Jersey music juggernauts Glen Burtnik, Rick Fink and Nicole Atkins put down those guitars and pick up the polyvinyl platters as guest DJs in a special birthday bash for Backward Glances.
By TOM CHESEK
Regular observers of the Red Bank streetscape have certainly seen them come and go over the years everything from longtime local landmarks to fly-by-nighters; poorly planned purveyors of luxury goods and over-conceptualized convenience stores; Mom ‘n Pops that stayed for generations and mega-brands that threw in the towel after mere months.
All just curds and whey for what we here at redbankgreen call the Retail Churn and all so many missing teeth in downtown’s smile.
Peer closer into the maw, however, and you’re sure to spot more than one piece of original equipment that is still as strongly rooted and cutting-edge as Kanyes carbon-crystal canines.
On Sunday, November 28, one of downtown’s genuine survivors a merchant establishment that’s quietly (if colorfully) ridden the retail rollercoaster for countless economic-cycle loop de loops throws itself a party. And some big scary friends will be bringing the tunes.
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November 26, 2010 - 9:02 am
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