STOLF’S OLDIES---STOLFRemember “quickies” from Rowan and Martin’sLaugh-In? Got some this month, a potpourri ofstrange and wondrous sidelights on Baby Boomerpop culture…The Doors’ bass-player…If you loved their records,and especially if you were forming your ownrock group, you may have noticed that their lineupwasn’t traditional: nobody played bass guitar. Keyboardplayer Ray Manzarek doubled up…playing anorgan with his right hand, and the bass line with hisleft, using a small keyboard instrument from Fendercalled a Rhodes piano bass. It had 19 white keys and13 black, covering 2 and a half octaves. And apartfrom Jim Morrison, these guys were stellar musicians…forexample, “Light My Fire” started out as afolk song, and was converted into what was almosta boss nova beat…why?…because musically theythought it sounded cool…and right they were.Mad magazine…originally, in 1952, it was a comicbook called “Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad.”The stories were parodies of other comics, movies,and TV shows…stuff like “Superduperman,” “LittleOrphan Melvin,” and “Howdy Doodit.” In 1955, after23 comic book issues, it was converted to the magazineformat we all know and love. And it’s still around,now published 6 times a year, just as it was originally,before going monthly in 1954…except now it costs$5.99…cheap!Donkey Kong…why “donkey”? What’s that gotto do with a gorilla? In 1981, Nintendo was tryingto license the Popeye characters for a video game.When that deal fell through, they assigned ShigeruMiyamoto the task of coming up with original characters.Donkey Kong was his version of Bluto…andhe believed that “donkey” in English meant “stupid,”so that Donkey Kong would be seen as “the stupidape.” Wrong…but delightfully so, and the goofy namestuck…even to the extent of becoming a breakfast cereal,remember?Why are there 2 teams in the minor leagueAmerican Hockey League with the same nickname…theNorfolk Admirals and the Milwaukee Admirals?Norfolk came first, at least as an AHL member,as an expansion team in 2000. The Milwaukeeteam dates from 1970, first as an amateur team, thena member of the U.S. Hockey League. They joined theInternational Hockey League in 1977, then the AmericanHockey League when the IHL folded in 2001. Andit was simply decided that, given each team had a legitimateclaim to the nickname, neither would have tochange.Another example of double nicknames wouldbe the Canadian Football League with the OttawaRough Riders (which folded in 1996)…the “EasternRiders”…and the Saskatchewan Roughriders or“Western Riders.” The reason is: before a mergerin 1958, the Eastern and Western divisions of theCFL were actually 2 separate leagues, that didn’tplay each other except for the Grey Cup. Also, theHamilton Tiger-cats resulted from a merger of 2older teams, the Hamilton Tigers and the HamiltonWildcats.Salem, Massachusetts…the town where I wasborn…was the 8th most populous city in the US in1790, with close to 8,000 people. Bear in mind, #1New York City had just 33 thousand…and #3 Bostona mere 18 thousand. (Who was #2? If you said Philadelphia,you get the gold star.) Salem didn’t fall out ofthe top 10 until the 1830 census. And not for nothing,but in 1950, Ogdensburg had more people than Anaheim,California…16,166 versus 14,556. In the nextdecade of course, Anaheim’s population would growto over 100,000…thank you, Mr. Disney.And one thing that makes all Salemites winceis when they hear that witches were burned there.Burning was a medieval form of execution in Europe.Instead, 19 accused “witches,” women and men both,8Quickies...were hung during the Witchcraft Hysteria in 1692. Andone man died while being tortured, crushed by heavystones…”pressed to death” as they recorded at thetime.One of my favorite movie bloopers….in the DirtyHarry movie “Sudden Impact,” Clint Eastwood has apet bulldog. In some scenes it is clearly a male, in others,a female. A bulldog doesn’t have a lot of hair, yousee. If it had been a long-haired dog, well...oh, nevermind…why am I explaining this to you? Sheesh.1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9…10!…That psychedelicnumber counting animation on the early episodes of“Sesame Street” was voiced by none other than GraceSlick, lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane.But did you know that Slick wasn’t the group’soriginal singer of the group? That was Signe Anderson.She was with them for a year, and sang on theirfirst LP “The Jefferson Airplane Arrives” from 1966.She left the group to have a baby, and was replaced byGrace Slick, from the group the Great Society. “Somebodyto Love” and “White Rabbit” were songs theGreat Society performed, and of course became hitswhen recorded by the Jefferson Airplane.Likewise Blood, Sweat and Tears…Al Kooperwas the lead singer on their first LP, subsequentlyreplaced by British-born Canadian David Clayton-Thomas. On their Greatest Hits collection, you canhear Kooper singing on “I Can’t Quit Her.” Alex Chiltonof the Boxtops and Steven Stills were consideredas replacements before Judy Collins recommendedClayton-Thomas. And the whole idea of a jazz-rockgroup with a prominent horn section? It came fromtheir admiration of the Buckinghams’ pop sound…just jazzier.Turkey and Russia…geography buffs recognizethese as the 2 countries that are part of both Europeand Asia…but what country is in both Europe and Africa?That would be Spain. It claims as its sovereignterritory 2 ports on the northern coast of Morocco…Ceuta and Melilla. They are not considered colonies,but an integral part of the Spanish state….and havebeen since the 1500s, long before Morocco gainedindependence from France. Morocco doesn’t see itthat way, but there you go. Such geographical odditiesare known as “enclaves” and there are a lot more ofthem around the world than you’d think…um, whichcountry am I in again?Come to think of it…while it’s not quite the samething, there are 3 localities in the US that you cannotget to by land without first passing through Canada…they are “internationally discontiguous” as you mightsay. Can you find them? Rainy day fun for the wholefamily.Who is Ponsonby Britt? Watch an episodeof “Rocky and Bullwinkle,” “Hoppity Hooper,” or“George of the Jungle,” and you’ll see his name in thecredits as Executive Producer. Except there was nosuch person…it was just an inside joke by Jay Wardand his crew.Who or what is Bibendum…nicknamed Bib? Heis the tubular Michelin man, mascot of the tire companysince 1894. His name comes from a quote from theancient Roman poet Horace: “Nunc est bibendum”…meaning “Now is the time to drink.” It refers to the Michelintire’s ability to perform in rainy weather, “drinking”the water from the road.Buddy Ebsen was Walt Disney’s original choiceto play Davy Crockett…until he saw Fess Parker, andBuddy was denoted to second banana George Russell.And Buddy was also slated to be the Scarecrowin “The Wizard of Oz”…replaced by Ray Bolger whenhe was found to be allergic to the aluminum makeup.Back in Kansas, the Scarecrow was a farm-handnamed Hunk…and oddly enough Ebsen would eventuallyplay a Hunk…Hunking “Hunk” Marriner, sidekickon the 1958 TV series “Northwest Passage”…ithad been Walter Brennan in the movie. BTW, Hunkingis a British surname. Till next time, rocking on!<strong>Fourth</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Entertainment</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> / <strong>January</strong> 2013The Great Chernesky RocksThe Java Barn At SLUByJohn BerbrichDecember 6th, 2012—After nearly eightmonths away, The Great Chernesky galloped backinto Canton on this Thursday night, up from theprison town of Auburn, New York, ready to performto a staunch coterie of die-hard Cherneskyfans who arrived in full force, anxious to singalong to their favorite songs (“American Wolf” and“We Ain’t Wrong”) and urge the acoustic-guitarslingingharmonica-honking singer to a more frenziedperformance. Chernesky was accompaniedby his usual accomplice, art-school dropout PhillyPhillips, who assisted throughout the spectacle bywaving American flags and dancing with variousfemale members of the audience.It was that kind of show. Chernesky played allof his fans’ favorites, like “No Apologies,” “AmericanWolf,” “Women and Whiskey,” and more,including a couple of new songs, “Ghost Town”and something that I think was titled “The GreatOne,” an obvious reference to the singer himself.As I’ve mentioned before, Chernesky plays thehardest-strumming acoustic guitar I’ve ever seenor heard, obliging him to retune after every song.While he twisted the pegs, Philly came out andtold some pretty awful jokes. Dressed in coonskincap, suspenders, jeans, and a blue and goldGreat Chernesky T-shirt, The Great One looked likea wanderer from another land. Twice he leaped offthe stage over the wooden crowd barriers, landingin the audience, scrambling like a madman,singing and strumming. For an odd sort of climax,Chernesky, while singing and playing guitar,reached down inside his jeans and somehow—I’mnot quite sure how he managed this—ripped offhis underwear—the kind of one-piece top-andbottomunderwear that guys wore in 1905—andtossed it out into the crowd, where it was caughtby a vigorously dancing blonde. I thought shemight auction it off to the assembled faithful asan incomparable relic, but actually she returnedthe light-blue undergarment to its rightful ownerdirectly after the show.I was very impressed with the Java Barn. It’spainted all sorts of outrageous colors, and caneasily hold 60 or more dancing, screaming fans.The stage is ample, the sound system first-rate,and the dazzling display of colored lights reallyhelps to set the mood. As the final chord reverberatedinto the night, Java Barn Staff Member SamLagor shook his head in disbelief and said, “I’venever, ever seen a show like that before.” Nexttime The Great Chernesky gallops up to St. LawrenceCounty, don’t miss the opportunity.Visit Us Online At4thcoastent.COMEvents, Music & <strong>Entertainment</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> for NNY & Surrounding Areas
Interview With TYRADEBAND CalendarFor Up=To-Date Band Calendar AndDirectory or to Feature Your BandPlease Visit4THCOASTENT.COMFCE; How long have you been together?Tyrade; as the band we are now, it’s been 3 years,but Tyrade as a band has been around for 6 years.FCE; what are your influences?Tyrade; Our fans first and foremost; And a widerange of different music, Pantera, Mudvayne, Nirvana,Alice in Chains, Killswitch Engage, Jimi Hendrix,the list is too long.FCE; What type of band or musician are you? ‘Genre’Tyrade; We always get asked this question, andcould never really pin point it, since we are diverse.So we decided to create our own genre,RED NECK METAL!FCE; Where is the bands or musicians hometown?Tyrade; We call our home town Canton NY, butwe live all around the north country, two of us liveup near Saranac Lake NY, but our roots are here,in Canton NYFCE; What inspired the band or you to becomewhat you are?Tyrade; When we started out, we used to just playsome cover tunes at bars, then we realized, thatour dream is to make it in the industry, and youcan’t do that playing other peoples music. So wedecided to go all original. And we’ve been doingthat for 5 plus years now.FCE; What idols do you have and why?Tyrade; Starting to not have any.. ha ha, once youmeet them, for the most part, they are cool andhumble. But there are a good number of our idolsin music that are complete douches.FCE; How did you get started as a band or a musician?“Tell a brief history of the band”Tyrade; started out as a group of musicians thatall knew each other from high school days. Now,we all know each other, and have come togetherto destroy the music scene. It’s a very tightly ranbusiness as we call it. The band is fiscally responsible,professional on a completely different levelfrom most bands, and ever expanding.FCE; What are your songs about?Tyrade; For the most part, just plain old anger; fedup; had enough.FCE; How receptive have audiences been to yourmusical creation?Tyrade; If I can say so myself, Tyrade is the biggestband in NYS right now. Our fan base is huge, everexpanding; it never ends. We’ve been top five mostrequested for months and months; I tunes andphysical sales are through the roof. Every venueand show is packed. Id say it’s been great.FCE; What’s new in the recording of your music?Tyrade; The sound, the passion, the drive, thestyle and its all new.FCE; What are the bands or your biggest obstacles?Tyrade; Other bands, Ha ha, honestly, it seems alllocal bands in the area are at each others throats;no sense of team. It’s not a competition. Bandsshould be congratulating other bands on their success.Don’t get me wrong, there are some bandsup here and downstate that are super great people.But for the most part, people think they have twoband practices and should be spoon fed the samesuccess that another band is getting.FCE; Describe your show, visual and musically?Tyrade; Visually stimulating, and musically satisfying.FCE; What is your method of marketing?Tyrade; You name it, Tyrade is always the first tojump on everything. We are masters of self-promotion.You name it, we’ve done it, OR invented it. Ha haFCE; What are your hopes for the near future?Tyrade; Tour, All we have left to do is tour, and no,I don’t mean drive 3 hours one way and play a fewshows, that’s not a tour, that’s a regular weekendfor us. We are taking all the funds we bring in andbringing on some investors, and saving up for anEast <strong>Coast</strong> tour in 2013. It’s going to take some babysteps first, but we have the layout and are ready.FCE; If someone had never seen you perform, howwould you describe the sound and stage presenceto them?Tyrade Id leave that up to them to tell you; if youhave never seen us before I would suggest doing it.Tell FCE about your shows and why fans shouldbe there?As of right now, we are plotting winter showsaround Lewis, Jefferson, St Lawrence and Franklincounties; going to stay kind of local for the winter.All shows will be posted on our website, HYPER-LINK “http://www.tyrademusic.com” www.tyrademusic.com,always check in. and fans should bethere, because they are fans, ha ha, but seriously,it’s the best for your buck. We always bring othermusical acts, different genres, to try and keep everyoneinterested and happy. Just do it, you wontregret a show.Jan 1 - 6, 2013Jan 1 -- New Years Day Bash @ First Round inWatertown -- Hosted by Marc Chauvette and DavidScanlin -- 3:00 - 8:00 PMJan 1 -- Walked Wounded -- Time WarpTavern in Watertown -- 3:00 - 7:00 PMJan 5 -- TYRADE With Russ Bridge and PaparazziScandal -- Zorro’s in Hermon -- 10:00 PMJan 5 -- Bad Husbands Club -- Bonnie Castle inAlexandria Bay -- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AMJan 7 - 13Jan 10 -- The ‘Murican Tour -- The Dungeon inWatertown -- 4:30 PMJan 11 -- Bruce Dewey -- Mo’s Pub & Grill inMalone -- 7:00 - 11:00 PMJan 12 -- Bruce Dewey -- Titus Mountain -- 6:00- 10:00 PMJan 14 - 20Jan 18 -- Still Rings True - EP Release -- DowntownBistro 108 in Watertown -- 8:00 - 11:00 PMJan 19 -- Bad Husbands Club -- John Hoover Innin Evans Mills -- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AMJan 19 -- Bruce Dewey -- Titus Mountain -- 6:00- 10:00 PMJan 19 -- ~Dragnfly~ -- The Wegatchie Hotel inWegatchie -- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AMJan 20 -- Upstate Musicians Concert For SandyHook - Venue and Time TBAJan 21 - 27Jan 25 -- Bruce Dewey -- Mo’s Pub & Grill inMalone -- 7:00 - 11:00 PMJan 26 -- Sarah -- Downtown Bistro 108 in Watertown-- 8:00 - 11:00 PMJan 27 -- Misery Singles - The Lost Horizon inSyracuse - 5:00 PMJan 28 - Feb 3Licensed Associate Real Estate BrokerFeb 1 -- Bad Husbands Club -- The Paddock Clubin Watertown -- 9:00 PM 1:00 AMFeb 2 -- Benefit for Tom Hooper @ PierrepontFire Hall - Host: by Paparazzi Scandal -- 1:00- 8:00 PMFeb 2 -- GRIND -- Mac’s Bad Art Bar in Mattydale-- 10:00 PMFeb 4 - 10Feb 8 -- Bad Husbands Club -- Chippewa FallsFishing Derby -- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AMFeb 11 - 17Feb 15 -- Bad Husbands Club -- John Hoover Innin Evans Mills -- 9:00 PM - 1:00 AMFeb 18 - 24Feb 22 -- Bad Husbands Club -- Bonnie Castle“Polar Dip” in Alex Bay -- Time TBAFeb 25 - March 3March 1 -- Bad Husbands Club -- North CountryIdol in Watertown @ the Exhibition Hall -- 7:00PMMarch 4 - 10March 11 - 17March 15 -- Bad Husbands Club -- Fireside @Partridge Berry Inn in Watertown -- 7:00 - 11:00PMMarch 18 - 24March 25 - 31March 30 -- TYRADE -- Station 58 in North Syracuse-- 10:00 PM - 2:00 AMTrust ~ Loyalty ~ Commitment105 East Main StreetGouverneur, NY 13642Cell: (315) 276-5881email: rwood.tlc@hotmail.comwww.tlc-realestate.netLooking to Advertise? 315 - 854-3119 / www.4th<strong>Coast</strong>Ent.com <strong>January</strong> 2013 / <strong>Fourth</strong> <strong>Coast</strong> <strong>Entertainment</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 9
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