Will Hollis, the music director for The Eagles, is the seventh inductee this year. Joan Osborne will perform at the ceremony.
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Nazareth College Arts Center promises variety in 2019-20 season
No two events are the same in the forthcoming season at the Nazareth College Arts Center. The 2019-20 season boasts a variety of entertainers from many different artistic disciplines, and with a wide swathe of cultural perspectives.
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Looping back around
In the 1970’s and 80’s, Walt Atkison made a name for himself in the Rochester area — and the tour stops along Interstate 90 — as the one-man band. Using an Echoplex and a tambourine he’d kick around with his boots, Atkison played solo shows at almost every Rochester venue of the time, from the […]
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“Heroes” cheat sheet
Hero complex Been holding out for some “Heroes”? Now’s the time to get in on the fall’s Number 1 new drama. NBC’s Monday-night hit features a handful of seemingly regular people who discover they have extraordinary abilities (teleportation, rapid healing, hearing people’s thoughts, etc.). But what really makes the show fascinating are the twists and […]
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Tales of the mundane
Harvey Pekar creates extraordinary art out of ordinary life. His ongoing comic book stories use the mundane detail of everyday existence. But in the flat nowhere zone he’s inhabited all his years, he also finds joy and meaning and sometimes revelation. He started writing comicsin the ’70s, providing text for a series of illustrators (including […]
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Bringing back the age of Atari
How ironic: As a society we consistently become lazier, but our video game controllers keep adding buttons. And joysticks. And vibrating packs that are supposed to make your hands feel like you’ve actually been shot, or hit by a car, or snuck by a gargoyle, or something. Playing today’s popular video game systems is less […]
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Mixed emotions: how we get the music to talk for us
I so make the best mix tapes. Seriously. Give me 60 minutes of your time and I’ll show you where it’s at, and how to get there. That is, if you really like your mix tapes chockfull of Mike Patton noise projects balanced by a smattering of Brownesville Station, with a nod to Charlie Parker, […]
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You vs. terrorism
You may not think much of Rochester Gas and Electric during a blackout. But at least the utility’s helping to fight the War On Terrorism. RG&E has included a booklet recently with electric bills that should allay all your deepest fears. It proclaims “You Can Help Prevent Terrorism, Too.” Yes, now every one of you […]
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Way below radar
For decades, America’s premier skin magazine ran a series of ads called “What Kind of Man Reads Playboy?” It was shameless self-congratulation. The guys featured in these ads were rich, good-looking, and had lots of expensive toys, exactly the kind of men who didn’t need to “read” a girlie rag. We hereby begin our […]
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Q&A with The Batboy
Fifteen years ago when we attended the Monroe County Fair, we got to see an honest-to-God freak show. There was a sword-swallower, a bald guy who pounded big nails up his nose, and a girl who played with snakes and thrashed around in a fake electric chair. So, the next year, when we were […]
