Membership Update

Thank you for your patience.Many of you should have already received your thank you gifts and membercards. We are so sorry for the delay. We mailed all of the membership packages for those of you that donated during our Spring on-air pledge drives. We are in the process of sending thank-you gifts to our other members that pledged after May 2006. Again, thank you for your patience. Call or email if you have any other questions or concerns.

Lisa Cureton
Membership Director
(732)224-2452
lcureton@brookdalecc.edu

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*NOTES FROM TOM

Over the past few Fridays we’ve been down at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank for the ?Brookdale Songwriters in the Park Series?, brought to you by K. Hovnanian. Come down this Friday for the last “Songwriters in the Park” performance with Rhett Miller. Rhett Miller will end the series on August 4th.

Here at the station we’re always trying to find ways to serve Brookdale and our listeners better. We have some additional programming that will hit the air over the next couple of months. Speaking of which, we’re also planning on making some additions to our web offerings as well. We don’t want to ruin the surprise so you’ll have to keep tuned in to hear about them.

Brookdale Public Radio Welcomes Summer Student Workers

We’d like to welcome all of the students who’ve come in this summer to learn about radio and also help out the station. They’ve helped us with promotions out at our live events, done voice overs for community and Brookdale events, produced announcements for us, become music DJs, produced local news peices that aired in our local news segments, and made the station a much more fun place to be a part of.

We’d like to thank: Stu, Kristen, Lex, Erika, Crystal, Leah, Matt, and Jared for giving time every week to help us out…THANKS!!!

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* ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Yell Fire! - Anti-/Epitaph

Michael Franti is arguably the most important songwriter in America today. A couple of years ago he decided to ?walk his talk? by traveling to several war torn areas of the Middle East to see, first hand, the human cost of war. All he brought was his guitar. And a filmmaker. And probably a pen. Franti’s journey through actual red-zone areas of Baghdad, Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are documented on his new album (with his band Spearhead) ?Yell Fire!? and the documentary DVD ?I Know I’m Not Alone: A Musician’s Journey Through War In the Middle East.? Both are released on July 25th. You’ve been hearing track 1 on the album ?Time To Go Home? on The NIGHT in recent weeks…and the album just gets better from there. Other stellar tracks include ?Yell Fire,? ?I Know I’m Not Alone,? ?East To the West,? ?Hello Bonjour,? ?Hey Now Now,? and ?What I’ve Seen? … to name but a few. If you ever get the chance to see Spearhead play live…do it. It’s an enlightening experience!
. As is listening to ?Yell Fire!? and watching ?I Know I’m Not Alone.? Unfortunately, on their current tour, there don’t seem to be any area shows. Check in at spearheadvibrations.com to find out more

Jeff Raspe
Musical Director

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Public NewsRoom

LEBANON
Civilians fled battered villages in southern Lebanon today after Israel said it would halt its air strikes. The Jewish state, however, has pledged to step up its offensive to root out Hizbollah guerrillas. For more on the conflict in the Middle East, visit our NewsRoom online at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org.

LANDIS
American Tour de France winner Floyd Landis, who tested positive for testosterone on his way to victory in cycling’s showpiece event, should find out as soon as today if the counter-analysis he has requested confirms the result. If the positive test is confirmed, Landis would be stripped of his Tour victory and Oscar Pereiro of Spain, who finished second overall in this month’s race, would be declared the winner. For updates, visit our NewsRoom online at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org.

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Public Arts

SUMMER CULTURE
Get the most from your summer plans! Catch the best new summer movies, beach reading, and summer festivals with the help of our Public Arts section at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org.

GOLDEN SMOG
Roots-rock super-group Golden Smog?featuring members of Wilco, Soul Asylum, The Jayhawks and Big Star?recently released ?Another Fine Day,? its first record in eight years. Declared critically as one of the Midwest?s most popular bands, Golden Smog combines piano ballads with what the New York Times calls ?pop gems.? To listen to songs from the new album and learn more about the history of Golden Smog and the recording of ?Another Fine Day,? visit the Public Arts section of our website at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org.

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
A dysfunctional family on the verge of collapse takes a road trip to enroll 7-year-old Olive in a preteen beauty pageant in ?Little Miss Sunshine,? starring the 40-year-old Virgin?s Steve Carell alongside Greg Kinnear and Alan Arkin. Combining comedic elements for the young and old (Olive?s brother has taken a vow of silence until he gets into the Air Force Academy and Arkin?s character is a porn-addicted heroin user) Sunshine sold for a record $10.5 million at the Sundance festival. To read a review of the movie, visit the Public Arts section of our website at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org.

PEARL JAM
With a renewed energy, fervor and ability to please casual and die-hard fans alike, Pearl Jam continues as one of rock?s most talented and compelling live acts. Their vast repertoire combines older punk-fueled favorites such as ?Even Flow? and ?Why Go? with more recent groove-oriented tunes such as ?World Wide Suicide? and ?Unemployable.? To read a review of a recent concert, visit the Public Arts section of our website at http://90.5TheNIGHT.org.

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REPLAY ROOM
We store some of your favorite shows on our website for you to stream later in the week. We just posted last weekend’s shows up for you to listen to…enjoy.
Altrok Hour 01
Altrok Hour 02
Bluegrass Jam Hour 01
Bluegrass Jam Hour 02
Bluegrass Jam Hour 03
Forward Into The Past
Box of Blues Hour 01
Box of Blues Hour 02
Box of Blues Hour 03

If the above links do not work copy and paste this link into your web browser:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/thenight/arts.artsmain?action=sectionIndex&sid=17

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* MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Our “BROOKDALE SUMMER ?06 ACTIVITIES & EVENTS” are still going strong. Still to come the following concerts and events:

COMCAST JAZZ IN THE PARK
@ Riverside Gardens Park, Red Bank
August Thursday dates( 7- 9:30pm)

August 3rd Wolerines, Voodues
August 10th Line Drive, Tonemasters
August 17th Jazz Lobsters

K. Hovnanian presents
BROOKDALE PUBLIC RADIO?S SONGWRITER?S IN THE PARK
@ Riverside Gardens Park, Red Bank
Fridays 7-9:30pm

August 4th Rhett Miller

CLEARWATER FESTIVAL
@ Grand Park, Asbury Park
Saturday, August 19th 11am- 7pm
Sunday, August 20th 11am ? 7pm

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MEMBER DISCOUNT ORGANIZATIONS

If you are a member you could use your member card to get discounts at these great places:

RE/MAX Bay Point, Realtors
Offering a $100 donation upon the successful closing of a listing or sale transaction by a 90.5 The NIGHT member.
526 Bay Ave.
Pt. Pleasant, NJ 08742
jerseyshoreliving.comg or 732-899-8202

ROBERT GERBER SALON
20% discount on new spray tan service
100 West Front Street
Keyport,NJ
(732) 888-7575

Colts Neck Custom Shop
5% off purchase of sheet music, 50% off D’Addario Guitar strings, 35% off Dean guitars, banjos, mandolins, excluding USA models and limited editions
30 Highway 34 North Street
Colts Neck, NJ 07722
(732) 577-6993
www.coltsneckcustomshop.com

McKay Imaging
Discount to our members - $100 off on a wedding photography package.
30 Monmouth St.
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732) 842-2272
www.mckayimaging.com

Green Planet Coffee Co
20% off their purchase when they present their member card
78 Main St.
Manasquan, NJ
(732) 722-8197

Red Bank Chocolate Shoppe
15% off (excluding select holidays)
17 White St
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732 219-0822