A Jersey City Desk tradition on a night all about them; Ladies and gentlemen, The Rolling Stones!

While the evil fuckers at YouTube have yanked the live video we still have the audio, the best version of the best song ever. Johnny says that ever year and thus far nobody has ever come out with a song to change his mind. You're up 2018.

See you on the other side after everyone enjoys the big moment.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

It'd be a shame if the only time we heard from the lads was New Year's Eve. Let's all pile into that wayback machine and set it to 1966 and 'Complicated' kicking things off tonight.

How different the backing vocals sound with Brian Jones vs Mick Taylor or those times they tell Ronnie Wood "No, really we're tracking you in."

Last call before 2017, the best band with the best version of the best song evah

Tradition holds once again that what Johnny considers the best version of his favorite song by his favorite band plays out the departing year. We do it this way every year and nobody's complained yet.

Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones and 'Gimme Shelter'

Go away 2016, Johnny doesn't wanna see you around here anymore. He'll kick your ass.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

Look quick boys and girls, this is 1972 and that's Mick Taylor on guitar and this would be that fabulously creative and tight era with Mr. Taylor alongside Keef.

Ladies and Jellyspoons, some more of that good time, good feeling music with the aptly named 'Happy' putting the wraps on the Music Series for another week.

Last call before 2016, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones!

As always, the last before midnight song, 'Gimme Shelter' live from Amsterdam. See ya on the other side Jersey City.

Some days are songs

This is one of them.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

Sometimes it's best not to overthink your choices. The Rolling Stones and 'Slave'

One more song shall we, before 2015?

Before 2014 skedaddles out of here forever let's do what we always do here, since 2007 back in Ypsilanti we've played the best version of Johnny's favorite Rolling Stones song, 'Gimme Shelter' right before midnight. There are a few versions of this gem out there but this has the Jack Nicholson commentary before Lisa Fischer makes us all shake like jelly.

We'll see you on the other side and thanks for being part of our New Year's Eve Rock-A Rama.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

Labor Day weekend, what better time to dedicate a song to all the salt of the earth people in our lives than with the Rolling Stones and ironically enough, 'Salt of the Earth' getting things started tonight. Happy weekend!

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

Imagine of you will a warm spring night like tonight years and years ago. Now imagine yourself out for a drive. Somewhere an FM radio (Probably a Delco) crackles to life and makes the next three and a half minutes exceptionally cool. The Rolling Stones with 'Miss You'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

Johnny wanted to hear something nasty tonight. Something with a snarl and bite. Luckily for all of us this song exists. The Rolling Stones with 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking',

Right on time for the 5th year in a row

The best version of the best song ever to give 2013 a big sendoff and welcome 2014. Our New Year's Eve tradition continues for the 5th year in a row as the best slot just before midnight is held by the Rolling Stones and 'Gimme Shelter'

We'll see you on the other side.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE ROLLING STONES!

50 years worth of Rolling Stones. Thats a pretty good run. If you can do anything, even just staying alive, you're doing something right. If you can make those 50 years sound good, even better yet. Here's one from Johnny's archives. Never really on the radio, never celebrated, just a Stones song he really loves. Maybe it's Keef skiffing that reggae part. Anyway, The Rolling Stones with 'Send it to Me'

Wishing you a Fantabulous 2013!

Johnny's got some partying to do and so he's shutting the offices for now. We have a tradition that the last song before midnight is the Rolling Stones playing the best ever version of 'Gimme Shelter'. We are very happy to be able to continue that tradition for another year.

Have fun tonight Jersey City, Hoboken, New York City and everyone else. Here's to a wonderful 2013!

It is rare we give out free advertising but in the name of charity and great tunes, here ya go

The 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief is gonna be huge. Not just because of the magnificent lineup but because that magnificent lineup will be broadcast live and free in so many spots. Locally you can watch it on public TV stations NJTV, WLIW, THIRTEEN, as well as cable channels HBO, VH1 Classic, MSG and Fuse. If you can't get to a television you can listen on the radio at the following stations: New York radio stations 106.7 Lite FM, 103.5 KTU, Z100, Q104.3 and Power 105.1, along with 103.7 NNJ in Sussex.

Now if you're really into the feeling of a big live show and want to experience it with other fans, try one of these movie theaters who will be letting fans in to watch for FREE:

Clearview's Middlebrook Galleria Cin.10, 1502 Rte 35 South, Ocean
Clearview's Closter Cinema, 130 Closter Plaza, Closter
Clearview's Kinnelon, 25 Kinnelon Rd, Kinnelon
Clearview's Parsippany Cinema 12, 3165 Rte 46, Parsippany
Clearview's South Orange 5, 1 Trenchard Place, South Orange
Clearview's Succasunna Cinema 10, 21 Sunset Strip, Succasunna
Clearview's Warner Quad- Ridgewood, 190 E Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood
Clearview's Wayne Preakness Cinemas, 1220 Hamburg Tpk, Wayne
FrankTheatres Towne Stadium 16, 6733 Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Twp.
FrankTheatres South Cove Stadium 12, 191 Lefante Way, Bayonne
Marquee Cinemas, Orchard 10, 1311 Route 37 West, Toms River
National Amusements’ Edgewater Multiplex, 339 River Rd, Edgewater
Paramount Theatre, 1300 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park
Rave Cinemas, Hazlet Multiplex, 2821 State Route 35, Hazlet

Ticket availability will vary between theaters. Doors open at 6:45 p.m., and the concert is expected to run until 11:30 p.m.

So, what kind of acts do you get to watch for free tomorrow night?
Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Roger Waters, Alicia Keys, Billy Joel, and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters are performing. Also helping out the cause are Susan Sarandon, Chris Rock, Kristen Stewart, Quentin Tarantino, Brian Williams, Jessica Chastain, Chelsea Clinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart, Karlie Kloss and Bobby Monyihan.

That's a lot of entertainment....for free.

Give what you can.

The Rolling Stones have just been added to the 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief show

A big show just got bigger as the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World have said they will play at Wednesday's 12-12-12: The Concert For Sandy Relief at MSG. The big show already had commitments from Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Paul McCartney, The Who, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, and Billy Joel. If you follow this here link to Gothamist whur we'un found this musical news nugget you'll see something cool Mick and Keef are up to this week in town.

Two things; It's a bad idea to go on after The Who as we learned at the Concert for New York City after 9/11 and two, Johnny will use any mention of the Rolling Stones to play a video.

Johnny fears "Here we go again" with Ticketmaster and the Rolling Stones

Johnny had the proper pre-sale code given by the Rolling Stones themselves. He was online as tickets went on sale. He tried getting regular priced tickets and none came back. On a hunch he tried for best seats and best price meaning show him if even the $750 tickets were available. They were not. So both nights with the correct pre-sale code are 'sold out' and YET (you knew there'd be a YET), tickets are available on resale sites like Stubhub and something calling itself "Ticket Network (legalized scalping -- they can do it because they are a big company whereas you can be arrested for doing what they do) conveniently marked up 400% already.

People, this might be the final straw. How are Ticketmaster and Stubhub even legal with their business practices. They're basically crooks (and Johnny has been saying this LONG before today, it's not sour grapes) who don't care if any fans ever see the show as long as they move tickets.

No doubt you'll be hearing various threats from outraged fans and local politicians (It IS an election year) but until these types of business practices are curtailed nothing will change.

SHAME on you Ticketmaster and your bastard child StubHub.

Rolling Stones release the dates for the Prudential Center

December 13th and 15th are the dates of the Rolling Stones concerts at the Prudential Center. Wha's amazing is that this is a FOUR date concert tour with two of those dates in Newark. The others are in London. The Devils owner had a nice comment on the shows but he's persona non gratis around here until he and his other scumbag NHL owners get over themselves and their greed and start the NHL season.

But back to the Stones. There was also this nugget, that the Stones are filming the December 15th show LIVE:

"...the Stones’ plan to shoot the concert for a pay-per-view event. "One More Shot," to be filmed at the Dec. 15 show..."

New Yorkers had long hyped this 50th Anniversary "tour" as landing at the new Barclay's Center in Brooklyn in November but sadly for them acoustics won out and the shows are in Jersey. No doubt there is plenty of hand wringing and wailing over this choice as New Yorkers think every big show has an obligation to go to them, but thankfully the Glimmer Twins have spent enough time in this world to know there's a whole concert scene outside Gotham.

Tickets on sale 10/26 to the general public and 10/20 if you're a pre-sale kind of music lover. The prices are between $95 and $750 dollars.

This will mesh well with tonight's Music Series -- Are the Rolling Stones looking at December dates at The Rock?

The Rolling Stones could just be close to booking December 16 and 17 at the Prudential Center. This would be Mick and Keef's first trip back to perform in the Garden State since 2006 and first in the area since performing at the Beacon Theater in 2007.

The Prudential Center had this non-denial denial which we think bodes well:

Robert Sommer of Rock Entertainment Management did not shoot the rumors down, but he did say that the potential Stones dates were speculation at this point. Nothing is confirmed; fans are advised to keep fingers crossed.

Uh, shadoobie we'll be sad if this doesn't happen...

Here we go, get ready to pop those corks!!

And OF COURSE we'll see the new year in with our favorite cut, the Rolling Stones with the best live version of 'Gimme Shelter' evah! Rock on citizens and we'll catch you on the other side of midnight!