The Red Album of Asbury Park Remixed

Returning from his dismal trip to Jersey City to tap his father for $2,000, Sam gets gloriously drunk in a number of Asbury Park dives. Pushing his luck in one bar, he offends a customer and is summarily trashed by the bartender and a local tough named Sal. Sal throws Sam out of the bar, but proves to be a straight-up kind of guy. He suggests the solution to Sam's problem is either robbing a liquor store or contacting an associate's loan company for quick and easy cash. Shoving the business card in his pocket, Sam slinks back to Ocean Grove.

Theme Song: "Trials of Life" by Turtle Soup (www.turtlesoupband.com)

At midnight in the dead of winter, Sam enters Asbury Park, the town to which his family has recently moved. Introduced to the city by a mysterious old black man, Sam later gets lost and eventually takes refuge in the mechanical swan which floats in the lake by the boardwalk. While sleeping in the swan, he is awakened by people outside discussing a murder. Preparing to defend himself, he instead slices his hand with a knife, but manages to avoid detection.

Theme Song: "Rumble on Kingsley" by Coleman Brice (www.reverbnation.com/coliebrice)

With his hand repaired, Sam looks to get in a band and launch his career. He runs into the musician Peter, who gives him the brush off, but a short time later meets Jillian, who is just as alluring and impulsive as when he met her on the train. Sam learns that Jillian heads up the band The Decisive Moment and is invited to a local show. He wonders if the band is still looking for a guitarist, but the position is filled. Sam remains as outsider. On the same day, Sam is hired by Bott's TV & Music to install antennas around Asbury. Making a living as an antenna man, he spends his off hours seeking his band. He joins the Asbury Band The Neons as lead guitarist.

Theme Song: Something to Prove by Lisa Bianco. (www.lisabianco.com)

Released from the military, Sam Nesbitt returns to Jersey on a late train. While playing his guitar, he meets a meets Jillian, a beautiful but edgy young woman with whom he shares an interest in music. Things are looking promising for his musical career and love life when the Jersey Coast Line train slams into the Diving Horse of Atlantic City.

Theme Song: "Write Me a Song" by Justina Carubia (www.myspace.com/justina)

Sam gets in a band and thinks he's on his way. Heady with success, he attends a concert by Jillian's band, The Decisive Moment. He is blown away by Jillian's talent. After a put-down by Jillian's band mate, the arrogant Peter, Sam gives Jillian a ride home. She lives on a boat and he's invited below decks to play a song for her. Jillian reveals some secrets, and shares with Sam her cocaine. She eventually wants him to leave, but then invites him to stay.

Theme song: "The Last Goodbye" by Justina Carubia. Justina also sings in the guise of Jillian her songs "Am I the Only One" and "Write Me a Song." (www.myspace.com/justina)