Are you a badfish too?

This Friday at Joey Harrison's Surf Club in Ortley Beach a great cover band will be hitting the stage. I have seen all the other bands like the Nerds and Big Orange Cone tons of times, but these guys bring the best beach music around. The band is Badfish, and they are a Sublime tribute band. They sound so much like Sublime it is scary. This isn't always a good thing because they don't stray too much from the original songs and jam like Sublime used to do. But there is nothing like drinking a beer by the beach and listening to some live rock, punk, reggae, ska music. Plus they got $1.50 beers on Fridays.

http://www.badfish.com/

http://www.joeyharrisonssurfclub.com/

Songs of the Summer

Usually about this time of the year I make a mixtape called "The Weekend of Dreams". I made volume III last year, and I have a few others in my collection like "Belmar Bhangra", "Mr. Manasquan", and "DJ Tanner Full House Party II". The mixes are basically a continuous blend of all hot summer jams, aka party starters. I have yet to throw one together this year, but I will soon enough. In the meantime, here is a list of songs that spark memories of the summer. Most of these songs remind me of the Jersey Shore. Others remind me of baseball games, getting my license, graduating from school, backyard deck parties with party balls, and other quintessential summer classics. Here's my list in chronological order. Post your favorites and I will make a big summer compilation for anyone who wants it.

Summertime Blues-Eddie Cochran

La Bamba-Richie Valens

Kokomo-Beach Boys

In the Summertime-Mungo Jerry

It's Still Rock 'n' Roll to Me-Billy Joel

Paradise City-GNR

Lithium-Nirvana

Under the Bridge-RHCP

Alive-Pearl Jam

Three Little Birds-Bob Marley

Nuthin but a "G" Thang-Dr. Dre

Gin N Juice-Snoop

Juicy-Biggie

Ants Marching-DMB

Santa Monica-Everclear

Ready or Not-The Fugees

Where it's At-Beck

8:16-311

Spiderwebs-No Doubt

40oz to Freedom (the whole album)-Sublime

Crazy in Love-Beyonce feat Jay-Z

Never Leave You (uh ooh)-Lumidee

Montego Slay-People Under The Stairs

California Dreaming-Benny Bennassi

Satisfaction-Benny Benassi

Jamrock-Damian Marley

Best of You-Foo Fighters

Beverly Hills-Weezer

When the Lights Go Down (in Belmar)-Armand Van Helden

Love Generation-Bob Sinclair

Put Your Hands Up for Detroit-Freddie LeGrand

Roll Call

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Go Fish

First things first. Tonight I am hosting trivia at the Gaslight in Hoboken. It starts at 8:30pm, it's ladies night, and we are giving away some good prizes. 1st prize is a 10 person one-hour open bar. So, stop by and say hello.

Next, if you were wondering The Moo got married. Ha.

http://www.njguido.com/

Lastly, I am trying to organize a fishing trip for this Saturday down the shore. The boat takes off from Bogan's Basin in Brielle (very close to the squan) at 2pm and returns at 6:30pm. It is called the Jamaica II. After the fishing and boozing we'll head over to Union Landing for some cocktails and grub on the dock. Let me know if you want to get involved. Fishing is first come first serve on the boat.

http://www.jamaicaii.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/

http://www.unionlanding.com/index.html

Weekend Happenings

On Saturday, my least favorite NY Giant in pressure situations, Eli Manning, got engaged in Hoboken to longtime sweetheart Abby McGrew. My sources tell me that after much debate he decided to pop the question at the bar El Cuatro at the pre-party for Saturday's Hoboken Puerto Rican Day Parade. Local resident and neighborhood watch coordinator Tanny Fats oversaw the proceedings to validate the announcement. Here is a link to a gay article about Eli. Look at the first comment posted. Deuce chills all around.
http://blog.nj.com/hobokennow/2007/06/eli_manning_i_got_engaged_in_h.html#more

On another front, my brother told me that the Caged Fury match was a great time in AC with many more exciting, racially charged fights taking place in the stands than in the actual octagon. Ray Mercer kept the always honorable spirit of boxing alive by basically throwing the mixed martial arts fight versus Kimbo Slice. kinda lame.

Finally, on a completely serious note, my thoughts and prayers go out to my friend Phil's family as their patriarch passed away early today. Please say a prayer for them.

Your Boy

What's the deal with this guy on the left? I'm not sure if you troll the guido websites like me, but this guy keeps popping up in all the pics. He's everywhere. Sandbar, D'Jais, Headliner, Temps bro, and the list goes on. He's some sort of guido mascot. I want answers.

Cage Fury

This Saturday down in AC there is going to be a Mixed Martial Arts Fight (like UFC) between Kimbo Slice and Ray Mercer. Mercer is a former pro boxer and Kimbo Slice is the bouncer for the porno guys who do Milf Hunter. He's also a brutal street fighter that was tossed from a Tampa Bay Bucs practice for messing with Warren Sapp. This should be an interesting fight and some of our crew will be rolling down. Also, my brother's boy from Rutgers, Nick Cattone, will be fighting on the undercard. Here's a clip and the website for Cage Fury:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DgUR1kuCIc

http://www.cagefuryfighting.com/index.php