Wild At Heart
Since I have been back in Rochester, I am still looking for the great local bands. Unlike Detroit, most of the bands around here are cover bands. Most are decent but occasionally I find one that strikes my fancy. The Rochester War Memorial (now Blue Cross Arena) is home to the Amerks (hockey), Nighthawks (field hockey), Lancers (soccer) and Razorsharks (basketball) and they frequently bring in local bands to play before the games start. Being a Runaways fan I have to love a band named Cherry Bomb which opened up this past weekend for the Razorsharks playing some cool rock N roll to get the fans in a frenzy and even the team mascot got into the act.
The Razorsharks won that game in OT in their bid to be the #1 seed in their conference. After the game I went to the local Finger Lakes Casino to check out the AMSoil Championship Snocross Series. This is the same event that recently played the Silverdome. I started the evening checking out the buffet which while a bit pricey was delicious.
I then went to watch the racing which was more exciting than I thought it would be. The track was outdoors but luckily the sun was out for a bit. The events took place with 4-15 snow mobiles racing. The earlier qualifiers were about 7 laps and usually ended with 1 snow mobile getting the lead and winning the race. Later events went more laps and those got exciting. When talking 18 laps, there are more chances for mistakes and lead changes as snow mobiles start lapping other racers. That allowed for certain racers to make up distance as the last race saw 4 lead changes with the last coming during the last turn on the track. You can catch the Farmington, NY race on NBC Sports at 5PM on Sunday, March 4th. The recent race from the Silverdome can be see on the same channel/same time on March 11th.
After the event, I did some gambling and won 85 bucks which was pretty exciting. I used that money to buy tickets for some upcoming concerts including Hot Tuna, Lady Antebellum and a down payment for Van Halen. Speaking of concerts, here are a few coming up that I would recommend.
Wednesday (2/29) - Orgy @ Machine Shop
Thursday (3/01) - Electric Fire Babies @ Small's
Friday (3/02) - The Sights @ Small's, Rick Springfield @ Fillmore Theatre
Saturday (3/03) - Commander Cody Band @ Callahan's, Dutch Pink and the Muggs @ Small's, Black Keys @ Joe Louis Arena, Outsiders and Badfinger w/Otis Day @ Meyer Theater (at MCCC in Monroe)
Sunday (3/04) - Southside Johnny & Asbury Dukes @ Magic Bag, Coco Montoya @ Callahan's
Monday (3/05) - Coco Montoya @ Callahan's