Jazz Festival Blog

Category: Music

One music club says farewell, one says hello

* Say it ain't so! The hole-in-the-wall jazz gem of the eastside, Your Place Lounge, is bidding us farewell. Sunday will be its last night of live music, with guitarist Perry Hughes, keysman Chris Codish, trumpeter James O'Donnell and R.J. Spangler on drums. I have to admit I haven't hung out at this tiny East Warren hotspot nearly enough, and now I'm kicking myself repeatedly for it. Never a cover charge, cheap drinks, an awesome bartender and some of the best impromptu jams to be heard in this town. Get there before it's gone for good.

* On the opposite side of town, and completely opposite on the music spectrum, a new - well, sort of - rock joint is opening this weekend just west of downtown. Blondie's, a revival of the legendary '80s metal den of the same name, is ready to bring the noise to a grungy stretch of West Fort Street. Send More Cops, 60 Second Crush, Syrant and One Click Gorilla will blow the doors open this Friday for a piddly $5. Could this be the beginning of a new era - or purely nostalgia for the Gen-Xers who grew up flipping their heavily-sprayed hair to the likes of Seduce and Sweet Teaze? We'll see. Bring earplugs.