Thursday, June 6, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #178: Gustav Says It All Adds Up To Naught

The only thing I want to get to this week is the Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) show on Friday. Now, I'm no fan of the music hall side, but the lineup is just too much fun. I've seen The Blackouts , The Sluts and Purrs and they're all a blast to see, and I think I might have seen The Toasters too.

Last Saturday I got a chance to see Meddling Kids again. They're an above-average modern rock band, but heck, it's just modern rock. If you really like that kind of thing, these guys are a good pick to see. I got to The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) as well and have once again missed The Isotopes. I did get to see The Flour City Knuckleheads again who do some really good punk rock and also Purrs who were good but complained a bit too much about being drunk.

Oh yeah ... one other thing: Real Genius gets released on DVD on Tuesday. If you're very excited about it, you'll need to buy it. Unfortunately it looks like there's no additional features other than widescreen. Darn.

T H U R S D A Y

Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Lo Deya starting around 10:45. 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. 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.

F R I D A Y

Tonight at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is the Tiny Glover Comedy Revue from around 8:30 to 10. In what looks like it could be a really good show, except that it's at Water Street Music Hall (204 N. Water St.) is The Toasters, great ska from The Blackouts , fun chick punk-rock from Purrs and solid fun punk-rock from The Sluts starting around 8. 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

O'Bagelo's, 165 State Street, noon. Tonight at le Club Shock at Analog Shock (674 South Ave.) is Mammal and Zombi, both from Detroit, starting around 7. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Night of the Hunter starting at 8. A serial killer hounds a couple kids for the treasure they're hiding. Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) will be 27, Pete Labone and Nod starting around 10:45. Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) will be having a "Bird Circuit Benefit Show" starting around 10:30. I'm not sure what the benefit is, though ... Over at Acme Bar & Pizza (495 Monroe Ave.) is the new-to-me groove rock band 25 Cent Cowboys starting around 9:30. Over at Tapas One Seventy Seven (177 Saint Paul St.) is the latin band Alla Turca probably starting around 9 or so. As part of the Rochester International Jazz Festival (could you possibly forget that it's going on?)over at High Falls Festival Site (Browns Race and Commercial St.) is the really great local jazz-funk-rock of Prime Time Funk at 6, Jane Bunnett and Spirits Of Havana at 7:15, European Jazz Ensemble at 8:30 and Terence Blanchard Sextet at 9:45.

S U N D A Y

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Kiss Me, Deadly starting at 8. A caricature of film noir ... 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.)

M O N D A Y

Over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) is the Fort Collins, CO punk band, Kip Nash starting around 10:30. Trivia Quiz continues at The Old Toad (277 Alexander St.) It all gets started a little after 9.

T U E S D A Y

Tonight at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Evil Beaver with Cherry Valence starting around 10:45. Tonight at Nextstage at Geva (75 Woodbury Blvd.) is Looking Over The President's Shoulder. Their website describes the play as: Based on the life of Alonzo Fields, Chief Butler at the White House during four presidentsÕ terms, the one-man show reveals an intimate view of history-in-the-making.Ê Through masterful storytelling, musical interludes and uncanny impressions, Fields introduces a cavalcade of characters: presidents, prime ministers, monarchs and movie stars, in this fascinating and enormously entertaining play. The play runs from Tuesday through Friday at 7:30, Saturday at 5 and 9:30 and Sunday at 3. 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

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing Innerspace starting at 8. Remember ... Dennis Quaid? Martin Short? Meg Ryan? pretty funny? 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.