this is the closest I've gotten so far

http://www.whatfontis.com/Stylette-JNL-Regular-jnlevine.font

So you’re actually looking for the Sans Serif font… ;)

Check out this link:

http://www.typophile.com/node/67084

Good call Jeorg - looks to be Subflux's RetroSuperSkinny, mentioned early in that thread.

Not represented on DaFont, but available for download here at the following link.

http://www.xfreefonts.com/font-download/retrosuperskinny.html

-NJ

yes, yes.... wow embarrassing SANS Serif... a nice one that it is. Thanks for the help folks!