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I wombat - 2004-06-20 17:06:58
I've always been attacted to those river bound, industrial sites from the turn of the last century. Too bad the Genesee seems to be one of the most polluted, poisonous rivers in the country.
So, what? you're not gonna tell us who the band is? we won't tell anybody.
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Paula - 2004-06-20 20:06:06
I don't eat shrimp puffs and tell, my friend.
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Baby Party - 2004-06-21 08:56:21
I'm thrilled that you came up with this great nom de rock for John "Buddha Man" Beaman. Especially since lately I am obsessed with the song "Sloop John B."
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Paula - 2004-06-21 09:07:00
Have you heard the "Rainy Day" version? It's lovely. That was a great cover album.
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2fs - 2004-06-21 10:47:49
My sister-in-law's family lives in a Rochester 'burb. You're correct; there's basically nothing to do there. Well, last time we visited, there was some old power-plant or something that had been rehabbed in search of yuppie condos or something, and there was a rudimentary attempt at a surrounding entertainment district - but all I remember is a rather spectacular view of an old dam and the Genesee rushing past hundreds of feet below.
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Paula - 2004-06-21 10:52:32
I believe we were in that very section of yuppie condos, right by that ol' Dam--were there magical benches in various whimsical shapes? The bride's in-laws live there in interior-designed splendor, and the reception was in one of those buildings. There was lots of natural light.
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Dan - 2004-06-21 14:16:08
Rochester is home to one of America's four biggest film archives, the George Eastman House. (I believe the other three are at MOMA, the Library of Congress, and UCLA.) So next time you go, you'll know where the action is.
I don't know Rochester, but a decade or so ago I was stranded in downtown Buffalo for a weekend afternoon, and it was a moving experience. Downtown was deserted, except for a few gangs of street kids - the town didn't give the impression of being prosperous. But the place was a big deal circa 1900, and lots of the beautiful architecture from long ago is still standing, as no one seemed to have an economic motive to tear it down. In near solitude, I hung out with Louis Sullivan's beautiful terra-cotta-covered Guaranty Bldg., the Art Deco City Hall standing alone on the west edge of town, and the County Hall with its fortress-like bell tower. It's too bad that progress left these cities behind, but the pleasing side effect is that they now evoke the past so strongly.
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Flasshe - 2004-06-21 14:22:40
Were you singing "Rock!Chester" like "Rock Lobster"? I think that's the only way it works.
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Paula - 2004-06-21 14:51:08
but the pleasing side effect is that they now evoke the past so strongly
This is what I'm getting at: there isn't much preservation going on, so it's like looking history straight in the face, with a backdrop of depression-era gloominess that also feels old.
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Bob - 2004-06-22 02:34:53
Another quasi-depressing thing about that area is that it, uh, spawned the world's first trout hatchery. And, though I am kookoo for trout, I don't like dumb, diseased, domesticated ones, that are further enablers of degradation. But, I stayed in a house in Henrietta, south of Rochester, that was even older than that nearby hatchery, which I believe was built in 1860, and both are still quite functional, so at least them people know how to build stuff.
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Paula - 2004-07-02 13:56:49
I can't believe no one commented on the photo. Isn't she the cutest thing?
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