Subtle Sexuality comin' to an open mic near youse?

For those of you who happen to be Da Office fanatics like us, den you probably caught da Halloween episode last night. At dee end of da show dere was a montage for Kelly and Erin's new girl group called "Subtle Sexuality." Viewers could log onto da Office website to watch da video and stuff.

Well, I tink dere "World Tour" dates tricked some of youse:
For as much as I'd like to believe dey're comin' here, I'm pretty sure dis ain't real. Now, you all know dey name drop a lot of local businesses. I tink dat's great. However, eeder dey pulled a lil Halloween trick on yas, or dey did an excellent job at marketing (and great for deez businesses). If you check out dere site, under "Buy" dey're sellin' a poster of all their "tour dates."

I don't know if da writers of dis show did dis to stay true to da places located in da area (as they have been), or if dey wanted to have NEPA folks excited to see places dey can relate to on a big TV show in aesthetic form.

You can still show up to dem places in hopes of meetin' dat spicy lil' Indian chick. It definitely won't hurt business, heyna?

The Plot

I was tinkin las night after seein da Exorcist, dat maybe I would read bout it a little more ta kill some time. Well, I move right along an foun myself lookin at da tird movie in da trilogy. An when I get ta da plot I seen dis,
I guess I don't gotta watch dat one now. Check da page if ya want. I tink it's da best summry I ever read.

Look out, spooky world!

Da greatest day of da year is slowly creepin' upon us. If you don't agree, you probably don't like fun and derefore should stay inside your home until November 1 (Naww, I'm just kiddin'! [Actually I'm not really, cuz people who say dey are kiddin' half mean it anyways!]).

I don't know about youse guys but I'm so lookin' forward to it. I noticed, particularly dis year, dat a lot of people are lookin' forward to it, too. I dunno if its cuz Halloween is on a Saturday, but I tink part of it is dis sticky mess our economy is in. Seen in da newspaper dee udder day dat unemployment in da area is up to 9.5% or sometin like dat. Pretty dismal. It's obvious times are tough cuz people gotta steal meat and tree farm signs just to survive! Anyways like I was sayin', it's a way for folks to escape reality dis weekend. I also tink people are lookin' for a way to be sumptin dey aren't, like a sexy clown or a vampire or Michael Jackson. Heck, I even seen sports anchor Jim Coles from WNEP purchasin' his costume! I hope he's da GRUMP dis year! Wouldn't dat be SUMPTIN?!

I hope to get more Halloweeners den we had da past couple two tree years. Maybe we'll see a surge in Halloweeners cause everyone is just tinkin' about all da free tings you can get instead-uh givin' out free candy. But maybe dat will mean more houses wit dere lights off and Halloweeners havin' nowhere to go, so instead dey'll cause mischief like smashing pumpkins and eggin' your Ford pickup wit dee extended bed wit da Confederate flag proudly displayed on da ruff and on yer bumper.

Ahhh. Halloween.

Here's a lil Halloween treat for youse. I felt compelled to share it wit ya's. I just seen it today and thoroughly enjoyed it. What's even better is dat you don't have to wait like 5 minutes to get to sumptin' good.

Happy Halloween!!!!!

A little piece of CMJ in Scran'uhn

If youse don't have da cash/time to take off of work/ even care what I'm sayin' to go to the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in da city next week you're in luck. A few bands comin' to 'n from CMJ will be makin' dere way troo colorful Scran'uhn next week to Da Bog!!

Some very excellent up 'n comin' acts you should not miss: Roadside Graves, Brass Bed, and a few fellas from off da Park da Van Records! Dates and details here.

CMJ runs from Wed. Oct. 21 - Sat. Oct. 24, and will be followin' da same schedule here as well!

OH and hey, we got a hometown band reppin' NEPA in da city!

The seven piece band Roadside Graves hails from New Jersey, but look and sound like dey came straight outta da sout. Dis is da kinda band you go see live for a good foot stompin' time and leave wantin more. Go see 'em Saturday night, Oct. 24.


"Like The Band before them, the New Jersey group pull from several different genres – country, folk, Cajun, southern gospel, and big-time rock ‘n’ roll – to produce something that can maybe only be called American Music." - Aquarium Drunkard

Listen and look here: http://www.myspace.com/theroadsidegraves

"Rocky's is GREEN?!?"

Dis was Setty's first reaction to da freshly painted green Rocky's. Maybe it was yers, too.

Rocky's Lounge, which is normally one-uh da first buildin's youse would notice when comin' in from da Scran'uhn Expressway comin' offa 81, is no longer da toasty red color we all once knew. I tink it's been a week now since da change has taken place. Da storefronts behind Rocky's are also an oddly muted green color. It ain't forest green but it ain't olive green. Not sure what youse would call it. Wonderin' if dey are gettin' ready for St. Patty's Day early dis year?

Da good news is dat dee iconic Rocky's neon sign is still burnin' red!



Change is REAL in NEPA, youse guys!

Tings youse can do dis weekend

It's da first weekend of October! You know dat means tonight is First Friday downtown Scran'uhn.

You may have heard deres gonna be a zombie pub crawl after. Now dis isn't like da normal zombies you see walkin' downtown durin' the day. No no. We are talkin' the undead kind. If you're feelin' self conscious and/or don't know what to wear or how to do yer make up, you can head over to Electric City Tattoo (who's trowin' da whole ting together) to get make up done!! Neat shit. If you feel like partyin' da rest of your night away you can head over to Stalter's Cafe (next to da Glider) 'round 10 to get some kinda freaky boogie on.


Tonight also kicks off da Pages & Places book festival, also downtown. Tonight is the prologue party for da sponsors and panelists where dere is a limitied amount of tickets. All day tuh-marr-uh is da event. You can still get your tickets in advance for only 8 bucks or 10 day of. I'd say dats pretty recession friendly. You can check out the books bein' discussed and the panels a little more in depth here. The one panel I hope to attend is da Urban Livability and Economic Development: Scranton in the 21st Century. I think everyone who could SHOULD go to dis. If you love your town and want to see it PROGRESS and rely on independent vendors and community support vs. corporations and greedy individuals (da Moonshine ::coughcough::) who kill da independent small town atmosphere den go to dis. NEPA must...move...forward!

And finally, speakin' of community, click here if you can't do any fun tings dis weekend. At da very least please vote so dat Sout Side uh Scra'uhn could have a community garden. Tom's of Maine is givin' away 5 grants and Scran'uhn is in da runnin'!!! You can vote up to 5 times. You'll have ta scroll down a bit towards da bottom but you'll find it!

Have a fun weekend and tanks fer readin'!

-April

PS If deres anyting I didn't mention dat you tink should be mentioned feel free to leave a comment with details of the unmentioned event. Tanks!

how many of yous is goin to see DMB up da mountain tonight? actually, i tink i posted dis too late. i'm sure everyone is up dere now tailgatin' and smokin' joints and gettin "real chill" to "exprience" da music, man.

saw its gonna rain. i can smell it as i type. i hope i hear and see stories of mud fights! like woodstock 99, heyna? eeder way have fun. since dis is music related dat brings me to my next point.

i have no intentions of makin' dis a music blog, however, expect to see more music related posts about good shit comin' troo da valley dat isn't dave matthews band, alice cooper, ozzfest, rascal flatts, aka all the same stuff dat JUST HAPPENS TO come troo dis way every dang summer. not sayin' its a bad thing (there is somethin for everyone, just not me!) whatever happened to wide variety? whatever happened to fresh(er) talent? so wit dat said, i'll be sharin' some stuff i tink yoos should check out and may be interested in. expect a "shit you should be listenin' to" post comin real soon!

aaaand on a completely different note, happy fall! dis weekend is da openin' of da bloomsburg fair. 155th anniversary! been goin before i could walk. my favorite parts of da fair are playin' russian roulette fer candy, da agricultural building, da food, and da folks. bloomsburg fair is probably da best fair (IMO) in da area. if you've never been shame on you and change dat dis year! really! its opening dis saturday, sept. 26 - oct. 3. head on down and get an apple dumplin with cinnamon ice cream from da penn state (WE ARE!) tent! best. treat. eva.

-April