Second time’s the charm for singer Greg Farnese
The Casino File For South Jersey-based crooner Greg Farnese, it’s the second time that’s the charm. In 2018, Farnese (pronounced far-NAY-zee) released his debut CD, “Set in Motion” on the Camden-based Victor label. By his own account, it wasn’t a particularly strong...
Rod Stewart and Atlantic City: Perfect together
The Casino File Recently, British classic-rock god Rod Stewart announced that his upcoming world tour (which, shockingly, doesn’t include Atlantic City — nor New York, Philly, Las Vegas or any other major U.S. city) would be his last due to what has been reported as...
Five really bad ideas from Atlantic City’s legal gambling era
The advent of state-sanctioned casinos in Atlantic City in May 1978 was inarguably the launchpad of countless smart and beneficial ideas. Besides legal gambling itself, these include the construction of the Convention Center; the transformation of what is now called...
‘Da Vinci of stand-up’ Maniscalco in peak form at Ocean
Let’s face it: There hasn’t been very much at which to laugh during the past 10 years or so in the world at large. But it turns out that time period coincides with the rise of Sebastian Maniscalco to stand-up-comedy-universe domination. No other performer in Atlantic...
