![]() ![]() None of them had power, and cell phone batteries were fading fast, so texting became a preferred message of communication. Late in the week I began to speak with friends on the ground at the Jersey shore. It was, in short, a disaster of monumental proportions. The streets of my beloved Atlantic City appeared to be largely underwater, with large sections of its legendary boardwalk torn up. An amusement park in Seaside Heights was washed away and its roller coaster was floating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was apparent that not just houses but whole towns were gone. The frustration of not knowing what was going on at home began to gnaw at me. Friends, all without power, were largely incommunicado. ![]() I went from channel to channel and scoured the Internet looking for news. Of course they didn’t appear until I had my power back, but the 36 hours I was in the dark don’t begin to compare with the darkness that New Jersey has had to endure, and is enduring still. Imagine my horror when the images from the Jersey shore began to appear on my television last week. I still visit the area on a regular basis. ![]() I made many friends who live there and in other Jersey shore towns. My grandmother is long gone, and I have no idea whether our house is still standing.Īlthough I lived in north Jersey for more than 20 years before moving here, I spent most of the last ten years hanging out in Asbury Park, which after all is the musical capital of New Jersey. My affection for the place is such that when I released an album in 2003, I titled it South Ridgeway Avenue and put a photo of the house on the cover. It’s just three houses from the boardwalk, and the beach beyond, on a street called South Ridgeway Avenue. I spent 20 summers, my first 20 summers, at my grandmother’s house in Atlantic City. To paraphrase Spock, it has been, and will always be my home. That said, I have to talk about New Jersey this week. You’re probably sick of hearing me talk about the fact that I moved to Rhode Island last year, after spending my entire life in New Jersey. ![]()
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