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Pink Floyd Releases 1973 Concert Album From Jersey City’s Roosevelt Stadium
Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City opened in 1937 and was demolished in 1985. It hosted baseball, football, boxing, soccer and an annual drum and bugle corps competition. It also had some pretty damn good concerts, one of which was Pink Floyd on June 18, 1973.
Jersey City University Professor Roddy Bogawa Directs New Pink Floyd Documentary
Prof. Roddy Bogawa, who has taught at Jersey City University for the last 31 years, has directed a new documentary, ‘Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd.’ It is the first film to delve into the tragic story of Pink Floyd’s original leader, Syd Barrett, who became an acid casualty. Did LSD hamper his vision? Or was he always mentally ill?