All right, real quick-like … just a note to let you know Blood & Bone Orchestra will be performing at Daily Perks Coffee House tomorrow night, (Friday, June 30) with Urknee & Bjurton Russell as their Opening Act @ 8pm – More info @ http://www.dailyperkscoffeehouse.com
I’m unaware of the feature for Kona for the week I’m gone, so I can’t let you in on that one, but I know Sevin is gonna be on for Thursday the 12th … Also, I bumped into Sevin at the Juneteenth celebration and he is hosting an Open Mic at Julius’s on Friday nights, so I’m going to be trying to check that out sometime soon … well after I get back from Ireland that is ;)
Oh, and don't miss this! I wouldn't, if i were here:
Rock into Independence Day
July, 3 2007 at Water street Music Hall
Not Available , Rochester, New York
Cost : 10 in advance through ticket master/ 15 at the door
Indie Music's Best Musicians The line up include JoAnn Vaccaro, The Mesh Factor, Mary Shannon and her band, and Shawnee Boyeee
Hope you all have a wonderful week & a sparkling 4th of July! Now, I’ve got to go get myself packed … yes, procrastination is my middle name but I kind of like it that way (sometimes) … Bye, for now …
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
This week at Pure Kona: Greg Slater
Thursday, June 21st
Pure Kona Open Mic, 8- 10 pm
Daily Perks Coffee House
369 Gregory St, Rochester
I have no photos of this Greg Slater fellow, so this is what you get from me this week ... as I pack my bags to steal away to Ireland ... hehehe!
In case I am remiss in posting next week's Pure Kona events - there will be a double feature with our very own Colleen Powderly & surprise guest Emmett Mitchee (back in town for a limited engagement i would guess) ... and that will be June 28th ... same time, same place ...
I'm going to try to make it out for that one, though I have to put my daughter on a plane that afternoon for her own trip to North Carolina ... state of her birth ... and then I will be catching a plane the next day to, that's right, Ireland ... hehehe ... yes, I am very happy about this development in my life :)
So, if you are in desperate need of open mic info while I am abroad - check the Daily Perks webpage: www.dailyperkscoffeehouse.com or a quick glance at the City Newspaper might give you a few good ideas ... and there's always JayceLand (link to left ... aww, no it's right ... not quite as alliterative but what are you gonna do?)
It's 3 am and I should be sleeping ... oyasuminasaii ... which is the very hard word for good-night it took me forever to learn when i was in japan ... ah, yeah ... well ... g'night then ...
Pure Kona Open Mic, 8- 10 pm
Daily Perks Coffee House
369 Gregory St, Rochester
I have no photos of this Greg Slater fellow, so this is what you get from me this week ... as I pack my bags to steal away to Ireland ... hehehe!
In case I am remiss in posting next week's Pure Kona events - there will be a double feature with our very own Colleen Powderly & surprise guest Emmett Mitchee (back in town for a limited engagement i would guess) ... and that will be June 28th ... same time, same place ...
I'm going to try to make it out for that one, though I have to put my daughter on a plane that afternoon for her own trip to North Carolina ... state of her birth ... and then I will be catching a plane the next day to, that's right, Ireland ... hehehe ... yes, I am very happy about this development in my life :)
So, if you are in desperate need of open mic info while I am abroad - check the Daily Perks webpage: www.dailyperkscoffeehouse.com or a quick glance at the City Newspaper might give you a few good ideas ... and there's always JayceLand (link to left ... aww, no it's right ... not quite as alliterative but what are you gonna do?)
It's 3 am and I should be sleeping ... oyasuminasaii ... which is the very hard word for good-night it took me forever to learn when i was in japan ... ah, yeah ... well ... g'night then ...
Monday, June 04, 2007
NVP at Pure Kona & Other Random Events
So, they had an article in the Daily Messenger today about the Blue Dahlia closing down - I posted it below (see next - or rather previous - post) if you’re s interested …
It’s pretty decent … with an ending & pic including Ayden … reporter-boy kind of stole my whole drive-thru-society line without credit … maybe … maybe he already thought so himself and I just echoed it back to him … you never know. Overall, it was good.
So, what’s left? Well, this week at Pure Kona – there’s the band NPV – or was it NVP - which I will, unfortunately, be unable to see because my daughter’s final Orff Concert is the same night.
(I do hope to get to next week’s Kona for the 14th Anniversary! WooHoo … can you dig it? Yeah I’ve been working in a lawyer’s office all day, so I’m a little loopy … anyway – that’s featuring both Dream Engine & BADEA … now you gotta check that one out, right? Right.)
So Thursday, June 7th is the Band NPV or NVP &
Thursday, June 14th is Dream Engine & BADEA & the 14th Anniversary of Pure Kona
(And Friday, June 15th is MY 33rd Birthday!
& 33 is such an awesome number it’s bound to be a absolutely fabulous year!)
Anyway … Here’s the events I’m interested in for this coming up week … don’t think I’ll make them all … But these are the ones that caught my eye …
Lecture: Compassion: The Role of Communication in a Violent World
Tuesday, June 5 @ 7:00—8:00pm
Fisher Meeting Room in Pittsford Public Library
“Dr. Dolly Malik will lead this timely discussion on the role of compassionate communication in
conflict resolution and anger reduction, and the psychological and sociological causes of violence.”
Registration required.
To register by phone, call (585) 249-5481
during regular library hours.
Open Mic/Spoken Word
Wednesday June 6 @ 8:00 pm
Café Underground Railroad
480 W Main St
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: 235-3550
FREE
Hinkley with Schooner and Alina Simone
Thursday June 7 @ 8:00 pm
Bug Jar
219 Monroe Ave.
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: www.bugjar.com/585-454-2966
18+/8pm-11pm
$5 over $7 under
"We Support Our Troops" prints by Javier
Friday June 8 @ 7:00 pm
The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center
658 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: 442-3383
FREE
Gregory Paul
Friday June 8 @ 8:00 pm
Little Theatre Cafe
240 East Ave.
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: 232-3906
FREE
Rochester Blackbook Sessions
Friday June 8 @ 8:00 pm
Boulder Coffee Co.
100 Alexander St.
Rochester, NY
Contact Info:(585) 454-7140
http://www.myspace.com/bouldercoffeeco
More Info: What Ryan (you know – the guy) has to say about Blackbook sessions:
Blackbook sessions have been very important, in many artists' lives. Heavily rooted in graffiti culture, blackbook sessions help motivate progression in style and skill, as well as create a bond amongst fellow writers. So when a friend asked if I wanted to do anything, at a coffee house, this was the first thing that came to mind. Something based on the foundation of blackbook sessions, but open to any style and medium. If someone wants to come down and spit out 20 postal stickers --go with it. If someone wants to draw a donkey with tits, shooting a shotgun on cardboard --go with it. As long as you come down with an open mind, respect for everyone, and carry a positive attitude, you are welcome. The first session is going to be Friday March 16th (2007) 8pm-11pm, at Boulder Coffee...... http://www.bouldercoffeeco.com/ ...... The Slumdays DJ's (sundays@the bug jar) will be providing music. At the end of the night, anyone who wants to submit work will have it photographed and posted on flickr.com. the real goal for the night, is to form a solid collection of work on this site. in turn, promoting a collective of different local artwork to the cyber world. If this goes over well, we might be able to do it bi-weekly. I would like to ask that whatever establishment allows this event, should be respected. Just to insure future sessions, please respect the venue. Please read Blogs for more info.
http://www.myspace.com/rochblackbooksession
"Paintings and Sculptures" by Leonard Urso
Saturday June 9 @ 1:00 pm
Ock Hee's Gallery
2 Lehigh St
Honeoye Falls, NY
Contact Info: 624-5846
FREE
So, those are the things that caught my eye … hope there’s something there that sounds good to you, too.
Hope all is well with all y’all!
It’s pretty decent … with an ending & pic including Ayden … reporter-boy kind of stole my whole drive-thru-society line without credit … maybe … maybe he already thought so himself and I just echoed it back to him … you never know. Overall, it was good.
So, what’s left? Well, this week at Pure Kona – there’s the band NPV – or was it NVP - which I will, unfortunately, be unable to see because my daughter’s final Orff Concert is the same night.
(I do hope to get to next week’s Kona for the 14th Anniversary! WooHoo … can you dig it? Yeah I’ve been working in a lawyer’s office all day, so I’m a little loopy … anyway – that’s featuring both Dream Engine & BADEA … now you gotta check that one out, right? Right.)
So Thursday, June 7th is the Band NPV or NVP &
Thursday, June 14th is Dream Engine & BADEA & the 14th Anniversary of Pure Kona
(And Friday, June 15th is MY 33rd Birthday!
& 33 is such an awesome number it’s bound to be a absolutely fabulous year!)
Anyway … Here’s the events I’m interested in for this coming up week … don’t think I’ll make them all … But these are the ones that caught my eye …
Lecture: Compassion: The Role of Communication in a Violent World
Tuesday, June 5 @ 7:00—8:00pm
Fisher Meeting Room in Pittsford Public Library
“Dr. Dolly Malik will lead this timely discussion on the role of compassionate communication in
conflict resolution and anger reduction, and the psychological and sociological causes of violence.”
Registration required.
To register by phone, call (585) 249-5481
during regular library hours.
Open Mic/Spoken Word
Wednesday June 6 @ 8:00 pm
Café Underground Railroad
480 W Main St
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: 235-3550
FREE
Hinkley with Schooner and Alina Simone
Thursday June 7 @ 8:00 pm
Bug Jar
219 Monroe Ave.
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: www.bugjar.com/585-454-2966
18+/8pm-11pm
$5 over $7 under
"We Support Our Troops" prints by Javier
Friday June 8 @ 7:00 pm
The Storefront Anti-War Crisis Center
658 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: 442-3383
FREE
Gregory Paul
Friday June 8 @ 8:00 pm
Little Theatre Cafe
240 East Ave.
Rochester, NY
Contact Info: 232-3906
FREE
Rochester Blackbook Sessions
Friday June 8 @ 8:00 pm
Boulder Coffee Co.
100 Alexander St.
Rochester, NY
Contact Info:(585) 454-7140
http://www.myspace.com/bouldercoffeeco
More Info: What Ryan (you know – the guy) has to say about Blackbook sessions:
Blackbook sessions have been very important, in many artists' lives. Heavily rooted in graffiti culture, blackbook sessions help motivate progression in style and skill, as well as create a bond amongst fellow writers. So when a friend asked if I wanted to do anything, at a coffee house, this was the first thing that came to mind. Something based on the foundation of blackbook sessions, but open to any style and medium. If someone wants to come down and spit out 20 postal stickers --go with it. If someone wants to draw a donkey with tits, shooting a shotgun on cardboard --go with it. As long as you come down with an open mind, respect for everyone, and carry a positive attitude, you are welcome. The first session is going to be Friday March 16th (2007) 8pm-11pm, at Boulder Coffee...... http://www.bouldercoffeeco.com/ ...... The Slumdays DJ's (sundays@the bug jar) will be providing music. At the end of the night, anyone who wants to submit work will have it photographed and posted on flickr.com. the real goal for the night, is to form a solid collection of work on this site. in turn, promoting a collective of different local artwork to the cyber world. If this goes over well, we might be able to do it bi-weekly. I would like to ask that whatever establishment allows this event, should be respected. Just to insure future sessions, please respect the venue. Please read Blogs for more info.
http://www.myspace.com/rochblackbooksession
"Paintings and Sculptures" by Leonard Urso
Saturday June 9 @ 1:00 pm
Ock Hee's Gallery
2 Lehigh St
Honeoye Falls, NY
Contact Info: 624-5846
FREE
So, those are the things that caught my eye … hope there’s something there that sounds good to you, too.
Hope all is well with all y’all!
MPNnow.com: The Blue Dahlia Wilts
An article from the Daily Messenger on the Blue Dahlia ...
The Blue Dahlia Wilts
By PHILIP ANSELMO
Messenger Post Staff
Posted: Jun 4, 01:00 PM EDT
The trouble with running a coffeehouse is that you have to sell coffee.
Poets, folk singers and hipsters lament as Main Street puts another cultural couch on the curb. The Blue Dahlia cafe has served up its last latte.
For nearly two years, Blue Dahlia was the open-mic mecca in Canandaigua. "Our customers," said Scott Mackey, one of three co-owners, "we'll miss them."
Marie Starr saw Blue Dahlia as her local joint, the place she could read her poetry, or listen to a fiddle without having to make the trek to Rochester.
The place closed up two weeks ago, but its fate was sealed months before.
"Winter was really hard," said Starr. From behind the glass-front, stalwarts watched the foot traffic on South Main diminish. Even in the balmy months, the cash register didn't exactly ring every minute. On those cold nights, hours seemed to go by without a sale being rung up. And coffee was the main revenue stream, apart from a few crafts gifts. Money that the performers pulled in — tips — walked out the door in their jeans.
But there were plenty of cars as the regulars watched "drive-thru" citizens make their way down Main to Routes 5 and 20 and its big-box retailers and chains with parking lots, rather than parking spaces, and in-your-car service rather than on-the-couch comfort.
"The merchants downtown need the support of the people," said Mackey. "We really need that local support."
Right now, all seems gloomy. Sue Wierzbowski, co-owner of Phoenix Coffee on North Main, sees what amounts to a reverse trickle-down effect, with Blue Dahlia as one of its victims.
"It's a very tough economic situation, and Rochester is not doing well," said Wierzbowski. With Eastman Kodak Co. and Bausch & Lomb Inc. laying off so many people, "there's a big ripple effect. When you have big businesses doing poorly, the small businesses do poorly."
So what would have kept the beans grinding and the poets rhyming? Quite simply, more rings on the cash register, said Mackey.
"It just wasn't producing enough income to keep it afloat," he said. "We didn't want to close it, but in the end, it was a financial situation."
Not that the cafe didn't try to figure out what its customers wanted. Works from local artists steadily took over wall space from the 1950s' film-noir memorabilia. Writing clubs, knitting circles and reading groups held forth on the couches, and teen slam poets even came to rehearse for their gig in Brooklyn.
Blue Dahlia tried out everything it could to bring in bodies to bring in the bucks. But in the end, art just doesn't pay the bills, and trying to keep the place alive just wasn't worth it. "It got to the point where we burned out on it," said Mackey.
The irony of the situation was that, without crowds of customers and their noise, the venue was perfect for intimate performances for folksy acoustic groups such as The Instruments.
For their shows at the cafe, the band pulled the couches right up to the stage, which itself was no more than a few square yards.
"We do a lot of audience participation," said the group's guitarist, Blake Cooper. "We have them clap along or sing. There was no separation between us and them."
In short, it was a cozy little joint.
"Open mic lets you learn so much," said Starr. "You're not limited by class or geography. It's so much more accessible, more grassroots."
It was the only place around where Starr could order a Casablanca — "a very sweet frozen caramel coffee with chocolate sauce" — while she admired the textures of a soft pastel piece by artist Gretchen Lee, and her four-year-old son, Ayden, sang without music and danced without a beat.
One night, Ayden was the featured artist, which meant 20 minutes of stage time. With poets on the floor and on the couches blowing into their lattes to cool them off, the boy set up his drum circle of pots and pans and noisemakers.
That night wasn't the first time people tapped their feet, clapped and sang along. But it did turn out to be one of the last.
The Blue Dahlia Wilts
By PHILIP ANSELMO
Messenger Post Staff
Posted: Jun 4, 01:00 PM EDT
The trouble with running a coffeehouse is that you have to sell coffee.
Poets, folk singers and hipsters lament as Main Street puts another cultural couch on the curb. The Blue Dahlia cafe has served up its last latte.
For nearly two years, Blue Dahlia was the open-mic mecca in Canandaigua. "Our customers," said Scott Mackey, one of three co-owners, "we'll miss them."
Marie Starr saw Blue Dahlia as her local joint, the place she could read her poetry, or listen to a fiddle without having to make the trek to Rochester.
The place closed up two weeks ago, but its fate was sealed months before.
"Winter was really hard," said Starr. From behind the glass-front, stalwarts watched the foot traffic on South Main diminish. Even in the balmy months, the cash register didn't exactly ring every minute. On those cold nights, hours seemed to go by without a sale being rung up. And coffee was the main revenue stream, apart from a few crafts gifts. Money that the performers pulled in — tips — walked out the door in their jeans.
But there were plenty of cars as the regulars watched "drive-thru" citizens make their way down Main to Routes 5 and 20 and its big-box retailers and chains with parking lots, rather than parking spaces, and in-your-car service rather than on-the-couch comfort.
"The merchants downtown need the support of the people," said Mackey. "We really need that local support."
Right now, all seems gloomy. Sue Wierzbowski, co-owner of Phoenix Coffee on North Main, sees what amounts to a reverse trickle-down effect, with Blue Dahlia as one of its victims.
"It's a very tough economic situation, and Rochester is not doing well," said Wierzbowski. With Eastman Kodak Co. and Bausch & Lomb Inc. laying off so many people, "there's a big ripple effect. When you have big businesses doing poorly, the small businesses do poorly."
So what would have kept the beans grinding and the poets rhyming? Quite simply, more rings on the cash register, said Mackey.
"It just wasn't producing enough income to keep it afloat," he said. "We didn't want to close it, but in the end, it was a financial situation."
Not that the cafe didn't try to figure out what its customers wanted. Works from local artists steadily took over wall space from the 1950s' film-noir memorabilia. Writing clubs, knitting circles and reading groups held forth on the couches, and teen slam poets even came to rehearse for their gig in Brooklyn.
Blue Dahlia tried out everything it could to bring in bodies to bring in the bucks. But in the end, art just doesn't pay the bills, and trying to keep the place alive just wasn't worth it. "It got to the point where we burned out on it," said Mackey.
The irony of the situation was that, without crowds of customers and their noise, the venue was perfect for intimate performances for folksy acoustic groups such as The Instruments.
For their shows at the cafe, the band pulled the couches right up to the stage, which itself was no more than a few square yards.
"We do a lot of audience participation," said the group's guitarist, Blake Cooper. "We have them clap along or sing. There was no separation between us and them."
In short, it was a cozy little joint.
"Open mic lets you learn so much," said Starr. "You're not limited by class or geography. It's so much more accessible, more grassroots."
It was the only place around where Starr could order a Casablanca — "a very sweet frozen caramel coffee with chocolate sauce" — while she admired the textures of a soft pastel piece by artist Gretchen Lee, and her four-year-old son, Ayden, sang without music and danced without a beat.
One night, Ayden was the featured artist, which meant 20 minutes of stage time. With poets on the floor and on the couches blowing into their lattes to cool them off, the boy set up his drum circle of pots and pans and noisemakers.
That night wasn't the first time people tapped their feet, clapped and sang along. But it did turn out to be one of the last.
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