Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE GO-GO'S!

Johnny will let Ms. Trixie Action Space Punk fill you in on all the Go-Go's gossip in comments but here is a question for you Trixie. Which Go-Go was Jodie Foster's longtime girlfriend?

The Go-Go's with 'Turn to You'.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with LOS LOBOS!

Who doesn't love a smoky, sultry, latin infused zephyr of fresh air? Here is Los Lobos with 'Kiko and the Lavender Moon'.

It's a one sentence Friday

Speak your mind but you only get ONE sentence in which to do it...

Late night open thread

Ah Thursday evening, a night more often than not we have a little fun with a comic or two. Tonight it's some quality time with Mr. Buddy Cole (Scott Thompson from Kids in the Hall) discussing the topic of outing gay celebrities as only he can.


Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Jersey City has cancelled it's July 4th fireworks show as a cost cutting measure

In a cost cutting measure, Jersey City is canceling their annual fireworks show and the money that would have been used will be spent on other events in the city over the course of the year.

OK, and, so?

Macy's will be having their fireworks show July 4th AGAIN on the Hudson River this year, just like last year, so Jersey City residents need not worry

Here, to tide you over here's a clip from last's years Macy's show from the middle of the Hudson River.

Late night open thread

What an utter shame that Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga's perfect game was jacked on such a pathetic call by first base umpire Jim Joyce. There have never in baseball history been three perfect games in a season. This would have set the record. It's only happened twice, two perfect games in the same season, this year and in the 1880's. To his credit Joyce admitted he blew the call after the game and cost Galarraga his perfect game.

As maddening as it is what can ya do? There does seem to be a LOT of push online tonight to get commissioner Bud Selig to act in 'The Best Interest of Baseball' and overturn the call. Technically he does have the power and the fans hoopla is only saying end the game when it really ended and award him the perfect game. Your thoughts?


Time for Jersey City, After Dark

"Tap & Go"? We're all for it

NJ Transit and the Port Authority are trying out new "Tap & Go" payments where one taps a credit card with a pay pass attached electronically and simply tap it at the proper turnstile and boom, you're in, no need for a Metro Card (well there is but more on that in a minute) or other NJ Transit ticket. The new Tap & Go stops are working at all New Jersey locations on PATH. In fact 11 of the 13 PATH stops are outfitted with the technology but keep your Metro Card handy as Christopher St. and 9th St. are the exceptions to the rule. Currently those two stations are not equipped to use Tap & Go. In addition to the PATH trains, 6 NJ Transit busses are using the Tap & Go system, the three routes that connect their riders to PATH terminals, and the 6, 80 and 87.

In New York the MTA lines have Tap & Go available on the Lexington Avenue subway lines - the 4, 5 and 6 - and eight MTA bus routes - the M14, M23, M79, M86, M101, M102, M103 and BXM7.

Anything that makes transportation faster and more efficient we're all for.

So our friends across the Hudson are going broke

That's no good, we can't have the state of New York going broke. Reuters is reporting the state of New York is delaying the payment of 2.5 billion dollars (that's million with a B) towards it's bill in order to stay solvent. Reuters also says this is the third time the state of New York has done this kind of creative accounting since December. Governor Paterson and the NY legislature have an even bigger issue trying to close a 9.2 billion deficit by late summer.

Not that anyone in Albany has called Johnny to ask for his considered opinion but as always we're all about the good free advice. We live here in New Jersey and anyone here worth their salt will tell New Yorkers where to secure some fast financing to pay this down. You had just better keep up with the points and tributes otherwise there could be a LOT of special elections in a couple years. David Paterson, NY Governor, have someone drive you to northern Jersey, have a nice cappuccino and sit down with the boys at the Northern Jersey Bank and Trust.

Late night open thread

Movie trivia night kids, always a JCD favorite.

Q) Which actor played the part of the school principal in E.T. only to have his role left on the cutting room floor when director Steven Spielberg thought his presence would be too distracting?

Answer sometime tomorrow in comments section.

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Sometimes you just have to give credit for the SIZE of the lie

Yes it's not directly related to New Jersey but Garden Staters are lied to by politicians on a huge scale so here you are; BP told the federal government in 2008 they could easily handle a blown out well head TEN TIMES THE SIZE OF THE ONE WE SEE IN THE NEWS NOW.

Oh suuuuure, ten times bigger Mr. Regulator, no worries, we've got this. It could blow up huger than huge and we could handle it.

Overpromising and underdelivering, British Petroleum everyone