Thursday, September 26, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #194: Totally Capital, New Hampshire

Hmm ... I think this last-week-this-week format is getting a bit stale, but I don't really have anything else. Uhh ... so coming up this week is listed below. Oh, I called Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) and asked about their policies. Apparently, their no reentry policy is mostly because they have an all ages show. I think it's dumb ... but anyway, it isn't tied to whether or not the show is run by the evil, evil ClearChannel.

Oh, I wanted to mention that I bought Adobe Acrobat for Mac because Amazon is offering a rebate until the end of the month. I had it in my head that Acrobat could take scanned images and make them into PDF's that are text-searchable. This product is actually the Adobe Acrobat Capture and it's only available for Windows. D'oh! Anyway, on the rebate: some of the highlights include: $50 off Adobe Acrobat 5.0 for Windows or Mac or ($10 off the upgrade for Windows or Mac.) Likewise, $30 off Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.0 for Windows, $40 off Easy CD Creator 5.0 Platinum for Windows, $20 off Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar, $40 off Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, (or $10 off the Upgrade) $50 off Omnipage Pro 12 Upgrade $10 off SuSE Linux 8.0 Personal or $15 off SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional. Remember that if you buy something from any of the links I'll get a kickback, so if you really hate me, be sure to just browse to Amazon.com directly.

T H U R S D A Y

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Ed Wood starting at 8. Not a great movie by any standard, but a good one nonetheless ... if you're a fan of cheesy science fiction and horror, it's a good bet. Tonight is a show titled Monty's Song Circle starting around 8 with Canada's acoustic singer Miranda Stone , Jacob Moon and Mary Simon at Monty's Korner (363 East Ave.) Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight is a garage punk night with Reigning Sound with The Agenda and The Priests starting around 8 then followed by DJ's later on. In what looks like a decent modern rock show at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) starting around 8 or so is Unsung Zeros with Punchline , Murdock and FiveStar Riot . Although it's not show sponsored by [the great evil] ClearChannel, it is an all ages show which means they generally won't allow re-entry. In case you're looking for something new, Montage Grille (50 Chestnut St.) will have Truly Twisted Comedy Festival starting around 9:30. The show has previously included such acts as 5 Drunken Immortals, JT Habersaat, Sal Tavano and Jay Wulff. 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

Tonight over at Johnny's Irish Pub (1382 Culver Rd., still smoke-free) is Marty Roberts from 5 to 8 then Better Days starting around 9:30. Tonight at University of Rochester (River Campus Map) at the Alexander Palestra is G. Love and Special Sauce starting around 9. Tickets are available at University of Rochester and Record Archive (1394 Mount Hope Ave.) among other places. The odd Uforkestra will be over at Rochester Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince St.) to perform their show An Eye for an Ear starting around 8 and again at the same time tomorrow. 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. In case you're curious, it's Alla Turca at Lola Bistro and Bar (630 Monroe Ave.) tonight and every Friday from 10:30 to 2.

S A T U R D A Y

Lunch at Lorraine's Food Factory (777 Culver Rd.) at noon. Today and tomorrow during the day is the Naples Grape Festival all over Naples but mostly on Main St. It's a pretty fun festival, especially if you like grape ... uhh ... grape anything, really. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Amadeus starting at 8. Well, not the 1984 version, but the 2002 Director's Cut which includes 20 minutes of previously cut footage. There will be a Rolling Stones Tribute at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight starting around 10 and featuring The VEiNS, The Grinders, Riviera Playboys, Thundergods, Pauli Rocco , Christina Ginger, Phil Marshall, Defenbombed, Duke Galaxy and the Pipeliners and Tommy Brunette Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is tons of fun with the metal band Kalibas with the near-novelty punk band The Sluts starting around 10:30. Over at The Club at Water Street (204 N. Water St.) is Jennifer Marie starting around 9, and on the other side at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is Nobody Cares , the Purrs, Adrenokrome and Chizel.

S U N D A Y

This afternoon at 4 is a free concert at Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.) featuring about 20 of Rochester's opera and choral groups. I got to see the music for the piece the Rochester Opera Factory will be performing (a selection from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni ... the opening chorus, I think) which looked wildly complex. Way out at Ontario Midland Railroad (48 Belden Ave.) is a Fall Foliage Express Rail Excursion at 11:30 a.m. and again at 2:15 p.m. 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

Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is The Holy Ghost and Kill Myself on Monday 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 Open-Mic Comedy Night at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) While once it was a workshop type of environment, the comics now have to force that behavior ... by default it's a place to try out new stuff. Dan Liberto (of the The Comedy Company) is back with another Open Mic Comedy up at Penny Arcade (4785 Lake Ave.) starting probably around 10:30 Wine tasting at Tapas One Seventy Seven (177 Saint Paul St.) from 6 to 8.

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.