Chair Sampson, Vice-Chair Quijano, members of the Committee — thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Jonathan Peirce. I own The Newton Theatre in Sussex county NJ, and I’d like to begin my testimony by pointing out a basic truth about live events in New Jersey: Independent venues and the artists who […]
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Live music, theater, and sports aren’t luxury commodities. They’re culture.
And culture should be **shared**, not scalped.
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In April of 1958, Hunter S. Thompson was 22 years old when he wrote this letter to his friend Hume Logan in response to a request for life advice. April 22, 1958 57 Perry Street New York City Dear Hume, You ask advice: ah, what a very human and very dangerous thing to do! For
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While walking through the woods this morning, it was dark, damp, and muddy- sort of how I’ve been feeling about my life lately. I came to a fork in the path where my first instinct was to continue on the way I’d been going- but at the last second decided to take the path with
