JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #196: Don't Forget to Try the Donuts, Zeb

Thursday, October 10, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #196: Don't Forget to Try the Donuts, Zeb

This past week I got to go see nothing. Well, I got to see a few songs of Jason Lowenstein at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) on Tuesday. He's the lead singer in a solid rock-and-roll band. Nothing particularly new or remarkable ... they were good--just more of the same rock-and-punk stuff. Not to slight them ... I'd check them out again if I saw them in town.

I'm kinda out of it today ... too many movies this week requiring attention. Oh, and one other thing: The City paper is finally online.

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Brown Sugar - You're basic crappy romantic comedy with black people.
Knockaround Guys - Some mob guys play the equivalent of Electric Football.
The Rules of Attraction - Uhh ... duh ... be attractive.
The Transporter - Some delivery guy is supposed to deliver a mail order bride but decides to open the box instead.
Tuck Everlasting - Some girl figures out that Tucks make you immortal ... hmm ... kinda makes it sound like a South Park episode.
White Oleander - A flower child goes into foster care because her mom killed some guy with flowers.

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Hollywood Boulevard starting at 8. A low-budget and high-camp telling of a starlet trying to make the big time in Hollywood. Plus, the short Let's got to the Movies.

Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is some DJ spin and jazz of Coffee with Philadelphia's spacey Temple of Bon Matin starting around 8. Don't forget the DJ's later on [a note to myself, really ... I can't seem to ever remember.]

I'm curious what's up with Games Night at Pythodd Jazz Room at the Heritage House (130 Spring St.) starting around 8, but I'm only guessing.

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.

Tonight at University of Rochester (River Campus Map) is The Daily Show's Jon Stewart at 7 and 9:30.

Tonight at Raging Burrito (1046B University Ave., inside Hot Shots) is the acoustic mostly-cover-band The Earthtones 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.

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.

O'Bagelo's, 165 State Street, noon.

As part of the ImageOut closing gala, they'll be showing All the Queen's Men in which Eddie Izzard plays a cross-dresser who is training two more so they can go to Berlin and steal an Enigma machine. Tickets are $25 and include the gala which will be themed as an anything-but-normal-goes 1940's USO-style party.

In a somewhat odd mix, the Tyrones, Edge of Jupiter

and Bee Eater will be over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30.

Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is Staple Gunther

, Girlfriend in a Coma and Beligerants starting around 10:30.

The mean-spirited Richmond's (21 Richmond St.) is back at their music game with The Hirisers starting around 10:30.

Way up at Millennium (2235 Empire Blvd.) is the decent modern-rock original-and-cover band Uncle Plum

starting around 10.

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Haunting starting at 8. A group of disparate people investigate a notoriously haunted house.

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.)

Columbus Day

Columbus Day (observed)

In a rare Monday show, The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will have the metal of Kalibas

with Disrythmia and perhaps others starting around 10:45.

There's apparently a Spoken Word Open Mic Poetry Night at Pythodd Jazz Room at the Heritage House (130 Spring St.) from around 6 to around 10. It used to be on Thursdays but I guess they moved it.

Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Chicago's art/indie rock band Detachment Kit with L.A.'s couple-of-guitarists Ill Lit and "modern bedroom pop" (whatever that is) +/- (yeah, find their website without using the link) 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

Whoah ... dude ... Rush will be at The War Memorial (Exchange Blvd and Broad St.) tonight starting around 7:30. As of the 8th, they still had tickets at the hellish Ticketmaster so good luck.

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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