Great Blue Heron Is Here Again
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7/5/2007 - With yesterday's mid-week break, it's almost like today is Monday. Almost.
Not that I'm complaining, but holidays on Wednesdays are kind of weird. The Tuesday feels like a Friday and Wednesday becomes a Sunday, which leaves you without a Saturday on which to get truly debaucherous.
Ah well, we're only two days away from the real weekend and it looks as though all the Fourth of July festivities that started Wednesday will continue right on through to Sunday. With activities happening everywhere from Sherman to Sunset Bay, there will be no shortage of places to hang out this weekend.
¯ SPOTLIGHT ON A SPECIAL SUNDAY IN SUNSET BAY — WQFX 103.1 FM, the rock station of Jamestown and Warren, will once again take over Lake Erie's shores in Sunset Bay for a day of hard-rocking tunes by some of the area's best bands.
The annual ''Fox Rocks the Beach'' will be held Sunday at the Sunset Bay Beach Club in Northern Chautauqua County and will feature performances by Sweet Ass Cream Corn, Everything Ends, Dirty Girlfriend and Matt Maloof & the Contraband.
In addition to the music, there will be a Miss Hawaiian Tropic Swimsuit Competition with ''some of the hottest women of Western New York taking part,'' according to wqfx1031.com.
¯ ONE-MAN COMEDY ROCK BAND COMES TO J.C.C. — A combination comedy act and solo acoustic rock show, the one-man band Throwing Toasters will perform Saturday night at the J.C.C. Student Union.
With songs in the style of Tenacious D and the onstage energy of Barenaked Ladies, Grant Baciocco has fast made a name for himself as Throwing Toasters. In addition to having played the Tokyo Dome in Japan, Baciocco has opened for Weird Al Yankovic.
After graduating with a degree in theater from Long Beach State University in California, Baciocco taught himself how to play guitar and started writing original songs about such daily trivialities as A.T.M. machines, people who give away the endings of movies and the legal side of nursery rhymes.
Throwing Toasters will perform at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at J.C.C. Admission is $5. Also at J.C.C. this weekend is Galacticon 2007, a gaming convention being held from noon to midnight on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Hamilton Collegiate Center.
¯ THE PLACE TO BE THIS WEEKEND — The Avett Brothers may not have written the following lyric specifically for The Great Blue Heron Music Festival, but it fits nonetheless:
''You're 16 in July, with summer to your left and no one to your right.''
Closing in on the second half of its second decade, the theme for this weekend's Great Blue Heron is ''Sweet Sixteen'' as the summer music festival celebrates (what we here at Late Night Spotlight hope will be) another successful year with flawless weather.
Thousands of visitors will from throughout the world will descended upon Sherman for three days of music beginning this Friday, so make sure to look for pictures and a story in Saturday's edition of The Post-Journal.
''I'm really excited about the lineup. It just feels so much more solid from top to bottom this year,'' said David Tidquist, festival founder and one of the event's primary organizers. ''It's probably the most varied that it has been in a while ... We've got some really good bands headlining and the quality is just strong all the way to the bottom of the roster.''
First held in 1992, the Great Blue Heron Music Festival was initially going to be a Saturday afternoon barbecue with the band Donna the Buffalo. By the end of the first organizational meeting, what had begun as a small gathering ballooned into a three-day music and camping event. As has become the norm, this year's festival will feature performances by local, regional and national bands of many different genres as well as workshops and day-long activities.
For more information on the festival or to download a copy of the complete schedule with performance times, visit GreatBlueHeron.com.
¯ FIVE OTHER THINGS FOR THIS WEEKEND — Not down with comedy rock or the outdoor festival scene? Well dig the following five ideas for something else to do this weekend in the greater Chautauqua County area:
5. Phantasm will play Mojo's on Friday night. 4. Warren's Fourth of July celebration will happen Friday night at Bett's Field with Jack the Dog. 3. Crosstown Traffic will play Eason Hall in Westfield on Saturday. 2. Sweet Ass Cream Corn will play The Bullfrog Hotel on Saturday night. 1. New Wave Nation will play The Village Casino on Saturday night.
¯ DELICIOUS DRINK(S) OF THE WEEK — True to Phin DeMink's words that his Lakewood business is ''continually developing new product to stay in the lead,'' the Southern Tier Brewing Company is now offering Uber-Sun, a take on the popular Hop-Sun seasonal beer.
As of a MySpace post on Tuesday, Uber-Sun was the ''new beer on the line,'' which we here at Late Night Spotlight take as meaning the new brew will soon be on store shelves. The Imperial version of Southern Tier's summer wheat beer, Uber-Sun tips the scales at a delicious eight percent alcohol by volume.
The Southern Tier Brewing Company is located at 2051A Stoneman Circle in Lakewood and can be reached by calling 763-5479. To read an article about the brewery's history and recent national recognition by ''BeerAdvocate'' magazine, visit Post-Journal.com and search the words ''Southern Tier.''
¯ COMING NEXT WEEK — The Cutting Music Festival will be held next Friday and Saturday in Clymer. At $20, tickets include free camping and performances by Rift, Shadyside Blues Band, Big Brother Bob, Trev Zepplin, The Solutions, Anal Pudding, Knife Fight the World and several others. The festival grounds is just minutes from the site where the Great Blue Heron Music Festival is held — on Route 474, between Wattsburg, Pa. and Clymer, N.Y. The festival runs from 9 a.m. until sunrise both nights.
¯ QUESTION OF THE WEEK — What famous piece of summer clothing was introduced on this day in 1946 in Paris, France? Or can you name the sitcom that aired its first episode on this day in 1989? In answer to last week's question, ''Barbarella'' and ''Desperation # 5'' were songs from Scott Weiland's solo album, ''12 Bar Blues.''
Nick Dean is a Post-Journal staff reporter. Comments on this column can be sent to ndean@post-journal.com. Suggestions and items for submission can be sent via e-mail or by calling the newsroom at 487-1111, ext. 251.
Not that I'm complaining, but holidays on Wednesdays are kind of weird. The Tuesday feels like a Friday and Wednesday becomes a Sunday, which leaves you without a Saturday on which to get truly debaucherous.
Ah well, we're only two days away from the real weekend and it looks as though all the Fourth of July festivities that started Wednesday will continue right on through to Sunday. With activities happening everywhere from Sherman to Sunset Bay, there will be no shortage of places to hang out this weekend.
¯ SPOTLIGHT ON A SPECIAL SUNDAY IN SUNSET BAY — WQFX 103.1 FM, the rock station of Jamestown and Warren, will once again take over Lake Erie's shores in Sunset Bay for a day of hard-rocking tunes by some of the area's best bands.
The annual ''Fox Rocks the Beach'' will be held Sunday at the Sunset Bay Beach Club in Northern Chautauqua County and will feature performances by Sweet Ass Cream Corn, Everything Ends, Dirty Girlfriend and Matt Maloof & the Contraband.
In addition to the music, there will be a Miss Hawaiian Tropic Swimsuit Competition with ''some of the hottest women of Western New York taking part,'' according to wqfx1031.com.
¯ ONE-MAN COMEDY ROCK BAND COMES TO J.C.C. — A combination comedy act and solo acoustic rock show, the one-man band Throwing Toasters will perform Saturday night at the J.C.C. Student Union.
With songs in the style of Tenacious D and the onstage energy of Barenaked Ladies, Grant Baciocco has fast made a name for himself as Throwing Toasters. In addition to having played the Tokyo Dome in Japan, Baciocco has opened for Weird Al Yankovic.
After graduating with a degree in theater from Long Beach State University in California, Baciocco taught himself how to play guitar and started writing original songs about such daily trivialities as A.T.M. machines, people who give away the endings of movies and the legal side of nursery rhymes.
Throwing Toasters will perform at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at J.C.C. Admission is $5. Also at J.C.C. this weekend is Galacticon 2007, a gaming convention being held from noon to midnight on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday in the Hamilton Collegiate Center.
¯ THE PLACE TO BE THIS WEEKEND — The Avett Brothers may not have written the following lyric specifically for The Great Blue Heron Music Festival, but it fits nonetheless:
''You're 16 in July, with summer to your left and no one to your right.''
Closing in on the second half of its second decade, the theme for this weekend's Great Blue Heron is ''Sweet Sixteen'' as the summer music festival celebrates (what we here at Late Night Spotlight hope will be) another successful year with flawless weather.
Thousands of visitors will from throughout the world will descended upon Sherman for three days of music beginning this Friday, so make sure to look for pictures and a story in Saturday's edition of The Post-Journal.
''I'm really excited about the lineup. It just feels so much more solid from top to bottom this year,'' said David Tidquist, festival founder and one of the event's primary organizers. ''It's probably the most varied that it has been in a while ... We've got some really good bands headlining and the quality is just strong all the way to the bottom of the roster.''
First held in 1992, the Great Blue Heron Music Festival was initially going to be a Saturday afternoon barbecue with the band Donna the Buffalo. By the end of the first organizational meeting, what had begun as a small gathering ballooned into a three-day music and camping event. As has become the norm, this year's festival will feature performances by local, regional and national bands of many different genres as well as workshops and day-long activities.
For more information on the festival or to download a copy of the complete schedule with performance times, visit GreatBlueHeron.com.
¯ FIVE OTHER THINGS FOR THIS WEEKEND — Not down with comedy rock or the outdoor festival scene? Well dig the following five ideas for something else to do this weekend in the greater Chautauqua County area:
5. Phantasm will play Mojo's on Friday night. 4. Warren's Fourth of July celebration will happen Friday night at Bett's Field with Jack the Dog. 3. Crosstown Traffic will play Eason Hall in Westfield on Saturday. 2. Sweet Ass Cream Corn will play The Bullfrog Hotel on Saturday night. 1. New Wave Nation will play The Village Casino on Saturday night.
¯ DELICIOUS DRINK(S) OF THE WEEK — True to Phin DeMink's words that his Lakewood business is ''continually developing new product to stay in the lead,'' the Southern Tier Brewing Company is now offering Uber-Sun, a take on the popular Hop-Sun seasonal beer.
As of a MySpace post on Tuesday, Uber-Sun was the ''new beer on the line,'' which we here at Late Night Spotlight take as meaning the new brew will soon be on store shelves. The Imperial version of Southern Tier's summer wheat beer, Uber-Sun tips the scales at a delicious eight percent alcohol by volume.
The Southern Tier Brewing Company is located at 2051A Stoneman Circle in Lakewood and can be reached by calling 763-5479. To read an article about the brewery's history and recent national recognition by ''BeerAdvocate'' magazine, visit Post-Journal.com and search the words ''Southern Tier.''
¯ COMING NEXT WEEK — The Cutting Music Festival will be held next Friday and Saturday in Clymer. At $20, tickets include free camping and performances by Rift, Shadyside Blues Band, Big Brother Bob, Trev Zepplin, The Solutions, Anal Pudding, Knife Fight the World and several others. The festival grounds is just minutes from the site where the Great Blue Heron Music Festival is held — on Route 474, between Wattsburg, Pa. and Clymer, N.Y. The festival runs from 9 a.m. until sunrise both nights.
¯ QUESTION OF THE WEEK — What famous piece of summer clothing was introduced on this day in 1946 in Paris, France? Or can you name the sitcom that aired its first episode on this day in 1989? In answer to last week's question, ''Barbarella'' and ''Desperation # 5'' were songs from Scott Weiland's solo album, ''12 Bar Blues.''
Nick Dean is a Post-Journal staff reporter. Comments on this column can be sent to ndean@post-journal.com. Suggestions and items for submission can be sent via e-mail or by calling the newsroom at 487-1111, ext. 251.
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