Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Saturday, June 30, 2018
World Cup Today: Knockout round Day 1
Ok soccer fans, here we go. No more "We'll just beat Tunisia next match and get back on track." One loss, you go home in shame. Would you look at that. The two biggest stars on the planet both play today.
Argentina vs France
When this kicked off, Johnny picked France to win. He hasn't seen much short of Belgium to shy him off of this choice. Yes, Argentina has the best player in the world who makes those around him better (unless the team is Argentina and they are dunderheads) and is capable of moments of magic that should scare France. Horse around and Messi starts getting cards on Umtiti and crew and France are hampered in the back. Johnny thinks France with Pogba, the vastly underrated Griezmann, Dembele, and a few others should overrun the shaky Argentina defense which has shown itself to be shaky. Unless Messi plays one of the five best games of his life this is France's match to lose.
France 3
Messi 1
Uruguay vs Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo is dangerous in big games. He's deadly in big games. He gets calls for penalties in big games. In Johnny's thinking though, so does Luis Suarez. He's Europe's leading scorer the last three years not named Messi or Ronaldo. Suarez scored the winning goal in Barcelona's last Champion's League title match. He's every bit the diver Ronaldo is AND he has Edinson Cavani who is also a top flight striker. Uruguay has looked balanced in the group stage and looked like a team that can make at least the semi-finals. Will they rise to the occasion or allow Ronaldo another moment of glory?
Uruguay 2
Ronaldo 1
Let's enjoy some Lionel Messi magic shall we? It's just fun to do...
Argentina vs France
When this kicked off, Johnny picked France to win. He hasn't seen much short of Belgium to shy him off of this choice. Yes, Argentina has the best player in the world who makes those around him better (unless the team is Argentina and they are dunderheads) and is capable of moments of magic that should scare France. Horse around and Messi starts getting cards on Umtiti and crew and France are hampered in the back. Johnny thinks France with Pogba, the vastly underrated Griezmann, Dembele, and a few others should overrun the shaky Argentina defense which has shown itself to be shaky. Unless Messi plays one of the five best games of his life this is France's match to lose.
France 3
Messi 1
Uruguay vs Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo is dangerous in big games. He's deadly in big games. He gets calls for penalties in big games. In Johnny's thinking though, so does Luis Suarez. He's Europe's leading scorer the last three years not named Messi or Ronaldo. Suarez scored the winning goal in Barcelona's last Champion's League title match. He's every bit the diver Ronaldo is AND he has Edinson Cavani who is also a top flight striker. Uruguay has looked balanced in the group stage and looked like a team that can make at least the semi-finals. Will they rise to the occasion or allow Ronaldo another moment of glory?
Uruguay 2
Ronaldo 1
Let's enjoy some Lionel Messi magic shall we? It's just fun to do...
Friday, June 29, 2018
Late night open thread
Gonna be hot. Gotta eat that ice cream fast this weekend.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with EDWYN COLLINS!
'A Girl Like You' is not a good song, it is a great song. Probably you should find your headphones because this particular one sounds even better with them on. Like a good friend once said, "There is no substitute for good headphones."
Hey Edwyn, Johnny used to have a shirt like that, then his dad got a job!
Hey Edwyn, Johnny used to have a shirt like that, then his dad got a job!
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES!
Did anyone ever get an exact headcount on how many Banshees there were? We know there were 10,000 Maniacs backing Natalie Merchant so how many Banshees played with Siouxsie Sioux? It's like that fucking owl and Tootsie Pop paradox all over again isn't it?
Please enjoy 'Kiss The For Me' while Johnny does his numbering and factoring on this...
Please enjoy 'Kiss The For Me' while Johnny does his numbering and factoring on this...
Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS!
You can't usher in a proper heat wave without an official ok from Martha and the Vandellas. By next Friday as it drags on this will not be amusing AT ALL. 'Heatwave' sending you on your way into this sticky summer night air.
Johnny's gotta break some bad news -- The heat wave will last a week
Starting today friends we have to be extra vigilant checking in on the elderly and more vulnerable of our citizens AND our pets! This heat wave, with Sunday temperatures being the hottest in forever with heat indices into the 110ยบ range could last into NEXT Monday.
So be a good neighbor/citizen and check on those who might really be under the strain of the weather. Remember, you may need this very help when you're older.
So be a good neighbor/citizen and check on those who might really be under the strain of the weather. Remember, you may need this very help when you're older.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Late night open thread
"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
Monday, June 25, 2018
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Late night open thread
An old guy approaches the window of the movie theater with a chicken on his shoulder, and asks for two tickets. The girl at the counter wants to know who is going in with him. He replies, "Well, my pet chicken, of course!"
The girl tells him that he can't take a chicken into the theater, so he goes around the corner, and stuffs the chicken into his pants. He returns to the window, buys his ticket and goes in.
Inside the theater, the chicken starts to get hot and begins to squirm, so the man unzips his pants so the chicken can stick its head out and watch the movie.
Sitting next to him are two old women. The one closest to the old guy nudges her companion and whispers, "Lucy, this man over here has just unzipped his pants!"
Her companion whispers back, "Oh, don't worry about it. If you've seen one, you've seen them all."
"I know, but this one's eating my popcorn!!"
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
The girl tells him that he can't take a chicken into the theater, so he goes around the corner, and stuffs the chicken into his pants. He returns to the window, buys his ticket and goes in.
Inside the theater, the chicken starts to get hot and begins to squirm, so the man unzips his pants so the chicken can stick its head out and watch the movie.
Sitting next to him are two old women. The one closest to the old guy nudges her companion and whispers, "Lucy, this man over here has just unzipped his pants!"
Her companion whispers back, "Oh, don't worry about it. If you've seen one, you've seen them all."
"I know, but this one's eating my popcorn!!"
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
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