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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
 -- Oscar Wilde

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with BOB DYLAN!

Just one of the best songs ever done. 'Tangled Up in Blue' has always been and will always be one of Johnny's faves. Here's a slightly truncated version done live. Trust us this is the only real choice out there for this song -- some people need top have their YouTube account suspended for crimes against eardrums for tricking one into clicking a link claiming it's Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan when it's a hideous cover done off-key in the basement in front of bad paneling. If you are doing a cover, say so.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with NEKO CASE!

We haven't had Neko on in quite a while so why not tonight? Why not indeed. Johnny once heard Neko say this song, 'Red Tide,' was her sort of breakup song with the Pacific northwest, her home for many moons.  Once again, and as always, Kelly Hogan is amazing on backup vocals on this track.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with GERRY RAFFERTY!

Growing up Johnny remembers being dragged down to his best friend Roger's house to listen to his giant new bad-ass speaker system that was waaaay too big for his 10 x 14 room. Johnny remembers well Roger getting out the City to City album (yes album!) and set it on the turntable and set the diamond needle on the platter and this song came belting out and almost gave his mother a volume-related heart attack. Gerry Rafferty with 'Baker Street'.

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The necessary fixes have been made and thank you Amazon for getting the needed hardware here within 24 hours. You know Johnny doesn't easily throw effusive praise to companies around often but in this case, well done Amazon.

So who remembers the old David Lynch show Twin Peaks? While surfing the web today he came across this gem, Twin Peaks gets Simpsonized. How many characters can you still name?

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Sadly we're going to be offline for a day or two as we've had a hardware malfunction and the necessary part is a day or two out. Johnny will be back as cranky as ever don't you worry!

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More people betting on casinos in North Jersey

And what do we know about betting at casinos? The house normally wins and in New Jersey even that loaded business model can't keep the casinos in Atlantic City from chundering one after the other. A few weeks ago JC Mayor Steve Fulop said he'd be all for a new casino in Jersey City, all 800 floors of it and a race track in tow, Liberty State Park be damned. Since any new bricks and mortar casinos built in the Garden State must get the approval of the AC casinos and a new constitution, maybe Fulop is betting they'll all be gone soon enough and none will be left to fight a change in said state constitution.

But wait fans of going and hanging out at casinos, the Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce has proposed FOUR new casinos. Guess where. Go ahead, guess. That's right, at the Meadowlands. The swamps of Jersey. Yes, what's not to love about that idea? Casinos can't work on the Atlantic Ocean with a wonderful boardwalk but the Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce thinks they'll work there? Hooo man, we DO have some real thinkers around this state don't we? Again, pick up your smartphone or tablet and gamble your brains out and you needn't head over to the scenic Meadowlands to do it.

If you're wondering about the plan we'll hook you up with a handy link right here. There is also a schematic as to how they think things would shape up. You have been warned. Do come back and tell us of your excitement to get this done!

Everything dies baby that's a fact
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty and meet me tonight in East Rutherford

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The best way to describe the summer of 2014 is "delicious."

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And we're back on the air...

What a few days off it was too. The police murder and police riot in Ferguson Mo., the pedestrian walkways being set up to the chagrin of some drivers, and something that shook Johnny to the core and something we will be addressing over the next few days, the fact that if Steve Fulop runs for governor and just about everyone expects (and he has shown through his own actions) that Jersey City may well need to prepare for another Healy administration.

So friends and dear readers, the days off were nice but beware power brokers of Jersey City, Johnny and his staff are back on the clock.

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We'll see you back here on Tuesday but in the meantime if you are having pest problems Johnny thinks you should call Joe Sweeney. Pests, you know, critters, vermin...

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