Thursday, June 27, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #181: Buchanan's V.P.; Lincoln's Opponent

Last Saturday had a bit of fun. Anne and I went to the Rochester Music Coalition show at both Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) and The Club at Water Street to see a bunch of bands. Well, those 8 bands really weren't enough and we had to go to Mercury Star Lounge (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) to also see Purrs, The Grinders and QUiTTERS . Both QUiTTERS and Eddie Nebula and the Plague were pretty wild shows.

Let's see ... what else. I got to see Minority Report on Sunday. It was generally okay ... I have become so jaded that I can't watch normal movies anymore. I thought that most of the writing was pretty bad ... I can't quite pin it down, but there was definitely something about the way that people just don't talk that hit me. The vision of the future was also packed with absurdity. At least with space movies I can forget the basic insanity of the presurized interior versus the vacuum of space and all the crap floating around at some fraction of the speed of light. In this, though, apparently nobody has computer networks anymore, people still have media that holds about five minutes of video, and bad-spectrum lighting is still the standard. In all, it was an okay movie.

Some of the excitement this week included tuning up the bar bike (and fixing the flat tire) and rekeying the locks on my house. Flat tires are always fun on the bike. I rode most of the way to Water Street when I got a flat so I rode back to my house and got my other bike. I ended up being pretty tired when I got there, but Uforkestra wasn't even performing. I never did find out what happened to them.

T H U R S D A Y

Over at Manhattan Square Park (130 Chestnut St.) is another in the Party In The Park series featuring The Samples with The Reid Genauer Band starting around 6. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Jour de Fête starting at 8. Nothing like the French to make a bunch of gags about a clumsy but entrepreneurial mail carrier. Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Lack and Jucifer with El Destructo starting around 10:45. Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is the punk rock band Murdock starting around 10:30. Nuts and Bolts will again be at Johnny's Smoke Free Bar (1382 Culver Rd.) 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.

F R I D A Y

If you're out "early", check out Alive At The Mag at Memorial Art Gallery (500 University Ave., near Goodman St.) (duh) with Carpe Diem, Unlimited, possibly the quite good rock band Uncle Plum and the solid modern rock/cover band Better Days starting around 5. Admission is $8. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Metropolis starting at 8. One of those early sci-fi films ... Fritz Lang's vision of an altitude-dependent u- and dys-topian future with probably the first film android. Live piano by Phillip C. Carli. The talented and friendly folk musician Karen Kosowski will be at Monty's Korner (363 East Ave.) tonight starting around 7 (conservatively ... Freetime Magazine has her listed at 6, but I'm betting it'll be more like 9.) The rockabilly of Croonin' Kurt and the Hi-Geared Combo with swing from Bobby Henrie and the Goners will be over at Mercury Star Lounge (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) starting around 10:30. 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.

S A T U R D A Y

Today we'll be at Silvio's (622 Monroe Ave.) for lunch. It's a "gourmet deli and espresso bar" or at least that's what it says on their menu. Tonight at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is one of the last shows for a while for the excellent punk-ska band The Blackouts with Syracuse's Straighter Than Pete , Syracuse's "traditional ska" band Amy Ryan and the Operatives and, from Canada, more traditional ska from General Rudie (although they think they're playing at Milestones) all starting around 9. Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is The Rat Kings and San Antonio's The Drones starting around 10:30. At The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight is the great rock and roll of The Realistics from New York, punk rock of Shackletons, The Red + The Black and Life in Bed starting around 10:30. Over at Acme Bar & Pizza (495 Monroe Ave.) is the new-to-me acoustic rock of Jamie Notarthomas starting around 9:30.

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. Karaoke with Sugar Bear is back at The Blue Room (293 Alexander St.)

T U E S D A Y

The Post will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 11. 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

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.