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Creative folks of all types were thrilled to learn that the Tuesday open mic at The Goldhawk (936 Park Ave, Hoboken) would carry on after the recent departure of ArtKore.org. Long-time host Dave Entwistle is still on board as is the continued full support of The Goldhawk. Tonight was the first night after taking some time off for the holidays. Dave announced a few changes to the format, including the name which is now The People's Open Mic.
Hey Lenin! Where's McCartney?! PhotoShop fun by yours truly, Stephen Bailey
Another change is meant as a way to inspire performers to sign up for that ever so tough to fill first slot by offering them an extra song. Another is the addition of live recordings of the performances. A selection of these recordings will then be complied onto CDs and distributed to college radio. I really like this plan. Hoboken is now and has always been a Mecca of talent. This branch of the open mic will help the rest of the world see just that.
There was a higher than usual number of newbies here tonight. I think this is because many regulars were unsure of the open mic's future after the exit of ArtKore. It had been two weeks since the last open mic and, despite the years of success behind the actual concept, this new one was now pretty much starting from scratch. Still the talent level was remarkably high. Not a bum in the bunch.
The featured act was the always fun Celtic-skiffle-rock-ukulele-fandango that is Lloyd United. Their two sets of music defined their attitude in tunes like 'Kick Your Melancholy in the Balls' and a cover of The Bay City Rollers tune 'Saturday Night'. In between and after came a parade of talent including clueLess who were the lucky recipient of the 'extra song'.
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