Since Johnny doesn't know what time he'll be back in tonight, here it is, our New Year's Eve tradition

We always ring in the new year with this brilliant awesome version of the Rolling Stones performing 'Gimme Shelter', this year being no exception. We get more views on this clip than any other throughout the year believe it or not. Last year we had views from Holland and Germany on this one.

Happy New Year!

As the clock ticks ever closer to midnight, Let's ROCK with the Flametrick Subs

Normally we save the Flametrick Subs for Halloween being a psychobilly band, but this video for 'What Makes a Good Girl go Bad' is too cool for school.

Turn it up and hop around your house

As we roll closer to New Year's Eve how about Pat Benatar with a phenomenal cover song

'Don't Roll Those Blooshot Eyes at Me' was an old standard by a little known performer named Wynonie Harris but with this version Ms. Benatar makes it her very own. Get ready to dance around your living rooms....

New Year's Eve on the Jersey City Desk means we rock in the new year!

Kinda like Dick Clark but only with more music, less commercials and no Mariah Carey.

Let's kick off our big day with Aerosmith with RUN DMC with the classic overdub of 'Walk This Way'

Do tell us of those New Year's Eve plans

Where will YOU Be ringing in 2010? Tell us...

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Here's a story that'll send the creeps up and down your spine, a Bayonne girl dies after a spider bite

Now of course we're awaiting the toxicology reports but a Bayonne girl, Marissa Marie Ciolek, was bitten by a spider on Christmas Day and her condition went steadily downhill after that.

According to the Jersey Journal:

"Bayonne Health Officer Richard Censullo said two types of spiders are found in the area, the black widow spider and the brown recluse spider. Both spiders can give a "nasty bites," but bites that are not usually fatal unless the victim has an allergy, such as anaphylaxis, he said."

Yikes, sleep well.

So, where ya headed tomorrow night? Dinner? Are you going to see the ball drop?

Johnny's got some out of towners in from Michigan and so that means a nice dinner (a fun one for sure at DBGB's) and then Johnny's gonna head up towards Times Square to get a few snapshots of the party crowd. It's doubtful he's gonna stand in one place with no food or bathrooms for 4-5 hours. SO not happening.

So what are YOUR plans?

Late night open thread

Did you know then--

A snail can sleep for 3 years.

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The problem with being dead in West New York is that you might not really be dead

So, either West New York has a huge issue with zombies walking the streets which of course would be bad for tourism and nights out on the town, OR they are guilty of some pretty sloppy bookkeeping. Earlier this month a petition was invalidated by Town Clerk Carmela Riccie for lacking enough signatures to qualify it for the ballot and she even went as far as to say that a dead man, Mr. Pedro Costales had signed it. She claimed Mr. Costales had died December 10, 2007. You can imagine her surprise when one very alive Pedro Costales came walking into her office wondering why she had declared his signature invalid because he was dead.

The ball is in your court now Carmela Riccie, we cant wait to hear the type of bureaucratic mumbo jumbo you plan to hide behind.

A scene from West New York recently

Late night open thread

So, tomorrow is gonna be windy and nasty and cold. A great day for sitting around and watching old movies. Popping some corn in the microwave and spending some quality family time on the old couch. There are probably a couple bowl games on to boot. So spend a day inside, have some fun and make sure to catch up on your Jersey City Desk stories.

Oh, and rest up for Thursday night in Times Square.

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