In a message dated 7/8/02 9:22:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Isn't it cool how old influences can lie dormant in artists until the time > is right? Thanks to Rose's picture, I now know something about the > "Palace" > in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA. From Rose's informal portrait, I'd say > the > "Palace" was a roller-skating rink in better days. In decades-old paint, a > section of an outdoor wall now foreshadows a Springsteen album title. How > fecking *COOL* IS THAT?!?! That wall sat there for decades, a musty memory > in the brain of Asbury Park's favorite son until his personal life brought > it screaming to the fore. > Thanks Jim for visiting the pics. The Palace was an amusement arcade. It housed a funhouse and rides. Here's a little history... The famous Palace Amusements at Lake Avenue & The Boardwalk. Built in 1887, an addition was added in 1958. The Palace closed in 1989 when "redevelopment plans" were proposed. Such plans have yet to materialize a decade later. Currently, a battle continues between city and state officials and historians as to the fate of this building. It is in serious disrepair. Bruce is deeply committed to the preservation of these historical sites. He has performed many fundraisers Bruce plans a live TV show at Asbury Park July 30th at 7AM. Thanks to Muller for the heads up on this one.I hope to attend the listening party at the Stone Pony on the 29th, if I can get in. I may as well stay overnight, what the hell. ASBURY PARK, June 22, 2002 -- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will appear on NBC's Today show live from Asbury Park July 30.The three-hour program will coincide with the release of Springsteen's first studio album with the E Street Band since 1984's Born in the U.S.A.According to the New York Daily News, Springsteen and the band will perform at least four songs, and chat with show hosts Matt Lauer and Katie Couric during the broadcast from a location in Asbury Park which has yet to be determined. Another event has already been scheduled in Asbury Park involving the release of the new disc, The Rising.Jack's Music of Red Bank and The Stone Pony are having a party on the night of Mon., July 29 to celebrate the release. When Springsteen's Live in NYC came out in April of last year, more than 300 people b including Springsteen b turned out at Jack's at midnight. That led store manager Chris Van Orden to look for more space this time."We're expecting a lot more people," Van Orden told the Daily News. "Our store will not be able to handle it. We're expecting three times as many people to show up."The event begins at 9 p.m. and admission is free.The new album features 14 new songs and the E Street Band version of My City of Ruins, the poignant tune originally dedicated to Asbury Park when Springsteen played it for the first time in December 2000 at Asbury Park's Convention Hall.The July 30 Today broadcast will be the first time that the entire show goes on location for a concert performance.It will also be a rare live television performance for Springsteen.He last appeared live on the post-Sept. 11 benefit telethon, A Tribute to Heroes. Springsteen also appeared on NBC's Saturday Night Live in 1992.Today began an outdoor concert series seven years ago. The show's producers have repeatedly asked Springsteen to appear, though he has declined until now, according to the Daily News. The paper says that Today has also wanted to do a beach-themed show.Springsteen has deepened his commitment to Asbury Park in recent years with Christmas benefit shows at Convention Hall, an unscheduled acoustic performance last summer at the Monmouth County Friends of Clearwater Festival, and showing up unexpectedly at local small businesses to show his support.In addition to his series of five sold-out benefit shows in the city last December, Springsteen occasionally drops in at The Stone Pony to see or perform with artists such as E Street Band members Clarence Clemons and Nils Lofgren. He rented the club in April and performed at a two-day benefit for a private school. rose from nj
