On the old TV show, Superman was "faster than a speeding bullet." Today in Ithaca, you can be faster than cars.
Clinton Street closed today, for bridge repair, from Cayuga St. to Danby Road. It will be closed a while.
Meanwhile, Green Street is under repair, with only one lane open.
You could walk backward and be faster than the car traffic on Green, Clinton, or South Cayuga.
If you come to Ithaca from out of town, and are heading downtown, your fastest option would be to park as soon as you hit Clinton or Green, and start ankling it.
Ithaca might be a lousy place to drive, but it is a great place to burn calories.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Monday, April 30, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Last Days For Castaways
We had nice fun at Castaways on Wednesday, seeing the Spampinato Brothers. The very bad news is that Castaways is closing its doors this week, due to a raise in rent. There are a few good shows left to celebrate.
Tonight is the final Happy Hour, with GoGone, ironically.
Saturday is a big bill with The Gunpoets and 4 other bands. It starts at 8.
Sunday is the last night. A big show, fittingly, with John Brown's Body and Sim Redmond Band. It starts 9:30.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca Blog
Tonight is the final Happy Hour, with GoGone, ironically.
Saturday is a big bill with The Gunpoets and 4 other bands. It starts at 8.
Sunday is the last night. A big show, fittingly, with John Brown's Body and Sim Redmond Band. It starts 9:30.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca Blog
Monday, April 23, 2012
Spampinato Brothers at Castaways, Wed. 25 April
In the '90s, I was approached by some friends with children to coach their t-ball team. I knew the kids but was not a parent myself, so could avoid playing favorites.
I agreed to do it on the condition I got to name the team.
I named them the Sensational All-Stars And Friends Of Spampinato.
Joey Spampinato was a member of my favorite musical ensemble, the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ). The band has just recorded a song where they sang and spelled "Spampinato," in response to reporters who couldn't get the name right.
It was a lively chant, and I thought it would make a great theme song for a team, provided they were named Spampinato. So we were.
Joey is still playing music, no longer with NRBQ, but with his brother Johnny and their band. The Spampinato Brothers come to Castaways this Wednesday, 25 April.
The brothers are probably pushing 60, or actually pulling it, but have a rock and roll spirit that makes the music timeless. They sing harmonies in the style of the Everleys and Beatles. They write songs reminiscent of Liverpool, as well as Memphis, New Orleans, Motown, the Brill Building, Tin Pan Alley, and Belmont Avenue.
Years back, when Bill Wyman quit, the Rolling Stones asked Joey to join as their bass player. He said he would tour with them once, but had his own band.
Come hear what the Rolling Stones liked so much, this week at Castaways.
I agreed to do it on the condition I got to name the team.
I named them the Sensational All-Stars And Friends Of Spampinato.
Joey Spampinato was a member of my favorite musical ensemble, the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ). The band has just recorded a song where they sang and spelled "Spampinato," in response to reporters who couldn't get the name right.
It was a lively chant, and I thought it would make a great theme song for a team, provided they were named Spampinato. So we were.
Joey is still playing music, no longer with NRBQ, but with his brother Johnny and their band. The Spampinato Brothers come to Castaways this Wednesday, 25 April.
The brothers are probably pushing 60, or actually pulling it, but have a rock and roll spirit that makes the music timeless. They sing harmonies in the style of the Everleys and Beatles. They write songs reminiscent of Liverpool, as well as Memphis, New Orleans, Motown, the Brill Building, Tin Pan Alley, and Belmont Avenue.
Years back, when Bill Wyman quit, the Rolling Stones asked Joey to join as their bass player. He said he would tour with them once, but had his own band.
Come hear what the Rolling Stones liked so much, this week at Castaways.
Monday, April 16, 2012
A Little Something Extra For New York
Taxes are done and I find that I am getting a refund from the federal government of a few hundred dollars, and from New York state, one of much, much less.
Asking around, I find this is the norm. The ratio seems to be about 10 to 1.
They say the federal government is doing bad, so New York must be in real trouble.
As a result, I would like to do a little extra, and send a few Powerball tickets to New York. But the tax instructions only tell you where to send a return that has a check, or one that doesn't, not one that includes lottery tickets.
In his taxes, the lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy, reported almost $3,000 in income from the race track in 2012. Apparently he needs gambling, too, to make ends meet.
He got a refund from the federal government of over $2,000 and from New York of about $200. It's reassuring, I guess, to see the big guys don't do any better than the regular people.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Asking around, I find this is the norm. The ratio seems to be about 10 to 1.
They say the federal government is doing bad, so New York must be in real trouble.
As a result, I would like to do a little extra, and send a few Powerball tickets to New York. But the tax instructions only tell you where to send a return that has a check, or one that doesn't, not one that includes lottery tickets.
In his taxes, the lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy, reported almost $3,000 in income from the race track in 2012. Apparently he needs gambling, too, to make ends meet.
He got a refund from the federal government of over $2,000 and from New York of about $200. It's reassuring, I guess, to see the big guys don't do any better than the regular people.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Richard Price Writing For Network TV
Normally we don't write much here about television. Why, because we are snobby? Maybe, although we will certainly watch the Mets on TV, and that is not a very elite pastime.
Friends of ours tried to get us to watch "Mad Men," and we watched this year's episodes, but we think it is a little silly. They also mentioned "Game of Thrones," but we nixed that without a trial. Why?, they asked. We explained that we don't like any entertainments with people wearing costumes, or with English accents.
We like realistic things, or at least credible ones. So, we are interested that premiering this Sunday is a series that seems a lock in those categories: a cop drama, "NYC-22," written by Richard Price, bard of the Bronx (and Cornell alumnus).
TV fans will know Price as a writer of the HBO series "The Wire." Book fans know him as author of "The Wanderers," "Clockers," "Lush Life," and other novels. Movie fans might know he screenwrote "The Color of Money," "Sea Of Love," and others.
Price's writing is stark, so we were surprised to see the series is on network TV rather than cable. We will bet on Price on any writing enterprise, though.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Friends of ours tried to get us to watch "Mad Men," and we watched this year's episodes, but we think it is a little silly. They also mentioned "Game of Thrones," but we nixed that without a trial. Why?, they asked. We explained that we don't like any entertainments with people wearing costumes, or with English accents.
We like realistic things, or at least credible ones. So, we are interested that premiering this Sunday is a series that seems a lock in those categories: a cop drama, "NYC-22," written by Richard Price, bard of the Bronx (and Cornell alumnus).
TV fans will know Price as a writer of the HBO series "The Wire." Book fans know him as author of "The Wanderers," "Clockers," "Lush Life," and other novels. Movie fans might know he screenwrote "The Color of Money," "Sea Of Love," and others.
Price's writing is stark, so we were surprised to see the series is on network TV rather than cable. We will bet on Price on any writing enterprise, though.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Monday, March 26, 2012
Last Chance To Read "Brooklyn 3 New York" (For Free)
Our parvus opus, "Brooklyn 3 New York," is available for free reading on Blogger.com, but not for long.
We are preparing it for bona fide publication (well, online, but for money), and part of the deal is that it can't be available anywhere else, especially free.
"Brooklyn 3 New York" refers to the part of Brooklyn I know best, and no one else knows at all, East Flatbush.
It is primarily about the years I spent there in pre-zip code days (hence the title), as a youthful youngster; and a child's development in that raucous borough, when it was a real blue-collar place, of people who read newspapers, and not Jonathan Lethem, that stroontz. (For example.) And talked a lot.
You can find it simply by searching for Brooklyn 3 New York.
Next stop is Amazon Kindle. That will cost a reasonable few bucks to read. But it will have the literary advantage over the blog of printing the selections from the first one written to the last, instead of the reverse.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
We are preparing it for bona fide publication (well, online, but for money), and part of the deal is that it can't be available anywhere else, especially free.
"Brooklyn 3 New York" refers to the part of Brooklyn I know best, and no one else knows at all, East Flatbush.
It is primarily about the years I spent there in pre-zip code days (hence the title), as a youthful youngster; and a child's development in that raucous borough, when it was a real blue-collar place, of people who read newspapers, and not Jonathan Lethem, that stroontz. (For example.) And talked a lot.
You can find it simply by searching for Brooklyn 3 New York.
Next stop is Amazon Kindle. That will cost a reasonable few bucks to read. But it will have the literary advantage over the blog of printing the selections from the first one written to the last, instead of the reverse.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Friday, March 23, 2012
Election: Wait 'Til Next Year in Cayuga Heights
Tuesday's vote for mayor and trustees in Cayuga Heights surprises us. Largely a referendum on the deer population (see previous Ithaca Blog posting), the winners (quite decisively) were the candidates supporting deer-shooting.
We had the idea that Cayuga Heightsters were more liberal. We guess not, where one's rhododendrons are concerned.
We talked to one of the losing anti-shooting candidates. He was practical about it.
"Now they have a year to make it work. It won't work. And then we'll have another election."
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
We had the idea that Cayuga Heightsters were more liberal. We guess not, where one's rhododendrons are concerned.
We talked to one of the losing anti-shooting candidates. He was practical about it.
"Now they have a year to make it work. It won't work. And then we'll have another election."
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Ithaca, Nature, and Local Politics
Ithaca is a town daffy for nature. The biggest deal in town this week was people visiting Cornell to see and sniff a big plant called the corpse plant that smells like rotting meat. The line was hundreds long.
And in Cayuga Heights, the village election today turns on the question of deer in the neighborhood.
There are two parties. New Heights is incumbent and wants to shoot deer. Village Matters are challengers who are against sharpshooters patrolling the place.
Our guess is that the pacifists will prevail. We hope they will.
To gun supporters, we say, peace, but please, get realistic. The shooting is never going to happen. Besides everything else, such as brutal and dangerous, it is too expensive.
If New Heights wins, and tries to start blasting, there will be a lawsuit the village can't afford.
If somehow a Super PAC or something came forward to pay for a deer-shooting defense, it still wouldn't happen. Any activity planned would be met, and stopped, by activists out in force.
Not just local activists, but from all over the country. Picture hundreds of orange-vested, placard-holding people standing in a plot on Hanshaw Road where an announced culling was to have been. Media trucks all over. Rifles that can't be fired.
Good luck to the Village Matters candidates, and to the residents of Cayuga Heights in creating a plan for living with nature without shooting it.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
And in Cayuga Heights, the village election today turns on the question of deer in the neighborhood.
There are two parties. New Heights is incumbent and wants to shoot deer. Village Matters are challengers who are against sharpshooters patrolling the place.
Our guess is that the pacifists will prevail. We hope they will.
To gun supporters, we say, peace, but please, get realistic. The shooting is never going to happen. Besides everything else, such as brutal and dangerous, it is too expensive.
If New Heights wins, and tries to start blasting, there will be a lawsuit the village can't afford.
If somehow a Super PAC or something came forward to pay for a deer-shooting defense, it still wouldn't happen. Any activity planned would be met, and stopped, by activists out in force.
Not just local activists, but from all over the country. Picture hundreds of orange-vested, placard-holding people standing in a plot on Hanshaw Road where an announced culling was to have been. Media trucks all over. Rifles that can't be fired.
Good luck to the Village Matters candidates, and to the residents of Cayuga Heights in creating a plan for living with nature without shooting it.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Nice Night For Felicia's
It's too nice to be in, but at Felicia's Lounge you can go out and actually be out. The State Street bar has an alley with tables and chairs, and it is a pleasant spot.
On Sundays, they have music, with no cover charge. Tonight is Jennie Lowe Stearns, with Mike Stark.
On Sundays, too, they have Champagne specials, which we don't know details of. But we know about the $5 pizza specials (usually $7, we think).
Bensonhursters might not recognize Felicia's as pizzas. No sauce. Instead, they are fancy-ingrediented, with stuff like figs and feta; or apples and blue cheese; and pesto. It isn't Vito's, but it's nice.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca Blog
On Sundays, they have music, with no cover charge. Tonight is Jennie Lowe Stearns, with Mike Stark.
On Sundays, too, they have Champagne specials, which we don't know details of. But we know about the $5 pizza specials (usually $7, we think).
Bensonhursters might not recognize Felicia's as pizzas. No sauce. Instead, they are fancy-ingrediented, with stuff like figs and feta; or apples and blue cheese; and pesto. It isn't Vito's, but it's nice.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca Blog
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Amy LaVere Plays Free at Angry Mom Records, Wed. 14 March
Acclaimed singer Amy LaVere comes to Ithaca for a show at the new Lot 10 space on S. Cayuga Street. Before the show, Ms. LaVere performs free at an in-store event in Angry Mom Records, on the Commons.
Ms. LaVere came to prominence about 5 years ago as a rising Americana artist. Born in Louisiana, she has been described as "a noir-ish southern storyteller."
She appeared as rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson in the film "Walk The Line".
Ms. LaVere recently finished a European tour in support of her new release, "Stranger Me".
The in-store performance at Angry Mom Records starts at 5:30. The show at Lot 10 is at 9 p.m. Tickets for the show are available at Angry Mom.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Ms. LaVere came to prominence about 5 years ago as a rising Americana artist. Born in Louisiana, she has been described as "a noir-ish southern storyteller."
She appeared as rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson in the film "Walk The Line".
Ms. LaVere recently finished a European tour in support of her new release, "Stranger Me".
The in-store performance at Angry Mom Records starts at 5:30. The show at Lot 10 is at 9 p.m. Tickets for the show are available at Angry Mom.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Mets Stick With Binghamton
The glum word among local baseball fans was that the NY Mets would move their minor league team from Binghamton at the end of its contract this year.
But, good news. The Mets signed a new 5-year contract to keep the team in Binghamton.
The Binghamton Mets are a Double-A team, the second-highest minor league level. The team regularly develops and sends players to the major league Mets.
We go see the B-Mets, as they are known, a few times a season. Invariably the attendance is about 1,000 people, in a park that seats 5,000.
We wonder what the other people in Binghamton are doing. There are 250,000 in the Binghamton metropolitan area.
It's a professional sports franchise with significant affiliation. The ballpark is pleasant and clean. The tickets are cheaper than movie tickets.
The team was avidly pursued by other cities. Locals, and other regionals, please note. The team needs and deserves support.
The season opens on Thursday 5 April.
play ball!
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
But, good news. The Mets signed a new 5-year contract to keep the team in Binghamton.
The Binghamton Mets are a Double-A team, the second-highest minor league level. The team regularly develops and sends players to the major league Mets.
We go see the B-Mets, as they are known, a few times a season. Invariably the attendance is about 1,000 people, in a park that seats 5,000.
We wonder what the other people in Binghamton are doing. There are 250,000 in the Binghamton metropolitan area.
It's a professional sports franchise with significant affiliation. The ballpark is pleasant and clean. The tickets are cheaper than movie tickets.
The team was avidly pursued by other cities. Locals, and other regionals, please note. The team needs and deserves support.
The season opens on Thursday 5 April.
play ball!
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Our Readers Like Mob Movies
We got a couple dozen replies to our question about movies our readers have watched most repeatedly.
It doesn't surprise us too much that the most popular were mob movies. "Godfather" and "Goodfellas" got numerous citations. "My Blue Heaven" got a nod: an oddball mob movie, but of the genre, technically.
On the other end of the sensibility spectrum, "The Sound Of Music" got two affirmations.
Personally, we have yet to see "The Sound Of Music".
The only other picture with more than one mention was "The Big Chill".
There were a couple of semi-classics: "Chinatown", "Duck Soup". There were some decidedly not classic; but this is what makes a horserace: "French Kiss", "Overboard", "That Thing You Do!".
A few we had to look up: "An Affair To Remember", "Wings Of Desire", "Inland Empire".
"A River Flows North" is probably pretty obscure to most, but not to Rip Torn fans, nor Ithacans (the Horse Flies did the soundtrack).
"Fail-Safe" was the only political film mentioned, and made us think, how does "Dr. Strangelove" miss this list? (We pretty much know "Dr. Strangelove" by heart.)
At the end, we thought, something is missing here, but we couldn't think what. Then it occurred to us: the movies that are on cable TV all the time. Why no entry from that group? Then, just a few minutes ago, came this submission: " 'Moonstruck', of course."
Of course! We have seen "Moonstruck" a million times, too. We have always wondered about "Moonstruck" on the masculine/feminine movie matrix. But that's another topic.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
It doesn't surprise us too much that the most popular were mob movies. "Godfather" and "Goodfellas" got numerous citations. "My Blue Heaven" got a nod: an oddball mob movie, but of the genre, technically.
On the other end of the sensibility spectrum, "The Sound Of Music" got two affirmations.
Personally, we have yet to see "The Sound Of Music".
The only other picture with more than one mention was "The Big Chill".
There were a couple of semi-classics: "Chinatown", "Duck Soup". There were some decidedly not classic; but this is what makes a horserace: "French Kiss", "Overboard", "That Thing You Do!".
A few we had to look up: "An Affair To Remember", "Wings Of Desire", "Inland Empire".
"A River Flows North" is probably pretty obscure to most, but not to Rip Torn fans, nor Ithacans (the Horse Flies did the soundtrack).
"Fail-Safe" was the only political film mentioned, and made us think, how does "Dr. Strangelove" miss this list? (We pretty much know "Dr. Strangelove" by heart.)
At the end, we thought, something is missing here, but we couldn't think what. Then it occurred to us: the movies that are on cable TV all the time. Why no entry from that group? Then, just a few minutes ago, came this submission: " 'Moonstruck', of course."
Of course! We have seen "Moonstruck" a million times, too. We have always wondered about "Moonstruck" on the masculine/feminine movie matrix. But that's another topic.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Sunday, March 04, 2012
What's Your Most-Watched Movie?
Last week, with the Oscars, we thought about the movies we like so much that we watch them repeatedly.
We think your #1 most-watched movie ever tells a lot about you.
Mine is "The Godfather." A co-worker's is "Tootsie." Nobody who knows us would have trouble guessing whose was whose.
What's yours? We're interested to know the roster among Ithaca Blog readers.
Tell us anonymously, if you wish, or with your name, and we will print them.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
We think your #1 most-watched movie ever tells a lot about you.
Mine is "The Godfather." A co-worker's is "Tootsie." Nobody who knows us would have trouble guessing whose was whose.
What's yours? We're interested to know the roster among Ithaca Blog readers.
Tell us anonymously, if you wish, or with your name, and we will print them.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Saturday, March 03, 2012
Rockwood Ferry on the Radio
A while back, we wrote here about Rockwood Ferry, a new old-timey band in town that features veteran player Richie Stearns and a newcomer to the scene named Tenzin Chopak, who plays guitar, sings, and writes songs.
We think (so we wrote) that Tenzin is the best male singer in town.
Tomorrow, you can hear Rockwood Ferry from the comfort of your living room. The band will play live on WITH-FM radio, 91.1, on the Rootabega [sic] Boogie program with Tracy Craig.
The band are talented and affable. It should be an entertaining show.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
We think (so we wrote) that Tenzin is the best male singer in town.
Tomorrow, you can hear Rockwood Ferry from the comfort of your living room. The band will play live on WITH-FM radio, 91.1, on the Rootabega [sic] Boogie program with Tracy Craig.
The band are talented and affable. It should be an entertaining show.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Sunday, February 26, 2012
The Horse Flies & Natalie Merchant Vs. Fracking: Sat. 10 March
Natalie Merchant and the Horse Flies have both logged lots of miles as touring musicians, but they call central New York home. Like many of us, they oppose drilling for natural gas in our region, and are doing something about it.
On Saturday 10 March, Ms. Merchant headlines a benefit performance for anti-fracking efforts. The Horse Flies open. Dr. Sandra Steingraber of Ithaca College will speak about fracking issues.
The venue is the Broome County Forum Theater in Binghamton. For ticket information, call the Forum: 607/778-6626.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
On Saturday 10 March, Ms. Merchant headlines a benefit performance for anti-fracking efforts. The Horse Flies open. Dr. Sandra Steingraber of Ithaca College will speak about fracking issues.
The venue is the Broome County Forum Theater in Binghamton. For ticket information, call the Forum: 607/778-6626.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
One More More Stop For Mardi Gras: Angry Mom Records
What better way to celebrate Mardi Gras than by bringing a little music into your life?
Angry Mom Records/Small World Music is the place to do that in Ithaca. New & used CDs and LPs in an appropriately funky setting, in the basement of Autumn Leaves Used Books, 115 The Commons.
Yes, this is self-promotion, as we are a partner in the store, but what of it? As they say, if you don't blow your own horn, there's no music.
We are here working all day today. Right now the Neville Brothers are playing. Next Dr. John. Then Kermit Ruffin. Then Trombone Shorty.
Come in!
Steve Burke
for Angry Mom Records/Small World Music/Ithaca NY Blog
Angry Mom Records/Small World Music is the place to do that in Ithaca. New & used CDs and LPs in an appropriately funky setting, in the basement of Autumn Leaves Used Books, 115 The Commons.
Yes, this is self-promotion, as we are a partner in the store, but what of it? As they say, if you don't blow your own horn, there's no music.
We are here working all day today. Right now the Neville Brothers are playing. Next Dr. John. Then Kermit Ruffin. Then Trombone Shorty.
Come in!
Steve Burke
for Angry Mom Records/Small World Music/Ithaca NY Blog
One More Stop For Mardi Gras: GreenStar
We mentioned Maxie's yesterday as the surrogate here in Ithaca for New Orleans on Mardi Gras day.
It turns out that GreenStar Coop is also in the spirit today, with special Big Easy items on the deli menu. For lunch, we picked up some red beans, some greens, and some gumbo from their hot bar.
Deli manager Eric tells us there are lots of changes coming to the department. The ones we got right here indicate a flying start.
red beans and ricely,
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
It turns out that GreenStar Coop is also in the spirit today, with special Big Easy items on the deli menu. For lunch, we picked up some red beans, some greens, and some gumbo from their hot bar.
Deli manager Eric tells us there are lots of changes coming to the department. The ones we got right here indicate a flying start.
red beans and ricely,
Steve Burke
for Ithaca NY Blog
Monday, February 20, 2012
In Ithaca, Mardi Gras Means Maxie's
We don't know why people bother searching online for "Mardi Gras & Ithaca" when the obvious site is Maxie's.
Maxie's Supper Club conjures Oak Street in New Orleans any night, but it is truly New Orleans North around Mardi Gras day.
There have been special features at Maxie's all weekend. Tonight is Drag Night. Don't be scared, it isn't mandatory.
Tomorrow, of course, is the big night, and there will be live zydeco music, and much revelry.
If you know what it means to miss New Orleans, stop in and say How You Feelin'. You'll be happy.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca New York Blog
Maxie's Supper Club conjures Oak Street in New Orleans any night, but it is truly New Orleans North around Mardi Gras day.
There have been special features at Maxie's all weekend. Tonight is Drag Night. Don't be scared, it isn't mandatory.
Tomorrow, of course, is the big night, and there will be live zydeco music, and much revelry.
If you know what it means to miss New Orleans, stop in and say How You Feelin'. You'll be happy.
Steve Burke
for Ithaca New York Blog
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Pearly Snaps on Bound For Glory Tonight
Bound For Glory, the live weekly folk music show, somehow doesn't get around much to featuring local artists, although Ithaca is certainly large with them.
Tonight that changes with the appearance of Pearly Snaps, a female folk duo from town.
Rosie Newton and Stephanie Jenkins play fiddle and standup bass and a few other acoustic instruments. The music is more old-timey than folk. It tends to feature a lot of vocals and it is very good. The duo have a good time when they play.
Bound For Glory broadcasts from Anabel Taylor Hall at Cornell. The show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Tonight that changes with the appearance of Pearly Snaps, a female folk duo from town.
Rosie Newton and Stephanie Jenkins play fiddle and standup bass and a few other acoustic instruments. The music is more old-timey than folk. It tends to feature a lot of vocals and it is very good. The duo have a good time when they play.
Bound For Glory broadcasts from Anabel Taylor Hall at Cornell. The show starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Live Music This Week, Somewhere Under the Radar
We won't bother to promote the music of Devil Makes Three and Nat Baldwin to those who don't already know it. But for those who do, we want to make sure you know they are playing weeknight dates in Ithaca this week.
Devil Makes Three is at the Haunt on Wednesday the 15th. Doors open at 7:30. Tickets are $12.50.
Nat Baldwin is at Culture Shock on Thursday. Doors open at 8 p.m. for the 9 p.m. show. Tickets are $10, and are limited to 50.
Tickets for both events are available at Angry Mom Records, on the Commons, and business has been brisk today.
Steve Burke
for Angry Mom Records/Small World Music
and Ithaca Blog
Devil Makes Three is at the Haunt on Wednesday the 15th. Doors open at 7:30. Tickets are $12.50.
Nat Baldwin is at Culture Shock on Thursday. Doors open at 8 p.m. for the 9 p.m. show. Tickets are $10, and are limited to 50.
Tickets for both events are available at Angry Mom Records, on the Commons, and business has been brisk today.
Steve Burke
for Angry Mom Records/Small World Music
and Ithaca Blog
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