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((( ♫ REGGAE NIGHT ♫ ))) @ the Roche Bar

2011-10-03T09:54:00.003-04:00

Bass-Healing Dub, Roots-Rockin Reggae, join us for
the next installment of REGGAE NIGHT @ the Roche Bar!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
10pm until 2am

We'll be serving up only the BEST selections of
Reggae to warm your soul and move your feet.

Rocksteady Rhythms all night long provided by:
BHILL (detroit - thedeepdetroit.com )
SHUG ( detroit - thedeepdetroit.com )
FRANCK ( port huron - bluewaterbeat.org )
CHAWK ( port huron )

((( ♫ REGGAE NIGHT ♫ )))
@ the Roche Bar
405 Quay Street
Downtown Port Huron

GAME NIGHT @ the McMorran Theatre - March 11-13

2011-03-08T08:53:00.006-05:00

Jack’s Retired … Let the Games Begin!
Article written by Donald Lierman

All you young whippersnappers may think you have all the fun … but let me tell you … when the grave is nearing it’s time to really rock and roll.

Don’t believe me, check out the play, Game Night, at the McMorran Theatre from March 11-13. The play, described as a laugh out loud comedy, was written by local playwright, Jeremy Stemen, and has been sought for production by numerous theater companies since its premiere at Port Sanilac’s The Barn Theatre in the summer of 2009.

“The play was originally titled Start 2 Finish,” said director Stephen Kenny. “Its humor resonates with older audiences as they find it easy to recognize themselves in the situations. Having said that, I know some 19 years olds who really immerse themselves in the show.”

The play is described by its web site, www.gamenighttheplay.com, as a story about the transition of its two lead characters, Jack and Julie, into a new life after retirement. Jack is a newly retired union worker who faces the end of an accustomed, comfortable existence. The wife, Julie, is more than eager to begin new adventures as they move to hopefully, greener pastures.

Jack has his doubts but they make the jump to a new life. The play follows their first few months in a brave new world with its resulting rollicking results.

Like most works, the play is rooted in reality.

“My folks have been retired now for several years,” said Stemen. “They had to get used to the life of living in a new community, not sure of the certainty that surrounds retirement. If the transition is forced, there is a big feeling of ‘now what’. One result was that the folks ended up playing more games now than they did when I was younger; hence Game Night.

“After the treks to my parents, I ‘met’ my lead character, Jack. He immediately became vivid to me. I knew Jack and his life story. I could put him in any situation and knew, intrinsically, how he would react.

“Julie was next, a funny and sweet woman. The rest of the characters all fell into place naturally. The writing just created itself.
Stemen is an accomplished playwright and thespian.

“I have three other works,” said Stemen. “I hope to get them work shopped or produced soon. . I'm absolutely thrilled Port Huron Civic Theatre has chosen to do this play.

“It’s a great honor to be selected the first local playwright to have an original work done by them.”

Although it is a comedy, the play is not for everyone.

The site states, “The play is for MATURE AUDIENCES. So please understand, that the play is not intended for children, but grown ups. What would I consider a grown up? Anyone who watches TV past 9:00.

“The show deals with people who are retiring. And there are quite a few questionable words, and adult situations. But nothing really bad, it’s all in fun.”

Ticket prices are $15.00. Performance times at the McMorran Theatre are March 11th and 12th at 7:00 pm and March 13 at 3:00pm. For further information contact McMorran Place at (810) 985-6166 or visit the play’s web site at www.gamenighttheplay.com.

“Obviously people of retirement age will get the jokes and understand what people are going through,” said Shannon Booze, who plays four different characters. “There is a lot of comedy, a lot of physical comedy, that I think all ages and any audience will enjoy.”

So come and enjoy, Baby Boomers, and come and see what’s in store, young ‘ins.

March 4th-Rock-n-Roll Mardi Gras at the Roche Bar in Port Huron

2011-03-02T19:41:00.007-05:00

It's party time with Wheels On Fire (from Athens, Ohio), blues stomper Dale Beavers and local trouble makers the Riverside Shakes.

For all the details check out the link at BlueWaterBeat.org

Girls Going Wild at McMorran

2010-10-03T19:37:00.003-04:00

Girls Going Wild at McMorran

Blue Water Derby Girls play first match on Sunday

Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

Let’s have some good old-fashioned girl-on-girl action. Speed, style and sensuality are smashing to Port Huron this weekend.

The Blue Water Derby Girls will skate in their inaugural match on Sunday at the McMorran Pavilion. The doors open at 5:30 p.m.

“Expect controlled anarchy,” said coach Jeff “Darryl B. Payne” Good. “The match will remind you of a Mount St. Helena’s type of chaos. The eruption may be overwhelming but it sure will look pretty as it explodes.”

Unlike its 1970 predecessor, roller derby is governed by stringent rules. The days of a reliance on cheap theatricals with a predetermined outcome are long gone. It now has its own governing body: the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association.

“Today’s version of roller derby has more rules than hockey,” said referee Scot “Zoso Naughty” Kavanaugh. “The skaters no longer exchange punches, clothesline each other or toss their opponents over the rails. These girls are true athletes.”

The rules remain reminiscent of the days of the “Blonde Bomber” Joanie Weston from the famous ‘70s San Francisco Bay Bombers. Jammers (designated scoring skaters) still must lap the opponents to score points. The strategies remain similar.

“Imagine football, except both teams have the ball at the same time,” Good said. “The goal is to get your jammer through first. Then your team has unlimited time outs which can be used to stop the other team from being able to score.

“Each team must play offense and defense at the same time. Even at an amateur level, you will not be able to believe the skills set of these ladies.”

Roller derby is being called the fastest growing sport in America. The grassroots explosion of do-it-yourself startup franchises is phenomenal, Good added.

“Of the 120 U.S. teams, only 30 are older than three years old,” he said. “Twenty alone have started this year. The sport has evolved from 40 teams nationally in 2007 to nearly 500 worldwide today. Roller derby has exploded in Canada, Australia and Europe.”

The players find an intrinsic worth in the game that lives up to its violent reputation.

“The sisterhood is amazing,” said skater Brenda “Anna Phylaxis” Good. “We’ll knock each other down one minute and hug the next. This game empowers women. We can open up and be ourselves, while playing a hardcore contact sport.

“This is not just for jocks, cheerleaders or princesses. It is also for those of us who once stuck out in ways that we wish we didn’t. Roller derby is for all walks of life.”

Rocket Ray will perform music before the match and at halftime, and a DJ will play background music throughout the bout. A cash bar will also be available.

“If you like to watch well trained girls in cute outfits getting hot and sweaty while knocking each other down to score — you will love this,” Brenda Good said.

Up to two children aged 10 and under will be admitted free when accompanied by a ticket-holding adult. Tickets are $10.

“We’re the team the established leagues are worried about,” Jeff Good said. “The overall event will border on spectacle, but I assure you the action on the track will be amazing.”

HUE BLANC'S JOYLESS ONES "LIVE" at the Roche Bar in Port Huron Tuesday Oct 26th

2010-10-01T15:46:00.001-04:00

Twisted and gnarled sound blasts of two guitars and two drummers from Algoma, Wisconsin (population 3,357).

Check this interview with them
http://smashintransistors.homestead.com/midwest_gentlemen.html

Read a review of their album from a couple years back on Victim Of Time
http://www.victimoftime.com/articles/breaking-sounds-hue-blancs-joyless-ones-arriere-ga/

Listen to some of their music here
http://www.myspace.com/hueblancsjoylessones

2010-09-30T15:42:00.001-04:00

(((SUNDAY SONANCE)))
FIRST Sunday of every month
6P-9P (sometimes longer)

NEXT NIGHT SUNDAY OCTOBER 3

Dale & Franck on the turntables spinning soul, funk, reggae, dub, downtempo, minimal, ambient, indie, psych, noise, fuzz and other groovy treats, obscure sounds and twanged-up rarities.......

@ the Raven Cafe
932 Military Street
Downtown Port Huron
810-984-4330
www.ravencafeph.com

2010-08-17T20:34:00.003-04:00

Barn Resounds with Laughter
Michigan native's play to be featured in Port Sanilac

Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

If you believe that laughter is the best medicine, perhaps a few chuckles will help you forget the heat. Cool off with a few smiles and a lake breeze at Port Sanilac’s Barn Theatre this weekend.

A production of Paul Wade Smith’s nationally renowned “Unnecessary Farce” concludes its run, August 19-21, show times at 8.p.m.

“’Unnecessary Farce’ is a clever and funny script,” said Barn Theatre actor Kelly Kennedy. “The play is filled with outrageous physical comedy. The fact that the playwright, Paul Wade Smith, is from Michigan is fantastic. I commend the Barn Theatre for helping to promote homegrown playwrights.”

The synopsis of “Unnecessary Farce” is described by its web site, www.unnecessaryfarce.com, as:

The setting is two adjoining rooms in an economy motel. It is early morning. Two inexperienced police officers, Eric Sheridan and Billie Dwyer, have been sent to videotape a meeting between the local mayor and the town’s accountant, with the aim of uncovering an embezzlement scheme. But the day is not starting off well.

Billie has been spotted by the mayor in the motel lobby. And Eric and the accountant, Karen Brown, have just spent the night together, a fact they’re trying to keep secret. But when they start going at it again in Karen’s room, just as Billie – in the other room – accidentally begins videotaping them, things begin to unravel.

Billie attempts to erase the tape, but, flummoxed by the remote control, she only manages to start it playing again just as the mayor walks in – thereby establishing his honor’s uncanny knack for entering the room the moment anything sexually suggestive is happening.

The mayor is accompanied by Agent Frank – the head of Town Hall security – an impressively nervous man who warns the officers that anyone who dares to try to find the missing money will incur the wrath of a local mafia called the Scottish Clan. Agent Frank speaks with particular fear of a man named Todd – “The Highland Hitman” – a formidable villain, who always dons a kilt and plays the bagpipes before making a kill.

When Billie, momentarily alone, discovers a plaid duffel bag in the room – with a kilt inside – this straightforward investigation suddenly turns dangerous. Too frightened to answer Todd’s questions, Billie makes the Scotsman angry. And as he gets angrier, his accent gets thicker, until it’s impossible to understand a word he’s saying.

Meanwhile, the mayor’s wife has arrived. Is she merely concerned for her husband, or could she somehow be involved in the criminal plot?

Will the embezzled money be recovered? Can Billie be saved before Todd plays the bagpipes? Will Eric and Karen get to have sex? And can the cops manage to capture the crooks without resorting to… Unnecessary Farce?

The play is not recommended for young children. Ticket prices are $9 for side section seats and $10 for center section seats. The Barn Theatre is located at 242 S. Ridge Street in Port Sanilac. Box-office hours are from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday. For further information, call 810-622-9114.

“I’m thrilled to have been given the opportunity to make people laugh,” said Kennedy. “So come on out to The Barn … There may be bats, but there are even more laughs!”

2010-08-11T19:41:00.005-04:00

Shakespeare Rocks Port Huron

By Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

Billy Shakespeare was the gangsta rapper of his day.

Sex, blood and off-color humor prevail in his work. So, too, does love and tenderness.

Yet, these days, many feel his work is boring and out of time.

Not so.

Enter Stage Right (ESR) wants to bring the passion and timeliness of the bard to you. On Aug. 14, the inaugural Will on the Water festival will be held on the north lawn of Port Huron’s Municipal Office Center. The free event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the downtown corners of McMorran and Merchant.

Don’t let the antiquated prose scare you.

“We are presenting scenes, rather than entire plays, that are fun and physical so people can get past the language part of it,” said Regina Spain, Managing Director of ESR. “Our goal is to emphasize the joy within the Bard’s work that sometimes gets obscured by his style.”

Will on the Water will showcase highlights from “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” An original performance will also be presented that illuminates the wealth of everyday phrases derived from Shakespeare’s writings.

“What makes this event special is that we do not type cast Shakespeare’s characters,” Spain said. “We look at the personalities of the actors and their skills rather than ‘play by the book’. For instance, the players portraying Mercutio and Tybalt from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ will be female.”

As well as performances on Port Huron’s very own Globe stage, a variety of interactive “Pageant Wagons” will allow the patrons to experience life in the days of Shakespeare. These include sword fighting and dancing. Also, “Stalls” will offer delicacies of the period and “Town Criers” will extol the virtues of the festival’s sponsors.

“We call it ‘User Friendly Shakespeare,’ because we want to emphasize the fun and vibrancy of his world,” said Elaine Schatzline-Behr, Artistic Director of ESR. “Remember, he wrote his plays to be performed aloud rather than read in the classroom. His theater was very popular because it was very entertaining

“We want to give participants a sense of what a summer day would have been like in London in 1599. One of the reasons that Shakespeare was so popular was that not only his theater was fun but downtown London of the time was a hopping place. We decided to recreate the world people would have traveled through to get to the Globe Theatre.”

Some of the other interactive experiences for the attendees will be May Day style dance celebrations, drumming and games, including the original version of horseshoes.

People are urged to attend in period costume, much like patrons of the Michigan Renaissance Festival.

Globe stage performances will occur every half hour. All other activities will run throughout the day.

“The festival should be a fabulous addition to the area,” Spain said. “Our goal is that this year we are starting a little small with scenes rather than full plays. Each year we hope to grow a little more.”

For further information, log on to www.enterstageright.org or contact Regina Spain at 810-334-6415.

Thursday July 29th-The Sugar Stems LIVE at the Roche bar in Port Huron

2010-07-27T00:56:00.005-04:00

The Sugar Stems feature Drew of the LegHounds/Jetty Boys fame, Betsy and Stephanie of the Flips and JonE from bands such as the Catholic Boys, Teenage Rejects, Tuff Bananas etc. Check out more about them at their Myspace page.

Sort of a last minute show announcement here but it'll be a good one. Many thanks to Johnny and Suzie of the Roche Bar for always providing a place where band's doing their own music can play in this otherwise podunk town called Port Huron.

Some LIVE Rock-n-Roll Fun at the Roche Bar in July

2010-06-28T05:31:00.004-04:00

Gorevette: Featuring the legendary Nikki Corvette and Amy of the Gore Gore Girls
http://www.myspace.com/gorevette

From sunny California The Pleasure Kills play New Wave/Power Pop. Good times and dancing will happen!
http://www.myspace.com/thepleasurekills

Also on the bill-the Blue Water Area's best at "1!2!3!4! Fun Punk" The McFlys.
http://www.myspace.com/themcflys

'Lighthouse Bob' Memorial

2010-06-23T17:36:00.003-04:00

Service for Hanford This Saturday
Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

Robert “Lighthouse Bob” Hanford devoted more than 20 years to the Port Huron community as keeper of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse. Saturday, June 26, the community will honor the life and service of Hanford with a memorial service at 11 a.m. on the grounds of the lighthouse. The memorial is open to the public.

Many remember Hanford from the many tours of the lighthouse he oversaw as lighthouse keeper, a position he held since 1988. Prior to those years, Hanford, who passed away on June 4, served in both theatres of World War II and spent 25 distinguished years with the Detroit Police Department.

“Bob was truly a member of the ‘Greatest Generation,’” said Bill Thornton, a fellow U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary member. “That generation, which came of age during World War II, produced outstanding individuals whose characters were honed by that bloody conflict.”

Hanford was born in Plainfield, New Jersey and his family relocated to Detroit in 1934. Nine years later he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and during WWII as a landing-craft operator, he deployed troops at the invasions of Normandy and southern France in the Atlantic Theatre, and at Iwo Jima and Okinawa in the Pacific Theatre.

“In 1942, Bob enlisted in the United States Coast Guard at the age of 17,” Dave Bennis, a friend and co-worker at the Fort Gratiot Light Station, said. “As both of his parents had died, his brother had to sign the enlistment papers. At D-Day, Bob’s memory was etched, that the ocean was red for three days with the blood of the troops that didn’t make it through that fateful day.”

After the war, Hanford returned to Michigan and spent 25 years with the Detroit Police Department. He was cited for numerous awards, including a meritorious service award bestowed upon retirement. As well as general police work, Hanford was a member of the Motorcycle Division and was involved in undercover assignments. After retirement, he became the bodyguard for General Motors’ C.E.O. Roger Smith for seven years.

Locally, Hanford is best known for his involvement as the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Keeper. Thousands of light house fans, school children and tourists have been enlightened by Hanford’s tours of the grounds, as well as numerous presentations he presented during the winter months.

“Bob was quite the character,” Bennis said. “One time a school boy asked him if the lighthouse was haunted. Bob didn’t bat an eye and replied, ‘Maybe not yet, but it will be one day.’ When kids would camp the grounds, he would sometimes climb into the tower and flash a lantern to spook them.”

The United States Coast Guard – Port Huron Station and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary are opening the grounds of the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse Saturday’s memorial, with Ray Carrier, chaplain of the Michigan Allied Veterans Council, officiating. The council will also provide the honor guard at the memorial.

Representatives from the USCG Auxiliary, USCG 9th District (Cleveland), Detroit and Port Huron Stations will attend the service, as well as from the vessels Hollyhock and Bramble.
Parking is limited to the Lighthouse Beach lot and entry confined to the double gates into the station on Omar Street.

Bob is survived by his daughter Lynne (John) Capadagli, sons Scott Hanford and Kim Hanford.

Club Hosts Kayak Clean-Ups on Black River

2010-06-21T15:30:00.004-04:00

Blue Water Social Club Organizing Several Unique Events
Twana Pinskey
Contributing Writer

Protecting the natural resources of the Blue Water Area is something on which everyone in the region can, and should, agree. Many talk big about the conservation of our waterways, parks, fields and air, but few ever take action.

Due to a lack of such movements, the Blue Water Social Club is taking the initiative to protect our natural resources, by hosting several Black River clean-ups. The river has a reputation of being, generally, all-around gross, but the BWSC has found a way to clean the river all while having some fun and even getting a little exercise.

So far this summer, the group has organized two Project Deliverance kayak river clean-up trips: June 6 and 20.

Eight members of the club paddled the river for five hours between Norman and Beard roads during the groups first kayak clean-up event a few weeks ago.

Mike Higgins, administrator for the social club, said the eight paddlers picked-up nine bags of trash, several soft balls and three car tires.

“We even found a plastic child’s tricycle,” he said.

Those who participated in the clean up tour, got to see the wildlife of the Black River in its natural habitat. According to Higgins, clean-up participants viewed cliff swallows, king fishers, frogs, turtle nests, jumping fish and the highlight of the trip, a pair of bald eagles.

“We saw the first one in flight, and when it moved into the right angle, you knew it was an eagle,” he said. The second eagle was perched on a nearby tree branch.

The success of the first clean-up effort, led Higgins and the group to organize a second tour on Father’s Day.

Higgins said he and his fellow administrators would hear people say there is nothing to do in the Blue Water Area. They disagree with that train of thought, and decided to start the social club. Along with Higgins, group administrators include, Ryan McInnis, Sadat Hossian and Scott Martynyuk.

“There’s a lot to do in our area,” Higgins said. “We just don’t always know what’s out there. That’s why this social club was formed; to bring people together.”

The group is organizing other events across the area including, a series of adult kickball games, weekly Bowlioke (combination bowling and karaoke) at Port Huron Lanes and a spontaneous Flash Mob dance session during the Port Huron fireworks June 26.

More information about the Blue Water Social Club and its activities is available at the groups Facebook page or by e-mailing organizers at moustachebash@live.com.

Making a Film on a Budget

2010-06-18T15:33:00.002-04:00

Local Film Crew Debuts Web Series
Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

Many think making a film is easy: just turn on some lights, point the camera and yell, “Action!”

But making a good quality product is a lot more difficult than one might think. It takes a lot of pre-production planning, countless takes and hours in post. Yes, making a film is definitely a lot of work. Not to mention expensive.

A group of local filmmakers are taking on the task to create a coming of age comedy Web series, called “Part Timers,” about locals saddled with temporary employment. The series is proof that a small budget does not preclude a professional product.

What does it take to bring that cinematic dream to the screen?

“The script is where it all begins,” series producer Ryan Falcheck said. “Without a good script to begin with, the production is doomed from the start.”

Next, comes the assembly of the production team.

“The producer guides the projects from beginning to end: from pre-production to post-production,” Falcheck said. “They (also) secure the funding for the film.”

Equipment has always been a big deterrent to novice filmmakers, but the cost of good quality cameras has dropped in the past few years. With the right network of resources, a filmmaker may be able to borrow other invaluable filming items.

“We used a Cannon 7D to film “Part Timers,” he said. “In a previous film I worked on, the cost of the camera was about $10,000. The Cannon 7D allowed us to shoot a quality film for much less. The Cannon provides a simple lens set that allows us to shoot the full spectrum: close up, medium shot and long shot.

“The only problem with the Cannon is that you can only shoot on 4GB flash cards, that only allow 12 minutes of taping at a time.”

Other fundamental pieces of equipment include microphones and an audio recording device to capture sound.

Lastly, a proper light kit is a preferred, yet not essential for filming Falcheck says.

“The light kit will help you shoot in low light,” he said. “The Cannon 7D shoots well without bright light, but going in without a light kit reduces the daily shooting schedule.”

It’s important to have a good crew too. Crew members are the ones behind the scenes, typically not seen in the movie, unless, as in “Part Timers,” cast members double as crew.

“I’ve never been lucky enough to work with a full crew,” said Falcheck, who has worked on several films. “But if I had my wish list, I would have at least two grips (crew handymen), two production assistants, an assistant cameraman, at least one sound operator (who runs the sound mic through a sound board) and a script supervisor (who watches for continuity).”

Continuity is the flow of the movie from scene to scene, to ensure movements flow and props stay in the same place.

“What I would like to have, which I’ve always had to do without, is a first assistant director,” Falcheck said. “He is the person who holds every together on the set.

There’s also the director of photography. “He comes up with the visual vision for the film and the shot list. Finally, the Director keeps the vision of the film on track.”

When completed the film goes into post production.

“An editing program is essential,” Falcheck said. “I prefer Final Cut, although if the budget is especially constrained Movie Magix 16 is an option.”

When it’s all is completed, the final step is to get the movie noticed – via press releases, newspapers, internet and film festivals.

To see the Falcheck and his crew’s final product, log onto the series' Facebook page.

'Part Timers' Find Work Online

2010-06-15T18:28:00.005-04:00

Web Series Focuses on Trials of Temporary Jobs
Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

From martinet bosses to empty-headed co-workers to a pay check that barely pays for a value meal, the daily struggles of the under-employed challenge many to not give away their souls for their daily bread.

Local filmmakers have created a comedic Web series, “Part Timers,” to address the trials and tribulations of making it in this not so brave new world. Each episode will feature four twenty-somethings living and working, and trying to work, in the economically struggling region of southeast Michigan known as the Blue Water Area.

The inspiration for the series is the ennui that transforms one’s self when an individual is forced to subsist in these modern times.

“When one applies for part-time work, one feels it will only be short term. Nobody applies for a temporary job unless it is absolutely necessary. But what happens when the job becomes no longer a short-term gig?” said Ryan Falcheck, who stars as Chris in the series. “These characters have come to the grim realization that this part-time job has become their lives. They deal with the despair of wondering, ‘How much longer is this going to go on?’”

Series co-creator Jesse Dunsmore, Randy in the series, based “Part Timers” on a short-story he wrote in high school about when he worked at a department store.

“The story grew from one person’s experiences. It became a tale of a group of men in their early twenties who are trying to grow up and be successful in an area that invites people to settle for mediocrity,” he said. “The series almost feels like a documentary. The issues Randy deal with are ones that I have either gone through or am going through.”

The plot revolves around four characters that are on the lower end of the economic food chain: Chris (Falcheck), Randy (Dunsmore), James (Rob McCollister) and Abe (Joe Liniarski).

Falcheck character, who also narrates, is a “friendly, well-intentioned dreamer, who works as a server. Chris is the glue that holds the group together. While other characters show their uncertainty, Chris does his best to hide it and maintain,” Falcheck said.

Dunsmore’s character, Randy, is a recent college graduate with a journalism degree seeking work in his chosen career path. “He was once very idealistic and wanted to save the world. The stress of attempting to find a job has made him very numb. He bottles up his emotions,” Dunsmore said. “In another life, Randy might have ended up as a sniper if he snapped.”

The characters of James and Abe round-out the cast. McCollister’s character, James, “works at a movie theater and is the sort of person who aspires to be a Jedi. James has the best intentions of being everything a nerd would want to be,” Falcheck said. “James is also a dreamer: he wants a girlfriend but doesn’t have the nerve to get one, he wants to make the next ‘Star Wars’ but does not have the nerve for that either.”

Abe, played by Joe Liniarski, can’t hold a job for more than a month.

“Abe has a new job every episode,” Dunsmore said. “The other characters live together in Abe’s house, but Abe doesn’t live there. He is a type of cartoon character. He gets along with Chris and Randy, but has a strained relation with James.

“Abe and James are so much alike, yet they can’t get along. Abe is the sort that lives on the seat of his pants without any goals for the future.”

The series is set to be released Saturday, June 19, at 11 a.m. and will be submitted to area film festivals. The first “Part-Timers” episode may be viewed at the Facebook page for the series: "Part Timers" episode one.

“We are not of the traditional Hollywood mode,” Dunsmore said. “We are just regular guys from the area who love to tell stories. This series is about doing those things and discussing their world the way local guys would.”

What Would You Do With $100?

2010-06-08T11:48:00.006-04:00

Group to Give $100 to 100 People in 100 Days

Twana Pinskey
Contributing Writer

Times are tough and sometimes finding a job can prove to be even more difficult. Especially in St. Clair County.

According to the United States Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in Michigan during April was 14 percent. Many believe that rate to be as high as 25 percent St. Clair County.

Unfortunately, the Blue Water Area is not immune to the sluggish economy, but there are a few bright spots out there.

Project 100 Blue Water Area is one such bright spot, giving hope and inspiring goodwill around the area. The idea behind the project is to help people by encouraging them to give back to their community, by giving to each other.

The project encourages people to “pay-forward” random acts of kindness to other Blue Water Area residents.

Jenny Bulgrien of Port Huron is a member of the Blue Water Project 100 team and said team members are encouraging residents to focus on random acts of giving.

“A lot of people are shocked,” when someone else offers to pay for their items Bulgrien said. “I was in Tim Horton’s and paid for the people in front of me.”

Bulgrien said the project is now in its second phase, where team members are randomly giving away $100 to 100 people in 100 days, with the intention for those people to also pay it forward.

“We want to focus on how people in the community can give back,” Bulgrien said.

The project hit the streets June 7, passing out $100 bills across the Blue Water Area.

Recipients of the $100 are asked to think of ways they could give back to their communities, including donating time and helping neighbors in need. Recipients of the money are also encouraged to share their personal stories on the Project 100 Web site – project100bluewater.com.

Mark Berry of Lexington, who shared his story on the Web site, said he was in line at the Dairy Queen in Fort Gratiot, when a man handed him a business card and offered to buy his ice cream.

“I thought he was kidding,” Berry said.

If you are one of the 100 Blue Water residents handed a $100 bill, lets us know and we'll share your story.

Wanted: Resident Tourist

2010-06-01T14:54:00.005-04:00

See Port Huron Through the Eyes of a Tourist
Twana Pinskey
Contributing Writer

People don’t always see everything their respective communities have to offer, often taking for granted the little things that make each community great. Every year, thousands of tourists ascend upon Port Huron and the Blue Water Area, which is commonly known as the Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes, to see its splendor and enjoy its blue waters.

Locals don’t always remember to appreciate all the area has to offer. Though, every day they are encouraged to celebrate all the things that make the area great, and one day each spring, they are invited to see Port Huron and the Blue Water Area through the eyes of a tourist

Blue Water Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is hosting its eighth-annual Be a Tourist in Your Own Town event Friday, June 5, at various locations across Port Huron.

Events designed to get residents out of their comfort-zone and into the community include, narrated trolley tours, cruises on the Huron Lady II, tours of the Thomas Edison Depot Museum, kids crafts and demonstrations at Studio 1219 and tours of the McMorran tower.

Additions to this year’s tourist-day include, Red Cross clowns, musical acts, face painting, actors performing in period dress, as well as the introduction of a Shipwreck Series.

Judi Stewart, Sales Manager for the Blue Water Area CVB, said the program was started for area residents who had never been to attractions in their own town.

She believes that the event is not only good advertising and promoting the area, but also gives residents a chance to experience first-hand what the Blue Water Area has to offer.

“We wanted our own residents to say, ‘Wow, that’s cool,’” she said.

Transportation between the event sites will be provided free of charge by the city transportation department on eight of its trolleys and busses. All events throughout the day are free, except for cruises aboard the Huron Lady, which are $5 each and leave the dock at corner of Military and Water streets at 10:30 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Lee Perry, Executive Director of Studio 1219, expressed excitement about the day’s events.

“What’s really cool is the Seaway Terminal,” he said, which will have several activities for every member of the family, including a marine flea market sponsored by the Port Huron Museum, a Great Lakes Nautical Society ship show, tours of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bramble, a game-zone and underwater videos.

Perry feels the event is a good opportunity for the people of Port Huron and surrounding communities to get in-line with what the Blue Water Area has to offer.

“They (residents) are truly the ambassadors for the area,” he said.

Stewart said the program promotes community and believes, that the more community is involved, the more the community will support local businesses and each other. She said it is important for residents to bond together as a community.

“Especially in these tough economic times, we really need that,” she said.

(((Be A Tourist In Your Own Town Schedule of Events)))

Colonial Festival Hits 30-Year Mark

2010-05-24T12:08:00.008-04:00

Annual Feast of the St. Claire Takes Over Pine Grove Park This Weekend
Donald Lierman
Contributing Writer

From authentic costumes and colonial dances to bean soups and rock candies, the 30th-annual Feast of the Ste. Claire is sure to offer a little something to suit everyone’s tastes.

More than 650 French, British, and American Indian re-enactors will portray life in the Blue Water area as it was in colonial times. Cannons will be fired. Battles will be re-enacted. And demonstrations of Celtic dance, craft, cooking and much more will re-create how life was in the region between 1750 and 1840. Each day of the two-day festival will also offer 18 historically-accurate presentations.

“This is really a wonderful event,” said Volunteer, Programs and Grant Manager for the Port Huron Museum, Holly Modock. “The feast allows both young and old a chance to experience the sights and sounds of early Michigan history.”

The two-day celebration kicks-off this weekend, May 29-30 (Memorial Day weekend), at Pine Grove Park just north of downtown Port Huron. Gates open at 10 a.m. both days and close at 10 p.m. on Saturday and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Admission to the feast is $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students. Military personal (with proper ID) and children under 5 get in to event free.

Harry and Rose Burgess, who chair the annual event, have been involved with the festival since its inception in 1980.

“The festival was to first celebrate the 300th anniversary of Fort St. Joseph,” Rose Burgess said. “The idea grew to celebrate the Feast of the Ste. Claire. The lake and river were named after that feast day on which a Father Henniten ‘discovered’ those bodies of water.”

A wide variety of daily events and presentations are scheduled during the festival’s 30th anniversary celebration.

“There will be three special speakers,” Rose Burgess said. “Philip Sincully will discuss the ship, The Welcome, which was a local trading vessel. Ron Pinson will talk about local Native Americans of that period. And Gary Werner will demonstrate a colonial surgery, as well as speak on early medicines.

“Finally, a ladies high tea will be presented, which will include a commemorative cup and saucer. In addition, there will be a couple night-time firings of cannon, which will leave spectators breathless. They’ll learn why you don’t stand in front of one, even if it’s only a re-enactment.”

Also highlighting the festival will be candlelight tours, a Catholic mass and a colonial ball Saturday evening, with colonial contra dance lessons before the ball at 4:45 p.m.

Modock said volunteers are still needed for the event. Those interested should contact her at 810-982-0891, ext. 118.

Free parking will be available in the St. Clair County Community College parking lot, located by the M-TEC building, with free trolley rides to the park.

Museum members pay only $2 for admission and family passes to the festival are available for $20. Admission is good for both days of the feast.

“The event is like your own personal time machine to our ancestors’ days,” Harry Burgess said. “Even if it is not of the hot tub variety.”

Café Takes Fresh Approach to Dining

2010-05-20T13:32:00.008-04:00

Patrons Travel Miles to Enjoy Speakeasy
Twana Pinskey
Contributing Writer

When it comes to the restaurant business, Ryan Senk is in good company -- his family. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde, New York, he returned to the area to become executive chef at the Black River Café and Speakeasy in downtown Port Huron.

Located at 213 Huron Avenue, the café offers unique dishes not found in other area restaurants, such as perch tacos and pan-fried frogs legs. Owner Bill Senk, of Algonac, said his customers come from as far south as Rochester and Mt. Clemens, and as far north as Lexington and Port Sanilac to dine on the his son’s culinary creations and enjoy a drink in the basement prohibition-inspired speakeasy.

The father- son-duo is adamant about serving the freshest food possible.

“Everything is fresh and cooked to order,” the elder Senk said. “We don’t have a deep fryer, microwave or a freezer here.”

The Senks try to order their ingredients from local farmers and suppliers, including Maple Creek Farm, which grows a variety of organic vegetables across 80-acres in Yale, as much as possible.

Chef Senk said in the current Michigan economy, it’s important to support local businesses whenever possible. That sentiment is echoed by Maple Creek owner, Michelle Lutz.

“It is a rarity to have a chef willing to change their menu based on what is available,” she said.

Lutz said Chef Senk is so particular about what goes into each plate, that he travels to the farm to hand pick the best veggies for the restaurant. She said he’s extremely dedicated and committed to picking only the freshest items.

“I just knew this was going to be a good working relationship,” Lutz said.

But Senk doesn’t just serve fresh produce, he also seeks out the freshest cuts of meat for the café. He says there is a stark difference between frozen, farm-raised and wild seafood products. That difference can be tasted in two of the café’s most popular entrees: pretzel-encrusted walleye and wild-caught Scottish salmon.

Ellen Frazer, of St. Clair, who recently dined on the pretzel-encrusted walleye, had nothing but good things to say about Senk’s skills behind the stove.

She was quite happy with the wait staff’s willingness to accommodate her special request, which included ordering the walleye’s cracked-mustard cream sauce on the side, in case she thought it would be too spicy.

“The cracked-mustard sauce was wonderful,” she said, adding that it complimented the walleye quite well. “I appreciate the sauce being artfully presented, separately with arrangement of fresh raw vegetables as an accompaniment,” she said.

She also enjoyed a side of wild mushroom hash with her meal.

Customer satisfaction is the main goal of both Senks, which can be seen not only in the food, but in their work-ethic and attention to detail.

“With the economy being as tight as it is, when people are able to go out for dinner, they want a true dining experience,” Bill Senk said. “We believe we offer them that.”

He believes their attention to even the smallest of details, such as the restoration of the building from its original décor, has made a huge difference in the café’s patronage and return business.

“There are 15,166 bricks in this room; I hand washed everyone of them,” Senk said jokingly.

CAFÉ ELECTRONIQUE & DANCE PON THE ROOF

2010-03-23T10:43:00.001-04:00

(((SUNDAY SONANCE))) ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

2010-03-03T22:21:00.002-05:00

...we're spinning at the raven cafe...
...SUNDAY, MARCH 7...
OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!
................
...a dubwise minimal ambient downtempo psychedelic fuzz-filled evening...
...6pm-9pm (or until 10pm)...
...FIRST Sunday of every month...

RECORDS @ THE ROCHE ---and--- CANNED FOOD DRIVE!!

2010-02-10T11:38:00.000-05:00

RECORDS AT THE ROCHE ---and--- CANNED FOOD DRIVE!!

(((BLUEWATERBEAT.ORG))) and All Saints Episcopal Church are holding a canned food drive to benefit the BLUE WATER FOOD DEPOT. All Saints Episcopal Church will be on-hand at RECORDS @ THE ROCHE on February 13 to collect canned good donations. Help spread the love as members from All Saints build and decorate a Spirit Tree of Giving with all of our canned food donations. The need is very great and the more food we gather, the larger the tree we can build so please be generous!!!

RECORDS AT THE ROCHE!
Saturday, February 13
NO COVER - 10pm+

Deejays Smashin Transistors, Icky, Four Eyes and The Love Terrorist spin selections of Soul, Funk, Indie, Punk, Reggae, Ska, Disco, House, 80's, Hip-Hop, New Wave and other red hot selections...

The best gift choice?

2009-12-06T23:08:00.000-05:00

What's Christmas without a party at Jack Benny's house?

2009-12-03T23:04:00.001-05:00

A Merry Dragnet Christmas

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Sanford and Son Christmas

2009-12-01T22:56:00.003-05:00

RECORDS AT THE ROCHE!! The Night Before Thanksgiving!

2009-11-10T07:16:00.002-05:00

RECORDS AT THE ROCHE!!
Wednesday, November 25 (Thanksgiving Eve)
NO COVER - 10pm+

ROCK-A-HULA BABY! - Soul, Funk, Indie, Punk, Reggae, Disco, Ska, 80's, Hip-Hop, New Wave, dance dance dance...

Deejays Dale Merrill, Davy Ernst, Franck Nowak and Kevin Hanton keep your body moving all night long!

Rock-n-Roll Show at the Roche this weekend

2009-10-06T15:29:00.000-04:00

Saturday October 10th go check out Drum Kit (Lafayette, Ind) and Mellows (Ann Arbor)
at the Roche Bar in Downtown Port Huron, Michigan

Dale "Polecat" Beavers LIVE on WSGR 91.3fm

2009-09-15T22:23:00.004-04:00

Wednesday September 16th from 8-10pm Dale "Polecat" Beavers will be live in the WSGR 91.3fm studios. He's bringing in his guitar to do some playing and singing as well as telling us stories about playing with legends like Junior Kimbrough and Nathaniel Mayer as well as bass on the Compulsive Gamblers album "Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing" album. Check out Dale's music at his Myspace page.

DJ Love Terrorist @ the Raven Café on Saturday, September 26 - 8pm-11pm

2009-09-14T12:12:00.005-04:00

@ the Raven Café:
...SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26...
...DJ Love Terrorist spins beats for your heart...
...8pm-11pm...

Raven Café Music Schedule (click here)

(((SUNDAY SONANCE))) - August 2 - 6pm til 9pm - FIRST Sunday of every month.

2009-07-27T12:13:00.005-04:00

...we're spinning at the raven cafe...
...SUNDAY, AUGUST 2...
...a dubwise minimal ambient downtempo psychedelic fuzz-filled evening...
...6pm-9pm (or until 10pm)...
...FIRST Sunday of every month...

(((SUNDAY SONANCE))) July 5 - 6P-9P @ The Raven Café

2009-06-16T08:42:00.003-04:00

(((SUNDAY SONANCE)))
FIRST Sunday of every month

next date:
SUNDAY, JULY 5
6P-9P (sometimes longer)

We'll be on the turntables spinning downtempo,
minimal, ambient, dub, psychedelic, indie, noise and fuzz...

@ the Raven Cafe
932 Military Street
Downtown Port Huron
810-984-4330
www.ravencafeph.com

TWO DEEJAY NIGHTS IN PORT HURON:

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PUB CRAWL (((THUMP))) @ the Quay St. Brewing Co. - March 14 - 9pm til Close

2009-03-07T01:12:00.002-05:00

(((SUNDAY SONANCE))) - MAR1 - 6p-9p @ the Raven Café in downtown Port Huron

2009-02-24T06:23:00.002-05:00

...we're spinning at the raven cafe...
...SUNDAY, MARCH 1...
...a dubwise minimal ambient downtempo psychedelic fuzz-filled evening...
...6pm-9pm (or until 10pm)...
...FIRST Sunday of every month...

Every year about this time

2008-12-23T23:26:00.001-05:00

he celebrates it with a rhyme

The Krampusse

2008-12-22T22:07:00.006-05:00

Every year (usually December 5), Krampusse accompany St. Nicholas and march through towns to reward the good and punish the idle. It is said that children are to say a little prayer and if done poorly, are put into a sack and thrown into a river. Lots of variations in the folklore...

The marching ceremony is still practiced today and features some outstanding costumes...

Krampusse march video clips (look for St. Nicholas):

The spirit of giving (and those who sold the stuff to give)

2008-12-20T20:10:00.005-05:00

Relive the Christmas sale pitches (and the great art that went into it) of yesteryear over at Plan 59

Keep the Bells Ringing

2008-12-19T15:31:00.003-05:00

Since we've been heavy on the long time ago, sometimes forgotten and maybe never known bands and their Christmas songs...Here's another. A few years ago it was thought they'd be the next big thing.

Where are they now?

Power Pop Santa

2008-12-18T12:51:00.000-05:00

The Pointed Sticks were formed in 1978 by vocalist Nick Jones, guitarist Bill Napier-Hemy, bassist Tony Bardach and drummer Ian Tiles; keyboard player Gord Nicholl joined later. After releasing several singles and undergoing a number of personnel changes, the band released their debut album, Perfect Youth, in 1980. They disbanded the following year.

The band reformed after a hiatus of twenty-five years to play shows in Japan. They recently played a sold out performance in their hometown of Vancouver, B.C. More shows and recording are planned.

This year they released a Christmas song

You can get a free download of this song and much more info over at the Pointed Sticks website.

The Christmas Party

2008-12-17T14:23:00.000-05:00

Paul F. Tompkins learns a lesson

Four calling Birds! Really?

2008-12-16T17:25:00.003-05:00

Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists. And in other news the traditions, in Canada at least, came from Dickens.

Canadian Rich Little once did a production of Dickens "A Christmas Carol"

Christmas Day 3

2008-12-14T20:20:00.004-05:00

By the time the Kinks released this song on 1977 punk rock was in full swing. The band proved they could be contemporary with "Father Christmas" with it's loud guitars and cynical, pessimistic attitude that was rampant at the time thanks to unemployment and unrest.

The song wasn't a hit at the time but has become a standard for those into Rock-n-Roll Christmas songs since.

On the second day of Christmas

2008-12-13T10:32:00.008-05:00

Slade never hit it really big in the US but this song is a standard in many other parts of the world.

"Merry Xmas Everybody" is a single by the English glam-rock band Slade. Written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea, and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's sixth and final number one single in the UK. It held the coveted UK Christmas Number One slot in December 1973, beating Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" into fourth place, and was still number one in mid-January. In fact, it did not leave the top 40 until after Valentine's Day. It is affectionately held in similar regard by UK residents as Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" is by Americans.[1] The song is particularly memorable for frontman Noddy Holder's typically screeching delivery of the line “It's Chriiiiiiist-maaaaaaaaaaas" towards the song's close.

The song is still a regular feature at UK nightclubs around the Christmas season, especially on Christmas Eve where midnight is signalled by Noddy's screeching finale. The song re-entered the UK Top 40 singles chart a further four times - 1981, 1983, 2006, and 2007 - it eventually sold one million copies. There was also a dance remix made by Swedish dance duo Flush that was a UK top 30 entry in 1998. However, the ubiquitity of the song is also the largest source of criticism for the single. In December 2008, the Holiday Inn hotel in Kensington removed Merry Xmas Everybody from the lobby's playlists following "overwhelming" customer feedback that the song was "too irritating".

Slade's frontman Noddy Holden once said of the tune

"I wanted it to be a working-class British Christmas song. And it fitted right with the political and social things going on at the time. It was very grim: there was the Three-Day Week, power cuts at 10 o'clock at night, television finished early because there was no electricity, there was a miners' strike... the whole country was in turmoil. That's why I came up with the line 'Look to the future now It's only just begun.' That's what everybody had to do. The country couldn't have been at a lower ebb. In times like that, people always turn to showbiz."

Fitting for times like now.

Here's Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" (the other Christmas song in the UK charts that year).

"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" is a popular Christmas song in the UK, first released in 1973 by Wizzard, when it reached #4 in the singles chart, famously beaten to #1 by Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" which remained there for five consecutive weeks. As with all Wizzard songs, it was penned and produced by Roy Wood, who played most (if not all) of the instruments too.

The song features the lead vocals of frontman Roy Wood but also contains backing vocals by The Suedettes as well as The Stockland Green Bilateral School First Year, with additional noises being produced by "Miss Snob and Class 3C", as credited on the sleeve.

Many children actually thought that Roy Wood was indeed Santa Claus as he had the white hair and beard in the music video.

A year later Mud topped the UK charts with this song (which also has somehow escaped the US shopping mania psyche)

Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Lonely This Christmas" was Mud's second number one single in the UK, spending four weeks at the top in December 1974 and January 1975. It was the third number one single that year for the ChinniChap writing and production team, and was performed in the style of Elvis Presley's slower songs from his later career.

Blue Water Beat's 12 Days Of Christmas Day One

2008-12-12T18:32:00.004-05:00

Curio's and oddities of the Holiday Season...

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me He Man's Holiday Special from 1987 or so

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Join us for an evening of music and good times in downtown Port Huron. Burn off some of those calories the night before you get a heavy dose of tryptophan, sweets and spirits. More info go to bluewaterbeat.org

Wolfman Mac's Nightmare Sinema on TV20!

2008-09-13T17:36:00.001-04:00

A bit of an enigma, Wolfman Mac has kept his past much to himself. Having been around since the 1930's, Wolfman Mac searched for years for an outlet for his love of low grade "B" movies and hackneyed acting. His attempts to find an outlet went unfulfilled until the fateful day, when being chased by angry villagers, he stumbled across an old abandoned drive-in and his future business partner Boney Bob.

Boney was a star of the Vaudeville stage during the 1920's until the early 1930's when he decided to die for tax evasion purposes. Unfortunately, being dead stuck! Boney worked for a number of years as an extra in various horror movies in such key roles as "skeleton hanging on wall" and "skeleton in coffin" among other notable roles. Once work in Hollywood dried up Boney got work in the education field as a teaching assistant…er…aide. More precisely he was a classroom skeleton. Disheartened by the state of his career Boney went into hiding at an old abandoned drive-in until the fortuitous day when Wolfman Mac walked into his life.

Wolfman Mac hosts classic 'B' horror and sci-fi movies on Wolfman Mac's Nightmare Sinema. Since July of '07, Nightmare Sinema been broadcasting in 300,000 homes on public access throughout Metro-Detroit. And now you can catch Nightmare Sinema every week on WMYD TV, Detroit's My TV20! Every Saturday night at Midnight!

Movies like "The House on Haunted Hill", "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "The Brain That Wouldn't Die", and more, are enhanced with retro TV commercials, music videos and zany skits!

Recorded at Stage 3 Productions in Warren, MI, Nightmare Sinema is perfect popcorn eatin' TV! So stay up late Saturday nights and tune in to Wolfman Mac's Nightmare Sinema!

Spooky!

Comments....here!

WSGR 91.3fm Status Update

2008-08-26T21:20:00.003-04:00

New tower installed and transmitter back up to full power. New equipment installed in the actual studio over the next week or so. The station will be back on the air asap. Can't say exactly when but soon (hopefully sometime in the next two weeks if not before). Sit tight and get ready.

wanna comment?

Band from Italy and more this weekend in the Port Huron area

2008-08-12T13:12:00.005-04:00

Also, On Saturday the 16th Miss Chain and the Broken Heels are playing the Painted Lady in Hamtramck with the Smith Westerns

...and...

Live music starts around 4pm.

http://www.myspace.com/misschainandthebrokenheels
http://www.myspace.com/smithwesterns
http://www.myspace.com/themcflys
http://www.myspace.com/subourbonson

Please repost and spread the word.

August 16th in Port Huron: Green Gathering 2008

2008-08-12T07:19:00.002-04:00

Cultivating a Responsible Community
Pine Grove Park
Noon-7pm

Gather to celebrate our Earth and find ways to live in better balance with it.

By educating ourselves and engaging in civil discussion of real issues, we gain the tools necessary to affect positive change. There will be vendors, informational displays, educational speakers and live entertainment. This is an organic event. That is to say, a handful of concerned individuals and organizations come together to plant a seed, and we need you to make it grow. If you would like to register to have a display or to volunteer to help send a message to green@bluewaterbeat.org

Click here for more info

From this past Saturday

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The Readies and the Magic Shop played the Roche bar in Port Huron this past Saturday. It was pretty bad ass. The Readies are Dan Kroha (the Gories, Demolition Dollrods) new rock-n-roll trio and the Magic Shop are a loud bit of jangle that includes Steve Nawara of Rocket 455 and Detroit Cobras fame on guitar and vocals. Bunch of pics Dale Merrill took and commentary over at Smashin' Transistors. Go check it out! And yes...these were all shot on actual film.

The Readies and Magic Shop get the Roche a-shakin' this Saturday!

2008-08-04T20:27:00.006-04:00

The Readies (feat. Detroit garage-punk legend Danny Kroha of the Gories/Demolition Dollrods fame) and Magic Shop (who include "local dude" Jake & one time Detroit Cobras/Electric Six Steve) @ the Roche Bar in Port Huron this Saturday Night August 9th.

The Readies got a biker soul/T. Rex on rocket fuel thing
http://www.myspace.com/thereadiesdetroit

Magic Shop got a bit of a jangly stoned cowboy vibe.
http://www.myspace.com/magicshop313

click here for more info

Catch 22. We're gonna miss you.

2008-08-01T17:00:00.004-04:00

Some of us our meeting tonight down in the pub to pay our last respects to one of our favorite local establishments. It's been rough going in the area and Catch 22 is another victim of the times. Us here at Blue Water Beat are going to miss the place. Meet us there if you'd like.
If you would like to send well wishes to Catch 22 and it's staff you can do it here.

8/17 - Italian Sweetness mix with Chicago sourness

2008-07-28T01:42:00.005-04:00

more info

BLUEWATERBEAT Selectors @ the Quay St. Brewing Co. on Saturday, August 2

2008-07-20T02:00:00.005-04:00

WELCOME IN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER WITH US!
Saturday, August 2 @ The Quay St. Brewing Co.

more info

Miss Chain & the Broken Heels, the McFlys and Subourbon Son 8/15 at the Roche.

2008-07-15T14:22:00.003-04:00

for more info click here

BOAT WEEK @ the Quay St. Brewing Co.

2008-06-26T15:33:00.007-04:00

MAY 23: (((DIG IT))) @ the Quay St. Brewing Co.

2008-05-21T14:22:00.000-04:00

While on the Pub Crawl...

2008-03-12T03:04:00.002-04:00

Dale, Frank and Kevin will be spinning tunes at Catch 22 in Port Huron on Saturday March 15th as part of the town's annual pub crawl. All kinds of rhythms to get your feet a' tappin' and your hips a' shakin'. Also Bell's Hop Slam on tap. If you're in the area-stop in for the fun. It's a pretty class joint-bring a date!

Hiatus

2008-02-18T16:49:00.000-05:00

We didn't go missing but had a billion things going on. Sweeping out the cobwebs and getting rid of the layers of dust here. Hang tight!

ThangsGiving

2007-11-18T15:50:00.001-05:00

This Wednesday-Nov 21st-in downtown Port Huron. Scratchy records and locally made suds.

More info...

BLUE WATER BEAT playlist 11/7/06

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ACID MOTHERS TEMPO - Crystal Rainbow Pyramid

FUXA - Unified Frequency

WOODEN SHJIPS - Shine Like Suns

GHOST - C

RED SNAPPER - Like A Moving Truck

LAYO & BUSHWACKA - Dead Mand Walking

Q BURNS ABSTRACT MESSAGE - Feng Schui

SILENT POETS - La Vie

KING BRITT - When The Funk Hit's The Fan

GROOVE COLLECTIVE - Lift Off

GOODNIGHT LOVING - Drafted Into War

HOME BLITZ- Hey!

RADIO 5 - True Colors

PINK REASON - Trush

TYVEK - Air Conditioner

JOE & ROSE MAPHIS - Long Haul

CHERRY BLOSSOMS - Rising Tide

FLESHEATERS - Wedding Dice

A FEAST OF SNAKES - Kill Yr Boyfriend

KING KHAN & BBQ - Mind, Body and Soul

IGGY & the STOOGES - Death Trip

the INFECTIONS - Kill For You

HUE BLANCS JOYLESS ONES - Nights At the Hotel

DURUTTI COLUMN - Missing Boy

PINK FLOYD -Pigs (Three Different Ones)

PEACE ORCHESTRA - Domination

NIGHTMARES ON WAX - Keep On (instrumental)

DOPPLERFFEKT - Plastiphilia

WILL WEB - Extraterrestrial Phunk

PAPERCLIP PEOPLE - Throw

JEFF BENNETT - Disconnecting

DJ DIGITAL - Transmit the Planet

ORX - 1·1

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Spooky Port Huron and other Fun (10/24 Blue Water Beat playlist)

2007-10-25T02:07:00.000-04:00

**************Special Halloween Set**********************

Ethel Ennis - Mad Monster Party

Screaming Lord Sutch - She's Fallen In Love with a Monsterman

The Abominable Surfmen - Monster Surfer

Roky Erickson - If You Have Ghosts

Lord Luther - Teenage Creature

Bobby Bare - Vampira

Daniel Johnston - Casper The Friendly Ghost

The Hamburger Brothers - Omar The Vampire

Glen Ryle - Wolf Gal

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My Bloody Valentine - Soon

Durutti Column - Sketch For Dawn

Clinic - Monkey On Your Back

Psychedelic Horsesht - New Wave Hippies

Imperial Teen - One Two

Dinosaur Jr - Whatever's Cool With Me

Thomas Function - This Ain't No Hustle

MC 5 - Sister Anne

Can - Outside My Door

Wooden Shjips - Blue Sky Bends

Tear Garden - Room With A View

Front 242 - Master Hit

The Metal Teeth - Wild EyesBlack -n- Whites - Multiple Girls

Plexi 3 - Calculated Romance

Hue Blanc's Joyless Ones - Starling Revelations

the Yolks - I Do What I Do

Brian Eno - Driving Me Backwards

the Muldoons - I Know A Freind

the Touch Me Nots - My Kind Of Music

Exploding Hearts - Making Teenage Faces

Blue Water Beat will be taking next Wednesday off for Trick or Treating fun!

BWB Oct 17th

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dj me dj you - earth people
frankie smith - double dutch bus
ray brown - mighty cool penthouse
eddie harris - listen here
deja voodoo - monsters in my garage
unwound - treachery
stone roses - fools gold
st. entienne - stoned to say the least
gariel rene - absynthesis
ministry - golden dawn
manufacture - terror vision
convenant - bullet
depeche mode - mercy in you
quix*o*tic - the breeze
chambers brothers - goin back to new orleans
universe crew - whats inside your afro
to rococo rot - moto
earthquake - revelation in dub - lake of fire
drax ltd ii - os 12
innersphere - out of body

WSGR's Blue Water Beat playlist for 10/10/07

2007-10-11T01:51:00.000-04:00

OCTOBER 10 PLAYLIST
REAL KIDS - All Kinda Girls
RILO KILEY - Smoke Dectector
BYRDS- Mr Spacemen
JACK INGRAM - Beat Up Ford
REPLACEMENTS - Answering Machine
OAKLEY HALL - Lazy Susan
OBLIVIANS - Milkshake
ROLLING STONES - Jigsaw Puzzle
LOVE & ROCKETS - Express Kundalini
ALIEN SEX FIEND - E.S.T. Trip to the Moon
SKINNY PUPPY - The Choke
TRIBE CALLED QUEST - Verses From the Abstract
PHARCYDE - Pass the Pipe
ERYKAH BADU - Tyrone
*event announcements* - MOTION DETECTOR (Banaras Ghat) in the background

The rest of this playlist now lost in the annuls of time

Pink Reason and the Thomas Function-Thurs Oct.11 at the Roche!!!

2007-10-09T19:34:00.000-04:00

THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!!!!

PINK REASON and the THOMAS FUNCTION!!!

The Roche Bar

Downtown Port Huron

Pink Reason is always Kevin DeBroux and practically never anyone else. The self-released Pink Reason debut seven-inch from 2006 was an itch of such beguiling psychic ache that all the inhabitants of Siltbreeze Island scratched it until they bled. On this first full length, the resident of Green Bay, Wisconsin, continues to ooze muzzy melancholia by the bucket, ably and formidably clearing house in Sanguine Manor, whose previous tenants include Royal Trux, The Jacobites, Phantom Payne, Black Vial, and other marginal inhabitants whose sticky fingers glimmer in stoned adulation.
Dominated by creeping synths, stark strums and rickety percussive splats that complement De Broux's heartscraping vocal catharsis, Cleaning The Mirror journeys far beyond any known perspective, practically insinuating an alternate otherworld where Tim Buckley's Lorca and Jandek's Ready For The House have been hybridized into a ripe-for-plucking masterpiece. Or, shunning hyperbole in favor of acronym, Pink Reason's modern day DIY is very FYI that you should check out PDQ.

Look for Pink Reason live via land, sea and air throughout 2007.

One of my top 2007 finds (and perhaps yours as well - the word is most definitely out) is a young band from Huntsville, AL called THOMAS FUNCTION. Reminscient in so many ways of a stripped-down, keyboard-augmented, less grandeur-bound TELEVISION, two of their three 45s are among the finest & most deceptively catchy records of our aging decade so far. (I say 2 of the 3 because I haven't heard the new one yet - the label says it's "in the mail"). I think the main guy's vocals come off as so much more real than others looking to recreate a pre-punk history for a post-punk world, and THOMAS FUNCTION are the sort of band that's going to appeal equally aging record dorks like myself and the new gaggle of teenage hipsters. Apparently the garage punk congnescenti dig 'em too. See you what you think by downloading two of their best so far. (From Detailed Twang)

Blue Water Beat has returned to Port Huron

2007-10-04T01:56:00.000-04:00

Wednesday, October 3rd playlist

6 to 10pm
WSGR 91.3 FM Port Huron

CLEAR HORIZON - Open Road

DEAD MEADOW - Let It All Pass

SPACEMEN 3 - Feel So Good

ROLLING STONES - Luxury

JACK INGRAM - One Light Town

OAKLEY HALL - Blaze

MIDWEST BEAT - J. Man Blues

IMPERIAL TEEN - One, Two

DREAM SYNDICATE - Some Kinda Itch

WOODEN SHJIPS - Shrinking Moon

PINK REASON - Storming Heaven

THOMAS FUNCTION - Blasphemers Union

JACKIE LEE - Do The Duck

TENNESSEE TEARJERKERS - I Want You

BLACK PEARL - Forget It

CHEATER SLICKS - Eye

TIMES NEW VIKING - Love Yr Daughters

GOODNIGHT LOVING - Pink Tombstones

NERVOUS PATTERNS - You Won't Change

NEU! - After 8

SONIC YOUTH - Xpressway To Your Skull

BLACK TIME - Beat of the Traps

KING LOUIE'S LOOSE DIAMONDS - Gypsy Switch

GOLDEN BOYS - Remember Georgia

JOHN LEE HOOKER - Shake For Me

JUNKPILE JIMMIE- Sweet Suicide

TYVEK - Air Conditioner

CAN - Mary, Mary

JOY DIVISION - 24 Hours (BBC Session)

SIOUXIE and the BANSHEES - Are You Still Dying

SISTERS OF MERCY - Lucretia My Reflection

FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY - Final Impact

GRUESOME TWOSOME - Hallucination Generation

PEACE ORCHESTRA - Domination

THIRD EYE FOUNDATION - Lions Writing The Bible/No Dove No Covenant

the CHAMBERS BROTHERS -Love, Peace & Happiness

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THE BEAT IS BACK

2007-10-02T18:57:00.001-04:00

EXPANDED HOURS TOO!!!!

The Blue Water Beat

Wednesday Nights

6pm to 10pm

WSGR 91.3 FM

Port Huron, Mi

Some Goings On this weekend

2007-09-28T22:27:00.000-04:00

One man roots rock-n-roll band Subourbon Son will be having his CD release party at the Roche Bar in Port Huron Saturday night. Also on the bill local fun-punks the McFlys and Ohio's Death By Rodeo. Showtime is around 10pm and there's no door charge.

Fans of sex kitten Brigitte Bardot are having the 10th annual Brigitte Bardot Vidfest from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Quay Street Brewing Co. in Port Huron. Each year, fans celebrate the birthday of the international movie star in the basement of the brew pub, 330 Quay St. A collection of rare movies and documentaries, some never seen in Port Huron, are shown on the wide-screen, high-definition television.Examples of film art that promoted her career, which lasted from 1952 until she retired from films in 1973, will be on display as well as rare lobby cards, posters, movie stills and autographs.

The films scheduled are Paparazzi(1963), Et Dieu crèa le femme(1956), Voulez-vous danser avec moi?(1959) and La bride sur le cou(1961). The event is free.

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Where's The Beat (and WSGR in general?)

2007-09-19T17:42:00.000-04:00

So people have been asking what has been going on with the radio program and questions about the radio station signal itself. The station is on the air but is suffering from some tech problems. It's is running at full power but when you tune it in it sounds all distorted. There is a bug somewhere in the system. The station is waiting on the technician to show up and fix the problems.

What it boils down to is that there is one licensed tech and he does not live in the area and the does the work for most of the radio stations in the area. He's only in Port Huron one day a week and takes care of all the stuff he has to do on that day. The college station gets overlooked sometimes. EVERYbody involved in the station is trying their best to get the station back up to speed but hands are sorta tied when it comes to this aspect of it. The show won't be on tonight and next week is the Harvest Moon Party BUT we hope to get it rolling the week after that (provided the tech probs are taken care of.)

Comments and concerns can be found here.

If ya wanna dig something along the lines of what might've went on check out our LastFM page and a in development thing we got going on at Bloop.

A NEW PORT HURON?

2007-09-08T13:54:00.000-04:00

Some thoughts and ideas from Port Huron city council candidate David Ball.

Pink Reason w/the Thomas Function in Port Huron on Oct. 11th

2007-09-05T13:02:00.001-04:00

Go here for more info

Radio Silence??

2007-09-05T00:56:00.000-04:00

The Blue Water Beat radio program has been taking some time off but will (hopefully) return to the airwaves in the next week or two...

Join us to celebrate the rising of the Harvest Full Moon

2007-08-27T15:27:00.000-04:00

Known As: Harvest Moon, Wine Moon

What to Focus On: Gathering · Endings · Responsibility for actions · Fulfillment

LOCATION: Blue Water Beach Subdivision Park (Approx. 16 miles north of the Bluewater Bridge.)

WHEN: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:00pm until 11:00 (Moon rises at sunset)

WHAT TO BRING:Food & drink for yourselves, blankets, telescope, camera,warm clothes (usually nippy), chairs for the bonfire on the beach, frisbee, etc.The park is big and grassy (lots of room to run and play) and slopes down to a beach.

KIDS ENCOURAGED!

more info...

Michigan Beers

2007-08-25T15:54:00.000-04:00

Ryan's (on 10th Ave and Pine Grove) now has some of the New Holland and Arcadia brands in stock.

Support homestate craftsmen!!!

Blue Water Beat playlist for August 22nd

2007-08-23T01:23:00.000-04:00

N.F.D. (shamen mountain mix)

CYBOTRON (phase 4)

CIRKIT

THE LIGHT (whipped cream delights)

SOLE TECH (symptoms)

SOLAR ZEKA'S DEVICE (treepeople cover)

HUMAN EYE - Age

WOODEN SHJIPS - Dance California

JULIE LONDON - Blues In The Night

VELVET UNDERGROUND - Some Kinda Love

KING LOUIE and the LOOSE DIAMONDS - Girl In The Holler

TRIXX SENTIALS - Scratch of Acid

ALAN OLDMAN - Crush Kill Destroy

UNDERGROUND ALTERNATIVES 96 (two of diamonds)

CHANNEL ONE - Technicolor

DIGITAL - Atco

AFRIKA BAMBAATAA - Planet Rock

CYBORG UNKOWN - Year 2001

ROLAND KING - Flashbacks from the M1

AL WHITE and the HI-LIGHTERS - Noise With The Boys

DEADLY SNAKES - I Don't Mind

BUCK OWENS - Storm Of Love

ROKY ERICKSON - Starry Eyes

FAD GADGET - Handshake

$2.00 OUT THE DOOR - Prizin Tattoos

TIMES NEW VIKING - Love Your Daughters

H&M - Real Life

BUSH - In-OutTake A Cab

KENNY DOPE - Comin' Inside

ELMORE WILLIAMS - Hootin'

DEMOLITION DOLLRODS - Down Home Girl

PINK REASON - By A Thread

THOMAS FUNCTION - Insignificants

You can hear the Blue Water Beat every Wednesday night in Port Huron from 7pm to 9pm on WSGR 91.3fm

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The Green Gathering

2007-08-17T10:54:00.000-04:00

The Green Gathering, an event promoting sustainable earth-friendly lifestyles, will be at happening at noon in Pine Grove Park in Port Huron on Saturday August 18th.
http://www.myspace.com/thegreengathering

August 15 Playlist

2007-08-16T00:39:00.000-04:00

(((BLUEWATERBEAT RADIO)))All Vinyl! (most of the time)

Luna - Slash Your Tires

King Louie and the Loose Diamonds - Gyspy Switch

Toy Dolls - Harry Cross (A Tribute to Edna)

Bad Manners - Bonanza SkaFishbone - Skanking to the Beat

Casino Royale - Heartbreaker

Madness - One Step Beyond

The JB's - Same Beat (parts 1, 2 & 3)

Temptations - Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On

Sly & Robbie - Back to Base

Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers - Emulsified

Mystery Girls - Wild One

Golden Cups - Zen Blues

Krafwerk - Radioactivity

Devo - Smart Patrol/Mr DNA

Joe Higgs - Satisfy My Soul

Jolly Brothers - Dread Dreader

Israel Vibration - Same Song

The Wailers - Rastaman Chant

Los Raw Gospels - Desperate Blues

Touch Me Nots - Only Friends

Harlan T Bobo - My Life

Tyvek - Air Conditioner

Modern Lovers - Old World

Goodnight Loving - Land Of A Thousands Bars

Demon's Claws - Old Outlaw

You can hear the Blue Water Beat every Wednesday night in Port Huron from 7pm to 9pm on WSGR 91.3fm

Some things going on this weekend

2007-08-09T14:07:00.000-04:00

THE "O" SHOW
A benefit for Olivia Crisenbery, the world's cutest 2-year-old with opsoclonus myoclonus, a rare neurological disorder characterized by an unsteady, trembling gait; muscle spasms; irregular, rapid eye movements. Featuring 12 hours of music, food and fun.

WHEN: 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11.
WHERE: The pole bar (you know the one), 6220 Frith Road, St. Clair Township.

TENATIVE SCHEDULE ...
3 p.m. Mode Seven (ska from Port Huron, http://www.myspace.com/zomgmodeseven)
4:15 p.m. Bishops Collar (Brit-influenced indie rock from Port Huron/Chesterfield, http://www.myspace.com/bishopscollar)
5:30 p.m. The Skinny (new group featuring members of The Paper Whale plus Dre Duchene)
6:45 p.m. The Paper Whale (folky pop from Kalamazoo, http://www.myspace.com/thepaperwhale)
8 p.m. Roscoe Charlie (Covers you wouldn't expect a cover band to play, from Ween to Wilco)
9:15 p.m. Compartment 8 (Allan Force's new project)
10:30 p.m. Tumblehome (Juxtaposers plus Amy Proctor = vaguely country-ish rock that don't suck)
11:45 p.m. Juxtaposers (alt-folk, NOW WITH CDs FOR SALE, http://www.myspace.com/juxtaposers)
1 a.m. Jim's Myth (3/4 of Juxtaposers playing critically acclaimed Jim Smith originals)

COST: $15 suggested donation, all of which goes to Olivia's medical expenses. It also includes water, Kool Aid and all the food you can stuff your face with, including the usual (hot dogs, hamburgers) and the unusual (gumbo, Thai chicken pasta salad).

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE: 50/50 raffle, donated goodies.
WHAT ABOUT BOOZE?: B.Y.O.B.
FOR MORE INFO: allanforce@gmail.com
Good Music. Good cause.

The one man band rock-n-roll of Subourbon Son along with the greasy good time sounds of Rocket Ray. Saturday night at the Tally Ho in North Lakeport

Starship featuring Mickey Thomas

Saturday, August 11 @ 7:00 pm & 9:30 pm at the Lexington Music Theater

Lexington Music Theatre is located on the Smackwater block in downtown Lexington. Please visit us on the web at www.lexmtc.com for more information about the theatre or to purchase tickets for our upcoming events.

Lexington Music & Theatre Co.

7318 Huron Avenue

Lexington, Michigan 48450

1-877-4LEXMTC

www.lexmtc.com

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Blue Water Beat Playlist for 8/8/07

2007-08-09T00:29:00.000-04:00

Franck will be back next week. Dale went it alone again this evening...

LEE HAZELWOOD/NANCY SINATRA - Some Velvet Morning

PINK REASON - Up The Sleeve

SON HOUSE - Preachin' Blues

CHERRY BLOSSOMS - These Were Our Woods

WAYLON JENNINGS - Rainy Day Woman

the MIDWEST BEAT - J Man's Blues

FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - Older Guys

SPACEMEN 3 - Rollercoaster

HOME BLITZ - Marquand Park

HEROES & VILLIANS - Kick The Good Stuff

OAKLEY HALL - If I Was In Eldorado

JUNIOR KIMBROUGH - Meet Me In The City

TUFF BANANAS - Candy

the SWEET - Wig Wham Bam

BRIAN ENO - True Wheel

PARLIMENT - Mothership Connection

SUN RA - Space Is The Place

HARLAN T. BOBO - Pragmatic Woman

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Party Lights

GOODNIGHT LOVING - Join The Order

the BLACK LIPS - Lock and Key

SCREAMIN' LORD SUTCH - Fell In Love With A Monster Man

MICKEY & SYLVIA - No Good Lover

HAUNTED GEORGE - Swamp Witch

Tune into the Blue Water Beat every Wednesday night from 7pm-9pm on Wsgr-91.3fm in Port Huron

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Local Music Hour

2007-08-06T16:09:00.000-04:00

Check out WSGR tonight at 5pm tonight. A whole hour of nothing but bands from the greater Port Huron area! Hear the types of noises the locals can make.

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What Port Huron heard on the August 1st Blue Water Beat program

2007-08-02T00:35:00.000-04:00

Franck was absent...Dale went it all alone this week

FLYING SAUCER ATTACK - There But Not There

HOPE SANDOVAL and the WARM INVENTIONS - I Thought You'd Fall For Me
PINK REASON - Down On Me
DEAD MEADOW - Heaven
OAKLEY HALL - Hiway

MIRACLE LEGION- The Backyard
TED LEO and the PHARMACISTS - CIA
SLOAN - Two Seater
PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHT - Anxiety Of Influence
the JESUS and MARY CHAIN - Happy When It Rains
NEIL YOUNG - Ambulance Blues

TUFF BANANAS - Firebug
AEROSMITH - I Wanna Know Why
the SCIENTISTS - Murderess In A Purple Dress
the XLs - Maryjane
the FEELIES - Tomorrow Today
CARTER FAMILY - Meet By The Moonlight, ALone
the GOLDEN BOYS - La La Birdie
the GOODNIGHT LOVING - Land Of A Thousand Bars
the CHERRY BLOSSOMS - Rockin' Rocket Ship

BIG STAR - September Girls
HARLAN T. BOBO - Baptist Memorial
LOU REED - She's My Best Friend
BLANK DOGS - Yellow Mice Sleep
th' FAITH HEALERS - A Word Of Advice
TYVEK - Air Conditioner
DON MILLER - Missile Monkey

Tune in WSGR 91.3fm in Port Huron every Wednesday from 7 to 9pm....
Ya never know what ya might hear.

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Blue Water Beat radio Playlist for 7/25/07

2007-07-26T00:31:00.000-04:00

Love & Rockets - The Light

Bauhaus - Terror Couple Kill Colonel

Bent Leg Fatima - Mouse Lone Gunner

Pink Reason - By A Thread

Chrome - Pharoah Chromium

Moody Mann - Misled (background)

the Yolks - I Do What I Do

Wreckless Eric - Hit -n- Miss Judy

Invisible Pair of Hands - Oil, Oil, Oil

Hooverphonic - 2Wicky

Funkadelic - Me and My Folks

Count Bass D - I Got A Feeling

Hardfloor - Da Damn Phreak Noize Phunk?

the Rebel - Turtle Vs. Octopus

Cecilia - Pussycat

the Catholic Boys - 7 + 7 =

Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection

Planet Soul - Set U Free

unknown - Bone Cha Got

Underworld - Push Upstairs

Kenny Dixon Jr. - U Got Me Burnin' Up

the Ponys - Wicked City

the Mystery Girls - Children Of The Sun

Captain Beefheart - Dropout Boogie

Don't forget.

You can hear the Blue Water Beat every Wednesday on

WSGR 91.3fm in Port Huron from 7 to 9pm !

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FLAMENCO!!!

2007-07-25T15:52:00.000-04:00

HEY EVERYONE - WIN FREE TICKETS to see Del Castillo at LEXMTC on Friday. Tune in tonight to the BlueWaterBeat radio show (7pm to 9pm) on 91.3 WSGR! Del Castillo puts on a great show, especially if you like flamenco guitar!

July 25th and 26th - St. Clair Riverfest Homegrown Indie Stage

2007-07-21T21:19:00.000-04:00

A good time to be had by all.

Support local music!

Support independent radio!

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The songs played on the Blue Water Beat show 7/18

2007-07-19T00:08:00.000-04:00

Vapour Space - Gravitational Arch of 10

Covenant - Bullet

Depeche Mode - Mercy in You

Tear Garden - You and Me and Rainbows

Motion Detector - Banaras Ghat

Sioban Danoughty(sp) - ghosts

Red Snapper - The Sleepless

Delerium - Duende (spiritual collapse mix)

Gus Gus - Dance You Down

Eddie Amador - House Music ( message mix)

Wink - Six Sense

Yacht - The Summer Song

Jesus and Mary Chain - Vegetable Man

Blank Its - I'm Okay

Black Lips - Oh Katrina

Wes Coleman - Summer Of '79

Almighty Handclaps - Sugar Bowl

Black and Whites - Multiple Girls

??? - Ya Ya Ya

Imperial Teen - Million Dollar Man

The New Pornographers - The Myriad Harbor

Chambers Brothers - No, No, No, Don't Say Good-bye

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Tunes we played on the July 11 th show

2007-07-12T17:20:00.000-04:00

Blue Water Beat!

Wednesday Nights 7-9pm

WSGR 91.3 fm PORT HURON

Skinny Puppy - Assimilate

Bjork - Headphones

Air - All I Need

Buckshot LeFonque - I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings

Aphrodite - Wanted It

Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender (Roni Size Remix)

Spring Heel Jack - Casino (DJ SS Nevada Mix)

The Hostile - Ambush (UR)

North Statesmen - Real Beat

RL Burnside "4 Women"

Dirtbombs - Missionary Man (yep the Eurythmics cover)

Aluminum Knot Eye - Once Upon THe Time In The Midwest

Don Carlos - Declaration of Rights

Viceroys - Love is the Key

Sinead O'connor - Throw Down Your Arms

Bob Marley - Stand Up (Stand Up Jamrock)

Sylford Walker - Burn Babylon

Wooden Shjips - Dance California

Clone Defects - Rogue River Rebel

(and a couple that I forgot to write down)

Benny Goodman - When Buddha Smiles

Genuine - Wandering Around Lost

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It's summer in Port Huron

2007-07-09T23:36:00.000-04:00

There's all kinds of sure signs too...

-The annual Speedy Q super styrofoam cup promotion

-the beach

-waiting for the military st bridge at least once a day

-patio of the Quay Brewing Company

Ohh....and so many more. Care too add yours?

Blue Water Beat playlist for 7/5/2007

2007-07-06T00:02:00.000-04:00

WINX - Don't Laugh (live raw mix)

KEN ISHII - Extra (original)

HARDFLOOR - In the Nature (plastikman mix)

NITZEREBB - Getting Closer

MC 900FT JESUS with DJ ZERO - I'm Going Straight to Heaven

FRONT 242 - Quite Unusual

SKINNY PUPPY - Icebreaker

TUFF BANANAS - Rollercoaster

CHRIS SPEDDING - Motorbikn'

SNEAKY PINKS - I Can't Wait

GENTLEMEN JESSE and his MEN - I Don't Want To Know

STOOGES - Dirt

INTELLEGENCE - Boys Annoy

SOUNDS OF SINGLES - Dead Dog On The Road

LIQUID DESIRES - In Loving Memory

SUBTLE SHADE OF BLUE - Children's Games

FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY - Outcast

SOUND OF SINGLES - Boots

WAGON MASTERS - Don's Dilemma

GOLDEN BOYS - Cold Hands

HUNCHES - Two Ghosts

JUNKPILE JIMMY - Puta Suerte

SONIC CHICKEN 4 - Love Song

NECROPOLIS - Stumpf

DUBLONER - Foreign Sway

LOVESKY - Drums 4 Better Daze

CLARK-LOFTHOUSE - Christo

LUXURY RIDES - She Just Don't Care

HOWIE and the HOTKNIVES - Want It

AL WHITE and the HI-LITERS - Thread and Needle

FRONT 242 - Rhythm of Time

GUS GUS - Purple (midnight in reykjavik)

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SOUND OF SINGLES-Friday Night at Catch 22

2007-07-03T19:49:00.000-04:00

July 6th

10pm

Catch 22

1229 7th St.

Downtown Port Huron

Birthed in the Great Lakes and taken root in the Carolina Piedmont, Sound of Singles performs songs of desolation and lonliness on broken down instruments.

Sound Of Singles

Catch 22

Blue Water Beat on Thursday this week

2007-07-02T11:04:00.000-04:00

Wednesday is Independence Day which means the campus is closed so Blue Water Beat will be on the air on Thursday (July 5th) this week from 7 to 9pm.

more info...

FIREWORKS ALONG THE SHORELINE

2007-06-29T11:49:00.000-04:00

Saturday, June 30th

Port Huron, Mi

Sunday, July 1st

Sarnia, Ont

Wednesday, July 4th

St. Clair, Mi

Saturday July 7th

Lexington, Mi

Displays for all at dusk

more info...

Blue Water Beat Radio Show Playlist for June 27th

2007-06-28T00:52:00.000-04:00

1. Busters - Jamaican Stomp
2. (some funk joint)
3. Jimmy Smith - Root Down
4. Linda Ronstadt - Pon Un Amor
5. Dennis Brown - (title to come)
6. Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (title track)
7. Indian Jewelry - Lost My Sight
8. Hunting Lodge - Wolf Hour
9. Michael Yonkers - the Drain
10. F&L - Love Capsule Deluxe (vocal mix)
11. Inner City - Big Fun
12. Q-Burns Abstract Message - Shame (Hakan Libdo Album Mix)
13. Wooden Shjips - Shrinking Moon For You
14. Human Eye - Dinosaur Bones
15. Captain Beefheart - Long Neck Bottles
16. Jack O and the Tearjerkers - Dirty Nails
17. ZZ TOP - Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell
18. Space Monkeys vs. Gorillaz - (cut 13)
19. Polycubist - Frightened Little Pup
20. Easy Star All-Stars - Us and Them

21. the Cheater Slicks - Dry as a Bone
22. Tyvek - Mary Ellens Claims
23. Home Blitz - Hey
24. Three O'clock - I Go Wild
25. Sunday Sinners - Darlin
26. Hi Fi Guys - Rock and Roll Killed My Mother

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Green Gathering Meeting This Evening

2007-06-25T13:59:00.000-04:00

A Green Gathering development meeting at Full Circle Eco House of Prayer tonight at 7pm. We need your help to make this a meaningful and impacting event. Anyone interested in being involved or just curious to learn more about the festival should attend. We will also be working on some of the performance and presentation scheduling, so if you are interested in either, please attend or send us a message.

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Let's Play Kickball!!

2007-06-21T11:30:00.000-04:00

Anyone else interested in mustering up 18 players amongst us and getting in a game or three of unsanctioned adult team kickball fun in and/or around the Port Huron area?

Let us know

Blue Water Beat Takes Over the Airwaves

2007-06-19T12:51:00.000-04:00

"BLUE WATER BEAT"

Wednesday nights from 7-9pm

WSGR 91.3fm in Port Huron

Music, Upcoming Events, Commentary.

Profiles on local artist coming soon. If you're a in a band based in the southeastern Michigan or southwestern Ontario area and are interesting in being featured in the future-contact us.

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One Man Band Fest and Art Show at the Roche Bar TONIGHT!!!

2007-06-16T14:29:00.000-04:00

Tonight see musical ingenuity happen at the Roche Bar in downtown Port Huron. If you've ever asked yourself "Who needs pesky band members when you can do it all by yourself" you should stop by and check it out.

Article on Subourbon Son from the Port Huron Times Herald.

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Port Huron's Best Store For Beer Selection

2007-06-15T22:04:00.000-04:00

After lengthy research and the opinions from local beer enthusiasts us here at Blue Water Beat crown Ryan's Market the best place in the Port Huron area to get suds that are a bit out of the ordinary. Sure, they've got all the everyday brands as well, the corporate "boutique" brands (Blue Moon, Leinenkugel etc) as well as the largest of of the apparent microbreweries (Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada etc) but also give a lot of shelf space Michigan brands like Bell's, Founders, Atwater Block and MBC (no Jolly Pumpkin yet but they say they're working on it) as well as national up-n-comers such as North Coast and Victory. Oh, and how can we forget to mention a good selection of brews from everywhere else around the world. Each time one of us enters the store at 10th Ave. & Pine Grove it's not just an in and out trip. It's always "Hmmmm. What sounds good?" then taking more than a few minutes to decide sometimes.

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Green Gathering

2007-06-14T20:26:00.000-04:00

Saturday, August 18

Noon until 10pm

Pine Grove Park

The Green Gathering is a one day event that will be held at Pine Grove Park (near downtown Port Huron) on Saturday, August 18. The goal of the event is to bring together concerned individuals, organizations and businesses to promote sustainable lifestyles through product, information, workshops and performance.

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