…)

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Red Baraat (Deer Path Park, Flemington, NJ, October 1, 2017)

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[ATTENDED: October 1, 2017] Red Baraat

Sarah sent me a link to “World Music Day” a free festival at a park just 15 minutes from our house.  I love multicultural events, so I was of course interested.  And then I discovered that the headlining band was Red Baraat, a band whose Tiny Desk Concert was amazing and who I wanted to see live, although who knew when that would happen.  Well, here they were at a free show right around the corner from me!

Tabby had a field hockey game earlier that day and we made it to the park with plenty of time to eat empanadas from the empanada truck and get a great seat right up front.

It took a few minutes for the band to get set up (and the sign they had taped to the wall fell on the poor drummer), but once the band got started, they sounded fantastic. (more…)

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Out of This World (J.P. Case Middle School, Flemington, NJ, May 29, 2012)

Posted in Dance, Flemington, NJ, J.P. Case Middle School, Out of This World, T. on May 20, 2012| 4 Comments »

[ATTENDED May 19, 2012] Out of This World

My four-year old daughter T. was in her first recital last night.  Of all of the shows that our family has attended over the last few months, none has been as full of emotional highs and lows, laughter, shock and cuteness as this one.

None.

Not bad for two minutes of a song called “Disco Galaxy.”

I have no intention of critiquing any performances on the stage tonight.  Every girl and boy tried his or her best and they all did better than I could do.  However, since this is my first amateur performance that I’ve seen as an adult, I want to make some general observations about on-stage performance.

TV shows and movies about performance always talk about basic rules for being on stage: SMILE SMILE SMILE!  Smiling on stage and exaggerating your movements and crazy makeup are all essential.  It actually gets a bit tedious (as I’m sure it does for the performers).

So based on TV and my recent live experiences I’ve taken some notes: (more…)

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