Late night open thread

Holy Mackinaw, what a performance. Amazing show tonight at the Nokia Theater by Miss Neko Case. Hot set, the new songs were utterly brilliant and the older ones were huge crowd pleasers. Note to the Nokia Theater staff who walked around outside before the show "warning" patrons about taking pictures; Stop being jagoffs and don't try and blame Neko for YOUR policies on cameras and pictures. Johnny has seen her before, she's said outright on a few occasions she doesn't mind cameras being used. She said in Cleveland one night she was OK with video cameras. Look at YouTube for heaven's sake, look what we post here. Nokia Theater staff, they weren't all that, the concert and the facility itself, yeah, great stuff. The song 'Red Tide' was exceptionally exceptional as was Johnny's all time favorite 'Star Witness' and 'Prison Girls' with all the backing vocals, beyond the delightful Kelly Hogan sounded big and bold. Kelly Hogan you ROCK, your stage presence is second to none. Mr. Rauhouse, your steel guitar on 'Deep Red Bells' was like nothing Johnny had ever heard before. A tip of the hat to you sir.

So, now you're saying, I missed Neko this time Johnny, when can I make up for this horrible error in judgement? Well citizen Neko's coming to Jersey City....FACT! She'll be performing at the All Points West festival July 31-August 2nd. Neko will perform Saturday August 1st along with The Arctic Monkeys and The Ting Tings. Friday night July 31st is The Beastie Boys and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Sunday August 2nd brings Coldplay and Echo and the Bunnymen.

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

One more with Neko this afternoon

Johnny's gotta go get gussied up and ready for the big show tonight. He'll leave you with Neko's song 'Favorite', asking the cosmic question; What if suddenly fate decided to become your very best friend?

A little something to help you ease into your afternoon

Another Neko Case favorite, from the album 'Fox Confessor Brings the Flood' here's 'Maybe Sparrow'.

Hmmmmm, what should we cover next? Real news? Commentary? Nah...

Here is a live recording of a dynamite new song off of Middle Cyclone called 'The Pharaohs'. This was recorded last fall at the Slowdown in Omaha Nebraska. Johnny's all about this song, one of his favorites from the new platter. We'll toss in the lyrics for free so you can sing along.


THE PHARAOHS
Neko Case 2008

WE WERE MARRIED IN THE MIRRORED HALL WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN
YOU SPOKE THE WORDS "I LOVE GIRLS IN WHITE LEATHER JACKETS"
THAT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR LOVE
IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

I LISTENED IN WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE ALONE
CALLING THE SPHINX ON A TORNADO'S PHONE
WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU MEANT?
I ONLY HEARD WHAT I WANTED

YOU SAID I WAS YOUR BLUE, BLUE BABY... AND YOU WERE RIGHT
YOU SAID I WAS YOUR BLUE, BLUE BABY... AND YOU WERE RIGHT

YOU WANDERED THE HALLS ALL THE NIGHT TIME
MY BODY BURNED, MY LEGS ACHED
BUT YOU NEVER CAME TO BED, YOU JUST LEFT ME THERE AWAKE
YOU KEPT ME WANTING, WANTING, WANTING
LIKE THE WANTING IN THE MOVIES AND THE HYMNS
I WANT THE PHARAOHS BUT THERE'S ONLY MEN
I WANT THE PHARAOHS BUT THERE'S ONLY MEN

YOU SAID I WAS YOUR BLUE, BLUE BABY... AND YOU WERE RIGHT
YOU SAID I WAS YOUR BLUE, BLUE BABY... AND YOU WERE RIGHT

As promised, to start your day right, some Neko Case

The newest video from Middle Cyclone for the song 'People Got a Lotta Nerve'

Late night open thread

Neko, dear Neko is in town tonight at the Nokia Theater, or at this late hour WAS at the Nokia Theater tonight AND the best part is she'll be there tomorrow night. Of course Johnny will be there with bells on to bring you a full account of her Middle Cyclone Tour stop. If you don't have tickets, fear not citizen, Neko will be performing for FREE tomorrow night on David Letterman.

Guess what we'll be featuring tomorrow here at the Jersey City Desk, just guess. If Neko Case screwed you over when you were a kid or she kicked you in the nards at some point, skip JCD tomorrow, but come back Wednesday.


Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Sad news--Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych was found dead today

Boy as a Detroit area kid who was coming of age in the 1970's Mark Fidrych was a local folk hero. The free spirit Tigers pitcher sure shook things up for a year. Johnny always felt baseball got cheated by his shoulder injury cutting short his run. Apparently Fidrych was working on a truck on his farm in Massachusetts and it fell on him.

RIP Bird, we'll miss you

Devils and Rangers announces playoff schedules

The New Jersey Devils draw the Carolina Hurricanes while the New York Rangers will start the Stanley Cup playoffs vs the Washington Capitals. Playoff schedules for the first round are:

No. 3 New Jersey Devils vs. No. 6 Carolina Hurricanes
Wednesday, April 15, Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 17, Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 19, New Jersey at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21, New Jersey at Carolina, 7:30 p.m.
*--Thursday, April 23, Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.
*--Sunday, April 26, New Jersey at Carolina, TBD
*--Tuesday, April 28, Carolina at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

No. 2 Washington Capitals vs. No. 7 New York Rangers
Wednesday, April 15, NY Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 18, NY Rangers at Washington, 1 p.m.
Monday, April 20, Washington at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22, Washington at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
*--Friday, April 24, NY Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m.
*--Sunday, April 26, Washington at NY Rangers, 2 p.m.
*--Tuesday, April 28, NY Rangers at Washington, TBD

* notes if necessary

Welcome to Monday dear readers

For 50 points, who wrote this song?

Late night open thread

So, did you eat yourself sick on chocolate rabbits and peeps today? Good for you. You were supposed to.

Time for Jersey City, After Dark