Rumors are swirling that Bruce will be among the performers at the Holiday Express concert at the Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey, December 16. If he does appear an announcement is expected prior to the show, but as of now, nothing is certain, let alone official. Please, if you are buying tickets for the show in the hope that Bruce will turn up and he doesn't, have the courtesy to respect those who do perform. The lineup is partly be made up of amateur bands, including a boys choir. The Holiday Express is an non-profit organization that raise money to buy toys, instruments, clothes, etc., to disadvantaged children. You can read more on their website, including more about the concert. Read more

   

According to Asburypark.net, Asbury Park's economy is now in such a state that the town is facing economical disaster. To prevent this the town allegedly considering selling the waterfront to some as yet unknown investors who, among other things, are said to be planning to finish the high rise on Ocean Avenue which was abandoned in 1989. What this would mean to The Palace and Tillie and other historical landmarks remains to be seen, but the Save Tillie board believes there is cause for alarm. Read more on asburypark.net and Save Tillie's website. Read more

   

Southside Johnny's first real studio album in almost ten years is finally available. It's called Messin' With the Blues and is Southside Johnny doing just that. The album was produced by Garry Tallent. You can buy it at Southside's official online shop. Read more

   

Sunday Bruce Springsteen received a humanitarian award from a local New Jersey chapter of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP. The award was presented to him at a ceremony in Middletown, NJ, and in his acceptance speech, Bruce said that "humanitarian" was too big a word for what he did. Last summer's "American Skin" controversy probably had a lot to do with the NAACP picking Springsteen for the award. Read more

   

by Bruce as an answer to the paper's coverage of the "American Skin" controversy. After we ran the story we got a confirmation that the letter was indeed written by Springsteen himself although it was probably not intended to be published in the paper. Unfortunately we can't show the letter anymore since Artvoice and the original article's author, Samuele F.S. Pardini, asked us to remove it. Our apologies to the author for violating his privacy. Read more

   

All speculation can now cease as to what appeared to be a scheduled Springsteen show in Springfield, MA, in February. Both the venue and SonicNet, who published the info, have now disproved it. So those of you going to the minor league hockey game that is actually planned for that night can breathe again. Read more

   

According to the Swedish newspaper, Expressen, "Thunder Road" is the best car song ever made. It tops their Top 100 car songs in front of Chuck Berry's "No Particular Place to Go". "Born to Run" is number 5 and "Racing in the Street" number 9. Altogether Bruce has no less than 18 songs on the list. See it for yourself here. Read more

   

If you already bought the Nebraska tribute album, it's now time to look forward again. Italian singer Graziano Romani of the Rocking Chairs is putting together his own tribute album due out in January. The album is called Soul Crusader and will include covers of "Walk Like a Man", "Leap of Faith", "Streets of Fire" and others. You can already listen to some of the songs on the official Grziano Romani website. Read more

   

It's only been a couple of weeks since Joe Grushecky and Bruce rocked the Stone Pony in front of a ecstatic crowd, but already a recording of the show is causing quite a stir among fans as well as organizers. Allegedly, an employee at the Stone Pony managed to plug his recorder into the soundboard and thus ended up with what is said to be a flawless recording that is already circulating among fans. The incident has now made manager Bob Benjamin come forward with a pledge to present and future owners of the recording to make a donation to the subject of the benefit show, The Parkison Disease Foundation. Among other things Bob Benjamin writes: "If anyone gets this or other recordings of the show it would be greatly appreciated if they could see it in their heart to make a donation to the PDF. Parkinson's Disease is the reason this night came together and I hope no one loses sight of that as they replay the evening in their minds and/or on their stereos." Greasy Lake can only support the idea and encourage everyone to see if they can spare a few Dollars to the cause. Read Bob Benjamin's entire statement and see how you can make a donation here. Read more

   

One of the biggest online music shops, CDnow, has declared Born to Run the most essential rock album ever. In their buyer's guide they call the album a combination of raw emotion, desperation, energy, realism and exceptional musicianship. Sometimes we just love these lists! Check it out for youself! Read more