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Letter from the editor
W
hen Staff Writer Ste-
phanie DeBalko and I
headed to Tunkhannock
to work on this weeks cover
story, I felt like we took a little
trip to Pleasantville, you know,
that idyllic fictional town in the
1998 movie of the same name
starring Tobey Maguire and
Reese Witherspoon?
Over the years, Ive taken
tons of little daytrips to Tunk-
hannock to see movies, shop in
its antique stores and dine my
way up and down its main drag.
But this most-recent jaunt to the
borough blew my mind.
As Stephanie and I walked
around downtown, cars repeat-
edly came to a halt to let us
cross the road, even though they
had green lights and even
when we jaywalked. I must
confess that I sure wouldnt
have stopped if I had a green
light, which is why the drivers
stopping was so foreign to me.
It was so unlike walking in
any other downtown. I mean,
Ive stood in the crosswalk
outside Barnes & Noble
Wilkes-Kings forever waiting
for someone to stop so I could
cross (which, by law, they
should).
Exhibit B that this little
town in the Endless Mountains
is different: As we stood
across the street from the
Dietrich so I could take a
picture of its faade, the light
at the corner turned red. So
with my camera in hand, I wait-
ed for the stopped cars to pass
as Stephanie and I chatted with
a friendly fella on a smoke
break, until I noticed that a
kindly man in a truck stopped
short to give me room to take
my picture. How mind-blowing
is that?
And finally, the ultimate
proof that Tunkhannock is spe-
cial was the flow of support that
came for the Dietrich following
Septembers flooding. Without
donations and tireless volun-
teers, this cultural nucleus
would not be up and running,
and its story of people helping
people continues on pages 14-
15.
If youve never visited Tunk-
hannock, I encourage you to do
so stat youll thank me (and
be charmed).
-- Nikki M. Mascali
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CONCERTS ... 20-21
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ... 22
THEATER ... 31
AGENDA ... 34-38, 41-42, 45
SPEAK & SEE ... 53
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JAI DILLON 39
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THE RALPHIE REPORT 29
STARSTRUCK 29
NOVEL APPROACH 31
KEITH GILMAN BOOK 35
FOOD & FASHION
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PUZZLE 34
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BITCH & BRAG 50
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SHOWUS SOME SKIN 55
SIGN LANGUAGE 56
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METAL ON THE MOUNTAIN
Megadeth and Rob Zombie
are embarking on a joint head-
lining tour, one that hits Toyota
Pavilion at Montage Mountain
(1000 Montage Mountain Road,
Scranton) Saturday, May 12 at 7
p.m. Lacuna Coil will open.
The tour comes on the heels of
Megadeths Gigantour festival.
The metal band fronted by Dave
Mustaine released its 13th al-
bum, the aptly titled Th1rt3en,
in November. Zombie, who
toured last summer with Slayer,
spent the fall and winter shooting
his sixth film, The Lords of
Salem, which hes making with
the producers of Paranormal
Activity.
Tickets for the Scranton show
are $44-$65.50 and go on sale
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. via
LiveNation.com or the venue box
office.
COMIC RELIEF
P + J Comedy will present
comedian Joe Matarese as a
benefit for Boarding for Breast
Cancer (B4BC) Saturday, Feb.
25 at 8 p.m. at the 20th Ward
(2028 Pittston Ave., Scranton).
Matarese can be seen monthly
on Chelsea Lately and has
appeared on The Late Show
with David Letterman, The
Late Late Show with Craig
Ferguson, his own half-hour
Comedy Central Presents
special and more.
The event also features Chuck
Buono, Paul Spratt, Tommy
Comer, Jeremy Pryal and music
from Unshackled before the
show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.,
and tickets are $10 in advance or
$15 at the door. For more info on
the event, visit pspratt.com.
B4BC is a non-profit, youth-
focused education, awareness and
fundraising foundation whose
mission is to increase awareness
about breast cancer, the impor-
tance of early detection and the
value of an active lifestyle. For
more info, visit b4bc.org.
DMB, 05.28.12
Dave Matthews Band will
bring its summer tour to NEPA
Monday, May 28 at 7 p.m. at
Toyota Pavilion at Montage
Mountain (1000 Montage
Mountain Road, Scranton).
Tickets are $53.35-$89.90 and
go on sale Friday, March 9 at 10
a.m. via Ticketmaster and the
box office.
CABINET ON
THE DOCKET
Winter Jam, featuring Black-
berry Smoke, Citizens Band
Radio and Cabinet will be held
Friday, Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. at
Penns Peak (325 Maury Road,
Jim Thorpe).
Tickets are $17 in advance or
$22 the day of the show via Tick-
etmaster or the venue box office
(walk up only, no phone orders).
In other Cabinet news, the
group Pappy Biondo, J.P.
Biondo, Mickey Coviello, Dylan
Skursky, Todd Kopec and Jami
Novak will release Eleven
Tuesday, April 24. The 10-song
album was recorded live Nov. 11
at Abbey Bar in Harrisburg and
includes Tower, Elizabeth,
Coalminers and previously
unreleased material.
For more info, visit cabinet-
music.com.
HAVING A LAUGH
Comedian Teri Granahan of
Goldsboro will headline LOL
Comedy Night Saturday, March
3 at 7 p.m. at Brews Brothers
West (75 Main St., Luzerne). Joe
Bryan will open.
Tickets are $15 and proceeds
benefit Leadership Offers
Laughter, a fundraiser for Lead-
ership Wilkes-Barre Class of
2012. The event also includes
special guest bartenders, a Chi-
nese auction and Jeannine Luby
as emcee.
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NEAR FUTURE
The Menzingers released its
Epitaph Records debut, On
The Impossible Past, this
week.
The Scranton-bred punk rock-
ers will hit the road in March in
support of the release, and a
Record Release Weekend kicks
off Thursday, April 19 at Red-
wood Art Space (740 Jumper
Road, Plains Twp.) with Tigers
Jaw, The Front Bottoms, The
Holy Mess and Luther. Release
shows in Boston, Philadelphia
and Brooklyn follow. W
The Menzingers released On The Impossible Tuesday,
Feb. 21 and will have a hometown release show in April.
Comedian Joe Matarese
will headline a Boarding
for Breast Cancer benefit
Saturday, Feb. 25.
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HOLY SMOKES
Part-time Devon, England,
vicar Gavin Tyte, who serves
churches in Uplyme and Ax-
mouth, recently produced a rap
video of the Nativity, in which he
plays a shepherd, an angel and
the narrator. Sample lyrics (about
Mary placing her baby in a cattle
trough and angels calming the
frightened shepherds): No hotel,
motel, custom baby-changer/ She
wrapped the baby up and laid
him in a manger and Chill out,
my friends, theres no need for
trepidation/ Got a message for
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GOVERNMENT
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-- Apparently, not only will
there be fewer overall resources
for disabled people in Greece
(due to government austerity),
but the resources will be spread
over a larger number of recip-
ients. The Labor Ministry in
January expanded the category of
eligible disabled (with re-
duced-amount payments) to
include pyromaniacs, compulsive
gamblers, fetishists, sadoma-
sochists, pedophiles, exhibi-
tionists and kleptomaniacs. The
National Confederation of Dis-
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would inevitably reduce funds
available for the blind and the
crippled and other traditional
categories of need.
-- Even at a time of school-
teacher layoffs nationally, the
Buffalo, N.Y., school system
continues to cover all costs for
cosmetic surgery for teachers.
The benefit was established in
the calmer 1970s, and no one, it
seems, anticipated the facelift
and liposuction crazes that sub-
sequently developed. The annual
expense in recent years, for about
500 benefit-takers a year, has
been from $5 million to $9 mil-
lion (equivalent to the average
salaries of at least 100 teachers).
The teachers union said it is
willing to give up the benefit in a
new collective bargaining agree-
ment, but a quirk in New York
law lessens the incentive of
teachers to negotiate such a con-
tract (in that the current, highly
lucrative contract remains in
force until replaced).
GREAT ART!
-- But, Why? (1) Two British
designers (who claim they had
the idea independently and
learned of the other only after
they finished) recently produced
elegant pieces using parts from a
2012 Ford Focus. Judy Clark
made a dress and a biker jacket
adorned with car keys, radio and
dashboard components, seat
covers, a speedometer and red
taillights. Katherine Hawkins
created a necklace using dials,
springs, buttons, seat materials
and instrument panel switches.
(2) Swiss artist Christoph Buchel
has now secured local permits to
bury a Boeing 727 38 feet under
a patch of Californias Mojave
Desert, near Bakersfield. Visitors
will take a tunnel down in order
to tour the 153-foot-long plane.
-- In February, a German court
awarded artist Stefan Bohnen-
berger the equivalent of about
$2,600 from the Munich gallery
that had previously housed his
work, Pommes dOr, which
consisted of two ordinary French
fries contrasted with two golden-
leafed ones. The gallery returned
the golden-leafed ones but
claimed it could not find the
ordinary fries, and, anyway,
pointed out that they were noth-
ing but old French fries.
AWESOME!
An elite squad of six Chinese
soldiers, performing a training
ritual for a public audience in
Hong Kong in January, stood in a
circle and passed a satchel of live
grenades from man to man,
counting down to the expected
moment of explosion. At the last
possible second, the man caught
holding the satchel discards it,
and all dive into a hole for pro-
tection. At the exhibition, accord-
ing to Chinese Central Televi-
sion, it worked out fine.
RECURRING THEMES
When Leona Helmsleys now-
deceased dog Trouble inherited
about $12 million from her estate
in 2007, it called attention to the
occasional decision by lonely
rich people to pass on millions of
dollars to their pets. In Decem-
ber, the former stray cat Tomma-
sino inherited the equivalent of
about $15 million in Italy when
his owner, real estate holder
Maria Assunta, died at age 94.
The only pets richer than Tom-
masino were the German shep-
herd Gunter (equivalent of about
$140 million in 2000) and the
Australian chimpanzee Kalu
(equivalent of about $60 million,
though the estate he inherited
was revealed in 2010 to be worth-
less).
NEWS THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A JOKE
(1) Fritz Gall, a self-described
failed inventor, opened the Mu-
seum of Nonsense in Herrn-
baumgarten, Austria, recently to
pay homage, apparently, to even
greater failures than his own.
Among the exhibits are the por-
table anonymizer (a stick hold-
ing a black bar that one holds
over his eyes to obscure identity),
a transportable hat rack, a bristle-
less toothbrush (for people with
no teeth), and a portable hole
(similar to those that appear in
the ground whenever the Road
Runner needs something for Wile
E. Coyote to fall into). (2) Take a
Wild Guess: An unidentified
man was taken into custody in
Chesapeake, Va., in October after
he rushed into the Regional Med-
ical Center with a machete and a
can of gasoline and demanded to
know the test results. W
Handy Addresses:
NewsoftheWeird.blogspot.com,
WeirdUniverse.net,
WeirdNews@earthlink.net,
NewsoftheWeird.com and P.O.
Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679.
Ms. Khadijah Baseer was arrested in Los Angeles in January on
suspicion of prostitution. According to several men, Baseer had
opened their car doors in the drive-thru lane at a McDonalds, of-
fering them oral sex in exchange for Chicken McNuggets.
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the brink
Music beneft hopes to continue
Dietrich Theaters recovery efforts
By Stephanie DeBalko
Weekender Staff Writer
T
unkhannock seems
to be a town where
one can revel in the
sleepy delight of
the so-called good
old days, where community
is paramount and kindness
isnt a total lost art. And at
the heart of that camaraderie
is the Dietrich Theater.
I think that some people
gravitate to the Dietrich
because they had their rst
date here several years ago,
and they grew up with the
Dietrich, and they want to
continue sharing that with
future generations and their
family, said Erica Rogler,
cultural director. And I
think people are really just
looking for a great source
of entertainment and educa-
tion.
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From its Fall Film Festival and near-
daily movie showings to Wyoming
County Reads and the Gathering of
Singers and Songwriters, the Dietrich is
an epicenter of cultural activities for the
friendly little town. When the Susque-
hanna River breached its banks in Sep-
tember, the onslaught of damage caused
by the ooding dramatically halted the
theaters efforts but not for long.
I think we bounced back better than
ever, honestly, said Jennifer Jenkins,
executive director. The way that people
came out from the community to sup-
port us, the volunteers, is amazing.
And with all the help they received,
including daily efforts from seven dedi-
cated volunteers, recuperating didnt
take very long in the grand scheme of
things.
We were able to open up two (of
four) theaters in a weeks time, Rogler
said, noting that by December, things
were starting to get back to normal.
And if anything, I was awed and in-
spired by the outpouring support of the
community and realized how much the
Dietrich meant to everybody.
Though a tour through the theaters
lobby now boasts new paint and carpet-
ing and shows almost no signs of the
remarkable damage inicted upon it,
there are still some things that need to
be done. In an effort to move that pro-
cess along, musician Lorne Clarke, who
along with his wife also volunteered
during the cleanup, took it upon himself
to organize a folk-music show to benet
the organization, which will be present-
ed Sunday, Feb. 26 at the theater.
They were so badly affected by the
ood, there was so much damage, it was
kind of an idea to hopefully to what
extent it can generate some revenue
for them as part of the benet aspect,
but also to re-launch the theater as a
performance space for live music, he
said.
In fact, the Dietrichs position as a
host of local, original talent is one of the
primary reasons why Clarke felt com-
pelled to organize the benet, which
will feature, in addition to Clarke, Tom
Flannery, KJ Wagner and Michael
Jerling.
They have, for over a decade, been
supporting original music, Clarke said.
Theyre the central hub in Tunkhan-
nock, and really, in Wyoming County,
for live music and original artwork, so
thats important to me, important to my
family.
The benet will be by donation,
which essentially means attendees can
contribute any amount they choose, as
the theaters revitalization is not yet
entirely complete.
tively, are still adjusting to their new job
titles, though both are still on the board
of directors.
For so long, we had the same ladies,
theyre the ones that came in and said,
Were going to put this back together,
Jenkins said, referring to the people
who restored the theater in 2001. And
then when they decided to go, they just
sort of said, Well, you do this. And we
tried that and said, You know what?
It actually works better if we switch it
around. So thats what we did.
THE MUSIC GOES ON
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larke has been the artistic
director for the Old Lynn
Concert Series, a free musi-
cal showcase presented in
Lynn, Pa., for more than a decade, and
he has also been putting together the
roster for the Dietrichs Gathering of
Singers and Songwriters for about as
long. Thanks to his connections on that
end, nding artists to participate in the
benet wasnt a challenge.
And some of them volunteered,
he shared. When they heard about the
damage to the Dietrich and they saw the
footage on the Internet of the ooding,
we were in communication back at the
time that it occurred, and the people
that are going to be performing, they
all said, Well, if theres anything going
on, just let us know, and wed love to
participate.
But then that was part of the reason
it took until now to put it together, be-
cause theyre all professional musicians,
theyve got schedules.
He was quick to sing their praises, as
he seems to be proud of the talent he
will be bringing to the Dietrichs aid.
If you check them out online, youll
see theyre quite accomplished, he
stated. I think Im the one with the
fewest actual released CDs Its not
amateur night, you know?
And the nature of the show seems to
be a tting tribute to the community-
centric theater, which is also a 501(c)(3)
non-prot.
I think that the impact of the
Dietrich on the town of Tunkhannock
cant be overstated, Clarke said. The
fact that its provided this cultural hub
has made a big difference to the vitality
of the town. So I gure they do a lot for
people, it wouldnt hurt, if I have the
ability, to try to do something for them.
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We still have to work on the HVAC
system for the original side, Rogler
explained. To mitigate against future
damage, were putting that system on
the roof.
Post-ood, the theater itself isnt the
only thing in transition: Rogler and Jen-
kins, who have been with the Dietrich
for about eight and three years, respec-
DietrichTheater Executive Director Jennifer Jenkins, left, and
Cultural Director Erica Rogler.
Clockwise from
left, KJ Wagner,
Michael Jerling,
Lorne Clarke and
Tom Flannery will
perform at Sun-
days beneft.
Folk Music Benet:
Sun., Feb. 26, 3 p.m.,
Dietrich Theater
(60 E. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock).
Admission by donation.
Feat. Lorne Clarke, Tom Flannery,
KJ Wagner, Michael Jerling.
Info: 570.996.1500,
dietrichtheater.com
I was awed and inspired by
the outpouring support of the
community and realized how
much the Dietrich meant to
everybody.
Cultural Director Erica Rogler
PHOTOS BY NIKKI M. MASCALI
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tech talk
By Nick Delorenzo
Special to the Weekender
T
he latest in a veritable
army of Droid-branded
smartphones from elec-
tronics manufacturer Motorola,
the Droid 4 is a bit of an oddity
compared with other new phones
on the market. While otherwise
similar to the recently released
Droid RAZR and Droid RAZR
MAXX, the Droid 4 sacrifices
some of their lithe lines, trading
them for an old-fashioned slide-
out keyboard.
In terms of specifications, the
Droid 4 is nearly identical to the
RAZR and RAZR MAXX
1.2GHz dual-core processors, 4G
network capability, 8 megapixel
front-facing HD camera. The
only thing added is a keyboard
and a somewhat befuddling tool
used to remove the rear cover.
In an all-out smartphone war
being waged between smart-
phone manufacturers, software
giants such as Google and Micro-
soft and cell phone service pro-
viders alike, it seems as though
Motorola is trying to cover every
niche it can think of.
A keyboard used to be a moti-
vating factor when I was buying
a smartphone, back in the days
when you had to use a stylus to
type or make a call. But these
days its absence is one of the last
things (aside from cost) prevent-
ing people from making the
jump.
People are used to Black-
berries or Palms, or they find
they simply cant adapt to the
pure touchscreen. Giving them a
keyboard eases the leap into the
world of modern smart-
phones, albeit with a
crutch. Many, like my-
self, find they grow
accustomed to the
touch display and are
able to dispense with
the keyboard altogeth-
er.
While the Droid 4
shares the excellent
performance of the
RAZR and the
RAZR MAXX, due
to the keyboard, its
quite a bit heavier. Its also
easily twice as thick as the
RAZR.
I would say this is an ideal
phone for business people who
are frequently writing e-mails;
the keyboard is actually quite
good and makes excellent use of
the available real estate.
One irksome issue I noticed:
Not only does the rear cover
require an easily lost plastic tool
to remove it, the battery is not
removable, which begs the ques-
tion of why have a removable
back plate at all? Why not just
have the memory card and SIM
card in a side slot or under a
dedicated panel? Moreover, Ive
had more than my share of bat-
teries go bad long before the
phone was due to be replaced.
Taking away the ability to replace
a battery has always struck me as
a terrible move.
The Droid 4 from Verizon is
$199.99 with a two-year contract
and $549.99 without. W
Nick DeLorenzo is director of
interactive and new media for
The Times Leader.
E-mail him at
ndelorenzo@timesleader.com.
Not so smart
smartphone
Motorolas Droid 4 isnt
exactly user-friendly.
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After just one listen to Be
The Void, Dr. Dogs seventh
album, you find its 12 tracks
staying with you. The sextet,
which recorded all but one song
at its Meth Beach studio in
Philadelphia, mixed its adventur-
esome live spirit with a few
bells and whistles throughout
Be The Void. The end result is
polished, with more than a few
tastes of Dr. Dogs lo-fi roots.
The record lifts off with the
twangy and thumping Lone-
some, which precedes That
Old Black Hole and These
Days. Both of those are frolick-
ing; the catchy former has a
throaty, bouncing bassline and a
festive jam, while the latter
features pounding piano and a
beat that begs for an open road.
How Long Must I Wait? is
poppy while Dr. Dog dials back
the freewheelin fun a bit to
deliver the earnest Get Away,
where the groups soaring har-
monies call to mind some of its
60s-era influences amid pretty
violin and cello. More sunny
harmonizing can be found on
the cheerful Do The Trick,
which also boasts tambourines,
some oohs and ahhs and fun
child-like keys.
While Be The Void is fairly
standout heavy, Vampire leads
the pack. The tune about a
woman who has no reflection
at all is loping, with vocals full
of sincerity and hope despite
said woman poignantly being
as tempting and savage as
Marcellus Shale.
Heavy Light is rousing,
with bleeps and prominent
drums while Big Girl is jovial
and jammy. Dr. Dog Scott
McMicken, Toby Leaman, Frank
McElroy, Zach Miller, Eric Slick
and Dimitri Manos gets back
into sugary-pop territory with
Over Here, Over There.
Warrior Man is sludgy and
sounds like 60s-era British folk
and punk met up in and blew
the roof off a dusty garage.
The plucky Turning The Centu-
ry closes the album with a
slow-as-molasses Americana
vibe.
Be The Void is a trium-
phant, stripped-down listen, one
that leaves a lasting impression
and perfectly captures Dr. Dogs
early days and live celebrations.
-- Nikki M. Mascali
Weekender Editor
RATING:
W W W W W
Dr. Dog
Be The Void
ALBUM REVIEWS
Dr. Dog fills the 'Void'
charts
8. Rihanna: We Found Love
7. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj:
Turn Me On
6. Gavin DeGraw: Not Over
You
5. Selena Gomez and The Scene:
Love You Like a Love Song
4. Flo Rida: Good Feeling
3. Adele: Set Fire to the Rain
2. Katy Perry: The One That
Got Away
1. Jessie J: Domino
Top at 8 with Ralphie Aversa
1. Lana Del Rey: Born To Die
2. Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto
3. Soundtrack: Breaking Dawn
4. Nickelback: Here And Now
5. The Black Keys: El Camino
6. Gotye: Making Mirrors
7. Mumford & Sons: Sigh No
More
8. Dr. Dog: Be The Void
9. Bon Iver: Bon Iver
10. Foster The People: Torch-
es
Billboard Top Alternative Albums
California-based glamrockers Prima
Donna have been compared to a multitude
of artists since forming nearly a decade
ago. Although comparisons on some level
can be made to iconic musicians such as
David Bowie and The Ramones, there is
definitely something unique about this
band, which released Bless This Mess
last week.
Next month, fans of the eclectic band
made up of Kevin Preston (vocals and
guitars), Aaron Minton (saxophone and
keyboards), David S. Field (drums), Lights
Out Levine (bass) and Erik Arcane (guitar)
will be able to catch themat the infamous
SXSW.
One thing that sets Prima Donna apart
fromother rock bands is its sharp writing
ability, which resulted in12 intensely ani-
mated and catchy tracks. The band also
incorporates saxophone and keyboards
into its music, which gives it an interesting
jazz-infused punk-rock sound.
The intro to Bless This Mess, Max-
ine, is infectious. The track has an old-
school rock n roll vibe to it, as Preston
sings of his affection for the elusive Max-
ine. Despite its decision to start the album
with somewhat of a love song, Prima Don-
na also incorporates a comedic element
into its music.
Sociopath, a1980s pop-rock inspired
track, is also catchy, even though Preston is
actually singing about his genetic need to
kill. Another notable song is the punk-
infused Feral Children, which was mixed
by D. Sardy (Johnny Cash, Oasis, LCD
Soundsystem). The albums title track is
also a standout with a classic-rock feel.
Ultimately, Prima Donnas ability to
create innovative rock that has a distinct
retro-glamfeel will contribute to its contin-
ued longevity.
-- Lisa Schaeffer
Weekender Correspondent
Prima Donna
Bless This Mess
Rating: W W W1/2
Keeping glam
in rock 'n' roll
While maybe not as well-known as
some, few artists in recent memory have
been able to forge the power and intensity
of heavy rock and hip-hop together as
well as Biohazard.
Seemingly left for dead, the band has
come back with a vengeance on its latest
album, the aptly named Reborn in De-
fiance. This album is the first in years to
feature the bands classic lineup of Billy
Graziadei (guitars/vocals), Evan Seinfeld
(bass/vocals), Bobby Hambel (guitar) and
Danny Schuler (drums), and the resulting
music is some of the best that the band
has ever made.
After a short instrumental intro, Bioha-
zard launches into Vengeance is Mine,
which will quickly put to bed any notion
that the band has slowed down at all after
all of these years. Some of the album
tracks, such as Killing Me and Decay,
follow a heavy groove. Others, like
Skullcrusher or Countdown Doom hit
the listener like a speeding train. The
band does loosen its grip just slightly on
Season the Sky and You Were
Wrong, but overall Reborn in De-
fiance is an unrelenting assault on the
listeners ears that pulses with a power
and fury that is matched by few others.
Reborn in Defiance is a great album
for Biohazard and can easily stand along-
side the other classics from its catalog like
Urban Discipline. All of the elements
that make up the bands signature sound
are there and are delivered with an im-
pressive intensity.
Biohazards music definitely is not for
everyone, however, fans of hardcore,
metal, hip-hop and any mix thereof that is
full of both power and anger will enjoy
this album.
-- Michael Irwin
Weekender Correspondent
A defiant
rebirth
Biohazard
Reborn in Defiance
Rating: W W W1/2
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BEECH MOUNTAIN LAKES
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- Rock the Walls, benefit concerts for
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$20
- Noel V. Ginnity / Taylors Irish
Cabaret: March 10, 8 p.m., $27
- Montana Skies: March 16, 8 p.m., $18
- Steve Forbert: March 23, 7 p.m., $23
- Aztec 2-Step: March 24, 8 p.m., $21
- Denny Siewell Jazz Trio: March 30,
8 p.m., $25
- Willy Porter: March 31, 8:30 p.m., $22
advance, $25 day of
- The Janis Experience: April 14, 8
p.m., $25
- Charlie Hunter Duo: April 21, 8 p.m.,
$20
- Start Making Sense (Talking Heads
tribute) / The Great White Caps: April
28, 8 p.m., $20
- Wishbone Ash: April 28, 8 p.m., $28
- Gershwin by Thomas Pandolfi: April
29, 4 p.m., $20
- Childhoods End (Pink Floyd trib-
ute): May 4, 8 p.m., $23
- Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet:
May 5, 8 p.m., $23
- Bennie and the Jets (Elton John
tribute): May 12, 8 p.m., $23
- Miz: May 19, 8 p.m., $15
- Bill Kirchen / Too Much Fun: May
26, 8 p.m., $23
- The The Band Band: June 1, 8 p.m.,
$20
MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre
Twp.
- Sesame Street Live 123 Imagine w/
Elmo & Friends: March 1-4, TIMES
VARY, $25.60-$37.85
- Monster Jam: March 9-11, TIMES
VARY, $34.30-$49.75
- Harlem Globetrotters: March 16, 7
p.m., $26.60-$127.05
MOUNT AIRY CASINO
RESORT
44 Woodland Rd., Mount Pocono
Phone: 877.682.4791
www.mountairycasino.com
- Gilbert Gottfried: March 3, 8 p.m.,
$20-$30, Gypsies
- Goodfella Comedy ft. Tony Darrow /
John Pizzi / Paul Borghese: March 10,
8 p.m., $10-$15, Gypsies
- Voices of Legends w/ Eric Kearns:
March 13, 27, April 10, 24, May 8, 29, 2
p.m., $20, Gypsies
- Unforgettable Fire (U2 tribute)
March 17, 8 p.m., $10, Gypsies
- Gloriana: April 14, 8 p.m., $25-$40,
Gypsies
- Andrew Dice Clay: April 28, 8 p.m.,
$50-$65, Gypsies
- Tito Puente Jr.: May 5, 8 p.m.,
$20-$30, Gypsies
13TH ANNUAL OATS
BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Benton Rodeo Grounds (Mendenhall
Lane, Benton)
www.oatsfestival.com, 908.464.9495
- June 28-July 1: Russell Moore & IIIrd
Tyme Out / Gibson Brothers / Valerie
Smith & Liberty Pike / Hillbilly Gyp-
sies / Cumberland River / The Roys /
Stained Grass Window / more. Camp-
ing, food, craft vendors. Workshops,
childrens program, music academy,
open jam tent. Weekend advance/
$70; weekend gate/$80; Thurs. $20;
Fri., Sat. $30; Sun. $10; under 15/free
with adult ticket, pets $10 weekend
only.
PENNS PEAK
325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe
866.605.7325 or visit pennspeak.com.
- Blackberry Smoke / Citizens Band
Radio / Cabinet: Feb. 24, 8 p.m., $25
- Bruce In The U.S.A.: Feb. 25, 8 p.m.,
$25
- The Saw Doctors: March 2, 8 p.m.,
$32
- Satisfaction (Rolling Stones trib-
ute): March 3, 8 p.m., $22.25
- Foghat: March 9, 8 p.m., $32
- Warrant / Firehouse / L.A. Guns:
March 30, 8 p.m., $32
- Three Dog Night: March 31, 8 p.m.,
$43.75-$49.25
- The Mickey Hart Band: April 12, 8
p.m., $32
- Glen Campbell: April 19, 8 p.m.,
$49.25-$54.25
- Big Shot (Billy Joel tribute): April
20, 8 p.m.
- The Music of Bill Monroe Featuring
Peter Rowan & The Travelin McCou-
rys: April 22, 8 p.m., $25
- Beatlemania Now: May 4, 8 p.m.,
$25
- Get The Led Out (Led Zeppelin
tribute): May 5, 8 p.m., $41.75
- Dennis DeYoung: May 12, 8 p.m.,
$42.75-$48.25 (on sale 3/17, 10 a.m.)
- Dark Star Orchestra (Grateful Dead
tribute): May 31, 8 p.m., $32
- Kansas: June 1, 8 p.m., $40.75-
$46.25
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: June 2, 8
p.m., $32
- America: June 8, 8 p.m., $43.75-
$49.25
- 7 Bridges (Eagles tribute): June 15,
8 p.m., $25
- Foreigner: June 29, 8 p.m., $54.25-
$65.25 (on sale 2/25, 10 a.m.)
- Vince Gill: Aug. 18, 8 p.m., $59.25-
$64.25 (on sale 2/25, 10 a.m.)
PENNSYLVANIA BLUES
FESTIVAL
Blue Mountain Ski Area, Palmerton
610.826.7700
www.skibluemt.com
- July 27, 8 p.m.-midnight; 28, 1
p.m.-1:30 a.m.; 29, noon-9 p.m. Mi-
chael Iron Man Burks / Joe Louis
Walker / Big Sams Funky Nation /
more. Advance on-site camping: Up
to 3 nights w/ 2 days of festival
tickets, $80/adult, $45/kids 6-12.
Increase by 20 percent as of April 2.
Advance festival day: 1 day, $30/
adult, $9/kids 6-12; 2 day, $50/adult,
$15/kids 6-12. Increase by 10 percent
as of April 2.
PENNSYLVANIA THEATRE
OF PERFORMING ARTS
JJ Ferrara Center, 212 W. Broad St.,
Hazleton
570.454.5451
ptpashows.org
- ZoSo (Led Zeppelin tribute): Feb. 24,
8 p.m. $15 advance via website, $18 at
door, proceeds benefit center.
REDWOOD ART SPACE
740 Jumper Road, Plains Twp.
-Think Big / Summer Holds the Earth
/ Down A Lifetime / Corporate
Hearts: Feb. 25, 8 p.m.
- Kite Party (record release) / Glocca
Morra / Ah Horse Hockey / For Ages:
Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
- Jon Simmons (of Balance&Compo-
sure) / Into It. Over It. / These Elk
Forever / Kiley Lotz: March 7, 8 p.m.
- Terror / Strength For A Reason /
Suburban Scum / Not Til Death / One
Last Time: March 9, 7:30 p.m.
- Anti-Flag / The Flatliners / Have
Nots: March 10, 8 p.m. Tickets: brown-
papertickets.com/event/222033
- Delay / Tin Armor / Wicca Phase
Springs Eternal (Adam from Tigers
Jaw) / Halfling: March 13, 8 p.m.
- Take Offense / Stick Together /
Xibalba / Soul Search / Malice: March
20, 8 p.m.
- Left Coast Envy / Count to Four /
August Name / A Fire With Friends:
April 6, 6 p.m.
- The Menzingers / Tigers Jaw /
Front Bottoms / The Holy Mess /
Luther: April 19, 8 p.m.
RIVER STREET JAZZ CAFE
667 N. River St., Plains
Phone: 570.822.2992
- Village Idiots: Feb. 23, 8 p.m.
- Vinegar Creek Constituency / Miz:
Feb. 24, 8 p.m.
- Miss Melanie & the Valley Rats: Feb.
25, 8 p.m.
- Sonic Spank / DVS: March 1, 8 p.m.
- The Indobox: March 2, 8 p.m.
- Cabinet / Driftwood: March 3, 8 p.m.
- New Riders of the Purple Sage:
March 8, 7 p.m.
- Eliot Lipp / Alienize: March 9, 8 p.m.
- Bustle in Your Hedgerow (Led
Zeppelin tribute): March 10, 8 p.m.
- Rock the Walls, benefit concerts for
Serento Gardens: March 11, ft. Miz /
Back Home / Giants of Leisure, $10
Take it to the bridge
As part of the Keystone College Concerts and Lectures Series,
the Marko Marcinko Jazz Quintet will perform Sunday, Feb. 26
at 7 p.m. at Evans Hall in the Hibbard Campus Center.
Formed in 2007, the Marko Marcinko Jazz Quintet performs a
mix of Latin and Brazilian jazz and features Bob Velez on con-
gas, Bill Washer on guitar, Paul Rostock on bass, saxophonist/
flutist Tom Hamilton and drummer/percussionist Marko Mar-
cinko.
The event is free and open to the public.
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includes admission, T-shirt, poster
and signing the sheetrock that will
be displayed at new location of SG.
- The Big Dirty / Ol Cabbage: March
16, 8 p.m.
- Garcia Grass: March 17, 8 p.m.
- Zach Deputy: March 23, 8 p.m.
- Kung Fu: March 24, 8 p.m.
- Clarence Spady Band: March 30, 8
p.m.
- Free Music Orchestra / Rogue
Chimp: March 31, 8 p.m.
- Brothers Past: April 20, 8 p.m.
- Miz: April 27, 5 p.m.
- Jam Stampede: April 27, 9 p.m.
SCRANTON COMMUNITY
CONCERTS
Mellow Theater, 501 Vine St. Scranton
Phone: 570.955.1455, www.lackawan-
na.edu, etix.com
Prices vary, student and group rates
available
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center: Feb. 23, 7 p.m., $25-$30
- Yesterday & Today, an interactive
Beatles show: March 23, 8 p.m.,
$25-$30
- The Kingston Trio: April 20, 8 p.m.,
$25-$30
SCRANTON CULTURAL
CENTER
420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton
Phone: 888.669.8966
- Rain, A Tribute to the Beatles: Feb.
24-26, TIMES VARY, $46.25-$65.25
- Froggy 101s Guitars & Stars 4 ft.
Lauren Alaina / Neal McCoy / Chris
Cagle / Lee Brice: April 10, 7:30 p.m.,
$33.40-$39.30
- NEPA Philharmonic: The Music of
Gershwin Pops III: April 13, 8 p.m.,
$34.50-$73.15
- Shinedown / Adelitas Way / Art of
Dying: April 22, 7 p.m., $42.35
- NEPA Philharmonic Haydn / Brahms,
A German Requiem: April 27, 8 p.m.,
$34.50-$73.15
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons:
May 16, $48.25-$93.25
SHERMAN THEATER
524 Main St., Stroudsburg
Phone: 570.420.2808, www.sherman-
theater.com
- Phil Vassar: Feb. 24, 8 p.m., $26-$36
- Terror on the Screen / Cerca Trova
/ The Soviet / Refuse the Conformity:
Feb. 25, 6 p.m., $10 advance, $12 day
of
- Conspirator: March 2, 9 p.m., $17
advance, $20 day of
- Dave Dzambo Memorial Concert ft.
Splity Fifty: March 3, 6 p.m., $10
advance, $12 at door
- moe.: March 4, 7 p.m., $27
- City Lights / Warning Level / Ala-
mance / United We Fall: March 9, 6
p.m., $10 advance, $12 day of
- Barstool Blackout Tour: March 24, 10
p.m., $22
- Marky Ramones Blitzkrieg: March
29, 8 p.m., $15
- Big Sean: March 30, 8 p.m., $10 ESU
students, $25 guests
- Hammer of the Gods: March 31, 8
p.m., $28
- Clutch / Hellyeah: April 17, 7:30 p.m.,
$32.65 (on sale 2/24, 10 a.m.)
- Dayglow: April 21, 7 p.m., $50.25+
- David Bromberg: June 8, 8 p.m.,
$35-$45
- Hot Tuna Electric / Steve Kimock:
June 28, 8 p.m., $25-$40
THREE KINGS
603 Route 6, Jermyn
- School Boy Humor / Rookie of the
Year: Feb. 29, 6 p.m., $10-$12
- Dr. Acula / The Devastated / Design
the Skyline / In Dying Arms: March 5,
6 p.m., $10-$12
- He Is Legend / Ice Nine Kills: March
16, 6 p.m., $12
- Burn Halo: March 21, 7 p.m., $12
- Badfish A Tribute to Sublime: April
19, 7 p.m., $12-$18
TOYOTA PAVILION AT
MONTAGE MOUNTAIN
1000 Montage Mountain Road, Scran-
ton
- Dave Matthews Band: May 28, 7
p.m., $53.35-$89.90 (on sale 3/9, 10
a.m.)
- Vans Warped Tour: July 18
- Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem
Festival ft. Slayer / Slipknot / As I
Lay Dying / The Devil Wears Prada /
Asking Alexandria, more: Aug. 4
(pre-sale 4/6)
PHILADELPHIA
ELECTRIC FACTORY
3421 Willow St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.LOVE.222
- The Pink Floyd Experience: Feb. 25,
8:30 p.m.
- moe.: March 9, 8:30 p.m.
- Young the Giant / Grouplove: March
10, 8:30 p.m.
THE FILLMORE AT THE
TLA
334 South St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.922.1011
- Brothers from Another: Feb. 25, 8
p.m.
- Tyga: Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
- Company of Thieves: Feb. 29, 7 p.m.
- Jim Jones / Dice Raw / Young Gliss
/ Nyemiah Supreme: March 1, 7 p.m.
- Two Fresh / Nit Grit: March 2, 8 p.m.
- August Burns Red / Silverstein /
Texas In July / I the Breather: March
3, 6:15 p.m.
- Jon Anderson: March 7, 7 p.m.
- Young Jeezy: March 8, 8 p.m.
- The White Panda: March 9, 6 p.m.
KESWICK THEATER
Easton Road-Keswick Ave, Glenside,
Pa.
Phone: 215.572.7650
- 1964 The Tribute: Feb. 24-25, 8 p.m.
- Hot Tuna: March 2, 8 p.m.
- Doug Church-The Voice of Elvis:
March 3, 8 p.m.
- Cowboy Junkies: March 9, 8 p.m.
- Bobby Keys & the Suffering Bas-
tards: March 10, 8 p.m.
TOWER THEATER
69th and Ludlow Sts. Upper Darby
Phone: 610.352.2887
- Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd tribute):
March 17, 8 p.m.
- Gotye: March 23, 9 p.m.
TROCADERO
10th & Arch St, Philadelphia
Phone: 215.336.2000
- A.M. Analog: Feb. 25, 6 p.m.
- Mindless Self Indulgence: March 7, 8
p.m.
- Mutemath: March 9, 8 p.m.
- Hank 3: March 16, 9 p.m.
WELLS FARGO CENTER
Broad St., Philadelphia
Phone: 215.336.3600
- Van Halen / Kool & The Gang: March
5, 7:30 p.m.
- The Black Keys / Arctic Monkeys:
March 10, 8 p.m.
ELSEWHERE IN PA
BRYCE JORDAN CENTER
Penn State University, State College,
Pa.
Phone: 814.865.5555
- Sebastian Ingross / Alesso: Feb. 23,
7 p.m.
- Van Halen / Kool & The Gang: March
26, 7:30 p.m. CANCELED
- Mac Miller: April 3, 8 p.m.
CROCODILE ROCK
520 Hamilton St, Allentown
Phone: 610.434.460
- Attack Attack!, more: Feb. 23, 6 p.m.
- August Burns Red / Silverstein,
more: March 2, 6 p.m.
- Aaron Carter / Dalia Rae: March 7,
5:30 p.m.
- Michael Schenker / Robin McAuley:
March 11, 7 p.m.
GIANT CENTER
950 Hersheypark Dr., Hershey
Phone: 717.534.3911
- Celtic Woman, Believe: March 6,
7:30 p.m.
- Casting Crowns: March 30, 7:30 p.m.
SANDS BETHLEHEM
77 Sands Blvd., Bethlehem
Phone:
- Incubus: May 16, 8:30 p.m.
- The Beach Boys: May 17, 8 p.m.
- Blink-182: May 20, 7:30 p.m.
WHITAKER CENTER
222 Market St., Harrisburg
Phone: 717.214.ARTS
- Hot Tuna: March 3, 8 p.m.
- Cowboy Junkies: March 7, 7:30 p.m.
NEW YORK / NEW JERSEY
BEACON THEATER
2124 Broadway, New York, NY.
Phone: 212.496.7070
- The Allman Brothers Band: March
9-10, 13-14, 16-17, 20-21, 24-25, 8 p.m.
HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
311 W. 34th St, New York, NY.
Phone: 212.279.7740
- Flogging Molly: Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m.
- Axwell / Cosmic Opera, more: Feb.
23, 9 p.m.
- Rick Ross: March 13, 8 p.m.
THE FILLMORE AT IRVING
PLAZA
17 Irving Place, New York, N.Y.
Phone: 212.777.6800
- Joe Budden: Feb. 26-27, 7:30 p.m.
- Estelle / Luke James / Elle Varner:
Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
- Chevelle / Middle Class Rut / Janus:
Feb. 29, 7 p.m.
- August Burns Red / Silverstein,
more: March 1, 6:30 p.m.
- Pat Benatar / Neil Giraldo: March 2,
8 p.m.
- Young Jeezy: March 4, 7:30 p.m.
- Orgy, more: March 6, 7 p.m.
- Todd Snider / Kevn Kinney: March
8, 7 p.m.
MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN
7th Ave., New York, NY
Phone: 212.465.MSG1
- Romeo: Feb. 23-24, 8 p.m.
- Ricardo Arjona: Feb. 26, 8 p.m.
- Van Halen / Kool & the Gang: Feb.
28, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
THE THEATRE AT MSG
7th Ave., New York, NY
Phone: 212.465.MSG1
- Mike Epps: March 3, 8 p.m. W
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Bar on Oak: Line Dancing
Brews Brothers, Luzerne: Speaker Jam Karaoke/DJ
Chackos: K8 w/ Dustin Drevitch
Copper Penny, Pocono Inn Resort: Speaker Jam Karaoke and DJ
Elmer Sudds: Robb Brown and Friends
Hops & Barleys: Karaoke w/ DJ Bounce
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: Karaoke
Ole Tyme Charleys: Open mic comedy night & DJ EFX
River Street Jazz Caf: Open Mic
Robs Pub & Grub: Beer Pong
Rox 52: Comedy Night
Slate Bar & Lounge: DJ Hard Drive w/ Karaoke
Woodlands: Evolution live w/ 2twenty2, DJ Godfather
Thursday:
Bar on Oak: The Tones
Bart & Urbys: Twisted Team Trivia @ 9:30 p.m.
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Gas Station Disco
Careys Pub: Mr. Echo trio
Chackos: Kartune
Huns West Side Caf: DJ King B
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke
OverPour: Larry George duo
River Grille: DJ Ooh Wee
River Street Jazz Caf: Village Idiots w/ special guest Retro Rocket
Robs Pub & Grub: Ronnie Williams
Rox 52: Beer Pong
Stans Caf: DJ Slick w/ Karaoke
Thristy Camel, Scranton: Speaker Jam Karaoke and DJ
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Gone Crazy
Uptown II: Tara Michelle from Music for Models
Woodlands: DJ Davey B, DJ Data (Club HD)
Friday:
Bar on Oak: The Ringmaster DJ w/ contest
Bart & Urbys: Larry George w/ special guest Jai Dillon from Jason
Mrazs band and special performances by Loyal & Rich White
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: 40lb Head
Brews Brothers, Pittston: Country Night w/ DJ Crocket
Canteen 900: Unmundane
Chackos: 3
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Dog House Saloon, Hazleton: Speaker Jam Karaoke and DJ
Grotto, Harveys Lake: Sperazza duo
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: DJ Justin
Liams: Chillin in Public
Luckys Sporthouse: Game Show Trivia 7-8:30
Ole Tyme Charleys: Hub City Stompers, The Heavy Beat & The Non
Refundables
OverPour: DJ Short and Poor w/ karaoke
River Street Jazz Caf: MIZ the band w/ opening act Vinegar Creek
Constituency
Robs Pub & Grub: Nick Coyle
Senunas: Lemongelli
Slate Bar & Lounge: Dog City Band
Stans Caf: Jax
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Mickey Daniels 5:30-7:30 p.m. then later
Good to Go
Woodlands: (Evolution) DJ Kev DJ Freezie, (Ballroom) Gogo Gadjet,
(Streamside) Rockabilly & 45s, (Steamside Exec) DJ Godfather
Saturday:
Bar On Oak: Millennium
Bart & Urbys: Kira
Breakers, Mohegan Sun: Stealing Neil
Brews Brothers, Pittston: UFC
Chackos: Militia
Golden Cue, Hazleton: Speaker Jam Karaoke and DJ
Hops & Barley: 18
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Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: Karaoke Party
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke and Rage! DJs
OverPour: Dodge City duo
River Grille: DJ Ooh Wee
River Street Jazz Caf: Miss Melanie & the Valley Rats feat. members of
Queen Bee & the Blue Hornets
Robs Pub & Grub: Random Rock
Rox 52: Iron Cowboy
Senunas: DJ Notorious PAT
Slate Bar & Lounge: Sister Esther
Sloppy Joes Beer Garden: Mr. Echo
Stans Caf: Stingrays Blues Band
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Tightly Wound
Woodlands: (Evoloution)DJ Kev DJ Davey B, Demensions
Sunday:
Bankos: Mr. Echo feat. special guest members from OZ and 40 Lb.
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Brews Brothers, Luzerne: Robb Brown
Careys Pub: Daytona 500, DJ Santiago @ 9:30
Liams: Dr. Steiners Strange Brew
R Bar & Grill: Daytona 500 Nascar Party
Robs Pub & Grub: Daytona 500
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Daytona 500
Woodlands: The Tones w/ DJ Godfather
Monday:
Jim McCarthys Tavern on the Hill: Unplugged Monday - Open Mic
Robs Pub & Grub: NEPA Beer Pong
Tuesday:
Brews Brothers West: Open Mic Night w/ Speaker Jam Karaoke and DJ
The Getaway Lounge: Ronnie Williams
Hops & Barleys: Aaron Bruch
Huns West Side Caf: AJ Jump and Dustin Drevitch
Jim McCarthys: Karaoke
Ole Tyme Charleys: Karaoke and DJ EFX
Slate Bar & Lounge: DJ Magnum J
Tommyboys Bar & Grill: Open Mic Night
The Woodlands: Karaoke DJ Godfather
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A
.J. Jump started the Un-
Mundane monthly music
series three years ago with
one purpose: To have another
outlet for local, regional and
national original music.
After having its home at the
River Street Ale House in Pitt-
ston, which was destroyed during
Septembers flooding, Jump has
moved the series to Canteen 900
in Forty Fort starting with the
Friday, Feb. 24 performance that
features Bob Lewis and Eugene,
Ore.-based Justin King.
Its set up like the jazz clubs
and listening rooms in New
York, Jump said of the new
venue. Its just a little bit bigger
version, which is cool. And it has
that BYOB vibe going on, which
is cool as well. I was sitting there
one day and thought itd be per-
fect to do something there to
revamp the series.
Lewis agreed.
I love the whole thing, the
whole vibe, the kind of thing
they want to portray with the
whole series of Un-Mundane, he
said. I think its going to be a
sweet marriage and a great, great,
great thing.
Aside from the change of
venue, other alterations to Un-
Mundane include switching it
from the last Monday to the last
Friday of the month and opening
the series up to all genres of
music.
Theres going to be some
other genres incorporated that
werent incorporated at the Ale
House, Jump began. The Ale
House was a bar atmosphere,
there was some loud rock this
isnt going to be blazing loud. I
have Graces Downfall and Zela-
zowa coming next month, but
theyre playing acoustic, so its
going to be open to each and
every genre but at a proper vol-
ume.
King and Lewis will both play
a 45-minute set, and DJ Nick
Miller will spin during the in-
termission. Lewis, who released
his five-song solo EP NOw
here in October, will do mostly
originals and two covers.
Theyre unconventional but
go along with the vibe or the
style of music that my original
tunes are, he shared. Were
going to try to pack a rollercoas-
ter ride of feels and dynamics
into my set.
Jump has known King for
years, having first met the singer/
songwriter/guitarist after one of
his performances at Arlenes
Grocery in New York.
The first 30 seconds of the
first song just grabbed me and
threw me around the room,
Jump recalled. I was like, This
is just incredible. That night, I
wanted to be friends with (him),
and weve always stayed in con-
tact, even with him living on the
West Coast.
While the two have worked in
the studio, Un-Mundane marks
the first time Jump and King will
perform live together.
Its a long time coming its
just great to be able to play with
somebody who I was a fan of
first that now Im working with,
Jump said.
Canteen 900 will offer a con-
densed menu Friday night, and a
BYOB corkage fee will be
waived. Jump estimated that
80-85 percent of the event will be
seated.
The intention of this is great
music, and if you want to have
something to eat, you can have
great food, he said. If youre
just there to 100 percent social-
ize, its a music event, and its
there to be listened to.
If you cant be quiet for 45
minutes, then bust out the Adder-
all, he added with a laugh. W
Bob Lewis, above, and Justin King will perform at the
first Un-Mundane at Canteen 900.
Un-Mundane
moves on
By Nikki M. Mascali
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nce, when Billy Crystal
was being brutally
mocked by professional
hanger on Stuttering John
Melendez, he defensively
whined, Youll laugh and
have a good time, but its not
fun. Sure, it was a barely
coherent thought muttered by
a desperately unfunny hack,
but it also sums up what its
like to watch any film Nicolas
Cage has appeared in since
Adaptation (and, for the
most part, prior to Adapta-
tion as well).
Cage has always made bad
career decisions. It just wasnt
as noticeable when he was
younger and didnt have Vel-
cro for hair. But now that hes
getting older and starting to
resemble a lumpier Paul Gia-
matti, its getting pretty diffi-
cult to ignore the fact that
everything he appears in is
basically just a slight variation
on Ghost Rider: Spirit of
Vengeance.
Created by Gary Friedrich,
the Ghost Rider character
made its first appearance in
Marvel Spotlight #5. Ghost
Rider was an amalgamation of
Evel Knievel, Fonzies jacket,
that Buddhist monk who was
protesting the war in Vietnam
and Anton LaVeys Church of
Satan. In other words, the
character combined everything
that was great and will ever be
great about this wonderful
country of ours. Unfortunate-
ly, the Ghost Rider movies
never really tapped into that
indefinable, plastic-voodoo-
DayGlo-skull aesthetic that
made the comic so much fun.
Once again, Cage (seeming-
ly under duress) steps into the
role of Johnny Blaze a stunt
cyclist who sold his soul to
the devil in order to save his
father from cancer but winds
up being cursed to transform
into Ghost Rider, an angry
spirit of vengeance with a
flaming skull for a head,
whenever he senses that evil is
about. Johnny is given the
opportunity to be freed from
his curse if he helps an alco-
holic priest (Idris Elba, whose
character is given most of the
exposition but for some reason
insists on speaking it in an
indecipherable French accent)
track down the literal son of
Satan before the boys other-
worldly father (Ciaran Hinds,
who was either suffering
through a stroke when he shot
his scenes or the only actor in
the world thats somehow
hammier than Cage) finds him
and uses him for his own ne-
farious purposes.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Ven-
geance is junk but its not the
fun kind of junk. Which is
shocking when you consider
that is was directed by Mark
Neveldine and Brian Taylor,
the same guys behind brilliant
trash like the Crank movies
and Gamer. This Ghost
Rider had so much potential
to become pure, electrifying
garbage but everybody in
front of and behind the cam-
era simply just phones it in.
As if they were making a
depressing, cable-ready
Ghost Rider sequel for the
Syfy channel. The storyline is
basically just Rosemarys
Baby after it was dunked in a
vat of Axe body spray and
then swaddled in the finest,
most tiger-y Ed Hardy T-shirt.
Even Cage, who usually
throws himself into these ter-
rible movies, performs his
scenes as if he was just vio-
lently roused from a deep
sleep and is still too exhausted
to figure out why hes kind of
doing an Elvis impression in
the middle of Eastern Europe.
Perfunctory and frustratingly
generic, Ghost Rider: Spirit
of Vengeance only serves to
remind you that Leaving Las
Vegas was a long time ago.
Nicolas Cage reprises his role in the Ghost Rider series.
By Mike Sullivan
Weekender Correspondent
Nauseatingly generic
Cage and Idris Elba in a scene from the movie.
reel attractions
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very mother feels she has
the right to be protective of
her child. She did carry a
baby in her stomach for nine
months and endured the beautiful
and life-changing experience of
childbirth. A mother has the right
to determine what and whos
right for her child, even if she
seems to be ridiculous and con-
trolling. Besides, mothers know
best, right?
Thats exactly what was going
through Queen Aggravains
mind. Maybe she was a little
aggressive and thought she meant
well by being choosy over who
her son marries. In her mind, she
was doing the right thing, even if
she did cause some princesses to
go to hell and back. The queens
fiery personality will be on dis-
play at Marywood Universitys
production of Once Upon a
Mattress on Saturday, Feb. 25
and Sunday, Feb 26.
Once Upon a Mattress is a
fairytale that retells the story of
The Princess and the Pea.
Prince Dauntless is on a search to
find a worthy princess to become
his wife, but his mother makes it
virtually impossible. She puts the
princess through a series of tests
that are destined to fail. Eventu-
ally Princess Winnifred is chal-
lenged to prove shes a real prin-
cess by sleeping on 20 mattresses
with a tiny pea hidden under-
neath, according to Barbara
Blackledge, who is a producer in
the Theatre Department at Mary-
wood University.
The students were aware of the
challenging roles, and they didnt
waste any time preparing for the
show.
They have been in rehearsal
since the first week of classes,
Blackledge said. They were cast
in December so they started
learning their songs a long time
before they started rehearsal.
Blackledge made it clear about
the intensity of musical theater
auditions.
Auditioning for a musical is
three parts, she said. Its called
a triple threat. You can act, you
can sing, you can dance.
Finding actors for Once Upon
a Mattress wasnt a bed a roses.
Its been challenging because
there have been a lot of men
needed for this, and there were a
lot of women that auditioned for
it, but not a lot of men, so they
have been collecting men from
all areas beyond the department,
Blackledge said.
Once Upon a Mattress uses
humor and extreme silliness to
separate itself from other musi-
cals, Blackledge said.
Its a musical, so its a lot of
fun, a lot of music, a lot of danc-
ing, she shared.
There is a lot of work involved
in putting together a musical
production. The actors and musi-
cians arent the only ones in-
volved with putting everything
together. Blackledge said that
theres roughly 65-70 people
involved, and thats only the
production aspect of things and
not including the back office or
people who will be working front
of the house.
Of all the characters in Once
Upon a Mattress, Blackledge
does have a particular one she
admires.
Theres Princess Winnifred,
shes someone whos out there
and knows who she is, she said.
She just walks in, and theres
just this amazing positive energy
and she probably falls on her
face.
Marywood University will
hold two performances of the
play. The first will be Saturday at
7 p.m. and the second Sunday at
2 p.m.
I wish they were doing more
than two performances because
its the type of show where peo-
ple will go and they will start
buzzing about it, Blackledge
promised. W
Once Upon a Mattress, Sat.,
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Sunday,
Feb. 26., 2 p.m., Marywood
Universitys Sette LaVerghetta
Center for Performing Arts
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Marywoods production of Once Upon a Mattress.
Mother knows best?
By Amanda
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By Ralphie Aversa
Special to the Weekender
B
obby Brown attempted to
attend Whitney Hous-
tons funeral in her
hometown of Newark, N.J.
Saturday. Later in the evening,
he attended his own home-
coming in New England. Hours
after the world paid its final
goodbye to Houston, Bostons
New Edition performed in
front of a sold-out crowd of
more than 7,000 at Mohegan
Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
Brown took a planned ab-
sence from the nights first
three songs, and then entered
stage right for Hit Me Off.
As the band introduced itself
one by one before Jealous
Girl, Brown acknowledged the
woman he was married to for
almost 15 years.
I want to give blessings to
my ex-wife, Whitney Houston.
I love you, Brown said, mo-
tioning towards the sky. I want
to give a lot of blessings to my
kids, my fiancee, my brothers
and all of you.
By brothers, Brown was
referring to his New Edition
bandmates. The sextet powered
through a set that lasted almost
two hours. Songs spanned from
New Editions 1983 Candy
Girl debut to Browns 1988
solo smash, My Prerogative
to Bell Biv DeVoes 1990 hit,
Poison. Michael Bivins and
Ricky Bell founded New Edi-
tion with Brown, and Ronnie
DeVoe joined a few years later.
With Ralph Tresvant and
Johnny Gill also on board, the
group had the crowd inside
Mohegan Sun on its feet for
most of the evening. As the
night wound down, the six
members sat on stools while
the groups lead singer ad-
dressed the crowd again.
I lost three great people in
my life, in the last year,
Brown said before New Edition
wrapped with Home Again.
But, nothing makes me hap-
pier than to be right here, right
now.
Some New Edition fans, like
Lisa Pollock of Bridgeport,
Conn., were simply happy just
to see Houstons ex-husband in
the building.
(New Edition) just held it
together. I cant imagine what
today was like for them, Pol-
lock said after the concert. For
them to come and do a show
for all of us definitely exceed-
ed my expectations.
Pollock thought that in the
wake of Houstons death,
Brown is being portrayed un-
fairly by the media.
We all have free will in this
world, she said, a nod to the
notion that Brown was the
direct reason for Houstons
demise. Im not going to say
what people did or did not do,
but hes his own person, (Hous-
ton) was her own person.
Serita Outlow of Norwich,
Conn. also attended the show
unsure if Brown would make it.
I think he did an excellent
job considering what he must
have been feeling, she said. I
dont know what he went
through with his voice today,
but I think he still pulled it off.
Im very proud of him. W
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ACTORS CIRCLE AT
PROVIDENCE PLAYHOUSE
(1256 Providence Rd, Scranton, reser-
vations: 570.342.9707, actorscircle.org)
Crimes of the Heart: March 22-25,
30-31, April 1. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2
p.m. $12 GA, $10 seniors, $8 students.
Preview March 22, $8 GA/seniors, $6
students. Call for reservations.
BLOOMSBURG THEATRE
ENSEMBLE
(Alvina Krause Theatre, 226 Center
St., Bloomsburg, 570.784.8181,
800.282.0283, bte.org)
Ticket prices: $9-$25
Murder at the Howard
Johnsons: March 10-25, Thurs.-
Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 3 p.m.
Preview March 8, 7:30 p.m.,
Pay What You Wish.
Reduced price preview
March 9, 7:30 p.m., $11. Set in
late 70s, spoiled Arlene and
her lover check in to a cheap
motel and plot to kill her
husband.
CORNER BISTRO
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(76-78 S. Main St. Carbondale,
570.282.7499)
The Sensuous Senator: Feb. 24-25,
6:30 p.m. Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. $23/person
for dinner and show. All seats by
advance reservations, call.
Bistro Comedy Nite: March 9, appe-
tizer buffet, 7:30 p.m., show, 8:30 p.m.
Advance sales only, $15. Comics seen
on Showtime, CBS, more. Guest come-
dian Father Paul, emcee Liz Russo,
featured comic Corey Alexander,
headliner Mark DeMayo. Call for tick-
ets.
COUGHLIN HIGH SCHOOL
DRAMA CLUB
(80 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre,
570.406.3976)
Legally Blonde-The Musical: March
1-3, 7 p.m., March 4, 2 p.m. $10/all ages,
senior citizens discount night March 1,
55+, $7. Tickets day of show only at
door. For info, call.
DIETRICH THEATRE
(60 E. Tioga Street, Tunkhannock,
570.996.1500, dietrichtheater.com)
Life On Mars-After School Players
Theater Arts Show: Feb. 25, 11 a.m. $5.
Written and produced by the students.
F.M. KIRBY CENTER
(71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre,
570.826.1100)
Proof: Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $17-$37
Fish Face (The Kids of Polk Street
School): March 27, 10 a.m., $6.50
THE HOUDINI MUSEUM
THEATER
(1433 N. Main Ave., Scranton,
570.342.5555)
Psychic Theaters Haunted! Myster-
ies of THE Beyond: Nightly through
June 30, curtain rises 7 p.m. $35.
Reservations required. 3 hours or
longer. For info, visit PsychicTheater-
.com, call 570.383.9297.
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY
PLAYERS
(2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton,
570.340.6097)
Once Upon a Mattress Musical:
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 26, 2 p.m. $12, $7
senior/student. Info: snyderj@mary-
wood.edu, 348.6268.
MUSIC BOX PLAYERS
(196 Hughes St., Swoyersville:
570.283.2195 or 800.698.PLAY or
musicbox.org)
The Full Monty: Feb. 24-26, March
2-4. Fri.-Sat., curtain 8 p.m., Sun., 3 p.m.
Buffet dinner 90 minutes before
curtain. Tickets for dinner and show
and show-only. Tony-Award winning
musical about out-of-work blue-collar
workers who strip to make ends
meet. Call for reservations.
Auditions for Elvis-inspired musical
All Shook Up: Feb. 27-28, 7 p.m. Men
and women ages 14+. Bring sheet
music of song of choice, may be asked
to read from script. Brief dance combo
will be taught, dress accordingly, bring
jazz, tap shoes if possible. All roles
open, accompanist provided.
THE PHOENIX
PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER
(409-411 Main St., Duryea, 570.457.3589,
phoenixpac.vpweb.com, phoenix-
pac08@aol.com)
Bye Bye Birdie Musical: March
23-April 1.
SCRANTON
CULTURAL CENTER
(420 N. Washington Ave.,
Scranton)
South Pacific:
March 23-25, times
vary, $46.25-$67.25
SHAWNEE
PLAYHOUSE
(570.421.5093, theshaw-
neeplayhouse.com)
The Greatest Gift, The Obituary
Im Dying to Write, Succession by
Charles White: Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
Thoroughly Modern Millie Presented
by Worthington Players: Feb. 23-24, 26,
2 p.m., Feb. 25, 8 p.m. $18/adults,
$15/seniors, $10/children.
THE UNIVERSITY OF
SCRANTON
(Royal Theatre of the McDade Center
for Literary and Performing Arts)
Fuddy Meers: Feb. 24-26, March
2-4; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Ticket
prices vary. Call 570.941.4318.
WYOMING VALLEY WEST
HIGH SCHOOL
Rogers and Hammersteins The
Sound Of Music: Feb 29, 6:30 p.m.
(senior citizens performance); March
1-3, 7 p.m. Tickets at door, $5/students,
$8/adults. W
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Send your listings to:
weekender@theweekender.com,
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PA18703 or fax to 570.831.7375.
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novel approach
I
f, as a reader, you only find
yourself reading books over-
flowing with uplifting
themes and sweet endings, Stay
Awake by Dan Chaon is not
for you. The collection of short
stories is crazy, scary and, often-
times, unresolved. If you can
find yourself willing to continue
ahead, this fictional rollercoaster
of a ride will prove to be worth
your while.
The 12 stories in the collec-
tion are defined by morose and
complex subjects including but
not limited to: A traumatic past
colliding with the present, a
recent loss and the consequenc-
es of a choice.
The one commonality that
intertwines these stories is the
aspect of staying awake. In
particular, Chaon makes it a
point to demonstrate to readers
that we can escape the weight of
death through admitting it exists
at every turn. By staying mind-
ful to the world around us, we
never lose sight of the people
who surround us in the present.
The title piece begins with the
birth of a child. Normally a
joyous occasion, this story soon
takes a turn for the worst when
Chaon decides to add a dash of
Rosemarys Baby. A haunting
tale just like the remaining 11,
Stay Awake stands out among
personal favorites: Slowly We
Open Our Eyes, Thinking of
You in Your Time of Sorrow,
and The Farm, the Gold, the
Lily White Hands.
Even considering the dark
nature of the compilation,
Chaon does not disgust readers
with gore, but rather, by in-
venting stories that wake our
senses. Throughout the book,
death is individualized; readers
come to not only imagine how
each of the characters manages
loss but also how they deal with
the outcome.
The characters within the
stories are not complex, but they
are not one-dimensional either.
As a result, readers can feel
comfortable with their simplic-
ity. Only trouble is, as soon as
we do, Chaon quickly pulls the
characters (and us) into extraor-
dinary situations that cannot be
easily solved without some sort
of impending complication.
These stories are excellent as
stand-alone pieces. However, as
a whole, Chaon has balanced
difficult themes without selling
out. Every conclusion is not
resolved or saccharine sweet
sometimes proving messier than
it first began. Yet, in the end,
Chaons collection succeeds by
evoking several feelings from a
person all at once.
Though fiction, Stay Awake
leaves readers wondering what
could happen if their life took a
turn for the worst. Still in a
state of melancholy, we com-
plete the collection only to have
every story permanently secured
in our minds.
Stay Awake
by Dan Chaon
Rating: W W W W1/2
'Awake'
amid
death
By Kacy Muir
Weekender Correspondent
Readers come
to not only imagine
how each of the
characters
manages loss but
also how they deal
with the outcome.
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or more than10 years, Ras-
cal Flatts has been consis-
tently churning out the kind
of anthemic music that makes rabid
country fans go wild full of love,
faith, fast cars and freedom. When
the band took over Mohegan Sun
Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Friday
night for a sold-out showwith
openers Hunter Hayes and Sara
Evans in tow, it was pretty clear that
its perfected not only its signature
sound, but also its live productions.
In a nod to the tours epithet, the
ThawOut Tour, the trio entered the
stage with a bang, bursting out of a
virtual iceberg backdrop and taking
up positions at three different drum
sets. After a spirited drumen-
semble, the band opened with
Why Wait and proceeded into the
animated Me and My Gang
followed by Summer Nights, a
tune that had the entire place clap-
ping along.
Everything about the perform-
ance, fromthe wardrobe and light-
ing to the backing music, screamed
Rascal Flatts, which only served
to motivate an already overjoyed
audience. When lead singer Gary
LeVox broke into Bless the Bro-
ken Road, there was nary a voice
in the house that wasnt singing
along to every word.
After Stand and a sneak peek
at Banjo, the first single off the
bands newalbum(due out April
3), bass player Jay DeMarcus took
to the stage alone for what ended
up being a comedic interlude of
sorts. Joking about the newsingle
and lamenting about the fact that
bass players get no love, he said,
The truth is Imknown as the sexy
one in the band. So I just want to
make sure everybody gets an equal
opportunity. After which, of
course, he did a catwalk strut.
The entire evening was laden
with an unexpected humor, and
DeMarcus wasnt the only jokester
of the bunch LeVox had a few
snicker-worthy moments as well,
which only added to the laidback
feel of the night.
The inspiring Unstoppable and
the sweetly executed My Wish
were followed by a trio of covers
that reflected each band members
undeniable strength: DeMarcus
traded his bass for a piano with
Billy Joels Piano Man, guitarist
Joe Don Rooney channeled Stevie
Ray Vaughan with The House is
Rockin and LeVox put his in-
credible vocals to good use on
Stevie Wonders Signed, Sealed,
Delivered ImYours.
Evans joined LeVox on the
vocals for Easy, and during Take
Me There, LeVox grabbed the
phone of an audience member to
sing to her mother, playfully adding
Your daughters drunk! before
handing it back.
The encore closed the showwith
He Aint the Leavin Kind, the
end of which was a salute to the
military.
Rascal Flatts made every stroke
of the evening, fromthe fiery guitar
solos to the vocal triumphs, seem
utterly effortless, and it was a vibe
that started to flowthe moment the
showbegan. Hayes, who co-wrote
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Rascal Flatts lead singer Gary LeVox gestures during the bands performance Friday
night at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Rascal's effortless evening
R E V I E W
By Stephanie DeBalko
Weekender Staff Writer
Guitarist Joe Don Rooney and bassist Jay DeMarcus of
Rascal Flatts.
Opener Sara Evans.
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By Justin Brown
Weekender Correspondent
D
ear Mom & Dad,
They say college is
where youll meet the
friends youll have for the
rest of your life. I guess
theres something to be said
about the bonds you develop
when youre too young and
stupid to give a shit about
tomorrow.
A perfect example brings
me back to 2005. The world
was more simple back then.
The Kardashians had yet to
pollute television, my stom-
ach was never pumped, and
Vince Vaughn had every guy
in America trying to play a
little game of just the tip
with their girl.
Are you ready to get crazy
tonight? asked one of my
fraternity brothers.
I fully intend on throwing
up tonight, I answered. I
was such an inexperienced
drinker at that point in my
life that I couldnt convince
myself I ever got drunk un-
less projectile vomit was
found somewhere the next
morning.
After pre-gaming with a
power hour that consisted
of sipping Natty Lite every
minute to the beat of a new
Disney song from our child-
hood, we made our way to
the nearby Theta Xi fraterni-
ty house to party like the
redneck rockstars we were.
I dont remember much
about the party, except I told
some girl that since her teeth
glowed in the dark I couldnt
sit next to her in Anthropol-
ogy anymore.
Next thing I knew, a group
of people circled me as I was
on the floor getting poked
with a broom.
Is he dead? someone
asked.
I was too paralyzed with
inebriation to respond.
We need to pull the trig-
ger, someone insisted.
I wasnt too drunk to mis-
understand that! I thought
they were going to shoot me
for getting too drunk at their
party.
Before I could scream,
something entered my mouth.
I thought it was a gun. When
I bit down, I heard someone
scream with pain.
You bastard! they yelled.
You bit my fingers. I was
just trying to make you threw
up so you didnt die! Appar-
ently pull the trigger meant
to force someone to throw up
to avoid alcohol poisoning.
After I was dragged back
to my fraternity house, I
passed out on the toilet. My
roommate in the house
snapped a picture of me to
make sure I never forgot
about it. When we recently
laughed about it at his wed-
ding, I realized why they say
the friends you make in col-
lege are the friends youll
have for the rest of your life.
Love,
Justin W
Pull the trigger
Only a true friend would be willing to get close enough
to take a photo like this.
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BENEFITS / CHARITY
EVENTS
4th Annual Laugh Out Loud
Comedy Show March 30, 7-10
p.m., doors 6:30 p.m., Seasons Ball
Room, Mohegan Sun at Pocono
Downs. $60 (feat. Silent auction, hors
doeuvres), $40 (show only, 8:15 p.m.).
Cash bar. Business casual dress.
Patty Leighton, honorary Master of
Ceremonies. Mary Dimino, Liz Russo,
Mary Radzinski, Jeannine Luby.
Benefits Domestic Violence Service
Center. For tickets/info, call Nina Dei
Tos at 570.823.6799 ext. 221.
5th Annual Ski for the Cure
Breast Cancer Awareness
Day Feb. 25, Jack Frost Ski Area (1
Jack Frost Mountain Road, Blakes-
lee). Registration 8 a.m. Pledge
Ski-A-Thon sheets, jfbb.com. Pink
Olympic Race Gates, 8:30-10:30 a.m.,
medals 2 p.m. Dedicated Runs 11 a.m.
$2/every lift pass, proceeds benefit
Susan G. Komen for the Cure NEPA.
Drawings, games, giveaways. Info:
570.443.8425 x 2503.
American Lung Association
Fight for Air Climb: March 24,
Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre.
Climb one floor of steps, both up and
down. Volunteers needed. For info,
registration, sponsorships, visit
lunginfo.org/arenaclimb, call
570.823.2212.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Game: March 24, 7:05 p.m., vs. St.
Johns, Mohegan Sun Arena. $18-$23,
includes hat, hot dog, popcorn, soda.
Portion of each ticket donated to
ALA. Info/tickets: 570.970.3607,
csipsky@wbspenguins.com.
American Red Cross
Blood Drive: Feb. 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,
LIFE Geisinger Scranton (2300 Adams
Ave., Scranton). Attendees may tour
day health center/enjoy light re-
freshments until 5 p.m. To make
appointment, call 1.800.395.8759. No
appointment needed for open house.
Angels for Aubree Feb. 23, 4-9
p.m., Backyard Ale House (523 Linden
St., Scranton). $20, at door or at
AngelsforAubree@yahoo.com. Ticket
includes food, choice of one drink
(beer, well mixed, wine), raffles,
entertainment. Benefits Aubree
DeFazio, born in Nov. with complica-
tions; will assist family with medical,
prescription, other expenses.
Big Brothers Big Sisters
30th Annual Bowl for Kids Sake:
March 24, noon, 1:30 p.m., Southside
Bowl; April 21, noon, 1:30 p.m., Valley
Lanes. More money raised, more
prizes won. Register at bbbsnepa.org.
All teams must pre-register. Info:
800.955.4376.
Bloomsburg Hospital 5th
Annual Wine Tasting Benefit
March 24, 5-9 p.m., Caldwell Consisto-
ry, Bloomsburg. $75. Tapas-style
dining, dessert, wine, entertainment.
Silent auction. Pianist Kevin Haile
performing. Info/tickets:
570.387.2099, lmakara@bloom-
health.net.
Candys Place (570.714.8800)
11th Annual Spin 4 Life: Feb. 25, 7
a.m.-4 p.m., Candys Place (190 Welles
St., Forty Fort). $20/45-minute ride,
includes T-shirt. Free refreshments,
mini massages. All proceeds benefit
free programs at Candys Place,
Brandon J. Case Memorial Scholar-
ship. Call to reserve.
Lake Silkworth Area Lions
Club 2nd Annual Bowl-a-
Thon Fundraiser March 18, 1-3
p.m., Chackos Family Bowling Center
(195 N. Wilkes-Barre Blvd., Wilkes-
Barre). Proceeds benefit Activities
Fund, Christmas Food Baskets, Stu-
dent Scholarships, Eye Glass Pro-
grams.
Leadership Offers Laughter
One-Night-Only LOL Come-
dy Night March 3, 7 p.m., Brews
Brothers West (75 Main St., Luzerne).
$15, at door or 570.446.8992,
610.653.6841. Teri Granahan, Joe
Bryan, Jeannine Luby. Chinese auc-
tion. Proceeds support World Laugh-
ter Day 2012, Festival of Laughs. Info:
facebook.com/LeadershipOffer-
sLaughter.
Make A Break for McAuley
5K Run March 24, 10 a.m., Kirby
Park/River Commons. Rain date
March 31. Bring household item for
Catherine McAuley Center. Pre-
registration, $15/students, $20/adults.
Under 10, free admission. $5 late fee
after March 14. Refreshments, prizes
to follow. Info: jlwb5krun@gmail.com,
makeabreakformcauley.webs.com.