Kicking off day three of my fringe experience was Auburn native The Great Chernesky at Java’s.
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iPhone 5 unboxing
We get all five (or ten) of our little fingers on the brand new iPhone.
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 2: Bandaloop, Shimmy Shake Down, “There’s Always Time for a Cocktail” reviews
For many people Bandaloop was the litmus test to see how Rochester would react to our city’s newest festival. The internationally renowned aerial dance troupe is arguably the highest-profile act — literally and figuratively — of the inaugural Rochester Fringe. Would people show up to see its free outdoor performance on the side of One […]
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Concert photos and video: The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses
A first look at the Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses.
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Rochester Fringe Fest, Day 1: YUM! Review
How do you hit my weak spot at the start of a festival? With food. Sweet, yummy, tasty, scrumptious, and scrumdiddlyumptious food. Songs about food are even a better start.
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Romney cuts himself with his own axe
Mitt Romney may have at last made errors that he can’t overcome, even with the help of a highly financed ad campaign. The more he talks, the more he reveals that he is stunningly uninformed. Today he’s trying to deal with a video, obtained by Mother Jones Magazine, of a talk to wealthy Republican donors. […]
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Video Game Review: Kirby’s Dream Collection
It’s a little surreal to think that I’m only two years older than Kirby.
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Slaughter and Brooks start duking it out
Hoo boy: We may not get much of the harsh TV ads of the presidential campaign, since Obama pretty much has a lock on New York State, but it looks like the Maggie-and-Louise campaign will make up for it. The Slaughter campaign has released a particularly harsh TV ad called “Scandal,” focusing on negative news […]
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Global warming, YouTube style
A NASA video showing global temperature changes between 1880 and 2011 resurfaces and should remind political leaders that they need to develop sound climate policies.
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CONCERT VIDEO: The Front Bottoms at the Bug Jar
New Jersey pop-rockers The Front Bottoms came to the Bug Jar on Thursday, August 23, for a sweaty set of its acoustic laden and heart-stirring rock.
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Video Games: Nintendo 3DS XL Review
Just more than a year after the release of the 3DS, Nintendo is rolling out a newer version of the handheld, raising more questions than answers. Did we really need a bigger 3DS? Is it enough of an upgrade to buy another 3DS this soon? And, perhaps most importantly, where am I going to find screen protectors this large?
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CD REVIEW: The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band: Between the Ditches
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is nothing short of an enigma. The three piece combines Reverend Peyton himself on finger style slide guitar, his wife Breezy on washboard, and Aaron Persinger on drums, creating a unique blend of fast and furious stomp-blues that is phenomenal live, still standing as one of, if not the […]
