Thursday, January 17, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #158: Spears of Yoonerisms

Anyway, in case you missed it, last weekend was the kickoff of that coldrush promotion sponsored by Greater Rochester Visitor Association. We had to truck in snow from Buffalo to make a ski slope on Broad Street which made some minor stirring in national news. Unfortunately we didn't quite make it to The Daily Show on Comedy Central because our beloved president had to choke on a pretzel this weekend.

One last little thing. I stumbled on an interesting photojournalism site titled Photo District News 20th Anniversary which is a bunch of really quite provocative images from recent history.

F R I D A Y

The pretty decent Ned Pepper, with the far too prolific Gregory Paul , and Random Order will be at Mercury (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) starting around 11.

S A T U R D A Y

O'Bagelo's, 165 State Street, noon. The good rockers Thundergods with Boulder Stepsister and Heatseeker will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight starting around 10:45. In the last show with their current drummer Adam Smasher, Eddie Nebula and the Plague will appear with Colossus at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30. At the still new Mercury (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) will be The Hopedashers with Randall starting around 11. The ever talented Velocity Mirror will be at Millennium (2235 Empire Blvd.) starting some time during the evening.

S U N D A Y

Open Jar Jam at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight and every Sunday. Just like on Thursdays, you can see/do/avoid Karaoke with Sugar Bear at Drinks by Mary Dawn (535 S. Clinton) starting around 9. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Funny Face starting at 8. Astaire ... Hepburn ... classic. Karaoke with Sugar Bear is back at The Blue Room (293 Alexander St.)

M O N D A Y

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Trivia Quiz continues at The Old Toad (277 Alexander St.) My interest is waning, but I keep going and we still haven't won--whether we have a few people or a whole bunch.. We've been within a couple questions of winning, but so has everyone else. It all gets started a little after 9. If you're interested, Johnny's Smoke Free Bar (1382 Culver Rd.) will have a DJ playing Barenaked Ladies tunes.

T U E S D A Y

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen starting at 8. As of a few months ago, Java's (16 Gibb Street) still has open mic poetry downstairs starting around 9:30. Tonight from 8 to 10 is an interesting "new-material-only" Open-Mic Comedy Night at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) I think they're making it into a workshop type of environment.

W E D N E S D A Y

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Incredible Shrinking Man starting at 8. Weekly karaoke contest with Sugar Bear, at Comix Cafe (3450 Winton Pl.) Tonight at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is Open Mic Night (for music) from 7 to 10.