After wifey and took lucy lu to the all year-round dog beach in Manasquen for a swim Monday, we took a spin-up to Asbury to check out how the scene was doing on Cookman Avenue. We stopped by my friend Doug's gallery Rock Paper Scissors to see how it was doing which started after Be closed 3 doors down. Granted it's been a year since I was down in Asbury but man has there been a serious face-lift. He has lots local fine-art in his place and says they have a monthly openings. Down the street there now is a fancy restaurant, 10 times as many boutique / galleries, refurbed furniture stores and all of the loft spaces have been converted into inhabitable living spaces. Some of the older galleries have moved but now every other space has something different in it. We even got a chance to catch the parade. You should be able to see the positive influence the community has had on the area the second you turn onto cookman. It should be obvious the place is making a comeback with a different spin from it's heyday. Anyway, in couple weeks ( Sunday July 17th 12pm) a couple ofWFMU old-punk djs Glen Jones and Xray Burns are doing a remote show at the old HoJos, which is a trip in time, right on the boardwalk in Asbury Park. If you are going to do anything culturally cool down the shore this is your opportunity to see what I'm talking about. So get off the couch and forget about about lawn. You might even meet some famous NJ celebrities.
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