This is it. Christmas weekend. We'll talk again plenty before the year is out; but I just want to take a second to say, whatever holiday you celebrate, I hope it's beautiful for you and those close to you.
2016 was a genuinely strange year. The world lost some icons, and everybody knows someone who lost loved ones. We spent most of 2016 at each other's throats, and I am honestly nervous about the future of our country. But the moments we shared with those we love were wonderful moments, weren't they? Try to remember that in the uncertain times ahead. Do your best to make more of those moments in 2017. Be kind to people. Stand up for what you believe in. Make something you can be proud of -- whether that's music, art, writing, food, or new friendships.
Go see some shows and scream, and dance, and sing, and sweat with people who love it as much as you do. Pay the cover. Put money in the hat. Buy the records. Tell everyone you know about the great band you saw.
Never forget that we're all in this -- in all of this -- together. Try to understand and love your neighbor. Look out for them. Pick them up when they're down. What goes around comes around.
Most of all, have a peaceful holiday.
THURSDAY (12/22)
10th Ave Burrito (Belmar): Bone & Marrow / Deadbeat Club / Homeless Apians, 9pm, FREE
The Asbury Hotel (Asbury): Open Mic, 8pm, FREE
The Brighton Bar (Long Branch): No Balls Allowed II: All Female Comedy Night, 7pm
Gold Sounds (Brooklyn): Color Tongue / Looms / Sam Seeger / Adam Travis & The Soul, 8pm
House of Independents (Asbury): Bayside (Acoustic) / Hawthorne Heights, 8pm, SOLD OUT
Langosta Lounge (Asbury): JoeP of Deal Casino / Matt Baker, 9pm
The Saint (Asbury): X-Mas Eve Eve Eve Band / Brother Andrew / Phoebe Nix, 7:30pm
FRIDAY (12/23)
10th Ave Burrito (Belmar): Darrin Bradbury, 9pm
Asbury Festhalle & Biergarten (Asbury): Black Flamingos, 9pm, FREE
The Asbury Hotel (Asbury): Taylor Tote, 8pm, FREE
Asbury Park Yacht Club (Asbury): Jet Weston and His Atomic Ranch Hands, 9pm, FREE
The Brighton Bar (Long Branch): Mom Fight / Flammable Animals / Painted Young / Evl Mommz / Gsix13, 8pm, $8
Clash Bar (Clifton): Folky Ugly Christmas Sweater Show w/ Anthony Xerri / Delicate Flowers / more, 8pm
Count Basie Theatre (Red Bank): Bobby Bandiera & Friends: Hope Concert 9 Benefitting MonOC Food Bank, 8pm, $50-$500
House of Independents (Asbury): Beatlemania NOW!, 9pm, $30-$45
Langosta Lounge (Asbury): Billy Hector, 9pm, FREE
Meatlocker (Montclair): Hot Blood / Galare / Fluoride / Woodland / Heat Death / Hiroshi Jaguar / Fools + Frauds, 9pm, donations
Millhill Basement (Trenton): CryptKeeper 5 / The Vansaders / Meeko Brando / The Ramparts Rebel, 9pm
Roxy & Duke's Roadhouse (Dunellen): Gashouse Gorillas Holiday Spectacular, 8pm, $20
The Saint (Asbury): Eric Lindell, 7:30pm, $25 adv, $30 door
The Silverball Museum (Asbury): The Poor Man's Opera, 9pm, museum admission
The Stone Pony (Asbury): Splintered Sunlight, 7pm, $14 adv, $16 door
The Wonder Bar (Asbury): Matt O'Ree Band (CD Release), 7pm, $15
SATURDAY (12/24)
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
HAPPY HANUKKAH!
SUNDAY (12/25)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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