Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Saturday, October 15, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with JULIAN COPE!
Did you know then, Cope, besides being a musician has also written four non-fiction books. Johnny's not sure if Jersey City Desk intern Kiki has read four non-fiction books in well, ever.
Johnny would imagine if you write non-fiction books you have quite a sharp mind and overflowing vocabulary, this song, 'World Shut Your Mouth' does seem a bit pedestrian as a title. Still, it's a great song from 1987.
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with ENGLISH BEAT!
Johnny's always been a big fan of this song by English Beat, 'Save It for Later' from 1982. He was pretty positive on that second British invasion starting with the Clash and Sex Pistols era of the late 70's and by the early 80's the English Beat were a staple on Johnny's turntable.
You know who does an AMAZING cover of this song? Pete Townshend. We'll save that for later...
You know who does an AMAZING cover of this song? Pete Townshend. We'll save that for later...
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SNIFF 'N' THE TEARS!
Putting the wraps on another Music Series tonight with Sniff 'n' the Tears from 1978 with a song, 'Driver's Seat' that really hit like a ton of bricks on the radio back then. Such a great song everyone wondered who this band was and what was next.
Well, this was it but if you're going to have but one hit, man, make it great.
Well, this was it but if you're going to have but one hit, man, make it great.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Late night open thread
Johnny's Red Wings begin this NHL season playing in their vaunted bastion, Joe Louis Arena, for the last time, next year they'll move into a new home. So many memories, big important moments in what most consider the loudest arena in a long long time if not ever. Gonna miss it. Most NHL visiting teams will not. Read the quotes in the corners and see if that's ever been said about the Prudential Center or Madison Square Garden.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Do something important Saturday, make SURE you're registered to vote
The good, no, make that great people at The Healing is Power Foundation Inc are taking time to make sure you get registered to vote. It's more important this year than ever. Besides Trump vs Clinton you'll be having a say in whether or not we allow casinos in North Jersey and locally if our local city May elections stay where they are or the May date all gets rolled into November elections in 2017. You the voter have some very important decisions to help make. Saturday noon to 4pm. Be a voter.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
You have to love Loew's
What a grand building and shame on our mayor for behaving like a ten year old in a tantrum over the way he treats it. It must be saved, preserved and in local, caring hands.
Word Bookstore continues a string of great guests brought to Jersey City including Stephen King, Amy Schumer and last night Bryan Cranston.
First off, if you are a fan, he is one of the most delightful, sincere and funny guys Johnny has ever seen give one of these talks. In the Q & A afterwards there were questions from the crowd and some from actors. He spent maybe TEN minutes each answering young actors questions with what, if Johnny were an actor, he'd have appreciated. He's kind of an everyman as explained in his new book, A Life in Parts. He didn't just set out to be an actor, he's had several regular guy jobs which may help ground him. You'll find out in his book he was even a murder suspect for a while (he didn't talk about it other than to bring it up, then he tapped the book LOL).
Couple things -- Johnny has not watched Breaking Bad so if you have he hopes he's relaying a couple stories correctly. #1 the hardest scene he said he ever ever did and it messed with him for a few days was a scene where a young lady was having an heroin OD on a bed and Walt was watching it all unfold and he said for about 5 seconds he could picture his own daughter, about that age, in that situation. Not that his daughter did drugs but that's SOMEBODY'S daughter and as a father he saw her as his for a quick moment and said it put the zap on him.
The pizza on the roof scene. He told them there was no way he was getting it on the roof (They had one pizza) so they told him to do what he could. He said it wasn't like a regular pizza either, it was a super large pizza and he never thought it would land on the roof. NOW, that being said and fanbases being fanbases you can imagine what STILL happens to the house in Albuquerque New Mexico, people film themselves throwing pizzas on the roof. The couple who owns that house is older (they didn't tell them what EXACTLY the show was about) but they can't go up on ladder everyday to pull down last night's pizza. So it sits. And sits. And rats come. The city has been working on a solution about putting a security guard outside because the neighbors, they do complain.
Such a wonderful evening all around. Thanks Loew's and thanks Word!
Word Bookstore continues a string of great guests brought to Jersey City including Stephen King, Amy Schumer and last night Bryan Cranston.
First off, if you are a fan, he is one of the most delightful, sincere and funny guys Johnny has ever seen give one of these talks. In the Q & A afterwards there were questions from the crowd and some from actors. He spent maybe TEN minutes each answering young actors questions with what, if Johnny were an actor, he'd have appreciated. He's kind of an everyman as explained in his new book, A Life in Parts. He didn't just set out to be an actor, he's had several regular guy jobs which may help ground him. You'll find out in his book he was even a murder suspect for a while (he didn't talk about it other than to bring it up, then he tapped the book LOL).
Couple things -- Johnny has not watched Breaking Bad so if you have he hopes he's relaying a couple stories correctly. #1 the hardest scene he said he ever ever did and it messed with him for a few days was a scene where a young lady was having an heroin OD on a bed and Walt was watching it all unfold and he said for about 5 seconds he could picture his own daughter, about that age, in that situation. Not that his daughter did drugs but that's SOMEBODY'S daughter and as a father he saw her as his for a quick moment and said it put the zap on him.
The pizza on the roof scene. He told them there was no way he was getting it on the roof (They had one pizza) so they told him to do what he could. He said it wasn't like a regular pizza either, it was a super large pizza and he never thought it would land on the roof. NOW, that being said and fanbases being fanbases you can imagine what STILL happens to the house in Albuquerque New Mexico, people film themselves throwing pizzas on the roof. The couple who owns that house is older (they didn't tell them what EXACTLY the show was about) but they can't go up on ladder everyday to pull down last night's pizza. So it sits. And sits. And rats come. The city has been working on a solution about putting a security guard outside because the neighbors, they do complain.
Such a wonderful evening all around. Thanks Loew's and thanks Word!
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Late night open thread
More on a great event at Loew's Jersey City tonight with Bryan Cranston set up by Word Bookstore on the morrow.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Jersey City councilmembers sure can be duplicitous
We've seeing before, hell, this city was built on dodgy mayors and councils ready to do the wrong thing at a minute's notice.
Now Johnny's dealing with one who he dealt with on an original topic/story that has been covered here, and it's funny how in the public world of Twitter some will say things about a topic that just aren't true in comparison to what they have previously emailed private citizens, like Johnny.
Somebody better get their head on straight or those emails are going public city counsellor.
Now Johnny's dealing with one who he dealt with on an original topic/story that has been covered here, and it's funny how in the public world of Twitter some will say things about a topic that just aren't true in comparison to what they have previously emailed private citizens, like Johnny.
Somebody better get their head on straight or those emails are going public city counsellor.
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