Flood watch in effect for Hudson County

From 4 pm until tomorrow afternoon there is a flood watch for Hudson County and anywhere water runs rampant. There is like a flood warning every week out here making Johnny wonder if he's moved to the Bible when he came out here.

Late night open thread

Turtle soup


Time for Jersey City, After Dark

We'd like to welcome the New Jersey Red Bulls to their new home stadium

And what an impressive locale it is. Johnny took the PATH out to Newark last night for the Devils game but on that train were hundreds of soccer fans very excited to see a game at the new digs. Harrison's stop on the PATH line just got a whole lot more use. It's a beautiful stadium from the outside, sitting right on the Passaic River.

Which again brings us to the point of the names of the these teams. Why is it the New York Red Bulls, along with the New York Jets and New York Giants that when they need a home show up in New Jersey? The Giants and Jets did it long ago and have just done it again. Does the Passaic River run through New York in any way shape or form? The official mailing addresses of the Jets and Giants is in which state?

We here in New Jersey are proud to have these teams here. We're proud so much New Jersey labor went into these stadiums. We're grimacing over the tax abatements New Jersey people sacrifice for all the while the teams insist on being called 'New York'.

Screw that. You watch, when they are done stealing the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn for the Nets and their new Russian owner, you watch, they'll call them the NY Nets. And the moment they do, even more stridently it would seem, the Jets and Giants and Red Bulls will get the New Jersey name slapped on them more and more. Johnny already refers to the Jets and G-Men as being from New Jersey. Know why?

Because they're from here.

Late night open thread

Good time out in Newark tonight, exciting Devils game albeit a loss. Some fans don't appreciate a 1-0 game, Johnny does.

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Do you love those scary, gory, nutty zombie movies? Your king is in Jersey City--George Romero at Loews today!

That's right, horror king George Romero, the man who started it all with 'Night of the Living Dead' and gave us that damned overacting nurse in 'Dawn of the Dead' will be in a panel discussion along with other horror actors and aficionado's at the grand Loew's Theater in Journal Square as part of an all-weekend long groovy ghoulies movie-fest, including a costume contest tomorrow.

Follow this link for the entire schedule but here is the skinny on the panel discussion:

At 6:30 p.m., the ultimate zombie panel discussion will feature Romero, Foree, and other horror movie actors, including Tom Savini ("Dawn of the Dead," "From Dusk Till Dawn"), Scott Reiniger (both "Dawn of the Dead" movies), Gaylen Ross ("Dawn of the Dead<" "CreepShow"), John Amplas ("Day of the Dead," "Dawn of the Dead"), and Barbeau ("The Fog," "CreepShow") .

You can't do any better than this around Journal Square, hanging out with zombies and zombie creators all while enjoying it in one of Jersey City's crown jewels, the Loew's Theater in Journal Square.

Late night open thread

Johnny took the camera over to the Grove Street Square tonight to check out the goings on on a gorgeous Jersey City evening. He took this shot then horsed around with it in Photoshop until he made some right fine art.

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SUPERTRAMP!

One of the absolute best album covers EVER. You kids may not know this but that used to be a pretty big deal. Anybody wanna share their idea of a great album cover?

Here's Supertramp with 'Breakfast in America' while you think on it.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE POGUES!

We enjoyed the Pogues here on St. Patrick's Day so here they are again.

The Pogues with Lorca's Novena. The story of Spanish poet Federico Lorca murdered by Nationalist forces during the Spanish Civil War. It's also beautifully melded into Grosse Pointe Blank when Martin Blank finally opens the dossier on his Detroit hit.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BUDDY HOLLY!

Buddy Holly wraps things up tonight with 'Not Fade Away'

It will be far too nice a day to be inside the JCD offices

So the staff will be, um, off working on, like, you know, important outside interviews and stories that affect you the JCD reader. Suuuuuure we are. We'll see you back tonight for the music series.