# jersey city (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover jersey city. Page: Feed: --- ## [Jazz Composers on Writing For a Classical Orchestra](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/jazz-composers-on-writing-for-a-classical) _2026-08-20 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ John Clayton, Billy Childs and Uri Caine share their experiences composing and arranging for classical ensembles ## [My Favorite Reads of the Month (August 2026)](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/my-favorite-reads-of-the-month-august) _2026-08-16 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ In the latest piece for my sub-Substack “Mergner He Read,” I offer my recommendations for five books for this month. ## [Eastern Canadian cities open several new, mostly suburban rail transit lines](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2026/08/15/eastern-canadian-cities-open-several-new-mostly-suburban-rail-transit-lines/) _2026-08-15 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ Canada has a population only an eighth as large as that of the United States, but, since the beginning of 2025, it s opened more kilometers of urban rail transit lines than the U.S. Here are some figures: Canada seems poised Continue reading ## [Ashley Kahn on Paul Simon’s “Graceland”](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/ashley-kahn-on-paul-simons-graceland) _2026-08-12 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ My conversation with the author of “Days of Miracle and Wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland” ## [Helen Sung Carries the Music Forward with a Nod to her Mentors](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/helen-sung-carries-the-music-forward) _2026-08-09 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ In her first big band recording, Oracles, the pianist pays tribute to jazz elders who inspired her along her musical journey ## [“I love playing great music with great people”: A Conversation with Jeff Hamilton](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/i-love-playing-great-music-with-great) _2026-08-04 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ My interview with the lauded sideman for Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, and Monty Alexander—and current leader of not one but three working bands—who reflects on his long and storied career ## [The Signs Are Everywhere: The Festive Art of Nan Parati](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/the-signs-are-everywhere-the-festive) _2026-07-29 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ The singular sign-maker for dozens of major jazz and roots music festivals talks about her unique career path ## [Bernard Fowler Voices the Words of Mick Jagger](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/bernard-fowler-voices-the-words-of) _2026-07-26 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ My story about the jazz and spoken word album of Rolling Stones songs by their longtime backing vocalist and percussionist ## [The Ticket Taker](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/the-ticket-taker) _2026-07-22 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ A story about fans of David Sedaris having an unusual encounter with him before a reading at UCLA ## [Jazzlore & More: Nicole Zuraitis’s Ambitious New Work](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/jazzlore-and-more-nicole-zuraitiss) _2026-07-19 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ The jazz singer-songwriter on her album “The Devil I Knew” which she’ll celebrate in an album release show at Dizzy’s in NYC on Aug. 5 ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IO1dpipVRLYt) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Jefferson Airplane Concert History: August-December 1965 (Jefferson Airplane I)](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2026/07/jefferson-airplane-concert-history.html) _2026-07-17 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ From the San Francisco Examiner, October 31, 1965: "JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, the folk-singing team which was recently at the Matrix, will be interviewed by Rolfe Peterson (Bay Area Critic and Wit Extraordinaire) on "POW," Sunday at 3 p.m. on Channel 5, KPIX. Left to right are Jorma Kaukonen, Bob Harvey, Marty Balin, Signe Anderson, Paul Kantner and Skip Spence." (note--Jack Casady had replaced Bob… ## ["It Was the Work of a Genius": Chris Crenshaw on Duke Ellington’s “Black, Brown and Beige”](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/it-was-the-work-of-a-genius-chris) _2026-07-15 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ The trombonist and arranger for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra talks about Ellington’s rarely performed master work about the Black experience in America ## [My Top Ten ECM Albums](https://leemergner.substack.com/p/my-top-ten-ecm-albums) _2026-07-12 · Lee Mergner · Mergner He Wrote_ A rundown of my favorite recordings from the iconic jazz (and new music) label run by producer Manfred Eicher ## [Parts of the Petite Ceinture are being turned into recreational paths](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2026/06/08/parts-of-the-petite-ceinture-are-being-turned-into-recreational-paths/) _2026-06-08 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ The Petite Ceinture (“little belt”) was a mid-19th-century railroad line that ran in a circle around Paris. Its right-of-way was just inside the Boulevards des Maréchaux, which in turn were generally just inside the 19th-century city fortifications where the Boulevard Continue reading ## [Mumbai’s seaside “promenades”](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2026/05/07/mumbais-seaside-promenades/) _2026-05-07 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ Large Indian cities tend to be difficult places for pedestrians. In many areas, there are no sidewalks at all, and such sidewalks as exist tend to be in bad shape. Pavers are often missing. Substantial holes are common. There are Continue reading ## [Two new transportation facilities in Mexico City: El Insurgente suburban rail line and Cablebús Line 3](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2026/04/06/mexico-citys-two-new-transportation-facilities-el-insurgente-suburban-rail-line-and-cablebus-line-3/) _2026-04-06 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ Mexico City (as I wrote in an earlier post) has been trying to mitigate serious congestion and air-pollution problems for something like the last sixty years. The city has constructed a major metro system. It’s legislated limits on car travel. Continue reading ## [The Trip and The Whisky A-Go-Go, Sunset Strip, January-May 1966 (Hollywood 66 I)](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-trip-and-whisky-go-go-sunset-strip.html) _2026-03-20 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ A 1964 photo of the Whisky A-Go-Go, with a dancer on the raised stage over the crowd ( from the indispensable Alison Martino and her site Vintage LA ) Hollywood likes to style itself as the center of the universe, and when it comes to mass culture that's not far wrong. It's one thing to talk about art and artists and how they form up into a larger whole, when a few creative individuals find… ## [Mumbai’s new Aqua Line](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2026/03/18/mumbais-new-aqua-line/) _2026-03-18 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ I recently spent several days in Mumbai, where I rode the new Aqua Line (Metro Line 3) several times. The Aqua Line is Mumbai’s first subway line, and, because its route takes it through many of the city’s most important Continue reading ## [Skyline, Honolulu’s new elevated railroad](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2026/02/02/skyline-honolulus-new-elevated-railroad/) _2026-02-02 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ I was in Honolulu a couple of weeks ago for the first time since 2022. I particularly wanted to ride on Skyline, Honolulu s new (or at least newish) elevated railroad. The first segment of Skyline (between the western terminus and Continue reading ## [Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Nashville, TN: 1972-77](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2025/11/nashville-fairgrounds-speedway.html) _2025-11-22 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ Gary Wright onstage at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Grandstand, July 4, 1976, opening for Peter Frampton ( from the Nashville Tennesseean July 5, 1976) The live rock concert business exploded all over America in the 1970s. Rock bands criss-crossed the country, and concerts got bigger than ever. What were once events held in modest ballrooms in bohemian downtowns had became much larger,… ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6WMXbt2hHoDP) _2025-11-22 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Riyadh’s new Metro (and some associated landscape features)](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2025/11/08/riyadhs-new-metro-and-some-other-associated-landscape-features/) _2025-11-08 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ I spent several days in Riyadh in October. I was particularly interested in riding Riyadh’s new Metro, all 176 kilometers of which opened in December 2024 and January 2025—an astonishingly quick opening of a substantial new system. I also wanted Continue reading ## [The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2025/10/11/the-hudson-river-waterfront-walkway/) _2025-10-11 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ When I was in Jersey City last month, I naturally noticed the recreational trail along the Hudson. A little research revealed that it’s part of an entity called the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway that’s planned to run between Bayonne and Continue reading ## [Parts of Jersey City become a “gold coast”](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2025/10/11/parts-of-jersey-city-become-a-gold-coast/) _2025-10-11 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ Anyone who’s been on the Hudson waterfront of Manhattan over the last thirty or so years has noticed that Jersey City has been growing a serious skyline. The buildings are generally unremarkable, and the highest are nowhere near as tall Continue reading ## [The CTA’s RPM project](https://www.liberallandscape.org/2025/10/11/the-ctas-rpm-project/) _2025-10-11 · Christopher Winters · Liberal Landscape_ The Chicago Transit Authority (the CTA) recently finished work on the main component of its Red and Purple Modernization Project (RPM). The RPM project is an attempt to modernize and add capacity to the North Side Red Line, the CTA s Continue reading ## [Palo Alto Rock Concerts 1974-77 (Palo Alto X)](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2025/07/palo-alto-rock-concerts-1974-77-palo.html) _2025-07-19 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ Palo Alto had something going on in the late 60s, with free concerts in the downtown El Camino Park, the thriving Poppycock club and the occasional Stanford rock concert . Yet live rock music had almost evaporated in Palo Alto in the early 1970s. Unlike most towns, Palo Alto had no problem with protest, anti-war sentiment, weed, long hair or the threat of promiscuity. Palo Alto had been a nexus of… ## [Whisky-A-Go-Go, 8901 Sunset Blvd (at Clark), West Hollywood, CA: July-September 1972 Performance Listings (Whisky II)](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2025/03/whisky-go-go-8901-sunset-blvd-at-clark.html) _2025-03-21 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ The Whisky A-Go-Go, at 8901 Sunset Blvd (at Clark) on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood The Whisky A-Go-Go, 1972 In the late 1960s, one of the ways for a rock band to get big fast was to play the Whisky A-Go-Go in West Hollywood. True, the little club on the crowded Sunset Strip held 500 patrons at most, and the mini-skirted Go-Go dancers elevated above the floor were often as big an attraction… ## [Jefferson Airplane Tour 1972 (Last Flight)](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2025/01/jefferson-airplane-tour-1972-last-flight.html) _2025-01-17 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ An ad for Jefferson Airplane and Poco at University Arena ("The Pit") at the University of New Mexico on September 10, 1972. This was the next-to-last booking of the original Jefferson Airplane. Jefferson Airplane was the first band to surface in the San Francisco rock scene, initially just a local phenomenon that would go National with the Surrealistic Pillow album in Fall 1966. Grace Slick was… ## [The Barn and Santa Cruz Rock Concerts, 1967 (Santa Cruz and Monterey II)](https://rockprosopography101.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-barn-and-santa-cruz-rock-concerts.html) _2024-09-20 · Corry342 · Rock Prosopography 101_ The Barn in Scotts Valley, was open from late 1965 until 1968, and rock shows were put on there in 1966 and Spring '67. The address was 3486 Granite Creek Road. This is the only known photo of the exterior. The site is now a parking lot for a Christian school. What we know as the modern rock concert can be directly traced to Bill Graham's first weekend at the Fillmore Auditorium, when he presented…