the aquarian weekly inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame!

THE AQUARIAN WEEKLY INDUCTED
INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME!
Check out over 40 years of The Aquarian’s
archived issues in this pictorial review.
Established 1969.
SPECIAL 16 PAGE
COMMEMORATIVE PULL OUT SECTION
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April 2012
Arts Weekly, Inc., is proud to announce that The
Aquarian Weekly has been accepted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame’s Library and Archives, the
world’s preeminent research collection of written
and audiovisual materials relating to the history
of rock and roll. Current publishers/owners Diane
Casazza and Chris Farinas were told of the decision
to take the newspaper into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame by library director Andy Leach in early
January.
“I spoke with Andy about the collection and he
was thrilled, even amazed that we have copies of
every issue printed,” said Casazza.“Throughout all
our moves, we’ve always maintained the archives,
as they were a valuable resource when we needed
to look up past information.”
The Aquarian and all supplements — The East
Coast Rocker and The Nite Owl — will be delivered
to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Library at its new
22,500-square-foot facility in downtown Cleveland.
A collection of over 1,800 issues—from 1976 on—
will be sent to Cleveland.
“We see this collection as a historical record of
the evolution of the music and times. It certainly
belongs in the Hall of Fame Library,” says Farinas.
“New Jersey has always played a big part in the
rock music world, and still does.The Aquarian still
covers the up-and-coming bands, as well as the
major acts that come through the state.”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library’s mission
is to collect, preserve, and provide access to these
resources for scholars, educators, students,
journalists, and the general public in order to broaden
awareness and understanding of rock and roll, its
roots, and its impact on our society. The grand
opening of the new Rock Hall's library and archives
on Cuyahoga Community College's Metropolitan
Campus, will be preceded by nine days of tie-in
events on Saturday, April 14, during the 2012 induction
ceremonies.
ABOUT THE AQUARIAN WEEKLY
PHOTO BY CATHY MILLER
James Rensenbrink,
founder.
First Issue Of The Aquarian Weekly, 1969
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Founded by James Rensenbrink in 1969, the Aquarian is New Jersey’s
longest running arts and culture newspaper. An alternative voice for
the Woodstock generation, it concentrated on radical politics and
uncompromising ecological writings.Rensenbrink published passionate
writers expressing their exuberant love of life, sharing natural
expressions of their own individuality while retaining a powerful voice
for Mother Earth and human rights.
Over time, the newspaper gravitated to the music scene that was
exploding across the Garden State and beyond, reporting each
week on dozens of musical and cultural happenings. Going through
its back pages, one finds a continually unraveling Jersey scene
starting with Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith in the mid-‘70s to
any number of current artists of the day making local and national
waves.
Although it never relinquished its political edge, the blend of
music and social issues became the guiding balance of the Aquarian’s
weekly agenda, and remains so today. Diane Casazza and Chris
Farinas took over The Aquarian Weekly in
1998, when Rensenbrink retired to Oregon,
and found a third, silent partner in Mark
Sceurman of Weird N.J. and the Weird State
book series, who started with the Aquarian
in 1979 and still retains a desk at the office
in Little Falls.
“The Aquarian was always something special,”
says Sceurman.“There was always something
going on. I was more of a ‘behind the scenes’
guy, working in production, but I’ve been with
the paper through all its ups and downs, and
the craziness of the times. It was a great
environment to be in. The deadline was on
Monday, and I hadn’t missed a Monday deadline
in the 19 years I was in the art department. I
remember laying out many of those issues that
are going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”
Many well-known names in the rock music world have written and
photographed for The Aquarian Weekly, including its longtime music
editor Mike Greenblatt, the late Lydia Carole de Fretos, future Billboard
Editor Timothy White, Star Ledger Music Editor Jay Lustig, The
Boston Globe’s Jim Verniere, Mike Daly (who fronts indie rock band
Mike Daly & The Planets), disc jockey Vin Scelsa, Bob Santelli of
the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS),
Joe Dera, the late Gene Kalbacher, Catholic Priest Father Charlie
Crespo (who started as an Aquarian gossip columnist dubbed
“Everynight Charlie”), George Dassinger, acclaimed novelist Susan
Shapiro (who was published for the first time in her career in the
Aquarian) and Ruth Polsky (pioneering provocateur and promoter
who covered Great Britain and the early punk scene for the Aquarian,
and who died in the line of duty on September 7, 1986 when a
cab jumped the curb outside The Limelight nightclub).Such respected
journalists as Scott Shinder, Craig Zeller, Bob Makin, John Reynolds,
Jeff Tamarkin, Joe Edwards, Bob Cianci, Anna Cerami and Rich Lee
all got their starts at the Aquarian. Photographers have included Bob
Sorce, Charlie Frick, Bob Leafe, Karen Bialecki (K.B. Shoots), Mark
Weiss, Mitch Kearney, Ebet Roberts, Cathy Miller and many others.
Unlike many of The Aquarian’s predecessors in the music publishing
business, which either folded or sold out to trendy commercial
concerns, The Aquarian has maintained its integrity and once-aweek print deadline.The newspaper certainly had its ups and downs
both financially and editorially over the years, but it still stands as
New Jersey’s most-awarded music newspaper.
Time marches on, formats change, butThe Aquarian Weekly continues
to provide music content and social issues to all its patrons, 42 years
after its first issue, either on the newsstands or online. From its first
office next to the Capitol Theater in Passaic, then Montclair and now
in Little Falls, The Aquarian Weekly is one of the few independently
owned newspapers in the U.S., and might just be the final pioneer
in original music.
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1970s
at the
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1990s
its blemishes
beauty and
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what exit? bite me. that’s what
exit, okay, pal?
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“i’m just like, a musician
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2000s
at nearly 9
a.m. on a sunny
tuesday morning
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