Neil mentioned in New Jersey newspaper

[Cdrodkey]

In Sunday's Star-Ledger newspaper (yesterday) there was a long feature article on Tris McCall's upcoming performance in Jersey City that had a sidebar about well known musicians who were former music critics. One of the examples given:

Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, covering a Police concert: "A light breeze ruffles (Sting's) blond hair and his sharp, bony face and gleaming yes are brought into focus. For a moment he looks too good to be true, almost unreal, like a beautiful alien."

Other quotes were offered from Patti Smith (on Bob Dylan), Chrissie Hynde (of the Pretenders, on Brian Eno), and Ira Kaplan (of Yo La Tengo, on NRBQ).

[NJTom]

Very strange to see the words 'Neil Tennant" and 'New Jersey" in the same sentence, kinda like the words "Clean Air" and "New Jersey"

[gomorrah]

or "No Smell" and "Elizabeth" or "the Turnpike".

it's even funnier to think that Neil was actually IN Jersey at some point!

[Cdrodkey]

I don't think the PSBs have ever played in Jersey.

Shame, the new NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark is a world-class concert hall. (Come to think of it, they have never played in Pittsburgh either, and Pittsburgh has two absoultely stunning concert venues: The Benedum--which houses the fantastic Pittsburgh Opera Company--and Heniz Hall, where the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays).

[gomorrah]

no, no, not playing. I seem to remember reading that neil was in the NY/NJ area while he was here interviewing Sting or whomever.