Brevard Live January 2010

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January 2010 • Volume 18, Issue 10 • Priceless
FEATURES
MEGAPHONE
UPCOMING CONCERTS
There are some serious shows scheduled for January and February. No matter, if you like disco or classic, blues or
rock’n’roll, we have something for every
music taste.
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RICHARD HAYMAN
Orlando’s Megaphone quickly graduated to the head of the class when they exploded onto the Central Florida scene in
2005. Performing headline shows at the
annual Florida Music Fest and opening
for such biggies as Ace Frehley, Everclear and Edwin McCain earned them a
huge following.
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After more than 50 years of outstanding
success, the maestro came to Brevard
County as the Principal Conductor and
Music Director for the Space Coast
Pops! With Mr. Hayman’s brilliant
compositions, Brevard can look forward to another exiting season.
25 YEARS DEAD SERIOS
This band is neither dead, nor serios! For
years they have had their share of farewell
and reunion concerts like no other. So
what’s another anniversary concert? Really
nothing, but it makes the fans happy.
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PAUL CHAPMAN & GATOR COUNTRY
Matt Bretz has been “With The Band” before but this one was hard work and fun.
Keeping up with rock legend Paul Chapman is difficult enough. Matt had to follow him around the Rib Fest in St. Pete...
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RICK PIPER
He has been pegged by some as a “surf
artist,” but a closer look at his paintings
discloses that he often produces dreamlike, surreal pieces that reflect a broader
vision than produced in surf art.
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Columns
Van Riper
20 Charles
Political Satire
23
Calendars
Live Entertainment
Theatre, Concerts,
Festivals, Arts
Scene
34 Brevard
What’s hot in
Brevard
39
Out & About
Meet the places and
the people
44
Sex & The Beach
Relationship
Column
by Matt Bretz
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January 10 At Earl’s Hideaway
January 14 At Captain Hiram’s
Les Dudek
Eddie Money
L
es Dudek is what you might want
to call a “Musician’s musician.” He
had built quite a reputation around the
Florida area as a proficient guitar player,
having started playing in local bands as
a teenager. Those bands were “The United Sounds”, “Blue Truth” and “Power”.
That reputation would place him in the
studio with the Allman Brothers Band for
the recording of the Brothers & Sisters
album. He played lead guitar on the wellknown song “Ramblin’ Man” and acoustic guitar on “Jessica”, co-authoring the
latter with Dickey Betts.
His next stops were as a guitarist for
Boz Scaggs and The Steve Miller Band.
Dudek was invited to play in a supergroup called Journey but he had received
an offer to record for Columbia Records
as a solo artist. His work was praised
by the critics but widespread fame and
success eluded him. He had two minor
hits with “City Magic” and “Old Judge
Jones” which were played frequently on
local radio stations in the Los Angeles,
California area, where he lived in the
mid-1970s. He later collaborated with
Cher, Stevie Nicks, and other Columbia
Artists. - This is a free concert!
D
uring the late ‘70s, Eddie Money had a
handful of album rock hits and wound
up crossing over into the Top 40 with songs
like “Baby Hold On” and “Maybe I’m a
Fool.” During the early ‘80s, he began to
make funny narrative videos, which became
staples on early MTV and made “Shakin’”
and “Think I’m in Love” hits. His career
hit a slump during the mid-’80s as he struggled with drug addictions, but he made a
comeback in 1986 with Can’t Hold Back.
Featuring the hit duet with Ronnie Spector “Take Me Home Tonight,” as well as
the Top 20 “I Wanna Go Back,” the album
became a Top Ten smash, re-establishing
Money as a successful blue-collar rocker.
Money followed the album in 1988
with Nothing to Lose, which featured the
Top Ten “Walk on Water.” Two years later,
“Peace in Our Time,” taken from the 1989
Greatest Hits: Sound of Money, reached
number 11.
Eddie Money is a legend. There’s even
a musical about him - Two Tickets To Paradise , an original play based on Eddie’s life
story. It follows Eddie and his working
class family on their journey as Eddie rebels against them in order to fulfill his dream
of becoming a rock star.
UPCOMING CONCERTS
February 4 At The King Center, Melbourne
F
BB King & Buddy Guy
or more than half a century, Riley B. King - better
known as B.B. King, the King of Blues - has defined
the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums,
many of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925,
on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola. In
his youth, he played on street corners for dimes, and would
sometimes play in as many as four towns a night. In 1947,
he hitchhiked to Memphis, TN, to pursue his music career.
B.B.’s first big break came in 1948 when he performed on
Sonny Boy Williamson’s radio program on KWEM out of
West Memphis.
Soon after his number one hit, “Three O’Clock Blues,”
B.B. began touring nationally. In 1956, B.B. and his band
played an astonishing 342 one-night stands. At age 76, he
is still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with
relentless passion. Time has no apparent effect on B.B.,
other than to make him more popular, more cherished,
more relevant than ever.
The other legend hails
from the world of “Chicago
Blues.” George “Buddy”
Guy is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American blues guitarist and
singer. Guy is known for
his showmanship, playing
his guitar with drumsticks,
or strolling into the audience while playing solos.
His music has influenced
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Stevie
Ray Vaughan, and many
other guitarists
February 18 At Sunrise Theater, Ft. Pierce
R
Robert Cray Band
obert Cray has been internationally admired as a stylist whose innovations have brought new life to the
blues. “Blues is one of the foundations of our music, but
it’s not all that we play,” Cray says. “When I first started
playing guitar, I wanted to be George Harrison – that is,
until I heard Jimi Hendrix. After that, I wanted to be Albert
Collins and Buddy Guy and B.B. King. And then there are
singers like O.V. Wright and Bobby Blue Bland. It’s all
mixed up in there.”
He continues, “Every time somebody asks me about
where my music comes from, I give them five or six different directions – a little rock, soul (oh yeah, definitely
soul!), jazz, blues, a little gospel feel. Then there are some
other things that maybe fall in there every once in a while,
like a little Caribbean flavor or something. You just never
know. I always attribute it to the music we grew up listening to, and the radio back in the ‘60s. It’s pretty wide open.
It’s hard to put a tag on it.” - And that about sums it all
up.
Together on the bill with Robert
Cray is a special guest from Europe, Ana
Popovic. Her blend of smoking electric
funk slide guitar, jazzy instrumentals,
tight blues groove, soulful feminine vocals and her incredible stage presence
makes her an irresistible force in the
music world
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Space Coast
Pops Presents
Blues brothers Corky Siegel, Joel Silver, Jim Swall
M
Corky Siegel Solo
ost people know Corky Siegel from the SiegelSchwall Band, a blues band from Chicago. The band
was formed in 1964. Corky Siegel and Jim Schwall were
both students at Roosevelt University, where Siegel studied saxophone music and Schwall studied guitar music.
Schwall’s background was mostly in country music, while
Siegel was more interested in blues. They combined these
two genres, producing a lighter sounding blues as compared to Butterfield Blues Band or John Mayall.
The band was the house band at Pepper’s Lounge on
Chicago’s South Side. Every important Chicago blues musician sat in with Corky and Jim at Pepper’s, including Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Billy Boy Arnold, Little Walter,
Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Otis Spann, Bo Diddley, Lazy
Lester and Sam Lay, just to name a few. They toured the
major rock palaces and clubs in the 60’s and 70’s until they
broke up in 1974.
In 1975 Siegel formed the Happy Year Band with Sam
Lay, the late Albert Joseph on guitar and Rollo Radford
on bass. Siegel later formed the ensemble Chamber Blues
with a string quartet, tabla and harmonica/piano. This unusual group features Frank Donaldson, a 20-year veteran
drummer with jazz icon Ramsey Lewis. Siegel continues
to record, has earned several composing honors.
Corky is currently on the road with his Traveling
Chamber Blues Group in the Florid Panhandle, and since
it’s been very cold in “Sweet Home Chicago” Corky and
his wife Holly thought that this might be a good opportunity to visit their long-time friend Joel Silver in Cocoa
Beach. And who could be more delighted than blues-philatropist Silver who’s been a fan since the 60’s following the
band and slowly becoming a friend. As always, Joel opens
his home and gives a helping hand to feature one of his
famous blues brothers.
Corky Siegel will perform solo at Heidi’s Jazz Club in
Cocoa Beach on January 29th at 8 pm, and at the Sebastian
Beach in Melbourne Beach on January 30th, 9 pm with the
Josh Miller Trio.
Richard
Hayman
America’s Favorite Pops Conductor
R
ichard Hayman, is an American legend as conductor, harmonica player, arranger, and composer. He’s
also considered America’s favorite Pops conductor. After more than 50 years of outstanding success, the maestro came to Brevard County as the Principal Conductor and Music Director for the Space Coast Pops! With
Mr. Hayman’s brilliant compositions, colorful attire,
and outstanding guest artists, Brevard can look forward
to another exiting season that takes the audience to the
outer limits of the music world.
The Space Coast Pops Orchestra presents “Down
Memory Lane” for the first concert of its 24th Annual
Season Subscription Series at 2:30 pm on Saturday,
January 9th, 2010 at the Merritt Island First Baptist
Church on SR 520 and Courtenay Parkway.
Richard Hayman, the icon of arranging and directing
POPS music, will conduct music for the concert theme
of “Down Memory Lane.” Mr. Hayman was the chief
arranger for the Boston Pops for over thirty years and
will bring to you a program which features the types of
music played. It will resemble his lifetime experience
with POP music, culminating with his superior achievements with the harmonica.
Featured performer will be Arcadian Broad, a pianist who, some years ago at age nine, won the Brevard
Young Performing Artist Competition. He was also
semi-finalist in the “America’s Got Talent” competition. Arcadian will perform the third movement of Mendelssohn’s “Piano Concerto”. • February 20, 2010 : “Big Band” Boston Pops style
featuring Pops soloists.
• March 20, 2010: “From Stage to IMAX” featuring
Tommy “O” direct from Branson, MO.
• April 17, 2010: “Tops of the Pops” featuring Carol
Stein, Pianist.
Call 632-7445 for further information, ticket outlet
locations and season ticket choices.
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I’m With the Band!
Paul Chapman &
Gator Country
By Matthew Bretz
“W
hat kind of writer are you?”, asks the dark haired
woman across the table from me.
“Can you be a little more specific?”, I ask back. - “Are
you a music writer or a journalist?”, she clarifies.
“Are those my only choices?”, I say, beginning to realize I’ve somehow stumbled across a coiled snake.
“Well, I don’t have a lot of respect for journalists you
see.”, she replies, tightening her coil for the strike.
Suddenly Welsh superman, Paul Chapman, steps into
the line of fire to aid my escape. “Matty is actually both.
He‘s a music writer AND a journalist.”, Paul’s charming accent nearly works in stopping the bullets, but another comes
quick.
“Oh…”, she says, dramatically pausing for the audience. “Then what kind of music do you write?”
I have spent the entire day in the company of Paul, his
band and his friends…including my attacker, and this is the
first we’ve even spoken, so I can’t help but wonder why she
is suddenly being so aggressive towards me.
“Musical music?”, I ask/reply tentatively.
“I’m going to find something to eat”, and with that the
assault is over as abruptly as it started, no explanation.
I ask Paul what just happened and all he can say is that it’s
part of a long story that started years ago with a little band
you might have heard of called “Bad Finger” and doesn’t really have anything to do with me. Confused and bewildered
I decided to leave it be and catch another beer.
“What kind of writer are you…that’s a good one, we’ll
have to remember that one Matty!”, Paul muses.
Photos by Kelly Quinn
If you have watched VH1 lately,
you might have come across some
stories about hard rock and metal,
the band UFO and the one name
that always stands out - guitarist
Paul Chapman is hailed as
the metal-legend of the 70’s.
I’m sitting by the pool of the Hilton in St.Petersburg
Florida with Paul Chapman, Gator Country (formerly Molly
Hatchet) and various members of their entourage, drinking
beer, eating unusual British candy and getting the dirt on
what it was like to be an “A” list rock star in the late 70’s.
It’s a strange ending to a strange and wonderful day filled
with legendary performers, VIP passes, mobs of people,
stretched limos, heat stroke and the best ribs in the country.
It’s Saturday afternoon in one of the prettiest cities in
the state. Gator Country takes the stage at 2 pm and the fans
are ready. Jet played yesterday and Zac Brown plays tomor-
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row, but today is where it’s at. Rib vendors have come from
across the country to show their steel, and the air is thick
with smoke and barbecue. Its gonna be fun so go check in at
will-call for your backstage pass. If they ask why you need
one show ‘em the rock horns and tell them…you’re with
the band!
The doors of the Hilton magically open, thanks to the
sorcery of convenience technology, and I stroll into the lobby just in time to catch a ride with Paul and the boys to the
venue. Paul shakes my hand and says “hello” with so much
energy and puddle jumper charm I’m instantly a fan. Not
five minutes later I’m carrying his guitars and following the
group right back out of the lobby again to our limo.
Let’s talk about this limo for a second.
Somehow, someone, somewhere was able to take a
full size Ford F-350 pick-up and stretch it into the biggest
thing I’ve ever climbed into that didn’t sport wings and a jet
engine. The interior is complete with neon lights, flashing
lights, multi-colored tracing lights and shine in your eyes
until you have seizures lights; a flat screen TV, a booming
sound system, built in beer baths, a glittery acrylic stripper pole and some of the gaudiest black and red décor I’ve
ever seen. The only thing this limo doesn’t come with is a
good turning radius. All the way there we listen to a classic
rock station and the boys take turns commenting about each
song that plays and reminiscing about adventures they had
with the corresponding bands. Rock stars…
Our limo ride lasts about 10 minutes and, before I can
get used to the Ozzy-meets-studio-54 environment I’ve
been riding in, the doors are opened and we are
backstage at the Annual St.Petersburg Exchange
Club Rib Fest. There are at least a hundred rib vendors here…mmm, a traveling x-games stunt show,
a mobile funeral museum(seriously), carnival rides
and beer tents galore. When I was a kid I used to
accompany my mother to Exchange Club meetings
back home…there were about ten members and
they met for lunch at the Rialto. These guys are at a
completely different level.
The guys have about 20 minutes before they go
on and they adjourn to their RV/green room. There
are about ten thousand people here now and they
expect at least another five thousand before the day
is through. While the guys are getting ready to rock
the boat I take my opportunity to hit will-call and
grab my “I’m cooler than you” badge. It takes longer than I expect and by the time I get back the guys
are guitar strapped and ready to roll. A few steps up
the backstairs, maybe twenty feet to the front of the
stage and ten thousand people go wild.
Gator Country is comprised of the original members of Molly Hatchet including Jimmy Farrar,
Bruce Crump, Riff West and Duane Roland. Joining
the mix are Steve Holland, Linne Disse and Paul Chapman
of D.O.A., Ghost, Skidrow, Lone Star, Kimla Taz, Circus
Circus, U.F.O. and the Paul Chapman Project. If the term
“super group” just popped into your head…you’re not
alone.
On a wireless set up, Chapman starts riffing before he’s
even onstage. The snare takes a hit and they’re off and running. I sit down on a crate stage left to enjoy the show.
From my vantage point I can see everything. The band
driving their amps and the crew running things behind the
scenes to make sure the amps have power. Its all going like
clock work…or so I thought.
Suddenly things get a bit Spinal Tap.
Bassist Riff West is nursing an elbow injury and can’t
stand the pain for more than three songs. Off stage I ask
what happened and he tells me he was hurt in a skydiving accident. I’m impressed for about 20 seconds before he
comes clean and with a laugh and explains how he slipped
while he was cutting his mother’s lawn. “should’ve stuck
with the skydiving story”, I tell him. “Now I’ll have to
print this.” He smiles and decides to grab a guitar and play
rhythm for awhile.
About halfway through the set I look down on the crate
I’m sitting on and notice the Destroyers logo. It takes me
half a moment to realize I’m sitting on George Thorogood’s
guitars. I quickly change my location and turn back to the
show just in time to see Duane Roland vomiting on the
stage. The heat is really blaring down today and these guys
are literally being cooked onstage. The stage is quickly
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cleaned up, without much notice by the crowd, and Duane
takes a seat offstage to recuperate. The next victim to go
down is singer Jim Farrar. He almost makes it through the
show, but in the end has to take a rest on the front of the
drum riser. While all of this is happening the music continues and the guys are giving a great performance. I don’t
find out until afterwards that the onstage sound was acting
squirrelly and they couldn’t even hear themselves. Truly a
testament to the professionalism of these seasoned performers.
After a smattering of old Molly Hatchet hits and new
Gator Country favorites the band winds to its last song of
the show- “Long Tall Sally”, maybe their most famous song
of all. The crowd goes nuts and with good reason…the boys
kill it! Chapman has been slowly working his way through
every member of the audience with his solos, making sure
to melt each and everybody’s face as he goes. When it’s his
turn again, he finishes the job…amazing. The band finishes,
the crowd goes crazy and just for good measure…the drummer hits the last beat and falls over from…wait for it…heat
stroke. Bruce Crump is rushed to the hospital and the roadies get the stage ready for Blue Oyster Cult.
Rock Stars, Heat Strokes & BBQ
Thirty minutes later Paul has traded his leather pants for
shorts and his guitar, now safely away, has been replaced by
an arm full of beer. Every time I finish one, he puts two
more down. Blue Oyster Cult is just starting in on their third
song- “Godzilla”. I’m a big fan of B.O.C., but not today.
Today they are giving a less than stellar performance and
I’m not the only one to notice.
“Matty let’s get a picture together”, says Paul. “Ready?
Look at the camera and say B.O.C. sucks today!”
The band has other writers to talk to and I’m getting
hungry, so I decide to check out the festival. Walking around,
looking for the best ribs I can find, I can’t help notice that
every single vendor has multiple trophies on display as well
as huge banners declaring their ribs to indeed be the best.
How am I possibly going to choose? The shortest line…
that’s how. After about fifteen minutes and nearly twenty
dollars I’m walking back to the artist area with a meal in
a box, including coleslaw, baked beans and of course the
“best ribs ever made.” I find a table backstage and sit down
right next to twenty boxes of FREE ribs that have been provided for everyone while I was away. The food really is
amazing and I’m so into my messy treat it takes me a minute to notice the absence of a certain ridiculous limousine.
They left without me.
Hailing a cab in St.Petersburg isn’t quite as hard as I
thought it would be. Because of the festivities cabs are out
in big numbers, and it isn’t long before I’m on my way back
to the Hilton. Back in the lobby once again I immediately
run into Paul and his wife.
“Where did you go Matty?”, says Chapman. “We
thought you left…sorry about that. Let’s go out by the pool
and have a drink”. And so we do.
Over the course of the evening Paul tells me stories
from the road and I couldn’t be more enthralled. I hear about
playing Soldier’s Field for 20,000 fans. I hear about touring with other huge bands from the era. I hear about what
its like to hang with Clapton and jam with (Jeff) Beck. I
hear about making loads of cash and spending it just as fast.
I hear about weeks of not knowing what city you’re even
playing in. I hear all of this and bask in my overwhelming
jealousy.
Someone asked Paul one time recently how, after such
a wild rock n’ roll life, did he end up in Brevard County. He
replied with the best answer one could have for such a question. He simply said, “I haven’t ended up anywhere yet.”
After about an hour some of the party join us and talk
about finding something to eat. Paul says he has a griddle in
his room and he’s brought along steaks and shrimp to cook.
Maybe I’ve had too much beer…did I hear that correctly?
Did this rock star just say that when he came to St.Pete to
play a huge show and stay in a really nice hotel, he also
brought along his own do-it-yourself gourmet meal kit?
Yes he did. Apparently, as well as guitar god and happy go
lucky Welshman, Chapman can also add hobby chef to his
resume.
It’s getting late and I have a long drive home so I start
saying my goodbyes and get ready to leave. I thank Paul
and the boys for their hospitality and make my exit. It’s
been a great day and I have a long time to relive it on the
way home. I have a lot to think about, like…what kind of
writer am I?
The Column
By Chuck Van Riper
It’s a New Year!
(Maybe)
H
appy New Year! (As you may remember, 2 years ago
I made a New Years resolution to never make a New
Years resolution again, therefore, I have no resolutions
for the forthcoming year.) Speaking of years, is it really
2010? Where are the flying cars and holographic TV’s
we heard about in the 60’s? Well, we might have to wait
a few more Vernal Equinoxes to find out. You see, the
calendar we now use has only been in existence since
1582. That’s when Pope Gregory XIII implemented what
is now known as the Gregorian calendar. Previously, the
Julian calendar was most widely used. Both used the solar
cycles to calculate dates rather than Lunar cycles..
The Julian calendar was adopted by Julius Caesar in
the year we now think of as 46 B.C. Originally, Romans
numbered years “ab urbe condita” or A.U.C. meaning
“from the founding city” or the beginning of the Roman
Empire. Then, the year 46 B.C. was actually 709 A.U.C.
Following his conquest of Egypt in 48 B.C. Julius Caesar
consulted the Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes about
calendar reform. They adopted the Alexandrian calendar
which consisted of 12 solar months and 365 days with
an extra day thrown in every four years. That year, they
had to chunk in a few more days (67) so that the calendar
coincided with the equinoxes. Just to confuse things a
little more, Roman date keepers misunderstood Caesar’s
instructions and put a leap year in every 3 years instead of
4. This went on from 48 B.C. to 8 A.D (56 years?!). In the
middle of all this, Julius’s successor, Augustus, suspended
leap year from 10 B.C. to 4 A.D. Another change was
made by Augustus in the number of days in the months.
He took a day from February (which at that time had 29)
and added it to the month of “Augustus” making it equal
to “Julius”. The use of “A.D.” was adopted in the year
527 (A.D.) by Abbot Dionysius Exiguus, who reckoned
that Jesus was born in 754 A.U.C., so that would be the
year 1. This time frame is considered to be off by a few
years and any dating prior to the year 4 A.D. is probably
inaccurate.
These inaccuracies caused the loss of a few minutes
here, a few days there, so now, the actual Julian date is
off by 13 days (the Julian calendar caused a difference of
about 11 minutes and 24 seconds per year compared to
the actual solar year). In other words, what we consider
to be January 14th is January 1st in Julian. Next time you
are late for a class or a meeting, just say: “I’m sorry, my
watch was set to the Julian calendar.” That’ll get you off
the hook.
This mayhem went on for a few centuries until Pope
Gregory XIII came around and decided to adjust the
calendar to once again align with the equinoxes. As stated
above, because of the accumulated differences in actual
solar years, every 131 years the equinoxes are off by 1
day. So Gregory, who had many solutions put before him,
went with the system devised by Christopher Clavius.
To accomplish this, they needed to ditch 10 days. So,
the day after October 4, 1582 was declared October 15,
1582. From then on, a year was 365.2524 days. They also
changed the leap year rule. In the Julian calendar, leap
years were merely years divisible by 4. In the Gregorian
method, it must be divisible by 4, but NOT by 100 but not
by 400. (Whatever Chris was smoking when he figured
that one out, I want some!). This is the system we use
today to attempt to keep an accounting of the nebulous
notion we think of as time. So is it really 2010? According
to the Gregorian calendar, I guess it’s close enough. Will
the world end on 12/21/2012? Well, according to the
Julian calendar that’s actually 12/8/2012. How does that
compare to the Mayan system of calculating time? That’s
a whole new article! Anyway, hioe you all have a great
New Year, whatever year it really is.
T
he Greater Canaveral Chapter of The Barbershop Harmony Society will present Barbershop Bonanza, a
show of great Barbershop Harmony, at 3 pm on Saturday,
February 13, 2010 at The Holy Trinity Academy Auditorium, 5625 Holy Trinity Drive (on the Pineday Causeway
between U.S.1 and Wickham Road) Melbourne. The show
will have a wild-west theme and feature The Space Coast
Chorus and quartets On Demand, the 2008 Sunshine Distrct Quartet Champions, and Lucky Day, the current Sunshine Distrct Quartet Champions. For information or reservations, call Dick Ricker at 321-639-9699.
JANUARY 2010
Entertainment Calendar
1 - FRIDAY
BROKEN BARREL:
Football Celebrations
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Finding Ivy
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
CRICKETS: 9pm JSP
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
FISHLIPS: 4pm Tropical
Dan
LEVELZ: Dj
LOU’S BLUES: 5:30pm
Karaoke w/ Bob Neal;
9:30pm Blue Eyed Soul
OASIS: Open
SANDBAR Cocoa Bch: 4pm
He Said She Said; 9pm #9
S.B.I: 8:30pm Jam Night
SIGGY’S: 8pm DJ Chris;
9pm Grindstone/2009 Battle
of the Bands Champs
2 - SATURDAY
BONEFISH WILLY’S: 7pm
Chester
BROKEN BARREL: UFC
108
CAMP HOLLY: 5pm Lost
River
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Finding Ivy
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
CRICKETS: 9pm Karaoke
w/Ginger
EARLS: TBA
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
FISHLIPS: 4pm High Tide;
9pm DJ Sol
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB: 5pm
Carl Hendrix; 8:30pm Ron
Teixeira Trio
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
G-Man
KILLIN TIME TAVERN:
9pm TBA
LEVELZ: Dj
Karaoke w/ Cindy; 9:30pm
Mogeetz
Radio Flyerz; 9pm Emotional
Rescue
SIGGY’S: 8pm DJ Chris
SMOKEY BONES: 9pm
Karaoke w/ Kevin Scott
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
After New Year’s Party w/
Wilcor Band
3 - SUNDAY
CAMP HOLLY: 2pm Bill &
Steve
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
1:30pm Reality Movement
CAPTAIN KATANNA’S:
2:30pm Ken Moores
COCOA BEACH PIER:
2pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 8pm Dance
Party w/ Bob Kane
w/Ginger
EARLS: 2pm Sean
Chambers
FISHLIPS: 12pm Freddy
Grants Island; 5pm TBA
HEIDI’S JAZZ CLUB: 7pm
Jam Session
ISLAND SPICE: 12:30pm
Matt Heister
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Rocky;
7pm Gary
Pinch; 10pm DJ Josh
4 - MONDAY
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S: 6pm
Nashville Mike
LOU’S BLUES: 8pm Jam w/
Dave Kury Band
Rev. Billy C Wirtz; 10pm DJ
J-Pro
5 - TUESDAY
CRICKETS: 6:30pm Crab
Races. 9pm Karaoke w/
Ginger
CROSSROADS: Dj Terry
EARLS: 8pm Ernie Southern
FISHLIPS: 9pm DJ
Redmond
Sybil Gage
Mayhem
THIRSTY LIZARD: 7pm
Wilcor
6 - WEDNESDAY
COCOA BEACH PIER:
6pm ONE
FISHLIPS: 4pm Mike
Canton; 10pm DJ Josh
The Stan Soloko Trio
LOU’s BLUES: 5:30pm
Karaoke w/Bob Neal; 9:30pm
Joe Calutti
SANDBAR/Cocoa Bch: 4pm
Pat Michaels; 9pm Open Mic
SIGGY’S: 8pm “Anything
Goes” Party w/ Dj Chris
THIRSTY LIZARD: 8pm
Open Mic
7 - THURSDAY
THE COVE: 6pm John-Q
Jam; 6pm Karaoke w/ Rocky
James
w/Ginger
DJON’S CHOPHOUSE:
Red Shoe Night - Live Jazz
TBA
FISHLIPS: 4pm Lonnie &
Delinda; 9pm DJ Soul
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
7pm Steve Kirsner & Al
Goldenberg
KEY WEST BAR: 10pm
Jam w/ Big-E
LOU’S BLUES: 9pm Spanks
Karaoke w/ Bigg Daddy
SIGGY’S: 8pm Jam w/ All
About Nothing
8 - FRIDAY
Aaron Cole & Alex Cole
BROKEN BARREL: 9pm
ONE
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Everyday Things
7pm Pat Michaels
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
CROSSROADS: 9pm
Summer Rain
EARLS: 8:30pm Strobe
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
FISHLIPS: 4pm Micah Reed
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
5pm Carl Hendrix & Al
Goldenberg; 8:30pm Ron
Simone Kopmajer CD
Release Party
ISLAND SPICE: 6pm Fyah
Proof; 10pm Latin Night
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Spanks
LEVELZ: Dj
Simone Kopmajer
January 8 & 9, 8:30 pm
Heidi’s Jazz Club
Cocoa Beach
Meet a fresh, young singer from Austria, whose
US debut in the year 2000
was hailed as “captivating“. Jazz legend Ira Sullivan calls her “a great
young talent” with a big
future in Jazz.
Simone, now 25 years
old, grew up in a family
of musicians and started
to sing, in her father’s
band when she was 12. At
the same time she studied piano, though singing
remained her first love.
Early on, she entered and
won various talent contests and even made appearances on television in
her native land, Austria.
As a young performer, she
twice toured the Netherlands with the “Euro Big
Band” and later appeared
in several International
Jazz Festivals.
Influenced by some
of the great American
vocalists, Frank Sinatra,
Ella Fitzgerald, and Jon
Hendricks, Simone has
developed into a true
Jazzsinger, a singer who
uses a wide variety of
rhythms and excels in her
very individual style of
scatting.
Village People
January 10, 7 pm
Sunrise Theatre
Ft. Pierce
The Village People personify the glamorous era
of disco. Since 1977 six
talented men combine energetic choreography with
outrageous fun and lots of
bumping and grinding,
singing and dancing.
Groovaloo
January 12, 8 pm
The King Center
Melbourne
Groovaloo is an award
winning group of performers who bonded over the
years from a love of hiphop and freestyle dance.
They represent today’s
most visible and respected
dancers in the entertainment industry. Through
stories told by the dancers
who lived it, you will embark on a journey through
the diverse world of hiphop dance as they share
their true-to life experiences, struggles, hopes
and triumphs.
9:30pm Rock Foundation
OASIS: 9pm Rocky James
SANDBAR Cocoa Bch: TBA
9pm Chain Reaction/Brevard
Live Entertainer of the Year
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Absolute Blue
9 - SATURDAY
Chester
BROKEN BARREL: 10pm
Fat City
CAMP HOLLY: 5pm All
About Nothing
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Everyday Things
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
w/Ginger
EARLS: TBA
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
6pm DJ Sol
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
8:30pm Simone Kopmajer
CD Release Party
JUMPS TINY TAVERN:
5pm Troublesome Creek
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Spanks
KILLIN TIME TAVERN:
9pm Strobe
KING CENTER: 8pm
Elvis Tribute by Jack Smink
Benefits United Way and
Alzheimer’s Assoc.
LEVELZ: Dj
Absolute Blue
OASIS: 9pm Karaoke
SANDBAR Cocoa Bch:
3pm Pat Michaels; 9pm Blue
Fusion
SIGGY’S: 7pm Dead Serios
25th Anniversary Bash w/ The
Day After, The Reactions,
The Ellers, Steve E. Rock, DJ
Chris
SMOKEY BONES: 9pm
SPACE COAST POPS:
2:30pm “Down Memory
Lane”. Richard Hayman w/
Arcadian Broad
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Spearfish
10 - SUNDAY
CAMP HOLLY: 2pm
Sunnyland
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
1:30pm One
2:30pm Joe Calutti
COCOA BEACH PIER:
2pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 8pm Dance
Party w/ Bob Kane
w/Ginger
EARLS: 2pm Les Dudek
Grants Island; 5pm Good
Time’N Band
Jam Session
Tiki Band
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Steve
Hodak; 7pm Georgia & Jarrett
Spanks
11 - MONDAY
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
Nashville Mike
Dave Kury Band
J-Pro
12 - TUESDAY
Ginger
EARLS: 8pm 24 Steven
FISHLIPS: 9pm DJ Joe
Redmond
Sybil Gage
Steve Thorpe
THIRSTY LIZARD: 7pm
Wilcor
13 - WEDNESDAY
COCOA BEACH PIER:
6pm ONE
FALCON’S RIVER
ROOST: 7pm Acoustic
Campfire Jam
FISHLIPS: 4pm Mike
Joe Calutti
THIRSTY LIZARD: 8pm
Open Mic
14 - THURSDAY
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
6:30pm Eddie Money w/
Special Guests Cocolocos
James
w/Ginger
DJON’S CHOPHOUSE:
TBA
FISHLIPS: 4pm Tiki Band;
9pm DJ Sol
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
Goldenberg
JUMPS TINY TAVERN:
5pm Jon Parrot
KEY WEST BAR: 10pm
Jam w/ Big-E
LOU’S BLUES: 9pm Blox
Electric
About Nothing
15 - FRIDAY
BROKEN BARREL: 9pm
TBA
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Orange Avenue
7pm Pat Michaels & Ken
Moores
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
CRICKETS: 9pm Medusa
CROSSROADS: 9pm Strobe
EARLS: 8:30pm Stillwater
Band
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
FISHLIPS: 4pm Tropical
Don
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
Teixeira Trio
ISLAND SPICE: 6pm TBA;
10pm Latin Night
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Kickin Kountry
KILLIN TIME TAVERN:
Fear Factor
LEVELZ: Lloyd
9:30pm Biscuit Miller
OASIS: 9pm Steve Cole
SANDBAR Cocoa Bch:
TBA
9pm Johnny Shameless
Project
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Odie’s Bone
16 - SATURDAY
Chester
BROKEN BARREL: 10pm
Open Fire
CAMP HOLLY: 5pm New
Event; Double Dawn
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Orange Avenue
7pm Taylor Made
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
w/Ginger
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
EARLS: TBA
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
6pm DJ Sol
Teixeira Trio
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm Iron
Sausage
KILLIN TIME TAVERN:
9pm Elgin Hooper
KING CENTER: 2pm &
8pm Singin’ and Swingin’ w/
Michael Andrew & BSO
LEVELZ: Dj Magic Mike;
Jimmy Joslin; Dj 4 Real;
Nick Michael; MC Duchess;
Rain Gurl & Karla
Switch
Kickin Kountry; 9pm TBA
SMOKEY BONES: 9pm
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Good Time’N Bluegrass
17 - SUNDAY
CAMP HOLLY: 2pm Kickin
Kountry
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S: TBA
2:30pm Pat Michaels
COCOA BEACH PIER:
2pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 8pm Dance
Party w/ Bob Kane
w/Ginger
EARLS: 2pm Mathew
Stubbs, Terry Hanck, Sax
Gordon
Grants Island; 5pm Lonnie &
Delinda
Jam Session
Matt Heister
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm
Maggie McCabe; 7pm Marc
Dobson
Mammoth Band; 10pm DJ
Josh
Wilcor
20 - WEDNESDAY
COCOA BEACH PIER:
6pm ONE
FALCON’S RIVER
ROOST: 7pm Acoustic
Campfire Jam
FISHLIPS: 4pm Mike
JUMPS TINY TAVERN:
Rock’n Robin
Joe Calutti
SIGGY’S: 7pm All Male
Revue
THIRSTY LIZARD: 8pm
Open Mic
18 - MONDAY
Nashville Mike
Dave Kury Band
J-Pro
21 - THURSDAY
James
CRICKETS: 5pm Customer
Appreciation Party w/ Kenny
Michaels
DJON’S CHOPHOUSE:
TBA
FISHLIPS: 4pm Lonnie &
Delinda; 9pm DJ Sol
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
Goldenberg
KEY WEST BAR: 10pm
Jam w/ Big-E
LOU’S BLUES: 9pm X
Band
About Nothing
19 - TUESDAY
Ginger
EARLS: 8pm Ernie Southern
FISHLIPS: 10pm DJ
Redmond
Sybil Gage
LOU’S BLUES: 8:30pm The
Night People
THIRSTY LIZARD: 7pm
22 - FRIDAY
BROKEN BARREL: 9pm
TBA
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Hypersona
7pm Jack Clutterham
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
Golden Dragon
Acrobats
January 13,
The King Center
Melbourne
The ancient art of the Chinese Acrobats is steeped
in rich tradition more than
two thousand years old.
Twenty-five performers
take the stage; all athletes,
actors and artists who
have rigorously trained
since childhood. Through
their expertise, they bring
us a small part of Chinese
culture, art and life-long
discipline in this spectacular production. Some of
the signature acts featuring athletic flexibility and
precision include Hoop
Diving, Unicycle Bowl
Flip, Spinning Plates and
Chair Stacking Handstand.
Playwriting Contest
Surfside Playhouse in
Cocoa Beach announces
its Tenth Annual Playwriting Contest. Playwrights who have lived
in Brevard County for the
last two years are eligible.
Plays will be selected by
judges, and the winning
play will be produced on
June 25, 26 and 27. For
information contact 321636-0900
Vince Gill
January 26, 7 pm
Sunrise Theatre
Ft. Pierce
Vince Gill has sold more
than 26 million albums.
He has earned 18 CMA
Awards, including Entertainer of the Year in 1993
and 1994. He is tied with
George Strait for having
won the most CMA Male
Vocalist Awards (five), and
is currently second only to
Brooks and Dunn for accumulating the most CMA
Awards in history. Gill is a
member of the Grand Ole
Opry, and has received
19 Grammy Awards to
date, the most of any male
Country artist.
In August of 2007, the
Country Music Association inducted Gill as the
newest members of the
coveted Country Music
Hall of Fame.
Corky
Siegel
Jan. 29
at Heidi’s;
Jan. 30
at SBI
Corky Siegel of SiegelSchwall Band fame will
perform solo and with the
Josh Miller Trio.
CROSSROADS: 9pm Last
Chance
EARLS: 8:30pm Spanks
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
Teixeira Trio
ISLAND SPICE: 6pm TBA;
10pm Latin Night
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Johnny Fever
LEVELZ: Dj
9:30pm Vintage Soul
OASIS: 9pm Freeway
TBA; 9pm New World Beat
9pm Medusa
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Lady & “The Tramps”
23 - SATURDAY
Chester
BROKEN BARREL: 10pm
TBA
CAMP HOLLY: 5pm Jason
Tyler Band
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Hypersona
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
w/Ginger
EARLS: TBA
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
6pm DJ Soul
Teixeira Trio
JUMPS TINY TAVERN:
5pm Michael Lupis
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Danny Morris Band
KILLIN TIME TAVERN:
9pm No. 9
LEVELZ: Dj
Chain Reaction
OASIS: 9pm Karaoke
SANDBAR Cocoa Bch:
3pm Flight Risk; 9pm Dub
Massive
S.B.I: 8:30pm SBI All-Stars
Retro Dance Party
SMOKEY BONES: 9pm
Karaoke
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Seeds of Existence
24 - SUNDAY
CAMP HOLLY: 2pm Guitar
Dan
2:30pm Joe Calutti
COCOA BEACH PIER:
2pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 8pm Dance
Party w/ Bob Kane
w/Ginger
EARLS: 2pm Grant Piper
Band
Grants Island; 5pm Tiki Band
Jam Session
Matt Heister
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm John
Quinlivan Band & Shelly;
7pm Maggie McCabe
Fyah Proof; 10pm DJ Josh
25 - MONDAY
Nashville Mike
Dave Kury Band
J-Pro
26 - TUESDAY
Ginger
EARLS: 8pm 24 Steven
FISHLIPS: 10pm DJ
Redmond
Sybil Gage
KING CENTER: 8pm
Boogie Wonder Band
LOU’S BLUES: 8:30pmpm
Stillwater
THIRSTY LIZARD: 7pm
Wilcor
27 - WEDNESDAY
COCOA BEACH PIER:
6pm ONE
CROWNE PLAZA: Live
Jazz
FISHLIPS: 4pm Mike
Joe Calutti
THIRSTY LIZARD: 8pm
Open Mic
28 - THURSDAY
James
CRICKETS: 5pm Customer
Appreciation Party w/ Kenny
Michaels
DJON’S CHOPHOUSE:
TBA
FISHLIPS: 4pm Tiki Band;
9pm Dj Sol
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
Goldenberg
KEY WEST BAR: 10pm
Jam w/ Big-E
LOU’S BLUES: 9pm Spanks
About Nothing
29 - FRIDAY
BROKEN BARREL: 9pm
Spanks
CAPTAIN HIRAM’S:
7:30pm Bullet Theory
7pm Jack Clutterham
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
CRICKETS: 9pm Perfect
Tuesday
CROSSROADS: 9pm
Kickin’ Country
EARLS: 8:30pm Stoney &
The House Rockers
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
HEIDIS JAZZ CLUB:
Goldenberg; 8:30pm Corky
Siegel
ISLAND SPICE: 6pm Fyah
Proof; 10pm Latin Night
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Pinch
LEVELZ: Dj
9:30pm Don’t Quit Your Day
Job
OASIS: 9pm Marc Dobson
SANDBAR Cocoa Bch: TBA
9pm The GBG’s
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Sygnal
30 - SATURDAY
Chester
BROKEN BARREL: 10pm
Pinch
CAMP HOLLY: 5pm
Mammoth Band
7pm Pat Michaels
COCOA BEACH PIER:
5pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 9pm Live
Bands & Dj
w/Ginger
EARLS: TBA
FIREHOUSE: 7pm Live
Jazz
9pm DJ Sol
Teixeira Trio
JUMPS TINY TAVERN:
4:30pm Rockin Robin
KEY WEST BAR: 9pm
Bone Dogs
KILLIN TIME TAVERN:
9pm Strobe
LEVELZ: Dj
Silky Smooth
MURDOCKS: New Years
3-Day 60’s Event w/ Oldmen
Bros.
Rocky James; 9pm TBA
SBI: 9pm Corky Siegel w/
Josh Miller Band
SMOKEY BONES: 9pm
THIRSTY LIZARD: 9pm
Spearfish
31 - SUNDAY
CAMP HOLLY: 2pm Keith
Koelling
2:30pm Ken Moores
COCOA BEACH PIER:
2pm Dugan & Birks
THE COVE: 8pm Dance
Party w/ Bob Kane
w/Ginger
EARLS: 2pm Ben Robinson
Grants Island; 5pm Tiki Band
Jam Session
Tiki Band
LOU’S BLUES: 2pm Kent
Brown; 7pm Steve Hodak
New World Beat; 10pm DJ
Josh
This calendar is the compilation of entertainment listed
by our advertisers. Brevard
Live Magazine is not responsible for any wrong listings. All
listings are subject to change.
Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s
SOUTH PACIFIC
January 19-24
The King Center
Melbourne
The musical swept the
2008 Tony Awards, winning seven honors including Best Musical Revival
and Best Director for Bartlett Sher. This breathtaking new production has
created a sold-out sensation on Broadway, lauded
by the critics as “Simply
Wonderful!
Beguiling
Theatrical Magic!” (New
York Post), “Ravishing
and Overwhelming” (Variety).
Boogie Wonder Band
January 26, 8 pm
The King Center
Melbourne
Get out your spandex,
glitter top and bell-bottomed slacks, the Boogie
Wonder Band is coming
to town! A tribute to the
disco era with its blazing
style, multicolored costumes, theatrical lighting,
choreography and infectious energy. Ten musical dancers take you back
in time with favorites as
“Hot Stuff,” “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” “Disco Inferno,” “YMCA,” and many
more hits.
Gospel Concert
January 23, 5 pm
First Baptist Church
Cocoa Beach
Eddie Scott, a Rhythm
and Blues singer and one
of the most exciting performers in Central Florida,
has recently devoted his
life to gospel music. He is
now scheduling local concerts to spread the word
of hope and salvation. A
concert featuring his band
and several other groups is
set for 5 pm on Saturday,
January 23rd, 2010, at the
First Baptist Church of Cocoa Beach, 830 S. Atlantic
Ave., in Cocoa Beach. For
more information about
Eddie Scott’s gospel concerts, contact him at (321)
362-1149.
Auditions for
Variety Show
The Henegar Center for
the Arts in historic downtown Melbourne will hold
auditions for its sixth annual Variety Show on
Wednesday, January 20th,
2010 at 7 pm. The performance date is Friday, February 5th,at 8 pm and will
feature entertainment provided by local entertainers
in support of The Henegar
Center for the Arts. They
are looking for musicians,
singers, dancers, comedians, improv sketches,
bands and more, a wide
variety of entertainment
acts to gather together to
raise awareness and funds
to benefit the historic 1919
Henegar Center building
in downtown Melbourne.
For additional information
visit the center’s website
at www.henegar.org.
Community Calendar
AUDITONS
Jan 18-19: The Producers.
Henegar Center for the Arts,
723-8698
Jan 24-25: Come Back Little
Sheba. Melbourne Civic Theatre, Melbourne. 723-6935
CONCERTS/MUSIC
Jan 1: Jazz Friday. Brevard
Art Museum, Eau Gallie. 2420737
Jan 6-7: Swingtime Jazz
Band’s “Cool Sounds of
Swingtime”. Melbourne Auditorium, 724-0555
Jan 8: Bobby Vee, Brian
Hyland and Shirley Alston
Reeves of the Shirelles.
Sunrise Theatre, Ft. Pierce.
772-461-4775
Jan 9: Down Memory Lane
Concert w/ Space Coast
Pops. First Baptist Church of
Merritt Island. 632-7445
Jan 10: Village People.
772-461-4775
Jan 10: Jazz Concert w/
Space Coast Jazz Society.
Cocoa Beach Country Club.
453-4191
Jan 15: The Oulaws w/
Special Guests Blackberry
Smoke. Sunrise Theatre, Ft.
Pierce. 772-461-4775
Jan 16: Kenny Wesley.
772-461-4775
Jan 18: Our Musical Heritage Concerto Competition
Recital w/ Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra. First
Baptist Church of Melbourne.
254-9583
Jan 22: Frautschi Ensemble
Concert w/ Melbourne
Chamber Music Society.
St. Mark’s United Methodist
Church, Indialantic. 956-8775
or 725-6806
Jan 22: Natalie MacMaster
& Bonnell Leahy-Masters of
the Fiddle. Sunrise Theatre,
Ft. Pierce. 772-461-4775
Jan 24: Twilight Jazz w/
WFIT 89.5 FM, Panthereum,
FIT Campus
Jan 24: Doc Grober and the
Mudcats. Sunrise Theatre, Ft.
Pierce. 772-461-4775
Jan 26: Vince Gill. Sunrise
Theatre, Ft. Pierce. 772-4614775
Jan 27-28: The Power of
Music-A Founders Farewell
w/ Melbourne Community
Orchestra. Melbourne Auditorium. 952-9949
Jan 30: Russian Classics
Concert w/ Space Coast
Symphony Orchestra. First
Baptist Church of Merritt
Island. 536-8580
EVENTS/FESTIVALS
Jan 1: Ghost Tours. 7pm
Rossetter House, Melbourne.
254-9855
Jan 1: First Friday. Eau Gallie Arts District. 259-8261
Jan 2: Cruise-In. Sand Point
Park, Titusville. 267-3036
Until Jan 3: Cocoa’s Holiday
on Ice. City of Cocoa, Cocoa
Village. 639-3500
Jan 9-10: Buckler Craft Fair.
Melbourne Auditorium. 386860-0092
Jan 15-17: Sea Shell Festival. Melbourne Auditorium.
724-2449
Jan 16: 7th Annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Breakfast.
Greater Palm Bay Senior Center, 728-2558
Jan 18: Tribute to Dr. King.
Melbourne Auditorium. 2427676
Jan 22-24: Silver Chest
Antique Show and Sale.
Melbourne Auditorium. 813228-0038
Jan 27-Feb 1: 13th Annual
Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival. B.N.A at BCC
Titusville Campus, 268-5224
Jan 30-31: Home and Garden Show. Melbourne Auditorium. 239-466-6300
EXHIBITS/ART
Jan 31: Sunday Afternoon
Art Salon. Brevard Art Museum. 254-7782
Until Jan 22: Wings Exhibit.
Strawbridge Art League.
Henegar Center for the Arts
THEATRE
Until Jan 6: It’s a Wonderful
Life. Riverside Theatre, Vero
Beach. 800-445-6745
Jan 5-6: The Jungle Book
Kids. Riverside Theatre, Vero
Beach. 800-445-6745
Jan 8-31: You Can’t Take It
With You. Henegar Center for
the Arts. 723-8698
Jan 8-Feb 14: Move Over
Mrs. Markham. Melbourne
Civic Theatre, Melbourne.
723-6935
Jan 8-10: Guest in the House.
Cocoa Village Playhouse.
636-5050
Jan 11-12: The Comedy
Zone. Riverside Theatre, Vero
Beach. 800-445-6745
Jan 12: Groovaloo. King
Center, Melbourne. 242-2219
Jan 13: Golden Dragon
Acrobats. King Center, Melbourne. 242-2219
Jan 15-30: Lost in Yonkers.
Titusville Playhouse. 268-1125
Jan 15-31: Fiddler on the
Roof. Surfside Players, Cocoa
Beach. 783-3127
Jan 16: An Evening w/ Steven Wright. Sunrise Theatre,
Ft. Pierce. 772-461-4775
Until Jan 17: Ella. Riverside
Theatre, Vero Beach. 800-4456745
Jan 23: CVP Performer’s
Cabaret. Cocoa Village Playhouse. 636-5050
Jan 19-24: South Pacific –
Harris Broadway Series.
King Center, Melbourne.
242-2219
Jan 26-29: Snoopy!! Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach.
800-445-6745
Jan 29: Teatre Lirico
d’Europa: Carmen. Sunrise
Theatre, Ft. Pierce. 772-4614775
Jan 23: The Wedding Singer.
772-461-4775
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE
Out & About
Wickham Park to Host
Brevard County
Farmers Market
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Where To
Buy The
Freshest
Seafood!
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here’s nothing like a fresh catch, but how do you know just how
fresh this catch really is? It’s simple. You either catch it yourself,
or you go to someone who is a serious fishmonger, someone who
takes in (or is obsessed with) offering the freshest product around,
someone like Crab E Bill Tiedge at Indian River Seafood Market in
Sebastian.
One of Bill’s first jobs was at
Joe’s Stone Crab Restaurant in Miami Beach at age 16. This is where
his passion grew for seafood in general and Stone Crab specifically.
While still in his teens, he landed a
position at Lorenzo’s Italian Market
in North Miami Beach in the early
70’s. Working for and learning from
the best butchers and fishmongers in
Florida, Bill developed and succeeded in creating their famous Meat &
Seafood Department.
Years later, he went to work for
Whole Foods Market. Bill had been
offered by Johnson & Wales Cooking School, the position of instructor
for the meat & seafood portion of
class training. Instead, Bill became
the Meat & Seafood “Team Leader” at the Aventura store for several
years. He was then promoted to Meat
& Seafood Coordinator for all of their
Florida and North Carolina stores.
The Indian River Seafood Market is located at the processing site
for the most succulent farmed clams
around, so Crab E Bill is able to give
you the best prices and there is none
as fresh and clean. Clams are started
from seed, growing in troughs by the
Indian River Lagoon. Daily visits
are required to clean and rotate the
clam seed until large enough to put
into mesh bags. This process takes
six months. After bagging the clams,
they are spiked to the floor of the Indian River Lagoon to continue the
growing process until they reach the
desired size and succulent flavor.
From seed to market takes approximately a year and a half. Once
the desired size, the bags are pulled
and taken to the processing site, then
sorted into sizes and cleaned. That
same day the clams are tagged and
available for sale at Crab E Bill’s Indian River Seafood Market. Whether you choose littlenecks,
top necks or pasta clams, you will
find that no purging or cleaning is
necessary after your purchase. Just
shuck, grill or steam, and enjoy.
Meet Melissa Tiedge (daughter),
Carmine Leonetti, Bill and his wife
Suzy Tiedge for the best seafood
recipes and all the insider tips. For
information call 772-589-8585.
revard County Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce the
Brevard County Farmers Market at
Wickham Park will open for business
on January 14th, 2010. Wickham Park
is located at 2500 Parkway Drive,
Melbourne FL.
The Brevard County Farmers
Market will operate on Thursday evenings from 4 pm to 8 pm in the Equestrian Area. The market will be open
from October through April and features vegetables, organic fruit, citrus,
greens, pies, bread, honey, eggs, grass
fed beef, native plants, cut flowers, dog
treats and much more. Interested local
growers and farmers may obtain an
application from www.brevardcountyfarmersmarket.com. For more information, please call Wickham Park at
(321)-255-4307.
EARTH Awareness
Instruments Donated
To Public Schools
T
he 6th Annual Stephen Miller
Memorial Blues Bash held on
November 15th, 2009, at the Port was
a success, so 29 guitars, strings and
straps, 1 electric bass, 3 small amps,
4 snare drum kits, 2 sets of timbales,
2 bell kits, LP percussion instruments
and much more were given to University Park Elementary School. Nathan
Thorpe, bassist of the Steve Thorpe
Band, went back to the grade school
he had gone to 15 years earlier and
helped with the festivities by performing that day, the kids loved watching
him and his band. For more information about E.A.R.T.H. Awareness and
its cause go to earthawareness.org
Scene/ CD Reviews
By Matt Bretz
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his month I’ve got some seriously cool
Americana folkyness for you. There is
a young buck named Ben Wilson around
town these days. He’s a transplant from the
deep south…which is actually north of us…
and he’s got a pretty good new album. We
are also going to take a look at a local group called Medicated Apple Pie that takes folk all the way back to the Village in the days of Dylan. Both have something to say, and
both do it in their own special way. Let’s take a listen.
Ben Wilson: Strange Dogs
I was sitting in the artist area at Bonnaroo this last year
in Tennessee. It had been a really long day and I was taking a breather in a lounge chair. A couple of workers came
by and sat in the same area and we got to talking. After a
couple minutes I realized I was talking to Ben’s sister…
small world and all that.
The first thing I notice about this CD is the excellent
packaging. Its not something I typically review, but you
guys should see some the stuff I get. This is not Ben’s first
album and it shows in his professionalism from the onset.
There is a picture of him on the back cover and he’s playing guitar on the edge of a Florida swamp in the reeds. Not
being from Florida I wonder if Ben knows how dangerous
that actually was...haha!
Now the music… its pretty good. I can’t say there is a
track I didn’t enjoy. Ben’s writing style is very Americana/
folk based. The jammy singer songwriter kind of stuff always strikes a sweet chord with me- especially if it’s good
and this is. In truth there isn’t anything exceptionally difficult or groundbreaking on this album, but that doesn’t mean
it doesn’t have something valid to say. You don’t have to
reinvent the wheel every time you pick up a guitar.
The title track is about all the animals Ben and his wife
have rescued over the years and I can relate…as can many
of us in the dirty south. One of my favorites is track 10Elkton Trailer Park Blues. The name says it all really. It’s
twelve bar in a quirky, fun style. All the players are tight
and pro on this album. All the vocals are clear and precise.
It’s a solid piece of work Ben…good work.
Highlights for me were Elkton Trailer Park Blues,
Strange Dogs and the picture on the back cover of Ben
about to be attacked by an alligator.
Medicated Apple Pie: Self Titled
Talk about original! I put this CD in the player in my
jeep and went for a ride. By the time I was on track 3 there
was a distinct smell of patchouli coming from my speakers.
By the time I was on track 4 I was zoning out so much I had
to turn it off until I got home. Medicated Apple Pie is mainly comprised of Kelly Quinn on vocals and rhythm guitar
and Sam Rece on lead. I hear little bits of other instruments
here and there on the album, but I can’t tell if they multitracked and played those instruments themselves or if they
had help.
Semi beatnik style, you can tell the lyrics are taken
straight from a poetry journal…probably written without a
future melody in mind. The songs carry much of the same
rhythm and structure, but with this kind of music its more
about what the song says and how you feel about it…there
is no lack of passion here. Rece’s lead work is great and
has a slight percussive quality that helps carry the beat. I
would like to have heard the lead come down in volume or
simplify when the vocals were in play, but that’s just a matter of mixing. The style is what intrigues me so much about
this CD. It’s nothing like I’ve heard around here before…at
least not in this millennium. Quinn sounds like a mix of Sophie Sainte-Marie, Grace Slick and a sitar. At first listen its
easy to zone out on the psychedelic atmosphere the music
creates around you, but on your second and third listen you
get caught up in the lyrics and the stories.
This is a short CD, but something I will definitely listen
to again. The recording sounds like it was done live in a
coffee house…or maybe that’s just what my romantic view
would like to believe.
Highlights for me were track 3 for the mellow mood it
put me in and track 5, which I understand they are considering redoing but I liked a lot.
Florida Scene
MEGAPHONE
Chris Long is on the watch for
new and original music.
C
hopping out catchy, well-crafted
pop/rock ditties like irresistible
lines of aural cocaine, Orlando’s Megaphone quickly graduated to the head
of the class when they exploded onto
the Central Florida scene in 2005. Performing headline shows at the annual
Florida Music Fest and opening act
slots for such biggies as Ace Frehley,
Everclear and Edwin McCain earned
the band a huge and loyal following
while their debut record For Cryin’
Out Loud received critical acclaim and
radio acceptance. By 2009 the pressure was on for guitarist Paul Smith,
drummer Scott Smith, bassist James
Woodrich and frontman/guitarist Matt
Bloodwell to avoid the dreaded sophomore jinx and deliver a second record
that measured up to their first. And
they’ve accomplished that very objective with Exit Silent Mode.
“We knew this one had to be
done right,” Paul Smith recently told
Brevard Live regarding the new record.
“We took our time in the studio, experimented a little and we believe that
we came out with something special.”
And when they officially unveiled the
new record last August at their House
of Blues CD release party in Orlando,
nearly 2,000 fans turned out to show
their support -- setting a house record
Kenny Dino
Passed Away
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for a hometown band.
But the industry is called the music business for a reason and despite
their high energy performances and
onstage charisma what truly separates
Megaphone from the rest of the pack
is their penchant for creating incredible songs. And with their debut record
filled with such infectious earworms as
“Freak,” “Not Your Enemy” and “Drama Queen,” immediate comparisons
were made between Megaphone and
established chartbusters like Cheap
Trick and platinum-selling songwriter/
producer Butch Walker. In fact, the
band proudly credits Walker as a major
influence. “No one is better than Butch
Walker,” Smith commented. And featuring such sonic gems as “My Favorite New Disaster,” “Bad to Good” and
“Gravitate,” Exit Silent Mode has fur-
enny Dino had finished his second music
gig of the day and was driving from Melbourne, Florida on I-95 to his home in Cocoa.
He pulled over to the side of the road where
construction workers found him unconscious.
They called the Florida Highway Patrol and
paramedics, but it was too late. Kenny died
from a heart attack around 1 am, Thursday
morning on December 10th, 2009.
As a teenager, Kenny entered the music
scene during the early days of Rock & Roll
ther enhanced the band’s stellar songwriting reputation.
Then, in November, Megaphone scored
the gig of a lifetime when they opened
for AC/DC at Orlando’s 20,000 seat
Amway Arena. “It was really a dream
come true,” remarked Smith of the
band’s recent arena debut. “We didn’t
win some contest or get people to vote
for us,” he added. “We were selected
because someone thought that we were
the right fit for the gig.”
However, 2009 has come and gone.
2010 is a new year and Megaphone has
its goals set high. “We’re going to get
started on record #3,” Smith added.
“We want to be hugely successful as a
great rock band and that’s exactly what
we’re going to do.”
www.megaphonemusic.net
and soon signed a record deal with United
Artist. He released several successful singles during this period, including his biggest
hit, “Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last
Night”. This song was later covered by Led
Zeppelin’s singer, Robert Plant, on his “Manic
Nirvana” album. Kenny Dino had a big influence on many British rock stars who grew up
during early Rock & Roll, such as Elton John,
who says he keeps a Kenny Dino record on his
jukebox at home.
Brevard Scene
DEAD SERIOS
Melbourne Misfits
Celebrate Silver
Anniversary
I
t may be hard to imagine, but the
outrageous, award-winning band
Dead Serios has now officially been
rocking the Space Coast for a quarter
century. And just in time to celebrate
their Silver Anniversary, the band returns to the stage this month with an
all-night, multi-band music fest reminiscent of the scene they pioneered
years ago.
Billed as a “fiasco, twenty-five
years in the making,” the Dead Serios bash will take place at Siggy’s
in Palm Bay on Saturday, January
9th. The show kicks off at 7 pm with
a solo acoustic performance by popu-
lar area guitarist Stevie E. Rock. Also
performing will be Brevard’s premier
teenage combo The Ellers (8pm),
roots rockers The Reactions (9pm),
party powerhouse The Day After
(10pm) and of course the guests of
honor, Dead Serios (11pm).
“We should have died years ago,”
bassist Joe DelCorvo recently told
Brevard Live. “But our fans just won’t
let us go.”
“We’ve been around so long that
even the kids who used to come out
to our all-ages shows in the ‘80s are
now old, decrepit and divorced, just
like us,” frontman D.L. Serios joked,
regarding the band’s loyal, longtime
following. “Many of those kids now
bring their kids to our shows,” he
added. “We survived long enough to
become cool, uncool, and then cool
again.”
According to guitarist Doug
E.G., fans should expect the most “ridiculous” show they’ve ever staged.
“We’re playing ALL of our signature
tunes and bringing in our full cast of
onstage characters.”
The band’s show at Siggy’s last
January drew a sell-out crowd. It’s
recommended to arrive early.
Out & About
Jumps Tiny Tavern in Cocoa Beach
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This Friendly Local Bar
Just Got More Charming
umps Tiny Tavern was purchased in June of 2009 by
Angel Murray & Stephen Allen. It used to be the “Home
Plate,” a long standing landmark of Cocoa Beach with its
share of history since built in 1958. Many locals and snow
birds alike have memories & stories of this “Little Local
Drinking Hole”.
It is easily found off of A1A behind the ABC store on
201 Taft Ave. This “Tiny Tavern” still carries many of its
original patrons from days gone by and new comers alike.
It is a friendly place with a lot of personality! The new
“Jumps” Tiny Tavern was named and dedicated after the
owner’s father, Thomas Kaye, who passed away in March
of 2009. He loved small little local hideaways and his comfort zone. He was also an avid music buff, biker, and life
of the party that sang periodically with bands in central
Florida. His nick name (Jumps) and spirit live on today in
this tiny tavern inspired by good times, good friends, and
good entertainment.
This tiny tavern, serving beer, wine, & base line liquors, has been re-decorated inside, adding games and
outdoor seating, live music, and focusing on the inspiration
of “Jumps” with a southern rock flair! It boasts an Island
theme and is truly a little local drinking hut. This young
couple has put quite a spin on this local hangout. It is enjoyable to have an ice cold beer or drink there day or night.
They have NFL ticket on Sundays with free lunch, they
have drink specials every day of the week and two happy
hours Mondays thru Fridays. Saturdays they hold horseshoe league games and host local music and entertainment
periodically every month. They are planning to add more
outdoor seating in this island tropical setting along with a
tiki bar.
“Jumps” Tiny Tavern is a local place that delivers no
shortage of past stories, history and a vision of what it
means to be in a “Cheers” atmosphere. This is a fantastic
little hideaway for locals and visitors who are looking for
that “at home” feeling.
The Landmark Restaurant in Satellite Beach
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Good Dining At The Cove
raditionally known for live music, dancing and drinking, The Cove has “arrived” with excellent, topnotch
lunch and dinner entrees. Walking through the front dining room and past a booth with dinners, the aroma of The
Cove’s famous Burger, AKA The Best Burger on the Beach,
was a rush to my senses! “Mmmm, smells delicious!”
I was tempted to order a burger with steak fries, but opted
to start with the Tuna Sashimi appetizer. Top grade sesame-encrusted, Yellow Fin Tuna, seared rare, to perfection,
every bite melted in my mouth. They will cook it longer,
at your request, if you prefer medium to well done. A delightful, light appetizer (large enough to share) served on
a bed of seaweed salad with soy sauce, pickled ginger and
homemade wasabi.
The menu has a variety of many interesting selections
to choose from, it was difficult to decide on an entree. Halfrack, “fall-off-the-bone” Baby Back Ribs were succulent,
tender and, yes, I was licking my fingers - the barbecue
sauce was that good! Served with two sides, I chose the
fresh mixed vegetables, cooked in an exquisite white wine,
butter, fresh garlic sauce and a huge baked potato. Other
sides include Caesar salad, homemade Cole slaw, soup,
rice pilaf or steak fries.
Executive Chef Jayson uses only fresh ingredients
to make the gravies, sauces, soups and seasonings from
scratch. A variety of fresh soups are made daily, and the
tomato based Manhattan clam chowder had a “zing,” and
was loaded with clams. Specialty entrees include Seafood
Alfredo and Lobster Ravioli with Vodka sauce, spinach and
fresh tomato.
Owner, Jerry Roberts along with General Manager,
Karie and Manager, June are doing a great job, along with
Chef Jayson, creating new daily dinner specials and providing nightly entertainment. January they are introducing
for 2010, “10 meal selections for $10 each!”
Next time you think about going to The Cove for music and dancing, think about dinner and dancing. You will
be pleasantly surprised!
Karen Leigh
Fashion Tips
Misti Blu Day does not only have a camera that she knows how to use, she also has ideas, lots of
ideas! Like every young woman she is interested in fashion, make-up, shoes, hair-styles, jewelry,
tasty drinks - just everything that makes a female heart beats faster...
Welcome to 2010!
Every decade has a very distinct fashion style.
T
he bobbed haircut and flapper dress was born in the
1920s. Ballerina flats, black leather jackets, strapless
dresses, and plain white T-shirts in the 1950’s. 1960s.... The
miniskirt! Also, psychedelic prints and fake eyelashes. Let’s
not forget denim in the 1970s, along with lots of lip gloss,
platform shoes and bell-bottoms. Next comes leggings,
post-punk fashion, and Ray-Bans in the 80s. We also have
the 90s, when grunge was born, colored hair, baggy pants
and midriff shirts. Fashion now is inspired by previous decades-- mixing victorian princess with rock and roll or a
sequin miniskirt paired with a grungy graphic T-shirt; Madonna meets your grandmother meets geek-- It’s all about
being daring and dressing bohemian one day and Jackie O
the next. Mix your vintage thrift store finds with your department store splurges. Have fun-- It’s just clothes. Next month I want to cover hair and makeup. I am going to have a guide to doing the pinup look and a few other
looks. Send in your hair and makeup questions and requests
to me at [email protected] and I will spill the beans
on hair tips and makeup how-to secrets in addition to advice
from local beauty professionals. Noteworthy sites:
www.redvelvetart.com
www.idontlikemondays.us
www.thriftwares.com
Drink Of The Month
Flirtini 1oz Vodka
2oz Champagne
2oz Pineapple Juice
Garnish with starfruit or orange wedge
Berry Flirtini
1oz Berry Vodka
2oz Champagne
2oz Pomegranate Juice
Spash of OJ
Garnish with berries
Florida Art
Rick Piper
By Joan Bixby
W
hether or not you are an artist, it’s all about
perspective, isn’t it? When esteemed Cocoa
Beach artist, Rick Piper, creates an image of a wave
he represents the way it feels to him, creating a
world that might not exist for others, but a vision
with which many can identify. The refreshingly outspoken fellow is as free with his opinions as he is
with his art. He understands that the way in which
we perceive events determines our life’s experiences, and therefore our reality.
Known for producing large paintings and using a vibrant color pallet, the frugal artist discovered early on that
ACE Hardware acrylic latex house paint usually works just
as well for him as more expensive paint produced for artists.
He has been pegged by some as a “surf artist,” but attributes
that to what he calls his “barrier island” phase, when he consistently painted ocean and river themes. A closer look at
the astonishing number of paintings that he has generated
discloses that he often produces dream-like, surreal pieces
that reflect a broader vision than typically produced in surf
art.
Piper says that his art represents “Visual expressions of
my life’s journey, the allegories and metaphors of my life.”
It’s easy to see that his work, Tentative Step on to Water,
depicts the influences behind his decision to become a fulltime artist. And that the huge painting that hangs in his gallery portraying the joy of bicycle riding on the dunes at night
represents an unforgettable personal experience.
He is a highly creative, prolific artist. It’s a rare day
when he doesn’t pick up a paint brush. “I pretty much sell
each piece as I do it,” he says. “The whole purpose of selling
a painting is so you can go to the next painting. Some artists,
I call it, ‘parent” their work. They won’t sell a piece until
they can get what it’s worth. That stops them from becoming an artist.”
Born in Florida, Piper cherishes the many opportuni-
ties provided for him to broaden his knowledge and interests when his father, a fundamentalist minister, constantly
moved the family to different areas so that he could start
new churches. Although Piper’s daily routine is currently
confined to a small Cocoa Beach area near where he lives,
he says he “changes channels” by constantly generating new
ways to express himself artistically.
Recently, he and Colin Sanner collaborated on a stacked
cut glass wave which is displayed in Piper’s “other gallery,”
Juice ‘n Java, on Orlando Avenue. Piper is also experimenting with heat-sculpted clear acrylic and its effect on caustic
light, an example of which hangs on the wall of his Big Art
Studio located at 18 North Brevard Avenue, a block west of
Juice ‘n Java.
“Grow or die,” Piper says, explaining the pleasure he
finds in growing older and wiser and improving at his chosen
work. He encourages the timid by saying, “You even might
reinvent yourself as you move around meeting other people
and adjust to changes in your life.”
The youngest of five children, as a child he drew obsessively, filling boxes with his sketches and drawings. The
habit continued throughout his life. For many years he accepted his father’s counsel that “watching TV and making
pictures” would not result in a decent paying job. But then
along came computer-aided technology.
One day Piper found himself at the Cape at McDonnell
Douglas pocketing a five-figure salary, “watching TV and
drawing,” and winning awards in computer graphic competitions sponsored by Intergraph Corporation, a leading software development corporation.
A man matures considerably on the day that he discovers that his father is not infallible. Piper realized that he had
invested half of his life without doing what he really wanted
to do. He decided to try to make it as a professional artist.
Trusted friends kept him going for almost three years until he
could afford rent on an on an 8th Street apartment. During
the day he used its parking lot on A1A. to display his huge
paintings “You could see the parking lot for three blocks,” he
said. “Thousand of people passed them every day. I probably sold 200 pieces, not for much, but it got me started.”
Three years ago Piper won best of show and the purchase award at the Brevard Museum of Art. He rarely enters
competitions and prefers to exhibit as a one-man show, especially when there is food and drink for the patrons. Two years
ago, he remembers, such a show drew 800-900 people to
Enigma in Satellite Beach. A few weeks ago his exhibit as
a featured artist at the Highway Girls Gallery in the Eau
Gallie Arts District “during a monsoon on First Friday”
sold eight pieces despite an enormous drop in normal attendance. Additionally, he has an excellent web page where he
keeps the public and his collectors up-to-date on his work.
(www.rickpipersart.com)
When the City of Cocoa Beach wants or needs him,
he is there. His poster designs won the Space Coast Art
Festival contests in 2004 and 2009. The Sunshine Artists’
Magazine, a national publication, selected his 2004 design,
Barrier Beach, as the most creative poster in the country.
This year’s design insured a second sell-out of posters and
T-shirts.
Piper made a lasting contribution to the beauty of his adopted city. He spent a year painting a 125-foot-long, 13-foothigh, mural, Ocean Garden, on the north side of the Juice ‘n
Java café. He hopes the mural will be maintained as a city
landmark. The beautiful scene incorporates trompe l’oeil
elements and surreal features including a giant passion
flower bloom and sky-borne fish.
SEX BEACH
AND
THE
What Kind of Flake
Do You Want to Be?
By Matthew Bretz
I
n any relationship I’ve ever
had…and that includes romantic or plutonic, I have always had
one huge pet peeve I’ve never
had much tolerance for. I hate,
hate, hate when people flake on
me! I was at a seminar in Kissimmee one time a few years ago and
famed motivational speaker Zig
Ziglar was one of the guests. He
told us that, in his opinion, the
rudest thing you can do to someone is waste their time by being
late or not showing up at all. Its
disrespectful in every way. Its like
saying “your time is not nearly as
important as my time.” Old Zig
was right and to make my point
a little clearer I’ve broken down
the world of flakiness into easy to
follow categories. Check it out.
Snow Flakes
Every once in awhile I meet a
girl who is adorably artsy and sprite
like cute. They dance around freely
through life not thinking much about
what they are doing or why, just falling in love with whatever they come
across from moment to moment. I love
these kind of people…but they typically don’t stick long before they find
something new and exciting and move
on. These girls are so attractive on so
many ways because they represent the
opposite of everything that stresses us
out about life. They are care free and
wild…not responsible and boring. The
problem comes when you try to make
plans or schedule anything at all with
them. Half of the time something else
Photo by Misti Blu Day
will come along and they will cancel
at the last minute…the other half of
the time they will just forget and never
show. These girls are fun for a brief
period of time, but then without notice
they are gone. Beautiful and refreshing…and then they melt away like a
snow flake in Florida.
Frosted Flakes
Frosted Flakes are girls that do
the thing adults always told you, you
couldn’t do as a kid…get through
life on your looks. These girls were
probably always gorgeous and never
had to develop a personality, or think
about other people’s feelings very of-
ten. When every guy they meet wants
to take them out, it doesn’t mean much
to stand a few up now and then. And if
somebody gets upset…a little wiggle in
the walk will fix it. The problem is that
girls like this don’t ever feel the brunt of
the other person’s disappointment when
they flake because no guy in his right
mind wants to be on the bad side of a
hot girl. They never really learn to take
other people’s feelings into account because everyone is so concerned with
keeping them happy. These girls looks
like magazine fantasies come alive, but
don’t be fooled by their sweet, frosted
coating. Underneath that candy like exterior lies the cold beating heart of serial
flaker.
Corn Flakes
Have you eve dated someone that breaks plans or
doesn’t return texts or messages and constantly gives you
lame excuses about it? Every now and then I come across
a girl who appears to really be as busy and unavailable as
she claims, but for some reason every time we talk my gut
screams at me that I’m being lied to. When this happens I’ll
usually give them the benefit of the doubt for a short while,
but if it keeps up or their stories start to not jive, I just cut
it off. I don’t waste my time with liars. I think Zig would
agree with me on this one. I think Corn Flakes are actually
the worst of the bunch because they obviously know what
they are doing is disrespectful, or they wouldn’t lie about it,
but their selfishness overrides and they do it anyway. They
may look and talk and walk like a healthy treat, but don’t
be blinded by the nutritional name…these girls can’t help it
and probably won’t ever change their ways.
Sometimes you can’t help but break plans now and
then, but if you do it because something “better” suddenly comes up, or because you’re playing a power game or
even if you chronically forget because your priorities are
elsewhere you are a bonified flake. For all you guys reading this, I hope it helps to know you’re not alone in your
frustration. To all you girls reading this, you might want to
check and see if you fall into any of these categories. If you
do, you should know… WE HATE THAT!
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Film Fest: 15 Minutes of Fame
he second annual “15 Minutes of Fame” film festival
will take place in Palm Bay on Friday and Saturday,
January 15th and 16th. The event will be held at the Tropical Days Inn Resort, 4700 Dixie Hwy NE, in Palm Bay. Friday’s show starts at 6 pm, and the Saturday show at 1pm.
Admission is free, but RSVP is required.
According to festival organizers Ray and Migdalia
Etheridge, the program will showcase over 30 awardwinning films, produced by independent filmmakers from
around the world. Genres range from comedy and drama, to
animation and music videos. Films are from 2-minutes, to
90-minutes in length.
Friday’s lineup will include the world premiere of a feature film produced in Gainesville, “Project Treshold”. The
movie is a sci-fi thriller about a group of strangers who are
told that they have contracted an unknown, and fatal virus.
Saturday’s program will feature the world premiere of
“The Money Trail”, an adventure movie filmed in Palm Bay,
with local actors. The story is about a drug lord who offers a
$2-million bounty to anyone who can get his son out of jail..
www.15minutefilmfest.com
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Brevard Live January 2010

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