New Jersey

LIFE CRIED & Dyksick Live at QXT's - THIS Saturday, July 19th

2008-07-18T14:23:09Z

Saturday, July 19th at QXT's

(Click on names for links to individual sites)

Life Cried

Dyksick

BRIAN C'ANT

LUNA

And of Course, Your Favorite Resident DJ's
Ron Medina
Q
Dysfunction

QXT's
248 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
http://www.qxts-nj.com

If you live in South jersey, you odds are almost twice as great that you've been an alien aubductee

2008-07-15T00:07:42Z

A few days ago, the Weird Universe blog dug up a 1993 report on a UFO abduction survey, investigated by sociology professor Ted Goertzel at Rutgers University. The report was checking into a previous study's claim that 3.7 million Americans were suffering from "UFO abduction syndrome." While the Goertzel report largely debunked the idea that millions of Americans are actual abductees, you might still be in some danger — especially if you live in South Jersey.

Are they stupid or do ?they think we are

2008-07-09T20:25:47Z

Pemberton Republican Club removes classy sign that says "Obama loves America like OJ loved Nicole

What pisses me off is that we knew that racism would boil to the surface this year, but I can't believe how brazen some of these bigots are. The club's Web master, Ed Kuck, didn't respond to a message left at his home but told The Philadelphia Inquirer that he saw the slogan on an Internet site and copied it onto the club's Web page as a joke. "I just want to apologize to anybody who was offended, because that wasn't our intention at all," Kuck told the newspaper.

No, of course not. You were hoping people would agree with your racist attitudes.

Naturally the major Republican speakers backed off their affiliation. Todd Riffle, spokesman for the New Jersey Republican State Committee, said the state party isn't tied to local Republican clubs.

LIFE CRIED & Dyksick Live at QXT's - Saturday, July 19th

2008-07-07T14:38:38Z

Saturday, July 19th at QXT's

(Click on names for links to individual sites)

Life Cried

Dyksick

BRIAN C'ANT

LUNA

And of Course, Your Favorite Resident DJ's
Ron Medina
Q
Dysfunction QXT's
248 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
http://www.qxts-nj.com

This Friday - The Sons & Heirs - Tribute to The Smiths and Morrissey - LIVE!

2008-06-24T17:38:13Z

Friday, June 27th

The Sons & Heirs Website

RSVP to the Event Here

Looking for Roommate

2008-06-18T03:47:43Z

Roommate wanted to share sunny and spacious 2BR apartment in Wallington (Bergen County). House is few blocks away from mass transit, playgrounds, bowling alley, supermarket, banking, and shopping. Room is about 10x10 with closet.

I would be the other roommate, 29yo female, student and healthcare worker. Looking for similar. Female roommate only.

450 mth rent includes heat, hot water and electricity
Down payment due of 675. Avail ASAP. Message me if you're interested.

newjersey @ 2008-06-10T01:41:00

2008-06-10T05:42:41Z

anyone know of any tattoo shops doing $13 tattoos on Friday in north/central jersey?

"Cinema Paradiso" on the Big Screen This Weekend in NJ

2008-06-04T20:42:11Z

I just got this e-mail today. I don't think I can make it, but I thought I'd pass it on.

Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8
The Rialto Theater in Ridgefield Park, NJ will be showing the film
"Cinema Paradiso". This movie has become a classic, so I thought some folks might be interested.

More info and show times can be found HERE

DJ Diva Weekend 2, Feat. I:SCINTILLA Live, This Weekend at QXT's!

2008-06-02T20:42:43Z

At QXT's Friday, June 6th & Saturday, June 7th

Ritual Filth and DJ Dysfunction Present:

(Click on names for links to individual sites)

Friday, June 6th:

DJ Shred

DJ No-Requests

DJ Xtine

DJ Rivet Kitten

DJ Danzia

DJ Totentanz

Giveaways Courtesy of

Metropolis Records

COP International

Artoffact Records

Red Cherry Cheesecake Retro and Alternative Lingerie

And Much More!

Saturday, June 7th:

Featuring A Live Performance by
I:SCINTILLA
WWW.ISCINTILLA.COM

photo by Andrew Reynolds

DJ Annabel Evil

DJ London Shadows

DJ Marilyn Thomas

DJ AnNa:Dr0id

DJ Star

DJ Vanity Kills

And of Course, Your Favorite Resident DJ's
Ron Medina (Friday / Saturday)
Ash (Friday)
Cub (Friday )
Q / Mindsolvent (Friday / Saturday)
Dysfunction (Saturday)

QXT's
248 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
http://www.qxts-nj.com

Any Loop Lounge alumni?

2008-06-02T03:39:36Z

Has anyone here ever been to the Loop Lounge in Passaic? I was going through a box of old memorabilia from my club days in the early 1990s, and I came across a Loop Lounge matchbook.
I used to go there religiously during 1990 through 1992. There were one or two occasions when the bouncers had to carry me out from drinking / exhaustion.

I actually was roommates with one of the bartenders there (she also used to work at the health food store on Van Houten). It certainly helped with the bar bill I used to run up, and she was cute to boot.

I used to have a regular club circuit in North Jersey: Go to a dance club in Clifton (forgot what it's called; it was in a place on Allwood Road between Broad Street and Clifton Ave) on Wednesday nights to get an early start to the weekend, hit Aldo's in Lyndhurst on Thursdays (WDRE used to have their Shriek of the Week parties there), Loop Lounge on Fridays, and Rocky Horror at Cinema 35 in Paramus (or Cinema East in Nyack) on Saturdays.

If anyone here remembers frequenting these places during the early 90s, drop me a line.

EDIT: Since I was reliving my misspent youth, I did a Google search on Aldo's and discovered it burnt down four years ago.
Damn! That was a really nice club, and I had some great times there. Just goes to show, when a place is hot, sometimes it gets REALLY hot!

Please take my survey (and spread the word!)

2008-05-27T15:16:38Z

I know this is OT, but I'm trying to reach out to a diverse group of people. I've lived in NJ for 36 years!

I’m curious about “recommendation engines”, the systems that enable Amazon and NetFlix to make recommendations like “People who bought _____ also bought ____”. I’m conducting experiments to build such a system. To do that, I need raw data. Would you help me by filling out my survey?

Click HERE to take the survey NOW (U.S. citizens only).

I’m doing this in my spare time as a hobby. I am a computer system administrator and author but this is a side-project. I’ll keep the data private and secure. I’m not collecting names or email addresses thus the data is useless to marketing companies and spammers. There is a link to a privacy policy on the survey.

All that I ask is that you answer the questions honestly.

For best results, I need to collect information from at least 10,000 people of a large variety of political, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds. Since most of my friends are in a similar political leaning, I really need help finding people outside my social circle to fill out the survey. If you could spread the word (blogs, etc.) between now and the end of June (I’m shutting off the survey on July 1, 2008).

Thanks!

Click HERE to take the survey NOW (U.S. citizens only).

YARD SALE 5-25-2008

2008-05-25T02:46:33Z

YARD SALE!!!

Sunday May 25, 2008
8am - 2pm

Sailfish Dr.
Brigantine New Jersey

We have pretty much EVERYTHING!

Come check us out! and bring a guest!!!

NJ politicians again make the case that they should be the NJ Giants

2008-05-23T03:53:44Z

Look we're all proud of the Giants but can we please get over the fact that they call themselves the NY Giants? They play in Rutherford which is a 10 minute commute from Manhatten and they are considered the local team of both NJians, Nyers, as well as some folks from Ct and even parts of PA. The Buffalo Bills don't actually play in Buffalo, they play in Orchard Park, NY and are refered to as the Buffalo Bills because that is the nearest metropolitan city to their stadium.

Ok, so because it says NY, that confers NY state as well as NYC, fine. Who gives a rats ass? We've got a budget deficit from hell, roads that need paving, so many ethic problems that the rat is our unofficial state animal, so can we stop crying that "we're being snubbed"? Please? This is not something to get in a twist about. Seriously folks. Can we get back to more important things, like the fact that McGreevey's gay lover is loaning him money to cover his legal fees but not to help him pay his alimony?

Priorities people, please!

CUPCAKEFEST 6/21

2008-05-21T02:36:42Z

Smiths Tribute Performance at QXT's, Friday June 27th

2008-05-20T15:18:43Z

Friday, June 27th

The Sons & Heirs

QXT's on My Space

avoid the dark knight at great adventure

2008-05-18T16:22:23Z

I have been a season pass owner at Great Adventure for at least 50-6 years now. I used to be able to go from park opening till close, but honestly I must be getting older because those days are long gone. I guess at some point I had to turn into my father and begin checking my watch around 430. I have a 3 park pass and I primarily have it for the water park, since my 9 year old son is still not into coaster yet. if he were, then it the theme park would be more of a draw.

We went down to GA yesterday to pick up our passes and were pleasantly surprised to see that the Dark Knight coaster was running. I know the new Batman movie doesn't come out till mid July, and I thought the coaster wasn't running until closer to the movie premiere. We found a number of things about the park that the word "disapointing" can't fully convey.

Season tickets are processed near their 3-D ride which last year was a Spongebob Squarepants ride. This year it's 3-D trip to the Moon, which is about some bugs who stow away about a lunar bound nasa space flight. First off the story was very short, and very lame. That aside, the 3-D ddn't work. you saw double images 92% of the movie. I thought maybe it was me or perhaps where we were sitting, and a quick Q&A with some other guests confirmed that everyone had the same problem.

Our second problem was with the guards. They were needlessly aggresive and rude thruout. . I was driving thru the handicapped parking section when a guard stopped me and asked what I was doing. !!!! "Parking" I said wth a touch of confusion. he was polite but it seemed an absurd question. One man was (apparently) ejected by 10 security guards for smoking My wife was screamed at because she was standing pst the blue line which designated the end of the smoking area. The guard at the Dark Knight was screaming at people in line he would throw them out if he caught them sitting on the rails. The guards there need to learn that a polite request is usually enough. If you need to address a crowd, there's a difference between speaking loud enough to be heard over the dinn of the park, and screaming in a nasty voice.

Something also occurred to me. El Toro is the highest and fast wood coaster in the world and it sits next to what i think is the oldest coaster in the park: Rolling Thunder. Why would you need two wooden coasters side by side, especially when one is brand new and one is an aging dinosaur? The answer is you don't. I strongly suspect that Rolling Thunder will be gone within 2-3 years. It takes up a lot of real estate and it's not a big draw any more...

The most disapointing thing about the visit was the Dark Knight coaster. Located near the original Batman ride and the Batman stunt show, it takes the place of Freefall, the movietown water effect and Batman & Robin the Chiller. Now I may be wrong on this. Those rides are in fact gone, but since I visit the theme park so little those rides may have been taken down before this. I am positive freefall was removed to make way for this ride.

I was annoyed at this ride before I even got on because there's a $1 surcharge to ride. Well not exactly. Most rides have a wall of storage racks where guests can store hats, sunglasses, drinks, purses and stuffed animals. Not here. You must stow them in a locker which costs $1.00 otherwise you can't get into the queue. My 9 year old son wasn't going to ride and was going to cross to the exit when we got to the ride and we asked if he could take them. "Nope!" you can't get in line if you have anything with you. What a crock. If you ask me, this is jsut ride design that they can't figure a way to allow guests to stow their stuff while riding right at the end of the line. And I know a thing or two about ride design, I've played Rollercoaster tycoon! :)

Or maybe this is just their way of gouging every nickel they can out of the guests? It's not like they (and every other theme park) don't already do this....

As for the ride, I was really pumped up to see the new Batman movie and the ride, since GA has been promoting the ride in all it's tv spots. I am still itching to see the movie, but take my advise and avoid this turd of a ride. I am not kidding, this ride is a total joke. You wait 90 minutes (or more) for what is essentially a dark ride wild mouse. A dark ride means it's indoors and totally or mostly dark. A wild mouse... well if you don't know, it's typically only found at places like the Meadowlands Fair. here's a picture of a wild mouse.

Now a real wild mouse is a circular car which spins around, often counter to the turns of the track. Some however are little cars that seat 2x2, which is what this ride is. The other Batman ride is well themed, and I have to say this one is too. Apparently the story of the ride is that you're riding a Gotham City Subway when the Joker and Batman duel it out on in and around the train car. Think Spidey vs Doc Ock in S2. So we have all sorts of signage for Gotham, video displays for GCN (Gotham City News) talking about the latest joker attacks and so on.

You get on the ride... and it goes straight, then does a uturn, it goes straight and another u turn. There's these walls that light up as if the joker is attacking. This is lamer then a wild west mine car ride form the 60's. It isn't fast, it's isn't intense, it isn't scary, it has 2-3 "hills" (bunny hops is more like it) and then it's over. This kind of ride would probably be in the top tier at the meadowlands Fair, but this specific one sucks. the ride design is boring and has no thrills or anything to get excited about. When you factor in that this is THE BATMAN ride, and it's in a major theme park you expect better. You deserve better.

Whatever person at GA green lit this kind of ride and thought attatching the Batman name to it should be fired. They already have a ride like this called Skull Mountain. And even though it sucks, it's still better then this. I am absolutely dumbfounded that they thought this was a good idea. Don't believe me? Check out the negative comments about this coaster at the coaster critic. Or the equally negative comments at coaster buzz.

In an interesting turn of events, Six Flags has announced that they are canceling their Dark Knight coaster in Six Flags New England. They cite environmental concerns and probablems with the city... but I find it interesting that it was announced right after the coaster opened here in NJ to extremely harsh criticism. I have to seriously wonder if they looked at the comments and said "we have enough problems already, why should we keep pushing forward on this turd?"

If you still have any doubts about this ride, here's my suggestion: don't get on line, go to the exit. Ask anybody coming off the ride if it was worth it after 90 minutes in line? I will almost guarentee you that unless it's somebody with a 4-8 year old, the answer will be a resounding no. Do yourself a favor, go ride Kingda-ka or Medusa, find yourself a real roller coaster. or if you really want this type of ride go on Skull mountain. The lines will be much shorter and the rides is better.

Just watch out you don't sit on the rails. You don't want to be thrown off the line do ya?

Who is that subliminally hidden inside the Fox 5 graphics?

2008-05-11T20:27:24Z

It sure ain't Santa Claus

I dare you to punch this camel. Hillarity ensues.

2008-05-10T12:51:38Z

On a dare, man punches camel at Six Flags.

Kind of a dumb question but...

2008-05-06T01:05:19Z

Hey!
I recently temporarily moved to Minneapolis from Philadelphia and one thing I have been really missing is Yuengling beer. Does anyone know of anywhere online I can buy it or would someone be willing to buy and ship it to me if I pay you?

Moving To New Jersey / Cell Phone Services

2008-05-02T23:02:02Z

Hello!

I’m new to the community. Sometime within the next few months my fiancé and I plan to move from New York to New Jersey. We currently live in Long Island. I’m originally from just outside New Orleans, Louisiana. I relocated to New York after losing my home and everything in it to Hurricane Katrina.

We’re trying to get as close to the Vernon / Sussex area as we can, but we also need to be as close to transit into Manhattan as we can manage, as my fiancé commutes into the city for work. We’ve considered areas within an hour or so of Vernon / Sussex as potential places to live.

We’re hoping to eventually buy a house, but for the time being we’ll probably be stuck renting. We’ve had our share of sour experiences with apartment complexes. We’d rather rent a house if possible. We have four cats, and the largest problem we have had is finding a place that would let us have them all. They are members of our family, our children. All of them are rescues from Louisiana and Mississippi, and have been with me since they were practically kittens.

We decided to do a little research and ask around to get an idea of where we might have the best luck with living arrangements and affordability. The following are areas we have considered:

Butler
Riverdale
Verona
Morristown
Bloomingdale
Mahwah
Wayne
Clifton
Budd Lake
Totowa / Little Falls
Paterson
Hawthorne
Garfield
Saddle Brook
Fairlawn
Lodi
Paramus
Hackensack

We are not as familiar with these areas, and we are hoping people actually living in New Jersey can give us some feedback and advice. Can anyone recommend any reasonable apartment complexes in any of these areas, or perhaps is anyone familiar with rental properties that would work for us? We’re paying $1215 right now, which is along the top of what we can afford for monthly payments. Our current complex is a garden style community. Our apartment is around 700sq feet. We need a bedroom close to 10x16 for our king size bed and bedroom set. We’d rather stick to single family homes, as we have had some bad experiences with mother/daughter style setups, and people took advantage of us even when we were in such a dire situation recovering from the hurricane.

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Another thing we were wondering about was cell phone services in these areas, and which providers have the best coverage. We have AT&T ( formerly Cingular ) right now, and we find we have very poor reception when we go into Vernon / Sussex up in the mountains. My fiancé’s parents have Verizon Wireless, and they seem to still get coverage at their home, where we normally have no service. Could anyone offer their personal experiences with which services seem to work best?

Any other information or sources to help us would be greatly appreciated. I’ve cross-posted this to a few New Jersey communities in hopes of getting as much feedback as possible, so my apologies if you see this more than once.

Free Ben & Jerry's Today!

2008-04-29T15:37:19Z

Stop by your local Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop TODAY (4/29/08) during Free Cone Day and get yours. It's their way of thanking everyone for 30 great years.

Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops in New Jersey

Ben & Jerry's Borgata
One Borgata Way
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
609-317-8206

Ben & Jerry's Englewood
46 East Palisade Avenue
Englewood, NJ 07631
201-569-3322

Ben & Jerry's Harrah's Resort Atlantic City
777 Harrah's Boulevard
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
609-441-5075

Ben & Jerry's Hoboken
405 Washington Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-792-1966

Mega Movies
Brunswick Square Mall
E. Brunswick, NJ 08816
732-613-4443

Newark Airport
Newark International Airport
23A Terminal C
Newark, NJ 07114
973-273-7340

Ben & Jerry's Ridgewood
104-106 Franklin Ave.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-689-1122

Ben & Jerry's Riverwalk - Edgewater
22 Riverwalk Place at Port Imperial
West New York, NJ 07093
201-867-1111

http://www.benjerry.com/scoop_shops/

NYC to Paterson, NJ

2008-04-28T21:35:51Z

My husband and I have been driving down from Boston to Paterson, NJ on a monthly basis for his music lessons. We leave at 6am, and arrive around 10am. Then we come back the same day, leaving in the afternoon (sometimes we go into NYC for fun for the afternoon).

With the price of gas going up this trip is obviously going to get more expensive and it's hurting. I have been going with him since he's driving to keep him company, but if he can take a cheap Chinatown bus it would be better overall.

The problem is getting from Chinatown/NYC to Paterson, NJ.

Google maps says its 18.4 mi – about 29 mins away. How much would a cab cost? I'm assuming we would have to pay the fees for the Lincoln Tunnel, but I have no idea how much a trip like this would run. Also, I have heard of buses from NYC that run to Paterson, but when I tried to get more information the source said that there's no website or anything, and that the signs are on the ground and the Paterson bus is sketchy? We're pretty unfamiliar with NYC and I have no idea how these buses work, if they do exist.

I've looked at the commuter rail out to Paterson, but it seems more complicated and expensive than the trouble it's worth, there would be several switches on lines and such.

Thanks for any help you can provide! It would be great if we could figure out a cheaper way to get to Paterson.

And no there is no where else we can go for these music lessons! I wish!

Evilution III: Wunderland @ QXT's This Saturday (Feat. Hate in the Box, Live!)

2008-04-25T14:36:45Z

Saturday, April 26th:

EVILUTION III: WUNDERLAND

Winners from the Costume Contest Prizes will include
- a creepy gift from Wicked Crafts
- $100, $25 gift certificate to www.redcherrycheesecake.com (Sexiest Alice contest only)
- VIP status @ Evilution for life
+ More

Wunderland drink Menu!!!
Kevin came up with the wonderful idea to have themed drinks for the night, and here’s what we have so far....
At the party we’ll have the ingredients listed:

- Queen of hearts "Off with your head"
(Crypt only) Limited drink. We are only able to sell this drink only once per customer, if you order this you cannot come back to the bar and ask for another, thats how potent and delicious it is.
also:

- Knave of hearts

- The Cheshire Cat

- the mad hatter

- the White rabbit

- and simply the Alice

- And as always, QXT's happily serves Lucid Absinthe

- the first 25 people that attend Evilution III: Wunderland, over the age of 21, will get a free Absinthe lollipop.
All we ask is if Absinthe is not your cup of tea Please give it to someone who’ll like it!

Friday, June 6th - Saturday, June 7th:

DJ Diva Weekend Part 2

Featuring

A Live Performance by
I:Scintilla

photo by Andrew Reynolds
(Saturday, June 7th Only)

Plus, a whole lot more... Details TBA

QXT's
248 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
http://www.qxts-nj.com

Moving from AZ to NJ

2008-04-23T15:14:18Z

I will be moving back home to NJ near the end of May, which means I need to start planning now. When I moved out here, I shipped a bunch of boxed via a company called Freight & Crate, but they screwed me by jacking up the price at the last minute and then messing up a bunch of the boxes (luckily nothing broke). I then drove myself across the country for 3 days.

Ideally, I would prefer not to have to do that 3 day drive again, but it will all come down to price. I'm hoping that some of you have dealth with moving before and could maybe recommend good and/or affordable companies that I could look into for:

- Shipping my car
- Shipping my stuff (think roughly a studio apt. amount of boxes, no furniture)
- Shipping my cat (if I'm not driving, I'll need to get him home somehow)

Thanks!

Alice in Wonderland Party [NJ]

2008-04-22T05:30:17Z

Through the Looking Glass!

Saturday Apr 26th
QXT's
248 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
18+/$10/10PM

Be a part of story book rock history as Hate in the Box play our first ever New Jersey show! Evilution Events is bringing twisted dreams to life, transforming QXT's three floors into a wonderland that will rend the rules of reality for one night only!

An evening of costumed cuties, hot hatters and racy rabbits losing themselves amid intoxicating industrial, electronic and ethereal soundscapes! Enjoy absinthe lollypops and themed drink specials like The White Rabbit and the Knave of Hearts!

Beautiful noises to silence the voices in your head provided courtesy of DJs Ian Fford, Rob Medina, Q, Luna, Dysfunction and Annabelle Evil!

Costume contests for most creative costume as well as the sexiest Alice will be happening so we're looking forward to seeing our fans once again show that they're the most creative ever! =D

Click the banner for directions and details to plan your night now!

Click for
details!

Keep it spooky!
Rainbow Blight