Asbury Tower. By Paul Goldfinger © 2014
BETTE MIDLER (from the album Bette Midler sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook.)
Archive for the ‘Asbury Connection’ Category
The Other Side of Asbury
Posted in Asbury Connection, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, tagged Asbury Tower in the fog on August 20, 2023|
Sunset Park. Return to me.
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Sunset Park in Asbury Park on June 15, 2023|
Guys in their summer clothes.
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Boys in their summer clothes in Asbury Park on June 6, 2023|
Greetings From Asbury Park: “Hi Mom.”
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Asbury Park boardwalk on May 24, 2023|
College girls at Bamboozle. What is she majoring in? Paul Goldfinger photograph on the A. Park boards. Oh Yeah! 2017.
YELLO. From the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Editor’s Note: If we’re talking A. Park boards, do you prefer this or the Zombies? Me—I like them both. Every once in a while it’s good to get out of the Grove and step outta town.—PG
Girls in their summer clothes: At the Asbury Park dog beach…
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: girls in summer clothes, tagged Asbury Park dog beach on May 13, 2023| 1 Comment »
A. Park dog beach. Re-post from July 26, 2015. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
LAURA FYGI from her album Bewitched
Returning to the Grove via the Casino.
Posted in Asbury Connection, Blogfinger Presents, Music from the movies, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove, tagged Returning from Asbury Park on May 13, 2023|
At the OG north end, a Grover family returns from AP. 2012. By Paul Goldfinger © Click left.
KAREN O. and EZRA KOENIG.
86th Academy Awards
“The Moon Song” is an Oscar-nominated song from the 2013 film Her, music by Karen O, lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze. The song was performed by Scarlett Johansson who also stars in the film. But this version is a studio duet.
OG history: Casino—The Asbury Connection—Truly. 2012.
Posted in Asbury Connection, Music from the movies, tagged MUSIC: Octopussy, Photo: The Asbury Connection on May 10, 2023| 1 Comment »
Fay Wray and the Giant Octopus—a drama unfolding in the Asbury Connection aka the Casino. By Paul Goldfinger. 2012. Click for the full Monty. Blogfinger.net
The hollowed-out Casino has become a passageway — a two-way covered arcade — to connect the Grove with Asbury Park. People seek it out for photography, live music, somersaults, flirting, dancing, walking, running, traversing on wheels or on sneakers, marrying, hugging, eating ice cream, or seeking/making art. Tell us what you’ve seen there (comments below).
Here we have a glamorous photo shoot. This crew is enjoying the special light of the space, but they are not being careful, because there is a giant octopus whose sucker-laden tentacle will soon get tired of its current lascivious location and perhaps will slither over to grab young Fay Wray–the model down on the Casino floor.
SOUNDTRACK: I was thinking of the James Bond movie Casino Royal, when I found this piece of music called “Octopussy — All Time High.”
“Octopussy” is the name of the 13th Bond film, and this theme by the City of Prague Philharmonic opens the film.
Although the music has nothing directly to do with our model, who is about to be devoured in the Casino connecting the Grove to Asbury Park, she is pretty as a picture, and, like her, the music is beautiful.
— Paul Goldfinger. Re-post after 10 years.
Zombie Land: Beauties among the beasts #3
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Zombie Walk Asbury Park, tagged Asbury Park Zombie Walk photographs on May 7, 2023|
Asbury Park Zombie Walk. #3 Oct. 4, 2014. Photograph by Paul Goldfinger
Sophie de Guzman and Peter Gallagher from the new Broadway cast recording of Guys and Dolls
You oughta be in pictures
Posted in Art, Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Asbury photograph on April 21, 2023| 1 Comment »
At the Asbury side of the Casino. July 12, 2016. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click to see who’s in the picture.
RINGO STARR
Easter Parade
Posted in Asbury Connection, Music from the movies, tagged Easter Day portrait by Michael Goldfinger on April 9, 2023| 3 Comments »
Asbury Park, New Jersey. By Michael Goldfinger © Left click to enlarge. Special to Blogfinger.
Michael Goldfinger is a former Grover who was a photojournalist with the Asbury Park Press c. 1995.
MAROON FIVE. From the Valentine’s Day–original motion picture soundtrack. But the first time it was heard was in the movie “Swing Time.” In that 1936 film, Fred Astaire sang it to Ginger Rogers. It won the Academy Award.
“Just the Way You Look Tonight” was written by Jerome Kern (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics). Dorothy Fields later said, “The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn’t stop, it was so beautiful.” And so it is. So many performers have covered this song.
Maroon 5 is a pop rock band from Los Angeles, but they do very well with a variety of music including old standards like this one as well as doo wop favorites.
My own experience with this song was in the 1960’s when my band was playing a beauty pageant for high school girls. They paraded around in evening gowns on the arms of their fathers. I chose this song for that part, and I could barely keep from choking up—the music and the visuals were just perfect. This song is one of my all-time favorites. —-Paul Goldfinger Editor Blogfinger.net
Modern OG history—-2015: “We have the Gospel Musical Ministries performing away in the Pavilion on the boardwalk in Ocean Grove… …and the Tattoo Convention winding down in Asbury Park…quite the dichotomy!” Bob Bowné
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Bob Bowné, tagged Photograph by Bob Bowné of Ocean Grove on April 5, 2023| 2 Comments »
Trombonist. Ocean Grove Boardwalk Pavilion. Gospel service. By Bob Bowné. Special to Blogfinger. 2015
Tattoo Convention. Asbury Park. 7/26/15. By Bob Bowné. 2015. Special to Blogfinger
CARLOS GARDEL “Rubias de New York.”
Northern light
Posted in Art, Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Asbury Park vista on March 11, 2023|
Asbury Park, New Jersey. By Paul Goldfinger Click to enlarge.
ENNIO MORRICONE: “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”. From the wonderful movie of the same name.—-Cinema Paradiso.
Such a Night
Posted in Asbury Connection, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Such a Night by the Band on November 28, 2022| 1 Comment »
Asbury Park, NJ . Paul Goldfinger ©
THE BAND. “Such a Night” (concert version feat. Dr. John) from The Last Waltz