It is not enough to HOPE for CHANGE. We must WORK for CHANGE
I say Ren Square Must Make Way for Trains. As a Democratic candidate for an At Large City Council seat, our campaign calls for supporting President Obama's nationwide high speed rail network, particularly the Empire Corridor from Buffalo to Albany. Rochester needs to drop the unfunded ten year old Renaissance Square boondoggle and go where the federal money really is: high speed rail from coast to coast. President Obama wants our support to make this change happen. Let's give it to him!
As an avid President Obama supporter and Democratic candidate for Rochester City Council, I want to work together with the unions who are out of work and need to practice their life-long-learned skills to build something we all want to look at and use for generations to come. We do not want them to build 1,000 fast ferries at Main & Clinton. I want to work with other leaders in the region towards an inter-modal transportation facility that benefits all taxpayers.
We can't risk the rail running along the thruway with no stop downtown, but that is exactly what will happen if Republicans like Maggie Brooks keep playing politics and the train runs through the south suburbs like Victor and Henrietta.
Data that shows the benefit to those municipalities along the thruway, such as their retail and housing development over the past half century, I am convinced that we must not make the same mistake twice. In this week's City Newspaper, Mary Anna Towler laments:
"Unfortunately, the possibility of high-speed rail from Albany to Buffalo has gotten entangled with the controversy of the day, Renaissance Square. Reasonable people can disagree about whether Ren Square's bus station should be built a few blocks north, at the train station. But some of Ren Square's supporters are hooting not only at that idea but at the very idea of high-speed rail.
"Their argument: It's simply not going to happen. It'll take forever to get the right-of-way for a high-speed track. It would need not only some of CSX's land but also private property along the line. That could require condemnation, with all of its risks and delays. High-speed rail is just another big dream being promoted by the usual fluffy-headed dreamers."
According to Towler: Representative Louise Slaughter insists that:
"1) The Albany-to-Buffalo high-speed track will cost about $3 billion; 2) we stand a good chance of getting $1 billion from federal stimulus funds; and 3) high-speed rail could be coming through Rochester in three to five years.'
"Never in my years here have I seen anything go as well," says Slaughter.
"Slaughter's critics, noting her early opposition to Ren Square, say she and Duffy are using high-speed rail to try to kill the project. Slaughter says she doesn't care whether Ren Square gets built or not. She says she's been talking with Canadians about an Albany-to-Montreal rail line and another from Montreal to Toronto and Buffalo."
"Rep. Louis Slaughter then goes onto state the obvious: "That would give us the biggest economic development area in North America," she said. "I'm not doing that to stop Ren Square."
Our campaign has been using this tag line for two months now:
"High speed rail is the biggest economic development for upstate New York in 150 years, since the Erie Canal."
It seems that our campaign is in sync with one of the most powerful members of Congress. So why were the Dems so resistant to our calls for change during the recently ended nominating caucuses? We were not nominated but we plan to make our views known during the current primary season now beginning and ending with the September 15 Democratic Primary. Four years ago, we ran this same argument about the 1,000 fast ferries on Main Street and we gathered enough signatures to create the Red, White & Blue Party. With Chris Maj as the candidate for Mayor of Rochester, our independent campaign for City Council garnered 550 votes, all against Ren Square in 2005! Can you believe it is deja vu all over again?
Economic growth and job creation follow transit development. The federal money is being created out of thin air. Why waste it on Renaissance Square when we can turn that funny paper into infrastructure gold for ours and future generations?
We need 1,000 Democratic signatures on our petitions beginning June 9 to appear on the September 15 Democratic Primary ballot. If we win in September, then November will be easier. After November, the real work begins to transform Rochester into a true world class city that it can be. A city that people like John Nugent who created the Rochester International Jazz Festival already believe in.
High speed rail is the biggest economic development for upstate New York in 150 years, since the Erie Canal.
It is not enough to HOPE for CHANGE. We must WORK for CHANGE.
To volunteer for our campaign, go to "Donate" on Harry Davis for Rochester City Council: http://www.Harry2009.com
From: Kimberly
on Saturday, November 15th 2008 - 02:27:08 PM:
Hello, just found you page. How did I navigate the Rochester events before this? There are so many things to do in Rochester but wading through all the events on the D&C, City, etc. pages is mind numbing. Thanks for highlighting all the good stuff. I've book marked this page and will be checking it every week!
From: Tom
on Friday, October 10th 2008 - 10:05:15 PM:
White people love writing a blog to feel important.
Hey man! Just wanted to tell you about a series of screenings of Smoking Laws that are happening outdoors in the parking lot next to Abilene Bar & Lounge (153 Liberty Pole Way). Check out the web site above to see a trailer and order tickets! We'd really love the community's support for local filmmaking. Every night features other filmmakers and even live music. All the best.
matt ehlers
From: Phil Hurwitz
on Saturday, December 15th 2007 - 11:48:21 PM:
Enjoy your listing of local happenings--I find it to be one of the more comprehensive listings in town.
I appreciate your reporting on the "discussion" going on over at RocWiki.org
My goal is to have greater transparency and accountability when it comes to editing. Time will tell if any lessons were learned.
From: jaime
on Thursday, December 13th 2007 - 08:30:35 AM:
Hey I have been reading for a while now. Thanks for making each week more interesting plus it's nice to see all of the events going on in Rochester. I'm a little concerned about the running barefoot thing.. have you considered Nike's "barefoot" running sneaker?
It's called the Nike Free 5.0
Here's one style
http://www.nike.com/index.jhtml#l=nikestore,grid,_pdp,cid-1/gid-142576/pid-144952,_grid,s-5%2E0%20mens&re=US&co=US&la=EN
I'm a runner too though so I understand the obsessiveness :)
I love reading your Blog every week.
Check out my homepage
http://www.mpnnow.com/homepage/x1376441460
From: Brian
on Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 03:02:58 PM:
Interesting: June 7, 2007 Airline mag gives Rochester 70-page spread
7 million passengers get opportunity to read about us in July
Rochester and the region will be featured in U.S. Airways Magazine next month — during one of the busiest travel months of the year and with the second-largest spread the publication has done on any community.
From: FreeParis
on Saturday, June 9th 2007 - 12:18:20 PM:
I think money market accounts get invested in / buys debt, often government debt but I think "safe" private sector/corporate debt as well. One could say a company may go into debt to acquire capital to become just the quality business you gesture toward as an ideal ... and by withdrawing from the money market scene you're actually making your version of "good business" harder.
Seriously, while yes, "everything" does come to pass eventually, in your lifetime, with all your investments presumably cashed out, I don't know how healthy it is to consider your house on a downward slide. Keeping it "maintained" will ideally lead to some "appreciation" of value, or at the very least "maintenance" of its current value.
From: Brenda Mickol
on Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 11:41:03 PM:
Hey Jason, don't know if you remember me from your Microlytics days. Great site - hope all is well.
i am an ignorant, stupid, and a crack pot. just visit this URL.
From: RUDY!
on Thursday, March 15th 2007 - 11:04:17 PM:
In your researching, did you note that Albert Lamorisse made the board game Risk? This may be a leap, but given that, wouldn't say that the Red Balloon is really about something else? Originally I thought it might be like Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar, i.e. the balloon is a religious icon or sacred thing, but I actually believe--but cannot prove--that it is a political film about France's occupation of certain N. African country. Given the climate of France when the film was released, i.e. they banned stuff that was critical of the gov't, I'd say this film is downright ingenious.
Anyway, if you like the sunshine and rainbow view, you might like this spoof sequel:
More on junk mail. I think the sites and your theory woefully overestimate the price of doing bulk business reply mail. There's also the scale thing, thus I think you're operating far too much on a David and Goliath level even if you had tens of thousands of people following this "movement." My guess is you'd need 100s of thousands, and most people will just throw the crap out, and a lot don't want to stick their marketing neck out by putting their presence any deeper into the system.
If you want to exploit a flaw in the system, research the industry and come back with real data proving the flaw.
Mass marketing is done very cheaply and at very low profit margins. If you want to see this at a level that exploits human labor, check out the New York Times article a week or so back about "magazine crews", totally put a different spin on all those kids who come to my door in the summer and spring claiming to be raising money for a trip to Disney World.
Even if you did "beat" them, your datas now more entrenched in them. That data can be sold to someone with a different and maybe more insidious method to "reach" you. You're better off organizing to contact the credit card company or whoever and tell them directly you don't want their junk.
On junk mail: I don't see how Snopes does a good job of disproving the junk mail idea. Regardless of how they count successes, it still costs them money. It's not just the cost of sending the mail (which the other link indicated could be $0.39 which actually seems proper -- first class + cost to bill after-the-fact) but the cost of some person analyzing the contents. If it takes 30 seconds to open an envelope and just assuming minimum wage ($6, say) then that's 5 cents to open it.
Let's say half the people in the city returned their envelopes, assuming it's something everybody gets. That's 100,000 people returning envelopes that cost $0.44 each, so that would cost a company $44,000 each time they sent a bulk mailing. If they were counting on a 1% return rate, they would have to make $44 average on each response just to counteract the reverse-spam.
If they are counting based on envelopes received, then all the better. They'll think they're making record profits until their bank account is empty -- hopefully after it's too late.
About your junk mail idea. You actually might be dealing yourself a worse hand. I had the same idea too a few years back. In fact, there's even a community celebrating their "resistance":
Unfortunately, they don't really get how direct mail works. In response to this theory and a few similar annoyance savers related to telemarketing, Snopes has the following:
I believe the envelopes themselves are coded with "you data"; and they're scanned as they come in before they're opened. When they get an envelope it alerts the system that you're "game" for responding to their solicitations, leading the system to target you for more mail. As far as the marketer is concerned, any response is a positive encouragement.
Great seeing you and Ali at A/V...thanks for making it.
And bravo for having the courage to take a hard, realistic look at your opinions...I think that such philosophical struggle is important, especially when it comes to something as grave and far-reaching as warfare. It is very easy for folks on both sides of a divide to see things as black or white...but the universe certainly doesn't seem to break down into simplistic concepts like pristine good or pure evil.
It makes us feel comfortable and safe to believe that we have solid ground beneath our feet; that we can just decide what's 'right' and 'wrong' (or listen to someone else who thinks they've got it all figured out) and we'll never have any hard questions to deal with again. I believe that living an honest life of integrity means accepting the fact that we will never have easy answers...each and every situation must be assessed on its own merits, in its own peculiar set of circumstances. If we can view each situation in that way, objectively, and really try to make the best decision (to wit: that which will alleviate more suffering than it causes, based on an altruistic ideal), then there will always be conflict, there will always be argument, but there will also be honesty, clarity, reason, and respect.
I think so, anyway. Whatever. See you guys soon.
From: Grimace
on Monday, May 22nd 2006 - 09:34:18 PM:
Biased! When was the last time you saw me on t.v.? Yeah, that's right, that's the last time I got any bias-creating residuals too.
But really, if my mere name puts the big M in your mind, why fight the so-called neighborhood impact? It's already there....
From: Grimace
on Friday, May 19th 2006 - 11:00:15 PM:
I don't get it. You went to a hearing to support McDonalds being closed for four hours (2-6 a.m.)? It's actually _staffed_ during the 4 hours, having driven through it under the assumption that it was open 24.
Anyway, McDonalds could probably point to the biggest "resident" in your neighborhood, Strong, and say 24 hour biznesses like having other 24 hour biznesses nearby. I'm actually surprized there aren't more joints open after midnight in the Mt. Hope area.
Love the 24-hr McDonald's story. There was a similar issue here in Rochester, New Hampshire. A developer had been putting together a shopping plaza for about a year or so, and the planning committee had been told the plaza would include 'nice, sit-down family style restaurant'. The developer pulled it all together and when revealing the tenants for final approval from planning presented...wait for it...a Dunkin' Donuts! The planning board pointed out that while they had not explicitly said 'no Dunkin' Donuts', they were pretty sure nobody was under the impression that a dozen dunkers and a bear claw in the car constituted a family night out for dinner. Furthermore, Rochester already had six Dunkin' Donuts serving a town of 30,000 people, and there didn't appear to be a pending shortage of fried circular food. The developer was sent packing until they could come back with a different proposal. The planning board did take the time to clarify what 'nice, sit-down family style restaurant' meant for the second pass.
hey hey, greetings from a fellow Rochesterian blogger....great work, keep it up! You've got a great "voice" online and I appreciate your gay-friendly tone.
cheers!
j.
From: Ali Fernaays
on Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 06:31:26 PM:
"Dinner with Andre" was a blast!! The wine and such pretty exciting too. Thanks for the suggestion. Your site is outta sight!!!
Hey man! Thanks for coming out to my recent Rochester shows, dammit! Good to see you again!
And thanks buttloads for helping my wife find the U of R place...sorry you had to miss so much of my stupid crap to do so!
-=ShoEboX=-
From: ivory-tower girl
on Tuesday, February 21st 2006 - 12:17:29 PM:
Huh! I'm impressed that somebody who obviously cares about culture also likes Rochester enough to stay there. I got the hell out after my work at Eastman was done... admittedly I was too nose-to-the-grindstone to see too many shows/etc., but I really wish I'd known about your site when I was around. Thanks for the great work!
From: John Holmes
on Thursday, January 12th 2006 - 12:50:14 PM:
Your home cam is prety sad. Can't you point it in a more interesting direction?
From: eddie nebula
on Friday, December 30th 2005 - 09:51:13 PM:
i dig yer website. also, it was great to see you out at the Gaylord show. good times good friends.(and the Miller High Life on draft made me feel at home)best beer on the planet,Riengold 2nd choice, Old Milwaukee (the Squawker) 3rd choice, Milwaukees Best (the Beast) 4th choice, PBR 5th. my top 5 favorite beers.
From: al
on Friday, December 30th 2005 - 03:49:39 PM:
The world will not help, the people must help themselves. Its own strength is the source of life. That strength the Almighty has given us to use; that in it and through it, we may wage the battle of our life The others in the past years have not had the blessing of the Almighty - of Him who in the last resort, whatever man may do, holds in His hands the final decision. Lord God, let us never hesitate or play the coward.
From: bruce
on Friday, December 30th 2005 - 03:45:45 PM:
I love you. Die Faggit!!
From: tim
on Friday, December 30th 2005 - 03:40:50 PM:
quit being so narcissistic. beef up your music listings. but keep on rockin.
Thanks Jason for posting your comments on my film on the Internet Movie Database.
I hope you've had a great holiday and may 2006 bring you many smiles!!
Giovanni
From: Rich Flaherty
on Friday, December 16th 2005 - 06:56:38 PM:
Great site - check out the Campbell Bros. tonight at the Montage. 10pm
From: alex
on Wednesday, December 14th 2005 - 10:04:50 PM:
hey so this is alex from que pasa, and im just wondering one how you heard our music. and two where are our clones? cuz i dont know what bands we are cloning? but thanks for thinking we are ok!
Hey Jason,
Thanks for the e-mail. The "continuum of people" as you put it is what it's all about ... the building's open 24/7 for just that.
You should have the DVDs and press-kit in a couple of days.
Take care,
Giovanni
I was going to e-mail you thinking what I had to say was more personal, but after reading everyone else's wide-open comments, it clearly stood broad enough to include my own.
So, Jason, it's Jason, right? Thank you immensely for showing up at the Little Theatre for the Emerging Filmmakers Series Oct. 31st, and for having really nice things to say about my film. I’m very pleased you found it to be the highlight of the evening.
As you well know, I wasn’t there. My film festival schedule has been arduous in keeping up with and sadly, I fell short of making it to Rochester.
Thanks again for your kind words and for including an "Empty Building" link to the Internet Movie Database… that was cool.
As a gesture of my appreciation, I’d like to offer you a DVD and press kit of The Empty Building- you deserve it!
And for that matter, anyone visiting your site is welcome to the same offering. What the freak, I guess, it’s the least I can do.
Just e-mail info =at= theemptybuilding.org with subject, JayceLand, and provide a mailing address and off it'll be.
Take care,
Giovanni
Thanks for an entertaining site- Keep up the good work!
Gio
From: dayna
on Monday, October 17th 2005 - 03:27:02 PM:
then even if you and i can't agree on whether i'm qualified for my job, cheesesteak, we both do agree that incorporating desserts into sandwiches is an idea whose time has come. and philly can eat me regardless.
p.s. jason, you missed nothing at spy bar, but everything at the bug jar...
From: Marty
on Sunday, October 9th 2005 - 11:58:41 PM:
Hey Jason,
Do you still do 'Jason Does It All" stuff? I sent an inquiry while you were out in the desert via the site, but don't know if it got through or not. If you're up for some bike work, let me know.
--Marty
From: Cheesesteak the Impaler
on Friday, October 7th 2005 - 11:21:09 AM:
"hey, i never claimed not to suck. thanks for noticing, cheesecake. i mean cheesesteak."
Throwing some cheesecake onto the cheesesteak (instead of wiz) may be the best thing done to the sandwich since the innovation of the pizza steak. We'll see. Too bad my franchise doesn't do the "name" sandwhich thing (we'll probably just call this a "dessertsteak"), cuz then we could have people from all over Philly "eatin Dayna".
From: Kerry
on Friday, October 7th 2005 - 02:50:33 AM:
I'm glad that you were able to find the Bike With 2 Brains at Burning Man. I had been following your construction and tests and was looking forward to seeing it! (Never found it myself, sadly, but I love the videos that you posted.)
BTW, there *IS* one place in Reno where I really like to eat: The Pneumatic Diner at Ralston and West 1st St. Take the Keystone exit from 80 and go down Keystone towards the casinos. At 1st St turn left, go 5 blocks to Ralston, and the Pneumatic Diner is in the Truckee River Apartments building on the corner. Enter on Ralston.
Thanks again for doing the BW2B project!
From: dayna
on Saturday, October 1st 2005 - 09:52:39 PM:
"It's kinda like reading movie reviews by Dayna Papaleo. I want to learn about the film, not that she's lived a sheltered life and never heard of the Patty Hearst/SLA kidnapping scandel."
hey, i never claimed not to suck. thanks for noticing, cheesecake. i mean cheesesteak.
p.s. hi jason!
From: Ian Downey
on Thursday, September 29th 2005 - 01:37:00 PM:
Jason, this site is fucking awesome. A real resource for Rochester.
Thank you.
Ian
From: Kevin
on Thursday, September 29th 2005 - 01:12:42 PM:
Built to Spill is playing Water Street on Tuesday!
Also, I would like to buy your stapler, thank you for including the dime in the picture for perpective:
http://jayceland.com/WebSale/index.html#Gimme
From: Cheesesteak the Imapler
on Saturday, September 3rd 2005 - 01:05:19 PM:
MJGumby poses an interesting question. Is "Jayceland" where he resides, or the boundaries of his mind and expression?
But Jayceland we need you now for leadership! What bars and coffeehouses are raising money for Katrina relief?!? Do you have a way of getting it touch with Snake Plissken so he may save us all?!?
Dude, I sincerely hope that when you return, you will post what I was really, really craving after I (enormously belatedly) read your BW2B saga: lots of photos of the BW2B in all its finished glory! You've got, like, two that I could find--and those without lights, etc. But no doubt you'll have photos of its adventures at Burning Man, right?
And from someone who admittedly could no longer give a rats's ass about social happenings in Ra-cha-cha: do what you want with your web site. It's a cool project, and worth talking about. But post more finished product pix. :-)
Peace,
Mike
From: Cheesesteak the Impaler
on Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 07:44:04 PM:
That's right! And now you've given your audience the Jayceland 'sourcecode'. We can get our own lives and pieces of the Roc while you carve out a temporary niche in the buzzle of Black Rock City.
From: Cheesesteak the Imapler
on Thursday, August 11th 2005 - 10:45:43 AM:
When did this site go from being about "being out and about" in Rochester, going out and doing stuff, to staying at home and doing stuff in preparation for "adult art camp" and so not having as much time to go out and about and doing stuff? Sure, the "listings" are still there, but I read this thang to get a perspective on Rochester's arts/social scene, not the weekly musings of someone needing a Franklin Quest planner.
For someone who's down on those who don't like being in Rochester, the 999 lightbulbs, there's an odd focus on Black Rock City here. It's kinda like reading movie reviews by Dayna Papaleo. I want to learn about the film, not that she's lived a sheltered life and never heard of the Patty Hearst / SLA kidnapping scandel.
Hey Jason. It was really great meeting you tonight. I had a lot of fun, despite the van vs. busy city streets.
Really nice site you run here.
I'll see you soon.
From: Col Traubman
on Friday, July 1st 2005 - 12:51:01 PM:
Easy, Rambo. Anger management.
From: Joan
on Sunday, June 26th 2005 - 07:08:58 AM:
Just checking out things to do when I return back to Rochester for the summer. Definitely a site that I will be checking out weekly to determine what shows to attend, chow to eat, etc.
Relatively new city dweller (moved into North Winton area May 2004). Found your site via a search for Captain Jim's Fish Market. I have an odd feeling that I've heard of your site before... not sure why. In any case, I appreciate the recommendations for things to do/consume in Rochester, since I'm such a newb.
Hey... thanks for all the publicity :-) I'm a member of the Evo Girls and [almost] never fail, you have our events on your weekly calendar. Thanks a bunch! :-)
Thanks for the publicity about the Tsunami Relief Benefit we had at Daily Perks on Jan. 30. We raised just under $750 for the Red Cross, and had a great time in the process.
Steve West
From: donkey dick
on Wednesday, December 29th 2004 - 03:09:15 PM:
OBJ!!!!!!!!!
From: jim
on Thursday, December 9th 2004 - 12:46:59 PM:
obviously you've never had a girlfriend your entire life.
From: simon goldfeder
on Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 11:50:33 PM:
Hey... just letting you know the Badenovs will be at Richmonds Nov. 6th (Saturday) with special guests Tim Poland (Nod, Coffee, Lotus STP), Ken Frank (Colorblind James, LaLaLand, Five Star Buffalo, Bulus, Big & Pretty, etc.) and direct from Baltimore Chaz Lockwood (Invisible Party, Lotus STP, Ferrets). We'll be celebrating 20 years of gigness and hope to tear the joint apart. Especially when you mix our guests with the always popular "Large Marge," Greg Hassett (Profiles, Koo Koo Boy, Newspeak) on guitar.
If that wasn't enough, the Bug Jar is hosting the Priests record release party that night... Sheesh! What a great night for Rock and Roll in Rochester.
From: Matt
on Saturday, September 18th 2004 - 04:45:15 PM:
QTVR to remember the burning man by...
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f38.html
Also a really good QTVR of the 9/11 tribute of light...
http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen/fullscreen17b.html
let's see, today is sept. 12th and i just now saw your opinion page. i think you are a good aspiring writer with great images and colorings.unfortunatly you did'nt get the story, the whole story, and nuthin but the story.
1. the first open jam at monty's with the
"krown Kriers" was great.lots of musicians and song writers came. one night the owner stumbled in (drunk again) and told the ACOUSTIC guitar players on stage to piss off!! only rock and roll. i got discusted and ended the jam right there.
2. this time around the owner insisted on advertising that name he ripped off his own pool team. the jam got off to a good start but soon the owner disappeared after stealing money and the remaning bartender was very unsupportive of letting local musicians trying to be real and creative. the open mike usually scares off people who take themselves too seriously. ihosted the jam at the bug jar for four years, most of it very rich with local artists. i just put the mike up. its up to the club to be supportive or it won't work. so now the new jam is at the penny arcade of all places. i asked for a multi genre night and we got it.the mike is now open. peace.
From: dcs
on Saturday, September 11th 2004 - 07:02:54 PM:
The Punisher DVD is out now! If you pick it up at www.MarvelCollection.com you will get an free Punisher flask! It was one of the best action movies of the year! Go get it now!
From: Jan
on Friday, June 25th 2004 - 10:41:55 PM:
Oh, don't forget the 18 & 25 year Macallan, the 40 year Laphroaig, the 20 year 120 proof American Single malt whose name I forget, and a number of others that are blotted out. Sweet, sweet heaven. Oh yeah, baby.
From: Tatyana Lissow
on Tuesday, June 1st 2004 - 10:26:56 PM:
I justed wanted to know if there were any other Lissow's on the planet. My brother is Mike (Misha), Uncle Alexander and my dad, Gregory Gregory Lissow (same as his father) are the Lissow's on my side of the family. Are we related???
My given name is: Tatyana Gregoria Lissow
From: Tony Correa
on Tuesday, May 11th 2004 - 01:03:28 PM:
I usually do not respond this way to immature people, but I must say, you truly are an ass-hole.
I am very curious; do the people on Whiteford really want you as their representative?
I look forwarding to seeing you again at the next Upper Mt Hope Neighbors Block Representatives meeting.
From: Jan
on Saturday, April 24th 2004 - 08:06:29 AM:
Hey! Don't go dissin' TruOwner! I had pulled fistfuls of crumpled cash from my pocket as soon as I read the idea, ready to cram them into Jayce's pocket/orifice/electronic account of choice.
Of course, Wal-Mart will take the business over with RFID tags in three years or so anyway....
From: jim
on Thursday, April 22nd 2004 - 03:59:03 PM:
TruOwner!! Get a fucking job you idiot!!!!
From: russ
on Thursday, April 8th 2004 - 10:54:32 PM:
From: Aemo
on Thursday, April 8th 2004 - 01:46:06 PM:
Hi OBJ, your page is neat and tidy. If only I ever did anything...
Jay- send me your e-mail address. I want to send you an invitation to join the Yahoo group I created. Cool. Yep. Okay.
From: neighbor
on Friday, March 26th 2004 - 10:50:31 PM:
HEY, STAY OUT OF MY HOUSE..oh wait never mind, come on over, if you get bored there are some dishes in the sink....
From: J9
on Monday, March 22nd 2004 - 09:44:32 AM:
I really like your site. Keep up the good work. It looks like you put alot of effort into this. Thanks!
From: Derrick
on Thursday, March 11th 2004 - 11:59:09 PM:
Holy Cats! Your chainless bike is tres dorky. I guess it would have been all right, the chain thing isn't noticable at first, and probably might have been mildly interesting, but the big red box and the mis-matched yellow rox shox clashing against the blue and the granny seat and and and and... You sir, will never marry.
Kisses-
Derrick
From: joey
on Wednesday, March 3rd 2004 - 03:02:20 PM:
You suck
From: pam
on Friday, January 30th 2004 - 08:27:04 PM:
hey... nice .. i suggest you mkae the soup the exact same reciep and exercize more... i foyu don't you'll always be aft.. and keep up this preppty site
From: wayo jipiti
on Wednesday, January 28th 2004 - 10:42:10 AM:
pretty peppy site keeeeeeep it up
From: Anna Banana
on Friday, December 5th 2003 - 03:51:25 PM:
Awesome site! Found it not to long ago and check it all the time. One new local band recomendation (if youcare!!) is King Binjj. Funk stuff, if you're into that. Saw you liked Fitlhy Funk & figured you might wat to check it.
From: Krusty
on Thursday, September 18th 2003 - 01:27:45 PM:
I really enjoy your webite. Keep it up! Good stuff!!!!!
I was happy to see my group, Jacoda mentioned a few times in your reviews... glad you liked our shows & came out to hear. It's good to know at least someone thinks we're one of the better groove-rock groups in town, I'll have to tell the guys!
Nice site man. Finally got around to checking it out and I like. Thanks for coming to our show two Saturdays ago (and the subsequent review) by the way. We like it when people come to see us :) .
I just wanted to thank you for supporting events that I have put on. I have seen a few of them on here and your efforts are greatly appreciated! Be sure to come say hi next time you're at one of my shows! Keep up the great website- peace
Hi Jason! I check out your site at least weekly, to see what adventures Rochester's one-man audience is up to. I don't go to the mostly music events you list, though I note what Eastman movies you mention.
From: Greg
on Tuesday, April 15th 2003 - 09:03:07 PM:
Hi Jason, I don't do anything without checking your site first!
Alrighty, I'm an "out in the world" person who uses your sight to double check listings in the City. And can I say what the hell is it with City and listings for Monty's? I mean I'm sitting around planning my week-end, debating whether to go to the Musica Nova show tonight and maybe the Priests et al at Montage OR maybe the Quitters/Grinders at Richmonds OR the funfest that'll be the Bug Jar Saturday night. Now ya tell me Low Ton's playing at Monty's on Saturday.
From: Sandy
on Tuesday, April 8th 2003 - 03:48:38 PM:
Hi! I like your site! Good luck! <br>[Jayce: Removed pornographic spam link.]
Hi Jason - It's your friendly neighbor! I noticed you briefly mentioned the Mex restaurant on Alexander. I was wondering what your thoughts were on the place. Better food than Don Pablos??? I was curious and wanted to check it out ... wondered if it was worth the trip...
Corinne
From: Michelle
on Thursday, March 20th 2003 - 01:28:40 PM:
I have seen The Willie Shutter Band and you must have seen them years ago because they are the best band I have ever seen. You lacked to mention they play all Original music and have an Original sound unlike most of the crap in Rochester. I have 2 of their Cd's and they were a little rough to begin with but check them out now.....
Re: Your June 27th entry. Could it be you didn't find us playing at Water Street Music Hall because we were performing at Visual Studies Workshop Auditorium? We just concertized again at same venue last weekend, 9/27 & 9/28. Among other things, we gave away free juice and cookies at the gig.
Next Uforkestra shows are slated for mid-November at the Visual Studies Workshop, complete with a huge wall of original video animation and 16mm films. Mark it down in your Palm Pilot. Scribble it on your calendar! Pull your friends and family members out of the Petrified Forest of Corporate Greed-Induced Music Cliches and bring them down to worship at our Techno-Church of Progressive Improv Rock where audience members write the sermon. Digital processors and musician fingers leverage each gig into a festival of light and sound. It's more fun than golf or boating, and no alcohol is required in order for you to have a good time.
In moments when I ever so slightly care, I am curious who "me" is and what the heck their deal is. Hmm...
From: me.
on Wednesday, June 19th 2002 - 06:03:49 PM:
Okay, so we were supposed to take the damn Purity Test, and then we got stuck somewhere, and we couldn't meet you, or something happened, but then you were Mad at us, and would not let us Explain. What's up with that?
Hey thanks for the comments. I thought the New York roads website was kinda neat although a somewhat odd hobby ... well done in its own right.
Anyway, I wanted to know if anyone reads this site and actually goes to the events listed. Outside the group of friends who has known about my site since its inception, I've only met two people who said they saw it.
Is there anyone else? I know people come and go through what the site traffic reports say, but I haven't met any of you all.
Hey, thanks for sending me some traffic! Empire State Roads may seem bizarre, but it fits in well with this weeks poll question about the 390/490 interchange (Interchange of the Week #33 on my site).
This is pfat like lard! I like the hightechedness, flimflamalism, and ubergeekiness of it all, not to mention the pure, unabashed rochestribalation it exudes. It gives me that warm, cozy, sometimes-icky but never not-so-fresh feeling. I wish I could build and maintain a Website such as this! Well, not actually this, but these, I suppose, since the domain name changes depending on the feature used. But wait, I can! The Internet is not just a fad like your mom and grandpappy scolded you all about! It won't make you go blind or make your palm hairy, and even the lowly humanoids (like I) may display their individualisticalisms all over the big worldwide network of wires and electron screens! Happy day! Hugs not drugs! Cheers not jeers! Hate does not compute! Stop your jibba-jabba and stay in school, all you sukkas!