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Bob Marley New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents a delightful musical production, featuring a hit score by Bob Marley (“One Love”) and based on the children’s book by his daughter, Cedella Marley, tells of young Ziggy, who is so terrified of hurricanes, mongooses and other things in his native Jamaica that he’s afraid to leave the house! Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:00 PM at Victoria Theater. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) Based on a story for children by Cedella Marley Music & lyrics by Bob Marley Adapted for the stage by Michael J. Bobbitt Arrangements, orchestrations, additional music and lyrics by John L. Cornelius, II Bob Marley’s songs are known the world over for their powerful messages of love, peace and harmony. Now a new generation can discover the joys of his music in Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, a tale of triumph over anxiety, directed by Nick Olcott. “With a jammin’ sco...

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G.H. Harding **** Ed Sheeran VINNIE’S VINYL --- You’ve seen Vincent D’Onofrio morph into a variety of roles, ranging from his turn nabbing bad guys - as Detective Robert Goren on Law And Order: Criminal Intent; to bumbling around as Leonard Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket; as a man-bug in the Men In Black series … and, soon to be seen as Wilson Fisk (aka The Kingpin) in the upcoming Netflix series Daredevil. However, the actor’s next project is something of a passion project: a spoken-word punk album. Titled Slim Bone Head Volt, the album is a spoken word punk record which he collaborated on with musician Dana Lyn. The album’s website describes their sound as, “Strings howl and percussion thumps while bells whistle and bass lines stalk, like a jazz band from hell recording in a smoke-filled zero gravity chamber.”  The first track, a very beat-era song called “I’m A Hamster,” was leaked last week online.  ...