tag:rome56.com,2005:/blogs/news
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2020-09-01T17:48:43-04:00
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2017-07-16T20:00:00-04:00
2022-05-25T08:06:54-04:00
NEW CD UNSPOKEN WORD
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125949
2016-08-01T20:00:00-04:00
2021-06-22T09:13:49-04:00
Rome 56 Live at The Paradiso Aug 2 2016
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125945
2015-06-29T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-30T05:40:23-04:00
Rome 56 Euro Dates
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125942
2014-07-01T20:00:00-04:00
2022-09-06T23:03:43-04:00
Rome 56 Mashville Review BN/de Stem
<p><strong><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391613/49dc83af4740ed37d92435e62d28df64b29305a5/original/mashville-review.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6MzgzeDQ0MSJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="" height="441" width="383" />Play</strong></p>
<p><strong>Rome 56 </strong>pop</p>
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<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10862" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As a writer of the hits "Tell Me Your Plans" and "Laugh And Walk Away" Arthur Lamonica was the key</p>
<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10861" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">composer of The Shirts. The American band had its heyday at the end of the Seventies.</p>
<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10860" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Singer Annie Golden now has a career as TV actress and musical star on Broadway.</p>
<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10859" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lamonica always continued to make music. Many years low key in Rome 56.</p>
<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10858" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">He proves how good he is together with his wife Kathy on the CD Mashville, that was released this year. He plays a dozen beautiful pop songs. The instrumentations do occasionally make you think of the old times (of the Shirts). The lyrics are those of a man who knows life and also knows himself. The tone is optimistic and in terms of voice Lamonica sometimes sounds Dylanesque and occasionally as a drawling Costello. In short, pure, beautifully crafted songs. The album is available through Amazon, but also on Spotify and I-Tunes.</p>
<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10857" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Info: <a class="yiv1540791823moz-txt-link-abbreviated" data-imported="1" href="http://ats.rome56.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10871" rel="nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #196ad4; outline: none;" target="_blank">www.rome56.com</a></p>
<p class="yiv1540791823MsoNoSpacing" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1404699196745_10870" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Wim van Leest</p>
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125940
2014-03-29T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
The New Rome 56 CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rome566
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391613/62f9320bc750ce015c95cc62e3e3e8a7404c5b19/original/cd-cover-mashville-2-resized.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NjY4eDYwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="CD_cover_Mashville-2_resized.jpg" height="600" width="668" /></p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125941
2014-03-28T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome 56 "I'll Play It Out Till The Morning" from the new Rome 56 CD"Mashville"
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125938
2014-03-27T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
I'LL PLAY IT OUT TILL THE MORNING
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391613/bd0512eb0abd92f4c7d4ad1e712ef35a4ac6a377/original/i-ll-play-it-out-artwork-rome-56-resized.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NjAweDYwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="I_ll_Play_It_Out_artwork_Rome_56_resized.jpg" height="600" width="600" />New Rome 56 Single "I'll Play It Out Till The Morning" now available on iTunes</p>
<p>https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ill-play-it-out-till-morning/id695359511</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125939
2014-03-26T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
IN THE QUIET ALL ALONE
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391613/3b9124a4ffa9f00a56cc962de1d93e3b2c8ecc4e/original/in-the-quiet-artwork-resized.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6NjAweDYwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="In_The_Quiet_artwork_resized.jpg" height="600" width="600" /></p>
<p>New Rome 56 Single "InThe Quiet All Alone"</p>
<p>now available on iTunes</p>
<p>https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-the-quiet-all-alone-single/id699702684</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125937
2013-07-20T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome56 in The Netherlands
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125936
2013-07-09T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
The Great Divide by Janet Goss
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391613/81cbc87a390b6f9c0bcde1672fde165469132549/original/greatdividecover.jpg/!!/b%3AWyJyZXNpemU6MjA1eDMwMCJd.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="GreatDivideCover.jpg" height="300" width="205" /></p>
<p>The New Novel by New York Writer Janet Goss.</p>
<p>http://www.janetgossbooks.com/</p>
<p>which includes lyrics to the Rome 56 song "Whisper Away". </p>
<p>Stream "Whisper Away" in the Music Section.</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125935
2012-06-10T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome56 "Time Looks Into Your Magic Eyes"
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125934
2012-02-15T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome56 "A Cold Night At The Carnival"
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Rome56 "A Cold Night At The Carnival" filmed in Coney Island Brooklyn USA</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125932
2011-07-15T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome56 Girl I Know live at P & G Bar
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125933
2011-04-24T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome56 Once I Awoke video
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125931
2010-12-21T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
2 new Christmas mp3's from Rome56
<p><span style="color:#ff0000">2 new Christmas releases </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#0000ff">CHRISTMAS LORRAINE</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#0000ff"><strong></strong></span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff">COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000">on iTunes and CdBaby from Rome56</span></p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125930
2010-02-01T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Impatient World Video
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Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125929
2009-12-19T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
"Impatient World" on CDBABY
<p>The new Rome56 CD "Impatient World" now available on CDBABY
click on this link:
</p>
<div style="width:225px; height:120px; margin:0; padding:0; border:0; background-image:url(http://www.cdbaby.com/Images/Links/White-Buy_Album_100px_horz.png);"><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/rome563" style="display:block; padding:10px 10px 10px 115px; margin:0; border:0;" data-imported="1"><img src="https://CDBaby.name/r/o/rome563_small.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Rome 56: Impatient World" height="100" style="border:0; margin:0; padding:0;" width="100" /></a></div>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125928
2009-11-07T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
The Jolly Cholly Sessions
<p>Once upon a time...one night in Pink Crayon Studios...
Edgar Goss...Drums
Al Korosy..Lead Guitar
Arthur Lamonica..Vocal,Guitar
Bob Racioppo..Bass
Go to the Music Section to give a listen</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125927
2009-01-04T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
RONNIE
<p>,,..A YEAR HAS PASSED.. YOUR
IN MY THOUGHTS...GOD BLESS YOU</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125926
2008-01-17T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
The Ron Ardito Memorial Hootenanny
<p>"A Celebration Of His Life And Music"
Friday January 18 at 8 p.m
The Rainbow Cafe, Sunset Park.
The Rainbow Cafe
3904 5th Ave (39th St and 5th Ave)
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
phone 718-435-0400
By Subway: R, N, D train to 36 St station (36th St and 4th Ave)</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125925
2008-01-08T19:00:00-05:00
2024-03-20T02:05:20-04:00
RONALD ARDITO, From playing to producing, music was his life
<p>Tuesday, January 08, 2008
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Musician, producer and sound engineer Ronald (Ronnie) Ardito, a Brooklyn native who moved to New Brighton 10 years ago, lost his battle with brain cancer Saturday in Richmond University Medical Center. He was 53.
Mr. Ardito played guitar and keyboards for the punk band the Shirts, a group he helped create in 1972. The band became part of the golden era for the now-shuttered, legendary venue CBGB. Mr. Ardito was also a sound engineer at the club for a decade and became close friends with its late owner Hilly Kristal, whom he regarded as a "father figure," his wife, Marsha Hodgson, said yesterday.
CBGB posted a memorial on its Web site, in which it called Mr. Ardito a "good friend, artist, musician, producer, and former employee."
Mr. Ardito had earlier been diagnosed with lung cancer, but in April learned the disease had spread to his brain. Still, he lived twice as long as doctors expected because "he had music yet to write," Ms. Hodgson said, which included a final song to his wife, Confession in C-Minor, completed shortly before his passing.
"It was his last piece; I will cherish it forever," Ms. Hodgson said. "I have never known anyone as tender, loving and caring as Ron. He was a gentle man who enjoyed truth and honesty."
Mr. Ardito and Ms. Hodgson grew up together in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where, as a teen-ager, Ardito was a member of the Street People Coalition, a group of activists who helped get the neighborhood officially named Sunset Park.
The lifelong friends reconnected after Ms. Hodgson was divorced 11 years ago; they married soon after and moved to Castleton Corners, finally settling in New Brighton.
Mr. Ardito became a cherished second father to Ms. Hodgson's two sons, Chris and Rob Cahill. Baseball season was always special fun in their household, with Mr. Ardito a Yankees fan and Chris a Mets fan, she said.
When they married, Mr. Ardito suggested she retain her own name, the one she had when they fell in love, Ms. Hodgson said.
"He didn't want me to be anyone but myself, and I didn't want him to be anyone but himself," she said.
Mr. Ardito is also survived by his brother, Joseph Ardito, and a granddaughter.
A celebration of his life and music, "The Ron Ardito Memorial Hootennanny," will be held Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. at the Rainbow Cafe, Sunset Park. Arrangements, including cremation, were handled by the Matthew Funeral Home, Willowbrook.</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125919
2007-12-01T19:00:00-05:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome 56 on Apple iTUNES
<p>ROME 56
SACRED AVENUE and TRIP GLASSES
available on iTunes
CLICK THIS LINK http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=125371657</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125924
2007-09-06T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Ron Ardito's Tribute To Hilly Kristal
<p>Ronnie posted a beautiful tribute
to Hilly Kristal on the CBGB website.
Hilly was like a father to him.
Ronnie along with his wife Marsha were our soul connection to CBGB'S through the years.
A LONG STORY
Where I came from, in 1972-73, there were two things. There was disco and there were cover bands. We were the latter. Oh, we were artists all right, writing our own stuff & we thought it pretty original, but, we had to settle for playing covers in topless bars & local booze joints just to get onstage and work on our chops. It was a dead scene.That is until a friend handed us a copy of “Piss Factoryâ€. Overwhelmed, we found out when & where she was playing, got down there, got in and got a table. Everyone said it was a real seedy place. To me, it was a fucking palace. It was the first time in my life I experienced awe. After that show, I was trembling.
A friend had come along with us. We started screaming at him, Novick!, there’s the owner! Go over to him, say you’re our manager & get us a gig!. He did. What was totally mind blowing was you had to play your original stuff. No covers. Heaven. We had found the fucking promised land. I was 19 and we never played a cover tune again.
So we became regulars, gigging 4 night weekends every 6 to 8 weeks. That big burly guy with the gleam in his eye took a liking to us, took us under his wing and began booking us all over. Jersey, Boston, Hartford, Providence. By late '76 we were living the dream. In late '77, The Man With The Beard informs us we have a deal with a major label. Anyone who has been through that knows the feeling. Anyone who hasn’t, can’t.
We begin making records for this label. We have some decent success, nothing to brag about in terms of the big time, but life is/was fantastic for a while. In hindsight, I could list the million reasons of what went wrong. Pointless. I think he was more depressed than we were.
We toil on for a couple years to no avail & things fall apart. I take some freelance work to stay alive, but, things dry up and I can’t afford a f*cking pack of smokes. So I call him up and ask for a job. “Cmon downâ€, he says.
I don’t know how many tweeters I blew in those NS-10’s learning to mix the live shows recorded on that 2 inch 16 track machine, but, he didn’t seem to mind that much. I got it down very well thank you. 9 years I worked for him. The man with the most eclectic taste in music that ever lived provided a venue for each and every one of those acts that came in droves. With or without actual talent, the deluge was unreal, myself mixing 50 or so bands a week & there were 4 of us working 7 nights a week & Sunday afternoon matinees. The weekday afternoons were reserved for recording sessions for acts that he, or any of the staff for that matter, thought were exceptional. He even started his own label to get them exposure. What can you say about him? He made dreams come true for thousands, and let millions know it. Selflessly.
In ’95 I was gone for being a hopeless alchy, & went away to lick my wounds.
I get picked up from the gutter by a very old friend, fall in love & get married. Start writing & playing again. She facilitates the old gang getting back together, &, take a guess where we wind up playing. Our old producer hears about it and says lets make another record. Unreal! Our bearded friend enthusiastically lets us use his club to record the basic tracks, plus giving us gigs throughout the insane 3 years it takes to make it.
In ‘05 we get the news that he’s ill, but is doing all right and is preceding with business as usual. I see him a bunch of times. A little worse for the wear, but that gleam is the same as ever. New plans, new ideas in the works. Same as it ever was.
The new bullshit with the landlord didn’t faze me much at first. I’d been around this place for over 30 years and there was always bullshit with the landlord. This time, though, it was different. Money, greed and power were taking over. The worst neighborhood in the City, the place where you stepped over a passed-out wino with your guitar, almost not noticing, had suddenly become expensive & chic real estate. Despite the publicity, outcries and rallies, the writing on the wall was clear. Money always wins.
We hear the date. October 15, 2006. A public execution. Then I hear who’s playing. I freeze & start to sob. The last--same as the first--33 years ago. It just didn’t seem real to me. I see him before that show. I see the sadness & despair in his eyes. He has lost his home. The Pricks threw him out on the street and left him for dead.
In the twilight, there’s a vigil. Silence while they pull down the canapé that seemingly hung there forever. Go home now.
Didn’t take too long, did it, after they threw him out. So that’s that--and the era is finished. None can carry the torch. They can use the symbol, but they can’t remotely make it what it was.
So, this is my goodbye to my mentor, my boss, and above all, friend. You changed my life. I carry your spirit with me forever.
Ron Ardito – The Shirts
_________________________________________________________________________</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125923
2007-08-29T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
The Starry Messengers
<p>Where are The Starry Messengers
I don't know,I sit and wait for them
years ago they use to ride the plains,they left no remains,
God only knows.
On a cold and grey day I seem to work my way to an empty subway train,that rolls by the cemetary,I see half stripped cars and old man bars, it all seems the same except for the loose change, Where are The Starry Messengers I don't know
God only knows
for Hilly Kristal</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125922
2007-06-21T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
Rome 56 on PlayPay.fm
<p>Rome 56 MP3's now available for download on playpay.fm
here's the link
ROME 56: Trip Glasses
http://payplay.fm/rome562
ROME 56: Sacred Avenue
http://payplay.fm/rome56</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125921
2007-06-06T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
The Shirts live at The Paradiso Dec 8th 1979
<p>radio broadcast of The Shirts live
at the Paradiso in Amsterdam,Holland Dec 8th 1979
here's the link
http://legendarischlive.kro.nl/shirts_art.aspx</p>
Rome 56
tag:rome56.com,2005:Post/6125920
2007-05-08T20:00:00-04:00
2015-06-17T07:04:25-04:00
New Rome 56 Free Download
<p>Free Download "Merry Go Round"
from the Music Section</p>
Rome 56