Fast and almost tight
Not a weekend warrior to be found in the joint as The Sex Slaves, Ex-Lion Tamer, and Grime Time played the Bug Jar last Thursday night for the faithful. NYC-by-way-of-Israel outfit Ex-Lion Tamer plays disjointed, uncomfortable music that sounded like a fractured interpretation of what perhaps they originally intended it to be. “OK, here’s a…
Urban journal 11.02.05
Ten years from now — when, I hope, we’ll pay no more attention to daily ferry crossings than to RTS routes — we may wonde
Metro Ink 11.02.05
Return to Africa MokaLantum jokes that because he is from Cameroon, you will see a “very strong bias” towards that country in the art and cultural artifacts at the new BaobabCulturalCenter. | There are 90 pieces of art on display at Baobab: paintings by Boston’s KofiKayiga, mixed media by New York City’s Michael “Ikahl” Beckford,…
Reader Feedback 11.02.05
Mayoral candidates, on our choices
Health insurance costs skyrocket! Employers look for ‘healthy’ workers! Are you feeling the pain yet?
Say what? – Health-care expert Rene Reixach
Cost of war 11.02.05
The totals: 2016 US soldiers, 199 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 26,797 to 30,163 Iraqicivilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to October 25. American soldiers killed between October 18 to 25: Sergeant Arthur A. Mora Jr., 23; Pico Rivera, California | Specialist Russell H. Nahvi, 24; Arlington, Texas…
Family Valued 11.02.05
Kids’ music seems the most marginal of all markets compared to others currently available by the music industry
Fiz 11.02.05
Real women have thighs And butts, and breasts, and stomachs. And hearts and lungs and kidneys, too. All the parts are usually there, really, for any woman who wants to lay claim to the “human, female” label. So why, exactly, are variations on the “real women have curves” statement so revolutionary? Lumps and bumps and…
Lou Ouzer
Next to his 1966 Igor Stravinsky portrait, Rochester photographer Lou Ouzer (1913-2002) is quoted: “I look for background before I take anyone’s picture.” It’s a simple rule, but one that allowed Ouzer to capture a life in every photograph. The portrait of Stravinsky, for example, doesn’t show much of the composer’s face. Taken in profile,…
Don’t call them chick flicks
The last few weeks have been grueling… for me. Oh, I’m sure the hardworking people over at the High Falls Film Festival offices have been logging an inhuman amount of hours putting the finishing touches on the festival dedicated to women in film. But I’m really more concerned with myself. Would it kill you programmers…
Inbox 11.02.05
The following message was sent to Gloria, who lives in the San Diego area, after someone saw her photographs posted on myspace.com. I think this letter indisputably clears up the question: Is there such a thing as love at first sight? And can it exist via the Internet? Please dispense your indefatigable yearnings to inbox@rochester-citynews.com.…
RazorSharks debut with ‘a different kind of game’
The coach of the Rochester RazorSharks, the city’s first-year expansion franchise in the American Basketball Association, paced back and forth, hands clasped behind his back, across the gym floor as his players hunched over and gasped for air. A couple of the players, it seems, were not finishing their wind sprints in the allotted 30…
Documenting an elf in Kansas
Anyone who makes a film about a writer faces the perennial problem of transforming essentially nonvisual material into entertaining moving pictures. As the history of cinema demonstrates, painters, sculptors, composers, singers, dancers, and musicians provide rich, highly visual subjects for film; writing, on the other hand, offers little in the way of surface attraction for…
That ain’t no way to treat a lobster
I prefer it when my professionals know more than I do about their chosen field
Moonlight serenade
It’s Wednesday night. It’s chilly and it’s raining. Meanwhile, the Roger Robach Community Center is abuzz and warm, its dance floor flooded with dancing couples. They swing, sway, and spin together with a seasoned elegance that sadly isn’t seen much anymore. Naturally, older folks dig this scene; it’s of their generation. And let’s face it:…
