Though there’s no mention of it on the Grandma Party page, I know this to be true because I picked up a flier last night at Stardust. My favorite outdoor event in Orlando is growing. The Grandma Party is something I had the privilege of getting involved with in its second incarnation in April of 2006 for Earth Day. Since then, I’ve followed the event and tried to post updates related to the event as often as possible. Here’s the event info:

Granny’s Sunday Nite Scrap Meet
Sunday, July 15th, 7:00 PM
“bring in all your old/unwanted fabric and art supplies and trade ‘em in something new (well, new to you!)”

The flier says you’ll be able to bring in your scraps and craft supplies a bit earlier to add to the pile. Interesting upon interesting is that Stardust sells hard liquor now… who’d have thought that would happen? Pretty cool, though.

I hope that events like Granny’s Scrap Meet mean that we’ll be seeing more out of Casey and the Grandma Party crew as time goes on. I’m a big supporter of anything this group does. The spirit, the people, the quality goods for sale and the community support have been really fantastic surrounding this event. They really have all the ingredients to help make the Orlando DIY community something special.

The Beer Bomb of the Month MySpace is normally the place where you learn about local beer bomb recipes and a downtown pub crawl on bicycles with a beer bomb and a little food at each stop. Now witness what happens when you get several local bars and a microbrewery’s bus involved.

From Redlight Redlight’s MySpace:

June, 24 2007 at Beer Bomb Bus Tour 2
Starting @ redlight redlight
535 W. New England Ave, Winter Park, Florida 32789
407-539-1711
Cost : $45

Beer Bomb Bus Tour number 2 is happening June 24th, meeting at Redlight Redlight at 2 p.m. Four Towns, four beer classes, lots of quality time on the Shipyard Bus as we explore central Florida. Tickets are $45 and are on sale at Redlight Redlight.

From Beer Bomb of the Month’s blog:

The last one was a huge success. This is a road trip, a set of beer classes, and a bar crawl all in one. Here are the details for the next Bus tour.

1 pm Bus leaves Orlando from Redlight Redlight in Winter Park. Get there early if you wish to have pre-board beer at the bar. Everyone boards The Shipyard Bus at 1 sharp. Aboard the bus, we will enjoy a couple of Shipyard products.

1:40 Maggies Attic in Mt. Dora

Great little place tucked in the middle of beautiful Mt. Dora. Jerome, resident beer enthusiast, will be discussing his favorite Unique Beer selection.

3:00 The Abbey in Deland

This was the last stop on the last tour, so things were getting a bit silly. So we moved it up in the lineup to bettter showcase this Beer Mecca. Todd, the local beer expert, has some great beer geek surprises for us there.

4:20 Tir Na Nog in Daytona Beach

Bill has been fighting the good fight in Daytona for quite some time. His bar has been the place to go to get quality beer in that area forever. He will be discussing a beer he feels strongly about and I’m sure it’ll be a good one.

5:30 Sanford Wine Company

Ken and Matt took such great care of us there last time we just had to go again. Great little wine and beer stop in the heart of Sanford . . .

then back to Mt. Dora and Orlando.

$45 gets you a seat on the bus, your first featured beer at each stop, as well as beers on the Shiyard Bus. There will also be some food at some of the stops. Tickets are on sale at Redlight Redlight in Winter Park and Maggies Attic in Mt. Dora and are very limited.

p.s. this is not a puke fest bar crawl, this is a tour of great beer bars geared for people who can appreciate and handle great and big beers . . . thanks.

Heronymus reunites after 9 years apart. Ache with nostalgia as the memories come flooding back. Thrill in horror as Tim throws a tantrum a decade in the making. Who will have all their hair? Where in gods name is Jaime Gonzales? Brought to you by Rickshaw Boy. Tickets available on-line

June 2nd, 2007 @ Orlando REP, 7PM - 12AM, 1001 E Princeton St, 32803
HeronymusReturns.com
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Buy Tickets 212-828-4444

There’s not enough time to tell you the legend of Heronymus. Here’s the text from the MySpace:

From early 1996 to the Summer of 1998 Heronymus was a dynamic musical force in Central Florida. After releasing a cassette E.P. and an independent full-length album, numerous live shows including multiple appearances headlining the House of Blues, and a limited-edition compilation of live material, the band had a sudden and unexpected breakup.

Founded in 1994 by Rob Houle and Timothy Williams the band that would be Heronymus began as a three piece called Praxus. Gaining a cult following through the University of Central Florida theater department in Orlando, Florida, Praxus played living rooms around the East Side of Orlando for over half a year. Joshua Chiet replaced Mike Marinaccio on bass guitar in 1995, and the new threesome of Houle, Williams, and Chiet went in search of a drummer. Matt Brown was added to the lineup along with his brother Jon Brown on trumpet and Dan Boissy on saxophone. Heronymus was born, and played their first gig in the Spring of 1996. Orlando gigs included The Sapphire Supper Club (The Social), Johnny’s Rockin’ Bistro, Barbarella, Junkyard, The Go Lounge, and more. An self-titled album was recorded and released on Icarus Records at this time and sold at shows alongside the eponymous Red Tape, a demo cassette containing four prototypical tracks. Shortly thereafter the Brown brothers exited the band when creative differences drove a wedge between them and lead singer Williams. Drummer Agustin Frederic and trombonist Jaime Gonzalez were brought on board to round out the familiar Heronymus sound of 1997 and ‘98. It was during this year and a half that Heronymus gained an ever-increasing fan base by playing in San Fernandina Beach, Gainesville, Tavares, Lakeland, Clearwater, and Orlando. A limited-release live recording was made by Joshua Chiet From their House of Blues shows. Titled The Romance Is Over, the collection was so named because it was passed around after Heronymus had called it quits.

With plans in the works for a South Eastern US tour, and having just taken on a second guitar player, BJ Belavik, who was to play only one gig at Barbarella in Orlando, Timothy Williams dropped out of the band. The members of Heronymus went their separate ways, bringing their experiences to a host of creative musical endeavors. A studio album with the classic line-up was never recorded. The Cowboy Song Cycle and accompanying animated film for live performance was left unfinished.

Heronymus remained only in the hearts and minds of its dedicated fans, until underground rumblings in early 2007 started to point towards a reunion. That reunion is now confirmed for June 2nd, 2007 in Orlando, FL at the Orlando Rep’s Universal Theater! Tickets are on sale now online at https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=HER5

The members of Heronymus are all excited to rejoin for one evening of music and madness. All are invited to witness this code of silence 9 years in the breaking.

My friend from my UCF days, Robert Johnson, just told me about his show, a cool idea and a cool venue. Check it out.

May 20th, 2007 @ Orlando Brewing, 3PM - 9PM, 1301 Atlanta Ave, 32806

It’s going to be a long weekend of music, with FMF going on, and this will be the perfect way to end it. This is going to be a showcase of those that I thought should’ve played FMF, but didn’t. The long list includes: Arms Harbor, Sean Evan, Tony Macaluso, The Black Rabbits, Diocious, Brian Sadowski, Me, Jerry Mincey, Ashton Morris, and Bob “Stormcrow” Sanders. It’ll be all day. Bring your lawn chairs, some patties for grilling and get ready to listen to some really talented folks. It’ll be outside and will go on till it gets dark. This is what I call supporting your LOCAL music scene. SO DO IT!

Well, it had to happen sooner or later.

Picture if you will: almost every music act in Orlando has members from other groups, or people that stand out in said groups end up forming solo acts and taking 2, 3, even 4 years to write, release and eventually perform their Grande Opus - the one solo album that will carry them out of the liner notes and into the local stratosphere. This is not to say anything against those who are in several bands, those who have solo projects, or even those who spent hour after painstaking hour perfecting each composition and recording. **(insert tangent here, see footnote)**

One such event has hit the Twilight Zone this year - I have just named it MUMPSEANDGER - like the Frankenstein monster, it doesn’t have a “The” or a last name, it is just known by its spooky moniker. I made a video about this three-headed monster for Orlando Scene TV a few weeks ago before I got so busy I couldn’t see. Really, the video exists to help Relay for Life, but if you learn about some cool local bands while you are clicking ads for cancer, I think we all win.

Here’s the short version: Jeff has Mumpsy, which has Matt; Matt has Dodger, which has Sean, Jeff, and Conrad; Sean has a solo project, which has Matt, Conrad and Jeff. If you also include various and sundry other people, apparently they can all fit in a 15-passenger van and tour the countryside like a big happy family. I think I might end up needing a chart when we’re through.

In the middle of May through early June, Dodger, Mumpsy and Sean Moore will be gracing stages with a special 75-minute set - I guess they will leave the keyboards, drums and equipment set up and do a little dance between pieces. I am honestly wondering if a new Swomee Swans or something like it will end up coming out of this, or if they’ll own up to it and admit that Post*Records is pretty much one big band with different frontmen. It’s also a boys club - where is the local fem-power record label? Step up to the gender-neutral plate, Orlando!

**(begin tangent, footnoted for clarity)**I myself am a perfectionist - but unlike the recording industry, my performance space is also my publishing space and my rehearsal space - so you get to watch all three take place at once - this blog started out like that - a couple of weak releases, followed by some misdirected musings. Now I have a good idea of what I can do here, but I don’t have the time or the resources. Really, I am hoping to find some people willing to write about local music - the stuff that starts here and the stuff that blows through town. if you end up taking recordings or video, all the better and much encouraged - I’ll even do some of the editing if you need me to.

At the request of a friend, here are the as-of-yet unmentioned tour dates:

• May 17 2007 9:00P
  Raglands Jacksonville, Florida
• May 18 2007 9:00P
  TBA Charleston, South Carolina
• May 19 2007 9:00P
  Soapbox Laundrolounge Wilmington, North Carolina
• May 20 2007 8:00P
  A Private Island TBA Orlando, Delaware
• May 21 2007 9:00P
  DC 9 w/ A Papier Mache Monster & Bees and The Birds District O Columbia, Washington
• May 22 2007 9:00P
  The M Room w/ The Codes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May 24 2007 9:00P
  The Knitting Factory w/ Unicornicopia and The Codes NYC, New York
• May 27 2007 9:00P
  The Wonderland Ballroom w/ Micheal Jantz District O Columbia, Washington DC
• May 28 2007 8:00P
  Tasty World Athens, Georgia
• May 29 2007 8:00P
  TBA Jacksonville, Florida
• May 30 2007 8:00P
  TBA Tallahassee, Florida
• May 31 2007 8:00P
  TBA Gainesville, Florida
• Jun 1 2007 8:00P
  TBA Tampa, Florida
• Jun 2 2007 9:00P
  Tour Return Show @ Orlando Science Center Orlando, Florida

Holly Riggs’ Final Farewell Hosted on Zooomr

Holly Riggs began writing poetry after a rough break up. A producer from Nonsense Records discovered her talents at a performance and offered to produce a spoken word album. It came out great, and Holly kept performing around town. She was a regular at the Tuesday night SPEAKEASY at Will’s while it was still around, and she even appeared in the documentary about the event.

Apart from her music career, Holly makes jewelry and produces interactive, hip-hop inspired theatre as Starbananas Productions. I never got a chance to see the play they put on last year, but if I know anything about this girl, it was a sight to be seen.

Come out to Dandelion on Friday and help Orlando wish Holly a fond farewell and many happy returns.

marc. with a c.
hosted by Liberatr.net

Friday, June 2nd, 9:00PM
Stardust Video and Coffee
1842 Winter Park Rd.

With guests:
Carin (stand-up comedy)
Hollywood Beach Brian

Between each performance (and likely after the show), all of the Liberatr.net podcast hosts will be in attendance. Come and meet and greet Myla Goldberg and the Captain of the Other Team (You can’t spell crapface without PFA), Marc, Nicole and Ryan (Zanzibar Lounge), Kyle (The Student of the Game) and as many of our past guests as we can muster up!

The show is FREE, so don’t say you can’t afford it. We will have “pretentious” t-shirts, MP3 CDs and more goodies for you.

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