• Almost Famous - A high school kid wants to be a rock journalist until he unravels the horrors of an average rock band in the 1970's.
• Beautiful - A young woman finds that beauty is only skin deep so sometimes you have to turn yourself inside out to find inner beauty.
• Urban Legends II - Amy Mayfield is a university student struggling to complete her senior thesis film on urban legends. She starts to think there's some foul play when she loses two crew members trying to sneak in drunk to a rock concert or sporting event, I don't remember which, then loses another in a fiery wreck of his Chevy Impala into the side of a mountain under suspicious circumstances. She's concerned she might be next, either by cutting off her own head with a chainsaw in a drunken test of will, or while trying to demonstrate the unbreakability of the windows in an office building.
• Woman on Top - A Brazilian TV cook show host suffers from incurable motion sickness, even when it comes to the horizontal boogie.
• The Exorcist - Fall in love all over again with Linda Blair in her breakthrough role in the heartwarming tale as evil incarnate grows into womanhood.

Tonight around 10:30-ish at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) White Stripes, Bride of No No and The Quitters will be playing.

Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will have Rockstars starting around 10:30-ish.

Milestones (170 East Ave.) is again hosting Freetime Magazine's Most Popular Band Contest starting around 10:00-ish with Bad Seed versus Average Otis.

Lastly, Tapas One Seventy Seven (177 Saint Paul St.) hosts Salsa Lessons starting at 9. Chips provided.

So far it's looking like another slow Friday night and you're on your own this weekend! Check Freetime Magazine and pick something yourself.

Karaoke with Sugar Bear at Boston Brew Company (251 Exchange Blvd.)

I've got two parties to try to pit against eachother, so I probably will be tied up tonight. Of course, tonight is much much busier than last night.

This weekend is the Naples Grape Festival all over Naples but primarily on Main St. It's about an hour and a half drive from Rochester, and it's fun to go with a group of friends. Hope you like grapes!

The "big" local thing tonight is The Hope Dashers, and another band at Richmonds (21 Richmond St.) probably starting around 11:00-ish.

If you want to see a solid modern-rock cover band, check out Three Flights Up at Fat Moe's (4419 Dewey Ave.) which is pretty clean-cut and relatively low on smoke. They'll probably start around 10 and there's no cover.

Meanwhile, Colorblind James Experience is tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) They'll probably start around 10:30 and there's a $2 cover.

The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) has The Villains and The Vertigo-gos starting around 10.

WBER night at Red (171 St. Paul.)

First, who wants to get some grapes?

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

Glowing Eye:

• Futurama : Hell Is Other Robots - Bender is condemned to robot hell after he returns to his old vices.
• King of the Hill : Happy Hank's Giving - When the Hills are stranded at the airport with their neighbors, they share Thanksgiving dinner in the cafeteria.
• Simpsons : Little Big Mom - While Marge convalesces in the hospital, Lisa plays an implacable mother to Homer and Bart.
• Malcolm in the Middle : Krelboyne Picnic - Lois has a showdown with the other mothers at a Krelboyne picnic, while Reese preys upon Malcolm's gifted classmates.

Trivia Quiz continues at The Old Toad (277 Alexander St.)

Tonight at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is an open jam with Krown Kryers starting around 10:30.

Open mic poetry was once at Java's (16 Gibb Street) starting around 9:30, but last week the seemed a bit poetry-free.

Nuts and Bolts continues this week at Johnny's Smoke Free Bar (1382 Culver Rd.) They start at 8 and there's a $5 cover.