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South Plainfield People
Milestones
- Luke Painton "Rocks Out" in Music Video
October 31, 2008
What began as a birthday present for 15 year-old Tanner Painton in August ended up with his younger brother,
Luke, a fifth grade student at Grant School, being prominently featured in the
latest music
video
for heavy metal band Motorhead. The music video, set to debut on MTV2 last Thursday at 10 p.m.,
suffered unexplained technical difficulties and suddenly went off the air after
playing for only 20 seconds with no audio.
GREG OLLIVER, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MOTORHEAD MUSIC VIDEO "ROCK OUT"
WITH LUKE PAINTON DURING FILMING AT THE PAINTON HOME IN SOUTH PLAINFIELD.
WES ORSHOSKI, CO-DIRECTOR OF THE MUSIC VIDEO
AND GREG OLLIVER (FOREGROUND) SET UP A SCENE WHILE FILMING
IN LUKE PAINTON'S BEDROOM.
Both Luke and Tanner are big fans of heavy metal music, as are their parents,
Dale and Jim Painton, Jr. For Tanner‘s birthday in August, the couple bought
four tickets to the Masters of Metal Show at Jones Beach. However, that show left them
wanting to see more of Motorhead, so they bought four tickets to a concert at The Stone Pony
in Asbury Park on September 21.
While surfing the Internet for all things Motorhead, they found the band was scheduled
to sign CDs at Virgin Records in Times Square on September 20, and would be
performing at Roseland that same night. Opting to leave the boys home this time,
they splurged on two more tickets and a trip into NYC for their wedding anniversary.
While at Virgin Records, Jim and Dale met Nigel, a man who flew in from England just for
the CD signing and the Roseland concert. "Nigel was like a walking
Motorhead encyclopedia," Jim said. He pointed out a director,
Wes Orshoski, who was walking around Virgin Records during the signing.
After meeting the director briefly, they were told he planned to shoot some scenes
for a documentary on Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, and a new music video
at The Stone Pony the next night.
MOTORHEAD FAN AND "WALKING MOTORHEAD ENCYCLOPEDIA" NIGEL
WHO FLEW IN FROM ENGLAND JUST FOR THE CD SIGNING
AT VIRGIN RECORDS AND THE CONCERT AT ROSELAND.
Jim, Dale and the boys arrived at The Stone Pony early the next day hoping
to get a good spot. While waiting outside, they ran into Orshoski again as
he and co-director, Greg Olliver, were filming the fans outside for the music video.
They managed to get spots up front and center stage once inside. A few songs into the
first set, Olliver asked Jim and Luke if they would pump their fists into the air
and scream out the chorus to the song, "Rock Out," for the video. Shortly thereafter,
Orshoski gave them his business card and asked them to meet him by the corner of the stage
after the show. They wanted to come to the Painton‘s home to finish shooting for the video,
"which was to be about the fans and the band getting ready for, driving to, and finally,
‘rocking out‘ together at the show," explained Jim.
On September 25 Orshoski and Olliver showed up at the Painton home on Hudson Street and shot
various scenes for the video with Luke and Jim. In the end, Tanner and mom, Dale,
also appear briefly in the finished cut.
Celebrity is no stranger to the Painton family. In 1986 it was Luke‘s grandfather,
James Painton, Sr., and best friend Craig Kehrer, who travelled to London with
Howard Stern after winning one of Sterns song parody contests.
When asked what he thought about his grandson’s sudden fame, he said,
"When Luke was still an infant, he bobbed his head up and down furiously just
like those head-bangers in the video. I guess heavy metal music is in his soul.
Maybe he‘ll grow up to be the next Ozzy Osbourne. Actually, we‘re all very proud."
The full video can be viewed online at
http://www.mtv.com/videos/motorhead/290890/rock-out.jhtml.
If the link does not work for you, go to mtv.com and search "Motorhead Music Video Rock Out."
- Bob Golon Publishes Baseball Book
January 25, 2008
Bob Golon, a 22-year resident of South Plainfield, is about to publish his
first book and has been named assistant library director of the Plainfield Public Library.
Golon's first book entitled, "No Minor Accomplishment: The Revival of New Jersey Professional Baseball,"
published by Rutgers University Press will be on the bookshelves in March.
Golon began his new position at Plainfield Library on January 2.
After a 20-year career in the technology industry, this was a culmination of a successful career
change which included obtaining a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science
from Rutgers University at the age of 52, and spending the last three years as Labor
Archivist at Rutgers University Library.
He has been active in the South Plainfield Junior Baseball Club (a Lifetime Member)
and other school and youth activities for many years. He has been a baseball historian
his entire life, has published numerous articles and has appeared on television. He has
also made presentations at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.
For additional information on the book, log onto http://rutgerspress.rut
gers.edu/acatalog/no_Minor_Accomplishment.html.
- Nicole Barko Volunteers with
Montana Conservation Corps
December 28, 2007
Nicole Barko recently worked in Montana as a volunteer for the Montana
Conservation Corps from May until last month. She worked mostly on
trail building in and around Yellowstone National Park.
According to Barko it was the most challenging thing she had ever done in
her life, emotionally, spiritually, and especially, physically.
While working in Yellowstone, her sessions consisted of eight days
working 10 hours in the heat, rain, wind, lightning, and anything else
nature decided to throw at her. It wasn't easy by any means, especially
considering that most of the work involved days of heavy lifting,
swinging heavy trail tools such as the pick, using 100-year-old crosscut
saws, and sometimes hiking five miles in the backcountry with a 50-pound
pack.
The Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) was started as a revival of the
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which began during the Great
Depression. Barko initially heard of the MCC through an environmental agency who
sent her a link to their Web site via E-mail. The conservation
corps application stresses that the work is far from easy. In fact, many
people who join the program actually quit before the end due to many
reasons, including low pay, long hours working outdoors, the physical
labor, etc. But those who stay until the end leave a changed person.
Before she left for Montana in May, Barko commented to one of her
friends, "If I can survive this, I know that I can do anything."
And now she knows for sure that this is true. Of course, there were
days that she wanted to give up, but she knew that this was something that
she had to do, not only for herself, but also for the environment.
"I joined the MCC with every intention of staying until the end."
Barko has lived in South Plainfield her whole life. She graduated from
Sacred Heart School in 1998, Union Catholic High School in 2002 and
Georgian Court University in Lakewood in 2006.
As for what's next, Barko says she would love to continue with
conservation, or find some way to combine it with another love of hers,
wildlife illustration.
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