Entries from April 2005 ↓
April 29th, 2005 — Music
The Zooma Tour, co-headlined by Trey Anastasio’s new quintet and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, begins its inaugural run on June 16th in Camden, NJ. The multi-stage tour will feature both Trey and Ben Harper playing a full set each night along with 20-25 guest acts that will rotate performances throughout the tour. Confirmed so far are: Medeski, Martin and Wood, Toots & the Maytals, Jurassic 5, Galactic, The Black Keys, Ray Lamontagne and Donavan Frankenreiter with more acts to be announced shortly.
A limited quantity of tickets for several shows will be available Friday, April 29 beginning at 4 PM EST via Trey’s secure online ticketing system located at http://treytickets.rlc.net.
Trey Anastasio and Ben Harper to appear on all dates; more guest acts to be announced shortly:
6.16.05 Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ
6.17.05 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
6.18.05 ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
6.19.05 Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
6.22.05 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH
6.24.05 Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
6.25.05 Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL
6.26.05 Sound Advice Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL
6.29.05 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA
7.01.05 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
7.02.05 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
7.07.05 Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater, Wantaugh, NY
7.08.05 PNC Banks Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
7.09.05 ctnow.com Meadows Music Center, Hartford, CT
7.10.05 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
7.12.05 Ford Pavilion at Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA
7.13.05 Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH
7.15.05 DTE Energy Music Theatre, Detroit, MI
7.16.05 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
7.17.05 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Indianapolis, IN
7.19.05 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ONT
7.20.05 Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star Lake, Pittsburgh, PA
7.22.05 UMB Bank Pavilion, St. Louis, MO
7.23.05 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Kansas City, KS
7.25.05 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
7.27.05 Coors Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
7.28.05 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA
7.29.05 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
7.31.05 Gorge Amphitheatre, Quincy, WA
April 29th, 2005 — Adventure
Then mosey on over to eBay, where you can get yourself a life-sized X-Wing fighter.
April 28th, 2005 — Adventure
April 27th, 2005 — Adventure
On a whim, Brian entered Red Card Ale into the American Homebrewers Association’s Annual National Homebrew Competition. We hadn’t even tasted it when he sent it, because the deadline for submissions was a whole week before the beer would be ready. The first round competition took place this past weekend, so we knew the beer would be okay in time.
Brian warned me not to get my hopes up, as he had entered several beers in the past, and had never had any advance past the first round. This year he submitted three beers, and for the first time, one advanced. Can you believe, it was…..
Red Card Ale?!?!?!?!
Beginner’s luck indeed.
We came in 3rd place in the Eastern Regional in the Scottish and Irish Ales category:
9 Scottish and Irish Ale
Max Score: 43.5
Min Score: 19
Avg Score: 30.5
# of Entries: 22
1st - 9e Matt Chappel of Independence, OH
2nd - 9e Lenny Lancki of North Olmsted, OH, Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ)
3rd - 9d Brian Moore, Mike Kavanagh of Wilmington, DE
Yeah, baby!
The second round takes place in Baltimore during the AHA National Homebrewers Conference from June 16-18. Brian was already planning on going, and now it looks like I might too.
Heady times indeed here at AOM.
Have you been booked?
April 26th, 2005 — Film
(out of five)
I saw this back on April 3, and just never got around to posting a review. Since it’s been a while, I don’t know that I’ll be able to comment on specifics. Let’s just put it this way; Scott came with me to the movie, and while we were waiting for the show to start, he expressed his trepidations. He had read the graphic novel several years ago, and was worried that no filmmaker was up to the task of translating one of his favorites to the screen. Two plus hours later, Scott left the theater a happy man.
He had many reasons, because with “Sin City,” Robert Rodriguez, along with author Frank Miller, and some help from Quentin Tarantino, have achieved a cinematic triumph. While the subject matter was considerably disturbing and ugly, the black and white photography was actually quite beautiful.
The entire cast was excellent, but Bruce Willis, Jamie King and especially Mickey Rourke as Marv were outstanding.
“Sin City” is a great “flick,” and one that’ll definitely be added to the AOM library.
April 26th, 2005 — Film and Television
At this past weekend’s “Star Wars Celebration III”, George Lucas announced that not one, but two Star Wars television series are in the works. The first will be a 3D computer-generated animated cartoon. It will be similar to the “Clone Wars” shorts shown on Cartoon Network earlier this year, but will be 30 minutes in length compared to the 3 minutes the shorts were.
The other show is going to be a live-action hour-long drama series, featuring characters from the films. It’s not yet determined what the time period will be, but it’s assumed it will be used to fill in the gaps between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.
