Everyone was so stoked to have a bangin' time at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, New Jersey Thursday night, and then the Man had to ruin what the media calls a "night of mayhem." Dude, has the media ever even partied at a Barstool Blackout party, like for real? It's about oneness. It's about day-glo clothes, bacchanal dancing, and waking up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning. And on Thursday night, it was also about biting ladies' calves and jumping on cops' backs. more ›

Earlier this week, a pipe bomb was found in the driveway outside a Montclair, NJ home, and the street's homes were evacuated because, as the NY Times reports, "It turned out to be a foot-long, two-inch-diameter pipe packed with enough explosive powder and nuts and bolts to hurt and possibly kill someone." And a few months ago, a Montclair couple was arrested, accused by the feds of being Russian spies! What is going on with Park Slope West (or UWSNJ)?! more ›

At 7 a.m. this morning, police and fire officials evacuated residents from a Montclair, NJ street after a "pipe bomb wrapped in a plastic newspaper bag was found this morning on the front lawn of" one home. According to the Montclair Times, "After two attempts, a bomb squad detonated the device, made of a pipe with a 2-inch diameter that had wires protruding from it," with an audience of neighbors watching from past the police's security tape. A neighbor said the home where the device was found "belongs to a couple with a baby girl that has resided at that address for about two years. She did not know the homeowners' names." more ›

The man believed to have shot his estranged wife at a YMCA in Montclair, NJ--in front of his daughter--was apprehended in Brooklyn yesterday. Police had been looking for Kenneth Duckett for the past 12 days, and a tip was called in leading them to an apartment in Flatbush. Duckett is awaiting extradition to NJ; Essex County prosecutor Paula Dow said, "He's been formally charged with murder and various weapons offenses. Bail has been set at one million dollars." more ›

Bowery Presents has efficiently taken over the New York music scene with some of the most successful venues in town. It seems that for every non-Bowery venue door that closes, a new Bowery one opens. So where is a burgeoning company to go once they've planted Mercury Lounges and Music Halls around NYC? New Jersey, of course.

The historic 2,000-capacity Wellmont Theater in Montclair, N.J., will re-open its doors this fall under a recently formed partnership between the principals of New York-based independent concert promoter the Bowery Presents and longtime promoter Andy Feltz. more ›