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I know nothing about Frank Sinatra’s music or his life, outside of the fabled connections to the mob. I do, however, think he’s got one great recording voice. I’ve begun going through his musical catalog. I discovered this record at the end of Ocean’s Thirteen film.

Here’s This Town. Makes me want to fly to Vegas for a couple days.

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I attended Celebrate Brooklyn a couple of Saturdays ago. The Roots headlined that day. I’d seen them before, but they reminded me why they are one of the best live acts around today. True to hip hop, pure musicianship, and instrumentation.

I’m hoping to attend more shows before the weather changes and all the free programming is done for the summer.

So far…I’m set for:

Lalah Hathaway on Aug. 18.

While my mom and sister were in town, we saw Fela the Musical on Broadway. While I haven’t seen more than four plays on Broadway, this was by far the best production I’ve seen. The energy level was sky high.

Take a look at the show’s opening number:

In the video below, my favorite number from the show:

The best part of summer is getting together with old friends. On this rare occasion, several friends of mine from journalism school happened to be in New York for the Fourth of July.

Long delay between posts, I know. I’ve moved from Trenton, where I’d been a temp reporter for the AP’s statehouse bureau, to Montclair, NJ where I’m living and commuting to Parsippany, NJ for my new job at the Daily Record. There I cover Morris County for seven (soon to be eight) zoned weeklies and the paper’s daily edition.

In June, my mom and sister visited New York City for 10 days. Had a great time with them.

Other than that, not much else is new. I live in a great location — 30 minutes to the City by train and the station is right around the corner for my doorstep. Lots of fun things to do in Montclair, as well.

Stay tuned. I’ll dish on my leisure time over the last couple of months.