Thursday, December 19, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #206: Carnot's Car Not 100% Efficient

I was thinking the other day (despite being about a week late) about what's wrong with what Trent Lott said on December 5? Well, first off, he said, "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him--and if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either." The state was Missippi, the year was 1948, Strom Thurmond was running on the pro-segregationist Dixiecrat ticket, and Trent Lott was 7 years old at the time. Anyway, my take on it is that the biggest problem is that he seems to have forgotten the atrocities of racial policy and segregation. I mean, come on ... it's like forgetting the holocaust--unless, of course, you really just couldn't care less. Hmmm...

For more liberal crap, if you're interested in petitioning the government (particularly the President) to let them (him) know that you really don't approve of jumping in headfirst into war with Iraq, check out =http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/ and http://www.votenowar.org.

Just so you know I'm not losing my touch, I thought I'd mention that my sump pump died (almost) and I had to buy a new one. It only took about a half hour to put in, thanks to the SawzAll. Also, I should probably get my drain snaked by Roto Rooter or something like that because it's ... uhh ... not working right.

T H U R S D A Y

Shipping Dock Theatre (151 St. Paul St.) will be performing The Santaland Diaries, a supposedly extremely funny one-man show about an elf working at Macy's. Tickets are $18 and tonight is the last show starting at 7:30. Tonight at Monty's Korner (363 East Ave.) is another Songwriters Circle with Canada's Mary Simon, Joff Wilson of the Irthlings and an acoustic duet from Canada, Martha's Trouble (who you may remember seeing at Spot Coffee (East Ave. and Mathews St.) last September 25.) starting around 9. Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight is another House of Hellfira night with industrial dance of Process of Elimination at 9 and progressive trance with Eightfold Way at 10 then DJ Dangler at 11. This weekend, Comix Cafe (3450 Winton Pl.) will have Joel Lindley with Dean Mink tonight at 8:30, Friday and Saturday at 8 and 10:45 then on Sunday at 8:30. Tonight it's Karaoke with the original Sugar Bear at Drinks by Mary Dawn (535 S. Clinton) starting around 10:30. Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is hosting an Acoustic Open Jam from 8 to 10. For this one, there's no microphones and it's designed to be more of a true jam.

F R I D A Y

The hideous Milestones (170 East Ave.) will be graced with the awsome futuristic jazz band Jerseyband with Thought starting around 10. Out at Steel (1509 Scottsville Rd., formerly Tremors) is the heavy modern rock band Article 9, Adrenokrome and Bee Eater probably starting around 9. For a little modern rock cover action, check out Perfect World way up at Slammer's Bar and Grill (4650 Dewey Ave.) probably starting around 9:30. In case you're shut in tonight (or tomorrow), check out I'm going to make a drug with my mind on cable public access (channel 15 on Time Warner) at 11:30 p.m. featuring Pisspot the Bunny interviewing local and out-of-town bands. Holiday Laser Show at High Falls Gorge (Pont De Rennes Bridge) starting at 8 on Friday and Saturday.

S A T U R D A Y

O'Bagelo's, 165 State Street, noon. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Edward Scissorhands starting at 8. You know, if Winona tried to grab some stuff she'd have gotten her fingers snipped off. Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Sluts CD Release Show with Bitpart and the decent modern rock of Veluxe starting around 10:30. Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) tonight is the former Colorblind James Experience as Hu-Nu, Ned Pepper and groove-rock from Syracuse (according to Ned Pepper's Chris) or Lake Placid (according to Freetime Magazine) with JIM starting around 10:30. Over at Alexander Street Pub (291 Alexander St.) is Uncle Plum probably starting around 9 or so. The decent modern rock cover band Better Days will be up at Millennium (2235 Empire Blvd.) starting around 9:30 or so. Likewise, more decent modern rock covers with Perfect World will be way out at Slammer's Bar and Grill (4650 Dewey Ave.) probably starting around 10 or so. Tonight, Christine Lavin will be at the Big Tree Music show (One Lomb Memorial Dr., in RIT's Ingle Auditorium; campus map image) starting around 8. There's an early show at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 5 (you know, early) with The Casualties, The End, Purrs, and 11th Class (I think.)

S U N D A Y

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Babes in Toyland starting early at 3. What would otherwise be somewhat uninteresting to me caught my eye because the main actors in the film are Laurel and Hardy. Open Jar Jam at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight and every Sunday.

T U E S D A Y

Christmas Eve 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 Open-Mic Comedy Night at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) While once it was a workshop type of environment, it's now more-or-less a regular open mic ... by default it's still a place to try out new stuff.

W E D N E S D A Y

Christmas Day Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) the ancient Rochester rock band Big Hair is back with Sulaco starting around 10:45. Weekly karaoke contest with someone from the Sugar Bear franchise at Comix Cafe (3450 Winton Pl.) Open Mic Night (for music) from 7 to 10 at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) The Starving Artist Art Show will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 6 or so. The great acoustic cover soloist John Akers will be at Moonshine Barbeque (125 White Spruce Blvd., across from MCC) from 8 to midnight.