Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE BRAVERY!

A four song Music Series tonight just to have some fun. it's been so hot let's enjoy some music and forget about it. Now, on to song #1 tonight.

Air drummers, do your exercises now. We'd hate you to pull a muscle on this one. A great song from The Bravery, 'This is Not the End' to get things started and again, if you're the air drumming type have a cold beverage ready in another three minutes fifty-nine.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with HOWARD JONES!

Here's this week's "Oh damn, I haven't heard that song in forever' cut. Since it's been a while why don't you go on up and try and hit that "I DO" hit part you were so good at back when. 'Things Can Only Get Better' on a four-song Music Series this week.

Look kids, a record.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA with THE COLLINS KIDS!

The Collins Kids? Johnny, we're used to a little 'out there' music from time to time on Friday nights but who are these Collins Kids?

Well friends, this story starts out sad but end in a brilliant rockabilly song. Johnny saw on Twitter then read on the NYT that 1950's contemporary of Wanda Jackson, Lorrie Collins who performed to some live success with her brother Larry, passed away this week. The Times had an awesome writeup on her career with her brother (If you click here you can see a very famous song Larry wrote long after the Collins Kids had stopped performing together) and how the pair from Oklahoma really wowed audiences with their frenetic rockabilly style but radio never knew what to do with them and their record company didn't exactly do much to promote them. Do read the article, it's a good one.

Yes, Johnny promised a really good song and he'll now deliver, 'Hoy Hoy' from 1958. So fucking good.

Be kind and pick up your candy wrappers and drink cups, we don't think Ranch Party has the budget for a cleanup crew.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with LOS LOBOS!

We normally send you on your way on the Music Series with something upbeat. Tonight, with as steamy as it is how about a little Latin beat and a smoky sound that might sound great coming from any open window. 'Kiko and the Lavender Moon' was one of Mrs. Johnny's favorite tunes ever.

She had good taste.

Late night open thread

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with THE HIVES!

Move the furniture back. Starting this Music Series off on a cardio trip. 'Hate to Say I Told You So' putting the dance moves in your hips and feets tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with JANE'S ADDICTION!

No, Johnny didn't tell you to move that furniture back where it goes. You can do that for the next song (and since we're in a brave new world in New Jersey, you might just wanna do a bong hit for the next one as well) but you leave it where it is for now. 'Been Caught Stealing' keeping your heart rate up tonight.

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with LED ZEPPELIN!

If you're ever in the Powerhouse Arts District after dark most weeknights or weekends, and happen to walk by the corner of Bay St. and Provost take a look up at the bar that used to be Transmission, the one the neighborhood association chased out for having a shit clientele (Mayor Fulop and Council President were in it one night when it was raided) that were louts who picked fights with people in the neighborhood just trying to live their lives. It's a new place now called Head Room (cue the Beavis and Butthead laughtrack) and in the month since this place opened there has been exactly one video on their big screen TV: Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same. Every goddamned night on a loop. Seriously, it's getting ridiculous. Is the bartender Robert Plant? Early in the evening, late in the evening or just, well, 'In the Evening'

Led Zeppelin's great but get some new tunes in there, Head Room.

Late night open thread

Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left.
 -- John Waters

Time for Jersey City, After Dark

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with DAVID BYRNE!

David Byrne is a big deal. He's more than the big coat in that movie when he was in -- Yes, we know that you know that he was in Tal, look, we're setting up a theme here.

Manners people. Tonight's theme is missed opportunities. How many great artists could have sounded great together if only they had met earlier in life. Kicking it off tonight is David Byrne telling a great story about taking acid near the Yoo Hoo chocolate drink factory in Baltimore, like ya do, with 'And She Was'