Amidst the COVID-19 shutdown, Anthology owner Phil Fitzsimmons is cautiously optimistic about concerts tentatively scheduled for late summer and beyond.
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The F Word: Filling up the Lovin’ Cup
Leslie Ward, co-owner of the Lovin’ Cup, was torn over what to do when the inevitable effects of the coronavirus pandemic set in.
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The F Word: Keeping Three Heads above water
It’s hard to keep smiling during this pandemic, but you can see the corners of Three Heads Brewing concert organizer Geoff Dale’s mouth curl up into a grin when he talks about the things he loves: beer and the Rochester music scene.
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The F Word: Abilene’s Danny Deutsch believes
Rochester-area club owners such as Abilene’s Danny Deutsch have been caught in a kind of COVID-19 limbo. As a business owner who relies on live audiences, how is he coping?
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The F Word: What’s your side hustle?
Working musicians have always had to supplement their incomes to make ends meet. But those side gigs — bartenders, servers, Uber drivers — are no longer an option.
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The F Word: For recovering alcoholics, it’s one step at a time, online
Alcoholics Anonymous members are there for one another, day or night. And in the disruptive uncertainty of now, the services and support the organization provides are needed even more.
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The F Word: Clap hands
Social distancing has gobbled up our hoorays and swallowed our hurrahs. It’s hard for a performer when there’s no way to read an audience and get the reward of applause at the end.
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The F Word: The uplifting side of live-streaming
The same internet that’s been blamed for driving a wedge between musicians and audiences may be the very thing that saves our sanity and our souls.
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The F Word: Musicians feel the pinch
In the coming weeks, a lot of musicians are gonna feel the hit from the panic surrounding the novel coronavirus. So I’m encouraging an impromptu “support Rochester musicians” initiative.
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The F Word: Say when
Yeah, it was snowing sideways Friday night, so what? That wasn’t going to keep me away from hearing pop-indie femme fatale Caroline Vreeland open for hipster-popsters Roses and Revolutions at Three Heads Brewing.
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The F Word: Run from cover
I’ve been kinda live and let live when it comes to tribute bands. But the numbers are out of control, and these bands are setting listeners up for chronic complacency.
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The F Word: Giddy-up
I kissed the canvas twice this weekend with two knockout shows: The Tragedy Brothers at Three Heads Brewing and Kryst at Skylark Lounge.
