So sorry for the late update

Johnny serves on a couple boards and one needed his immediate attention tonight and so he never got around to doing a proper review of the Garbage and Blondie show last night. Without going too into the details as he's dog tired, it was a fun fun and really good show. The bands brought out the best in each other, it seems they both lifted their game playing with such esteemed colleagues. Debbie Harry seemed completely at home, and why wouldn't she, as they did a nice mix of the classics and the new. Debbie commanded the stage and you could tell was having fun doing it. Garbage sounds so big, and the music seems like it'll just jump right through you was sharp, tight and on point. No jitters, just good sonic rock and roll. You know how they say some movies might not win an Oscar but they are a great fun popcorn movie? This was a show like that, fun, awesome sounding, funny and great music done by great music visionaries who still pay close attention to the little things on show night for the fans.

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We'll get to the show tomorrow, it's late and Johnny needs his beauty rest.

“August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time.”
 -- Sylvia Plath

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A really big show tonight at The Beacon Theatre

Blondie and Garbage, as mentioned in last week's Music Series lands tonight and Johnny can't wait. He's always loved the strong women in music and tonight boy howdy we get two. The bands are fabulous but there's something about Shirley and Debbie that makes tonight a true event. Full update on the show tonight.

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Reveal yourself oh Photoshop maven!

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Case of Pennsylvania "anti-drug crusader" with a van full of weapons in Holland Tunnel ends with guilty plea

John Cramsey, East Greenville, Pa, pled guilty to two charges after being arrested last year driving through the Holland Tunnel on some kind of self-proclaimed rescue mission, with quite the cadre of weapons, including:

Police said they seized a 12-gauge shotgun, an assault rifle with high-capacity magazines, five handguns, including some that were loaded, and a pair of knives, police said.

The two others arrested in the Tunnel along with Cramsey, Kimberly Arendt 29, of Lehighton, Pa., and Dean Smith, of Upper Milford, Pa., were admitted to a pre-trial program for first-time offenders and agreed to testify against Cramsey if his case went to trial.

Look, we understand Cramsey is mad and damned mad at the heroin trade as involvement with it ultimately took the life of his daughter. We're glad he's an activist in the cause. We truly wish him well but you simply cannot bring an A-Team van of weapons through the Holland Tunnel on your way to a halfway house in Brooklyn to possibly shoot your way in and out to rescue a girl who may or may not be at that address. That's why we have SWAT teams and police. Cramsey gets a lesson in what not to do but more importantly it didn't spin out of control in a shootout where the penalties would have taken him and his cohorts away from trying to help people for a far longer time.

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“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”
 -- Henry James

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Chris Christie making the rounds again

Today at Miller Park in Milwaukee Christie, a bowl of nachos in hand tried to act tough to a Cubs fan. Johnny promises you this guv, if you'd have tried that tough guy act at met Life you'd be wearing those nachos.

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Great match for a pre-season friendly between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in Miami tonight. Fans got their money worth beside the fact they were seeing two storied teams play a Clasico outside Spain for the first (and only) time since 1982. A hard fought competitive match worthy of the name Clasico.

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Sticks head up, looks, listens, nothing going on.

Back to Warcraft.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with VELVET UNDERGROUND!

WJCD music time 10:55. Fuck the traffic and weather, we have things to attend to. 'Sweet Jane with the kids from across the river up next and making your Friday night a better place.