Alyssa Liu visibly enjoying every moment of her figure skating performance at the 2026 Olympics.
Alysa Liu’s performance at the 2026 Milan Olympics felt triumphant before a score was announced or a medal awarded — because she was skating from pure joy.
I’ve rarely seen a clearer example of internal motivation.
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My wife has a better idea for the Olympic Biathlon: competitive eating and luge. 🌭🤢
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with my band Jason Didner and the GSPs
Feat. Diego Allessandro
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Wendy. Mary. Rosalita. Sandy. Women from Bruce Springsteen's imagination illustrating love, longing and regret. The movie "Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere" gave us the character Faye, who Bruce tries to love as the darkness of "Nebraska" consumes him. This new song "Dear Faye" is her story.
13.02.2026 10:17 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0OK. Cancel culture is OK when they do it. Got it.
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Mon Feb 8 at 7PM Eastern-US "Dear Faye" by Jason Didner and the Jersey Drive featuring Diego Allessandro World radio premiere blowupradion.com Where NJ Rock Lives
Tonight at 7PM ET 🎧
“Dear Faye” gets its world radio premiere on BlowUpRadio’s New NJ Music Hour.
Big thanks to @blowupradio for supporting new NJ music, plus Diego Allessandro (vocals/instrumentation) and Leah Fox (drums).
Listen live: blowupradio.com
#NewJerseyMusic #IndieRock #BlueskyMusic
Here's a Protest Songs playlist I created with input from NJ 11th for Change. Features @brucespringsteen.net 's new song "Streets of Minneapolis."
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Playing live this evening at The Fine Grind in Little Falls, NJ ☕🎶
Two sets starting at 5:30 PM — covers, originals, and I’ll be playing “Dear Faye” live before its release.
Eddie Van Halen would’ve been 71 today. He’s the reason I play guitar.
Instead of a cover, here’s a 31-second solo from an unreleased song, “Asbury Heart,” where I let my Eddie influence run wild.
He even had an Asbury Park connection via Kramer guitars in Neptune.
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In memory of #UncleFloyd - his favorite of my original songs: "You Can't Get There from Here in Jersey."
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First time playing this song live together.
“Come Across the Tracks,” captured at Departed Soles on release night.
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I wrote a reflection for MLK Day about letting go of guilt and choosing action instead.
It connects to a song I wrote, Come Across the Tracks, inspired by a true story of musicians crossing lines in Asbury Park.
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#MLKDay #Music #Reflection
The applause at the end sparked a fresh moment of joy for me today.
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A live moment with the band from last fall — and it’s in the set Friday at Departed Soles.
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Three sets means the room gets to breathe a little.
First songs ≠ last songs.
Nutley, NJ — I’m playing three full sets this Friday.
Originals mixed with songs by Springsteen, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Neil Diamond, Southside Johnny, Foo Fighters, and R.E.M.
Come early, stay late. This one’s meant to unfold. 🎸
The Oakley Kitchen & Cocktails
789 Bloomfield Avenue
Ah yes, the doctrine of "Take all the things. Give your oligarchs a cut as long as they remain loyal. Put your name on everything."
03.01.2026 17:09 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0That legal privilege is reserved for white leaders.
03.01.2026 17:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Squirm is the exact word I used while watching this debacle with my wife.
03.01.2026 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0With today's action, Trump has cemented his nomination for the first-ever ExxonMobil Peace Prize.
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As we move from 2025 into 2026 —
what’s one thing you’re grateful for from this year, and one thing you’re ready to release?
Working through the sax part for ‘Come Across the Tracks.’ 🎷
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When AI DJ-bots replace human DJs, it’s not just playlists that change — it’s the stories, context, and connection that disappear. I interviewed Lazlo, founder of @blowupradio.gardenstate.social.ap.brid.gy .
Part 2 of my ongoing series on the human element in radio:
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The Springsteen film dropped yesterday — got me thinking about the songs that stay with you. What’s yours?
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On the day I released “Let Them,” I felt that familiar mix of excitement and anxiety — will it land, will it find its audience?
Then a totally unexpected burst of inspiration pulled me into writing something new.
That song became “Dear Faye.”
First-ever performance.
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What started as inspiration from Mel Robbins’ The Let Them Theory turned into a rock song about releasing other people’s expectations — and giving yourself permission to just be you.
I tried to match that sense of joy and release in the video.
🎞️ “Let Them”
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I put together a playlist around the ideas behind Let Them.
Boundaries, peace, self-compassion.
It’s been a grounding companion today.
Yeah, them eggshells can be tough on my feet!
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Release day.
“Let Them” is out everywhere today—written as a reminder to keep my energy where I actually have control.
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I’ve been working on a song inspired by the “let them” mindset — the idea of giving yourself space from other people’s reactions.
The full track lands tomorrow, but here’s a preview of the chorus.
What helps you create that mental space in your own life?
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