Thursday, March 7, 2002
JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #165: Atomic Forces and Cowboys
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Oh *man* ... Anne and I saw the dumbest thing ever. We went all the way to The French Quarter (The Centers at High Falls) on Saturday. That's basically the dance club part. There was supposed to be a "Live Percussion Show" there. We hung out for a while and eventually this guy went to the booth on the staircase right near the stage and started drumming on a synthesizer kit. Of course, you couldn't hear him because he wasn't connected to the mains, so basically it looked like he was pretending to play to the beat. Completely not worth the $5 cover. Ugh ... never again. In completely unrelated news, I thought I'd take a shot at using another poll service. Well, it's not really a poll service but more like an e-zine that allows their users to make their own polls. It's called Rum and Monkey and has the advantage of getting a lot more traffic than my site so the polls should get more answers. I'll only use them when I can narrow the number of answers down to five because that's as many as they allow. In completely unrelated news, keep an eye out for a different weekly lunch at the end of the month. I told John I'd probably be sending people elsewhere once a month or so, and I figured the last week of the month would be just as good as any. For now, just a heads up, but in two weeks ... whoa heh heh ... let's not get ahead of ourselves, okay? By the way, your visual extravaganza today is of Suran Song in Stag (the name of the band that features Suran Song, the lead singer) whom Anne and I saw last Thursday. Basically they do a politically-charged rock show and use four slide projectors as a multimedia backdrop. |
Suran Song in Stag at The Bug Jar, February 28, 2002
Suran Song in Suran Song in Stag |
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This afternoon at
The Rochester Public Library
(115 South Ave.)
is the
Thursday Thinkers Program
This weeks topic is
Rochester Rocks: Exploring the Geology of Monroe County
from 5:15 to 6 p.m.
The Toilet Boys and The Shackletons will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:45. The acoustic groove-rock Burning Snella will appear with Brothers Green (formerly Rype Band) starting around 9:30 at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is the new-to-me Luck Be a Lady 
from Virginia starting around 10:30.
If worse comes to worse you can always see, hear, and/or otherwise participate in Karaoke with 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.
Over at Mercury (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) is the jazz band Viva Knieval from 8 to 11. I'm still curious to see how jazz plays out at Mercury. There's apparently a Spoken Word Open Mic Poetry Night at Pythodd Jazz Room at the Heritage House (130 Spring St.) starting around 8 or so. |
| Playhouse Creatures (described as "comic drama" with "tough sexy women" in the mailer) over at Shipping Dock Theater (151 St. Paul St.) will be performed tonight at 7:30 and tomorrow at 8. It's also the end of its run here. |
Over at
The Bug Jar
(219 Monroe Ave.)
is
Peachy Neachys Freak Fest
with
Orbit Underground
and
Free Sex Gum
starting around 10:45.
By the way, be sure to wish the Neachies a happy 10th anniversary--in fact, almost to the day.
The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
The Time Machine starting at 8.
To hell with the remake.
The Thundergods and Nod will be at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30. Over at the still relatively new Mercury (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) is the Junction 5 CD Release Party with Speakeasy starting around 11.
O'Bagelo's,
165 State Street,
noon.
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The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
Two for the Road starting at 8.
Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney play a couple arguing their way through France.
Starting around 8 tonight, it's rock at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) with Streetwalkin' Cheetahs and Heatseeker.
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. Karaoke with Sugar Bear is back at The Blue Room (293 Alexander St.) |
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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.
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The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
Pirates starting at 8.
Another of Roman Polanski's bizarre flicks, this one is about pirates.
Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is another Tuesday Hit or Quit It Night with Rochester's Belligerents, Brooklyn's Brooklyn Runned and Rochester's LobbyBar starting around 10:45. The comedy improv troupe Some Assembly Required will be at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 7.
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. |
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The Dryden Theater
at
George Eastman House
(900 East Ave.)
will be showing
Where's Poppa starting at 8.
A lawyer must decide whether to put his domineering mother in a home or to kill her.
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.
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