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..sicuramente legata alla recente uscita del BTR 30th anniversary, anche se in realtà più che mai radicata nella "cultura" del New Jersey.... la mitivca frase oggetto di una iniziativa per targhe automobilistiche "BORN TO RUN" al costo di circa 60 USD.... a scopo benefico
Posted on Thu, Dec. 15, 2005
Lawmaker drives 'Born to Run' license plate bill
resolution honors Springsteen
ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey lawmaker is hoping to get mileage from Bruce Springsteen's classic album, "Born to Run."
State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, is driving a proposal introduced Thursday to create specialty "Born to Run" license tags for Garden State drivers. Proceeds from sale of the plates would go to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, a Springsteen-supported charity.
To become law, the bill must be approved by both houses of the Legislature by Jan. 9, the last day of the current session, then signed by the governor. The tags would cost $50, plus a $10 annual contribution.
Causes promoted through special-interest plates include wildlife conservation, the Battleship New Jersey and cancer awareness, among others.
Springsteen, who was in the capital city last month for the final stop on his "Devils & Dust" solo acoustic tour, also was recognized Thursday by state lawmakers for his contributions to New Jersey and popular music. A resolution honoring The Boss on the 30th anniversary of his classic "Born to Run" album was approved in a voice vote Thursday by the state Senate. Senators heard a recording of Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" before casting their votes.
A similar resolution failed last month in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate, a snub attributed to Springsteen's vocal campaigning on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a year earlier.
"That was not a very good thing to do," Lesniak said of the Republican brushoff. "In New Jersey, elected officials - Republican and Democrat - love Bruce, respect what he stands for. Everyone knows The Boss is from New Jersey, so I thought it would be fitting and proper to honor him and the E Street Band."
"'Born To Run' embodies a lot of the New Jersey attitude," added Lesniak, a native of Elizabeth who said he has been to more than 50 Springsteen concerts. "We're on the move. We go away. We come back. Look at Springsteen. He's been around the world several times. He could live anywhere. But he still comes back to live in New Jersey. -
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..beh, targhe personalizzate a parte come già riportato giorni fa (e di cui oggi backstreets da notizia, dopo greasylake) ora l'omaggio ufficiale è passato (per forza, giocava in "casa" ed è una roba meno impegnativa..)
Come riportato sia da Greasylake che da Backstreets, il Senato del New Jersey (mica quello federale.. dove sappiamo che era stata bocciata, vedasi link qui (ultimi post): L'altro topic con la notizia...) ha votato e approvato l'onoreficenza springstininana, guarda caso sempre su iniziativa di questo senatore Lesniak che proprio si sta impegnando come un folle (infatti ha tentato di coinvolgerli vestito da Santa Claus, pare..) sempre in relazione all'anniversario di Born To Run....
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2005-12-17
New Jersey honors Bruce
The New Jersey senate has passed a resolution honoring Bruce Springsteen for his role as an ambassador for New Jersey. The resolution was sponsored by Senator Ray Lesniak in connection with the 30th anniversary of Born to Run. A few weeks ago a similar resolution was refused in the federal senate
Backstreets:
THE PERFECT PLATES FOR YOUR SUICIDE MACHINE
Or your hemipowered drone, for that matter
After a resolution to honor Springsteen got shot down in the U.S. Senate, his home state stepped up: on Thursday, the New Jersey state Senate marked the BTR anniversary with a resolution honoring Springsteen for 30 years of "musical greatness." State Senator Raymond Lesniak said in a press release: "For the last 30 years, Bruce Springsteen has been a world ambassador for his New Jersey roots. It's altogether fitting that we pay tribute to 'The Boss.'" According to the Asbury Park Press, the Senator was "dancing and clad in a Santa Claus hat... [as he] tried to get the Senate chamber to sing along to Springsteen's version of 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'" before the vote. And it still passed!
At the same time, Sen. Lesniak introduced a proposal to create specialty "Born to Run" license plates, with proceeds going to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. The bill has until January 9 to pass -- read more in the Associated Press.
-December 17, 2005
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...tra le "celebrità" che il Garden State vanta, ovviamente oltre a Bon Jovi, Frank Sinatra etc c'è anche Springsteen, che ogni tanto viene chiamato in causa (inno dello stato, targhe speciali, etc etc..)
L'ultima?
Il nuovo governatore aveva dichiarato l'intenzione di chiedere a Springsteen e Bon Jovi un intervento per l'inaugurazione del suo mandato nel caso avesse vinto le elezioni... cosa che è accaduta..... vedremo il programma a breve
Associated Press del 4.1.06
Corzine's inaugural taking shape
ANGELA DELLI SANTI
Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J.
With less than two weeks before Gov.-elect Jon Corzine takes office, plans for his inauguration are taking shape.
Corzine will be sworn in on Jan. 17 at the War Memorial in Trenton. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz will administer the oath of office. The 120 lawmakers from both houses of the state Legislature have been invited to attend. Corzine is scheduled to address the crowd, outlining in broad terms his vision for the state.
An inaugural ball at Jadwin Gymnasium on the Princeton University campus that night will draw an estimated 4,000 people. Each will pay $250 to attend the black tie-optional event. The day's events will also begin on the Ivy League campus, with an interfaith prayer service at the University Chapel.
During a gubernatorial campaign debate on WBGO radio in Newark, Corzine said he would ask Jersey rock musicians Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi to play at his inaugural if he won the election. Inaugural spokesman Richard McGrath said musical entertainment and other details will be announced closer to the inaugural."The specifics of the inaugural activities are still being worked out," McGrath said Wednesday. "But we're working very hard to hold down expenses without compromising the dignity or the importance of the inauguration. We're celebrating the Democratic process and highlighting the great spirit of New Jersey, not holding a political rally."
McGrath said Corzine will not use the inauguration as a fund-raiser, as some previous governors have done. The only event for which there will be an admission fee is the inaugural ball, he said, and the ticket price of $250 is half of what Democrats are legally allowed to charge under state election law.
The events for Corzine begin with a children's inaugural on Jan. 15 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. It will feature a mock swearing-in of the governor and an opportunity for children to learn about state government.
On Jan. 16, the inaugural committee has organized a day of service. Supporters are encouraged to volunteer at a nonprofit organization for a few hours in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Sites include HomeFront in Lawrence, The Heart of Camden City in Camden, Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean counties in Neptune and the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen in Trenton.
"We want to convey the strong sense of confidence and optimism that people feel about Jon Corzine, but we'll do it with sincerity and a sense of purpose," McGrath said. "This inaugural will be about people, and ideas and ideals."
The inaugural plans thus far appear to be low-key compared with those of some former governors. Christie Whitman planned five days of events leading up to her second inaugural, but scrapped a half-dozen activities after a warning from the IRS over accepting corporate donations to fund the political events. James E. McGreevey and his wife led a parade between the War Memorial and the Statehouse, and he was the first governor whose inaugural festivities could be seen live on the Internet.
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CITAZIONE (LittleStevenMilano @ 16/12/2005, 00:19)..sicuramente legata alla recente uscita del BTR 30th anniversary, anche se in realtà più che mai radicata nella "cultura" del New Jersey.... la mitivca frase oggetto di una iniziativa per targhe automobilistiche "BORN TO RUN" al costo di circa 60 USD.... a scopo benefico
Posted on Thu, Dec. 15, 2005
Lawmaker drives 'Born to Run' license plate bill
resolution honors Springsteen
ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey lawmaker is hoping to get mileage from Bruce Springsteen's classic album, "Born to Run."
State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, is driving a proposal introduced Thursday to create specialty "Born to Run" license tags for Garden State drivers. Proceeds from sale of the plates would go to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, a Springsteen-supported charity.
To become law, the bill must be approved by both houses of the Legislature by Jan. 9, the last day of the current session, then signed by the governor. The tags would cost $50, plus a $10 annual contribution.
Causes promoted through special-interest plates include wildlife conservation, the Battleship New Jersey and cancer awareness, among others.
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..vi ricordate di questa proposta relativa alle targe automobilistiche?
Beh, mica tutti sono d'accordo, ovviamente
..... qui un recente messaggio "contro", dal COURIER POST, ogni opinione è lecita naturalmente:
No Bruce plates
Re: "Give Jersey "Born to Run' plates" by columnist Tammy Paolino (Perspectives, Jan. 1).
Paolino's column struck a chord with me. Like her, I memorized something that seemed so very important to me at one time. I went straight to the top and committed to memory the lyrics of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," a song I'm sure many people would agree is superior to anything Bruce Springsteen could ever hope to write.
Sadly, state Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Elizabeth, isn't a Zeppelin fan and instead introduced a proposal to create special "Born to Run" New Jersey license plates to honor 30 years of Bruce.
The hook is, if we buy the "Boss" plate, proceeds and an annual $10 fee would go to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.
Of course the evil Republicans won't sign on to the "Born to Run" plates because, as everyone knows, they like it when people go hungry, especially children. And anyway, Springsteen worked against President Bush's re-election.
The simple fact is, Springsteen fans can show their love for the Boss and his causes any way they want with their money and time. As a New Jersey taxpayer, I don't want my taxes or state fees involved. There are plenty of decent people in or from New Jersey we can honor with license plates. A more honorable license plate would be one commemorating the crew and passengers of United Flight 93 and the slogan "Let's roll."
Call your state representative to say dump the Boss. Let's honor real heroes.
BRIAN SCHMIDT Barrington
Published: January 06. 2006 3:00AM
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..bene, sempre a proposito di NEW JERSEY e BRUCE, ecco allora una probabile iniziativa che bene o male..c'entrerebbe..notiia del 20.8 ma si sa, c'erano le ferie....:da AP su www.pressofatlanticcity.com, una specie di HALL OF FAME dedicata i personaggi del new Jersey..tutta da costruire:
Long a butt of national jokes, New Jersey to tout its fame
By TOM HESTER Jr., Associated Press Writer
Published: Sunday, August 20, 2006
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Thomas Edison crafted some bright ideas during his stay in New Jersey.
Woodrow Wilson put himself into a league of his own while he was here.
Bruce Springsteen was famously born to run here.
And Frank Sinatra made it here, helping him make it anywhere.
The Garden State is often the butt of national jokes, with jests about stinky smells, belching refinery towers and stereotypical gangsters all too common.
But it has also hosted many of the world's most accomplished people, from ingenious scientists and renowned writers to visionary artists and dominating athletes.
Now, New Jersey is looking to tout such bragging rights through an official state Hall of Fame. The hall will exist only on the Web for an estimated three to five years as organizers try to raise $10 million for construction of a museum at the Meadowlands sports complex.
"It's an idea that's long overdue, quite frankly," said Bart Oates, chairman of the budding museum's advisory commission and captain of the 1986 Super Bowl champion New York Giants, who play in New Jersey's Giants Stadium.
The group formed to raise money for the 50,000-square-foot building has collected $50,000 and plans to use no public money.
Organizers soon plan to unveil a list of prospective nominees to try to create buzz about what they hope will become a first-class museum that will attract families and class trips.
"It's been very exciting," said Don Jay Smith, the hall's marketing director. "We've had a tremendous response."
The list of potential inductees is long.
In addition to Edison, Wilson, Springsteen and Sinatra, potential nominees include Buzz Aldrin (from Glen Ridge), Albert Einstein (lived in Princeton Borough), Jack Nicholson (Manasquan High School graduate) and Yogi Berra (lives in Montclair).
"We want to recognize the individuals who have made valuable contributions to society," Oates said.
The New Jersey Hall of Fame stems from a bill quietly signed into law in September 2005 by then-Gov. Richard J. Codey that created the Hall of Fame commission. Among the many sponsors was Sen. Joseph Kyrillos, R-Monmouth, who said the hall would "honor those who have put New Jersey on the map."
The commission has divided the Hall of Fame into five categories: sports, arts and entertainment, history, enterprise and general.
Candidates need to have lived in the state for five years to be inducted, though exceptions can be made.
After finalists are announced, the public will vote for the first inductees through the Hall of Fame's Web site. The Web site is up and running, though voting hasn't begun yet.
"We hope the excitement builds for this," Smith said.
Oates wants a lively debate.
"I'm hoping that there's controversy, friendly conversation about who belongs there, who should be on the list," he said.
Smith said organizers hope to induct 15 people annually for the first few years. The first induction ceremony is slated for fall 2007. Organizers hope it will be a splashy affair broadcast on television and similar to Hollywood's biggest night, the Academy Awards.
Besides inductees, an annual Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to a favorite New Jersey person, place or thing.
New Jerseyans, for instance, will choose their favorite diner during the first vote.
"We want people to have fun with this," Oates said.
Smith said organizers hope to make education a key aspect of the museum, and students can submit essays describing who should be inducted. He said wax figures, videos and memorabilia are planned for the museum.
"We need to invest in a museum that is interactive, that is exciting, that is engaging," Smith said.
The goal, Smith said, is to raise $700,000 per year. While organizers have raised $50,000, they have about $200,000 in "very vague commitments," Smith said.. -
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qui da EL MUNDO spagna un articolo generico con qualche riferimento sui luoghi...
http://www.ocholeguas.com/2008/07/15/america/1216144158.htmlCITAZIONEEl New Jersey del Boss
Gris y anodino, los anales de este estado norteamericano no apuntarían más que un mero carácter industrial de no ser por su estrella más ilustre, el gran Bruce Springsteen, que con su carrera mayúscula lo elevó a cuna del rock, a olimpo de dioses que visten con chupa de cuero.
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forse non moltissimo correlato, ma con citazioni..sempre del Garden State si disquisisce
Si parla di un musical che si ispira al quartetto dei Four Tops, THE JERSEY BOYS
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theater
The real Jersey Boys ... and Girls
As "Jersey Boys" hits town, Garden Staters talk tough about the place that made them
By John Moore
Denver Post Theater Critic
Updated: 12/06/2008 05:35:55 PM MST
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Growing up Jersey means growing up with a chip as big as your middle finger.
It means forever having something to prove.
It means membership in what Bruce Springsteen describes as a confused but noble race.
"We, of the state that will never get any respect. We, who bear the coolness of the forever uncool . . . " Springsteen said during his induction to the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
"But this is not our curse. It is our blessing. For this is what imbues us with our fighting spirit."
When you're from Jersey, "You are instilled with the fierce belief that you're among the most special people on God's green Earth," said Denver publicist (and West Orange native) Wendy Aiello. "Or at least we think we are. We're certainly
the most determined."
New Jersey is a much-maligned industrial state, a blue-collar melting pot of 8.7 million people, all growing up a step faster in a state that's both stepchild and steppingstone to the Big Apple next door.
Living in Jersey is all about living by a code of ethics. "Even if some of the ethics are unethical," jokes Bob Gaudio, a founding member of The Four Seasons, the '60s vocal group led by Frankie Valli that sold 175 million records and is further immortalized in the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys," opening Thursday at the Buell Theatre.
New Jersey crams the 11th-largest U.S. populace into its fourth-smallest land state. "So to make ourselves known, and to make our mark on the world, we have to kick some butt," said actress Renee Marino, the only "Jersey Boys" cast member from New Jersey.
Many butts have been kicked. Real-life Jersey Boys include Frank Sinatra, Jack Nicholson, Ray Liotta, Jon Bon Jovi and Ice-T. We're attracted to them because they're cool, cocky and they've hustled for everything they've got. Aiello says it's no wonder Colorado's 14,110-foot Pikes Peak is named after a New Jerseyite named Zebulon Pike.
"Who else is going to be that pushy to get up there first?" she said.
But like the state the Jersey Boys come from, rough exteriors easily give way to an inner beauty. Jersey has some of the most magnificent shorelines in the world. Midnight swims in the cool Atlantic Ocean. Cherry-blossom trees. More racehorses than Kentucky. The largest boardwalk in the world at Atlantic City. More diners per capita than the Bible Belt has churches.
"It isn't called the Garden State by mistake," said Gaudio, who wrote the hit "Who Wears Short Shorts" at age 15, for the Royal Teens.
Jersey Boys are bad boys, sure, but they're softies. Whether Sinatra emoting in "From Here to Eternity" or Springsteen singing "Streets of Philadelphia," they wear their vulnerability on their clenched jaws. "One thing all those singers seem
From left, Steve Gouveia, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Andrew Rannells and Erik Bates star in the musical "Jersey Boys," about The Four Seasons. (Joan Marcus)to have in common is that their music reaches the inner heart of the human being emotionally," Gaudio said. "And that's attractive to a lot of people."
They sing about life, love and struggle with no sugarcoating. "Enough about singing about how things could be," Marino said. "They put it out there how it is, and people appreciate their honesty."
Street musicians
The Four Seasons combined doo-wop with astounding harmonies to make No. 1 hits like "Oh What a Night," "Sherry" and "Walk Like a Man." It's a band that rose up from the gutter to the street corner.
"Our scrappiness comes from living in the street," Gaudio said. "We came from the kind of areas most people strive to get out of, so that you can make something of yourself."
New Jersey is the most ethnically and religiously diverse state in the country. So a young Jersey Boy is exposed to every culture, nationality and race. But it is a state of extremes. While Newark and Camden are among the poorest cities in the nation, the state boasts the second-highest median household income.
"There were only a couple of ways for us to make it, and one of them wasn't spending a couple of years in college, because that wasn't in the cards for any of us," Gaudio said. "We had to resort to other means, and fortunately, music came to the surface."
Marino says The Four Seasons' street-corner symphony was a way of life in Jersey neighborhoods. "Hanging out on the corner singing under street lamps is absolutely how a lot of groups in the '50s and '60s got started," she said. "These guys didn't have playgrounds and after-school programs. They had corners and card games."
Gaudio doesn't know what would have become of his bandmates if they hadn't made it.
"Actually," he said, "I don't even like to think about it."
To this day, The Four Seasons is a partnership built not on a contract but a handshake. "The code in Jersey was honor," Gaudio said.
But if toughness and honor are the bedrock of the Jersey experience, the foundation is laid by the family, Aiello said. Old-school, multigenerational families with strong, passionate mothers. And that goes back to the immigrant experience.
"What Jersey Boys have in common is their power and their energy and their sense that, 'Stand back, I'm coming. I am going to impact this world,' " Aiello said. "But it was their parents and grandparents who fostered in them this idea of, 'No excuses from you. So you're not going to be a lawyer? You're gonna be a musician? Well, you'd better be damn good.' That's the immigrant mentality."
That's the mother mentality.
"Back East, mothers do seem to have a lot more passion," Gaudio said. "Your mother is a lot more likely to give you a good smack in the head if you screw up.
"My mother was very strong, and I always thought it had to do with being Italian. But they say that about Jewish mothers too. So that seems to be an ethnic thing. Especially in those areas where the streets are more dangerous, the mothers seem to take an even stronger hold of the family as a unit."
Marino says what makes the man also makes the woman. Consider that Jersey Girls include powerful pop-culture icons like Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill. Women who are grounded, overachieving, intelligent, powerful.
"These are women who don't rely simply on their sexuality," Aiello said, "they rely on their brains. Most women from New Jersey? We are not a group of people that you want to mess with."
Springsteen has called growing up Jersey his personal "days of miracles."
In his Hall of Fame induction speech, he said the fumes from the industrial north mingle with the ocean breezes of Cape May "to fill us with the raw hunger, the naked ambition and the desire not just to do our best, but to stick it in your face. . . .
"And when the announcer says, 'And now, in this corner, from New Jersey . . . ' they better keep their hands up and their heads down, because when that bell rings, we're coming out swinging."
John Moore: 303-954-1056 or [email protected]
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