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William DeVizia

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Father, Filmmaker, storyteller, enthusiastic artichoke stuffer.

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Another great year around the sun. Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It been a fun year with some great ppl! 🕺🎥🥳

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To say “it takes a village” is an understatement and these are just a few …. in no particular order 🧡

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I swear… we are all “working” ….strictly business….absolutely no fun being had. Huge THANK YOU to @pauliegw and the entire team at @welldunncatering for an over the top tasting and being great partners and collaborators!

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last yeehaw of the year🏜️

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🎥 This past weekend, Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrated 75 years of the magic, mystery, & hilarity that is Cyro Baptista. Two unforgettable evenings united Baptista with an incredible lineup of collaborators from across his storied career — a true tribute to rhythm, creativity, & joy. ✨

Here’s a look back at a special collaboration between Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits, @retromedia_sound_studios & Moon Lasso.

Thank you @cyrobaptista for all the music & memories 🥁

#cyrobaptista #jazzatlincolncenter #shanirblumenkranz #brianmarsella #timkeiper

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I may have lost and I may have won, but I will never be here again

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🦎 For many years, the name Tim Cronin existed solely as suburban stoner lore for me & my friends. During one of our early “vision quests” in my friend Egon’s backyard, his older brother wandered into our sacred space & insisted we listen to Monster Magnet’s “Spine of God” in its entirety. Given our state of mind, we happily submitted & from the first notes, we were hooked. The record became our soundtrack to cosmic exploration, saturated with the themes a young outsider teen could only dream of: sex, drugs, science fiction, & revolution.

A few days later, I picked up my own hard copy. Beyond the surreal sounds, what made it even cooler was that this record had been made by people from our town—local heshers who surely walked among us. Naturally, I became obsessed, pouring over the liner notes & artwork in search of meaning. Everything was kind of vague & weird, but one credit really jumped out: Tim Cronin – Dope – Lights – Center of the Universe.

In the early ‘90s, Red Bank was a very different place & information was beautifully scarce. Rumors swirled in our friend group: Tim was an acid casualty roaming around Red Bank in an army coat. He was Monster Magnet’s original singer but had fried his brain on whippets & slipped into a Syd Barrett haze. He was half man, half lizard. A Boo Radley recluse living in the basement of Jack’s Music Shoppe. In short, a myth was born among us—a shared magical myth I’ve never fully let go of.

Nearly a decade later, I finally met Tim. Turns out, he was the nice guy behind the counter at Jack’s, the one who’d been fueling our musical obsessions for years. Over the last 25 years, we managed to create some real memories together. Looking back, every memory of Tim is a damn good one—filled with laughter, joy, & raucous Ribeye nights laced with just the right amount of mayhem.

So, in the end, most of our old myths about Tim proved to just be stories. But the truth? The truth was even better. So instead of mourning his passing, I choose to believe he’s simply transitioned—back to half man, half lizard—holed up in the basement of Jack’s, spinning Roky Erickson records, waiting for us to join him one day. 🖤

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full circle moment to attend the @horatioalgerassociation awards events✨it was an honor to be invited (thank you again @ein.ubermensch!!) + loved being able to catch up with so many friends and former colleagues🍾

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