Lucky us! One night only, tonight, White Eagle Hall -- Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Revue Featuring Los Straitjackets!

You simply can't do any better than having Nick Lowe performing a few blocks from your house Jersey City and tonight that's exactly what's going to happen. White Eagle Hall hosts Nick Lowe's Quality Rock & Roll Revue Featuring Los Straitjackets and what a great night of music it'll be.

Probably be a Nick Lowe song on the Music Series tonight in celebration...

If you're a music fan Jersey City is the place for you tomorrow night

Friday night at White Eagle Hall, Jersey City bands and artists will play an all Jersey City show to kick off the weekend proper. Now, Johnny won't pretend to know the bands or their music to seem cooler than he's definitely not. He is however excited to have a night to promote the music of the city he lives in:

The diverse line-up includes accomplished blues guitarist/singer/songwriter Debra Devi, doom-metal rockers Black Wail, female-fronted indie-popsters Hey Anna,  the multi-racial reggae collective Universal Rebel, and the red-hot rock 'n' roll duo the Components, who will be releasing their debut album the same night.  Following the bands, DJ Sirena Mari Mercado and the drum corps from Sirelo Entertainment's lauded "Elevate" parties with keep the crowd dancing until closing time.

Someone cool who does know the bands and interviewed some of them for his piece is Jim Testa and he will let you in on much more about the show and what the acts have to say. It's a really nice look at the local music scene. Good stuff.

Do you like ghost stories Jersey City?

Ever since Ghost Hunters folded their teevee tents the hunt for ghosts doesn't seem to grab as much of the public attention as it did just a few years ago. Your chance to see ghostly videos and discuss them is sure coming up in Jersey City on August 16 at White Eagle Hall in downtown Jersey City. Ghost hunter (but not from the show of that same name) Chad Calek is bringing his documentary, "Sir Noface" for a screening and there will be time for a Q & A. There is also the opportunity for a meet and greet which you can find out about by following this handy link.

Farewell and adieu Maxwell's

Johnny obviously wasn't around for the halcyon days of Maxwell's but he knew of it even back in Michigan. It's one of those iconic places good bands go to work on their craft. It was a real rock and roll joint. Sadly last night was Maxwell's last night in existence as higher rents and a few assorted other issues have come to this, a final retrospective on Maxwell's and the goings-on last night.

But wait, before you put the last shovel of dirt on Maxwell's, there is this, a possibility that it will go on in some form in....wait for it.....Jersey City. Maxwell's now former co-owner and booking agent Todd Abramson said he thinks that Jersey City might just be where the ghost of Maxwell's might just turn up:

"My sense is that there would be much more support for what I do in Jersey City from both residents and the city itself than I'm finding in Hoboken right now."

White Eagle Hall is the spot being looked at (337-339 Newark Ave.) and here's hoping a deal can be worked out and good live music can once again captivate a new generation of listeners whether it's called Maxwell's South or Space Punk Palladia®, the music is what's important.

Not Johnny's favorite Bruce Springsteen song but it IS inside Maxwell's: