If it's Fat Tuesday, it's Johnny's Cajun Music Mardi Gras Day!

Getting 2017's version of Mardi Gras Day started with who else, The Balfa Brothers and 'La Danse de Mardi Gras'

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I rent a lot of cars, cause I go on the road. And when I drive a rental car, I don’t know what’s going on with it, right? So a lot of times I’ll drive for, like, ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn’t say a lot for me, but it really doesn’t say a lot for the EMERGENCY BRAKE.
 -- Mitch Hedberg

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Another Mayoral campaign re-election event tonight

We're not calling these rolling campaign events 'State of the City' speeches because they're not. They're carefully crafted campaign promise-a-thons that vary from one part of the city to the next, hence not state of THE city. If the mayor wants to call them ward by ward meet ups fine (he's not taking questions) but telling Ward F (where you promised to buy a home before the last election -- whatever happened with that) gets told they get a few more cops and a coupe after-school programs whereas Ward C gets told about new building and new abatements and new plans for more business. It pits Ward F vs Ward C and Ward vs Ward honestly. Some get told great new big things while others are told we'll get to you but here are a few small breads and circuses.

These are campaign events and we'll write on them as such. Calling them State of the City speeches won't make them one.

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An Academy Award-worthy animated gif.

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Johnny wasn't nominated for best actor so he's not going to the Oscars

He's been doing this act going on ten years now, and no nomination. So, he's not going. He's going to sit at home and nit pik along with everyone else.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS!

OK, it's way nice out, go open a window. Johnny's gonna put up a song you can sing loud and proud to and Johnny's gonna keep a keen ear out to anyone singing this as he walks around in Jersey City tonight. 'Woman In Love (It's Not Me)' getting us started tonight.

Great song!

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE KNACK!

Suddenly it's 1979 again. The Knack serving up 'Your Number Or Your Name'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE CREAM!

Everyone calls them Cream but technically it's The Cream so now you know. Also, when you are as good at your job and as cool as Ginger Baker on drums you can wear a cape. Til' then, no. The Cream and 'Strange Brew' sending you on your way tonight.

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"Nothing isn't better or worse than anything. Nothing is just...nothing."
 -- Arya Stark, Game of Thrones

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