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Brevard Live Live May 2020 - 1 2 - Brevard Live May 2020 Brevard Live Live May 2020 - 3 4 - Brevard Live May 2020 To Our Brevard Live Readers At time of publishing this issue May, slowly and carefully, with Brevard County was still shut appropriate social distancing. down; bars, night clubs, and An urgent plea to the vulnerable all music venues were closed; folks: please stay home. We do some restaurants stayed open not want you to get sick. with take-out orders for food A big Thank You to our and drink. Public beach park- friend Robert Rish who started ing was closed, the hotels were a Go Fund Me page to Keep not allowed to accommodate Brevard Live Alive. He knew that tourists, but the beaches were we were unsure if we even have open for walking, swimming and the advertisement revenue to even surfing - the first sign of life pay for a print issue. We found coming back to Brevard County. a few supportive customers and Many clubs and restaurants had along with the reader-donations used the past five weeks to re- we almost covered the May pro- model and do an intense spring duction. But it wasn’t all about cleaning, so when it’s time to the money. It was about the open, it will be a fresh and new- support, the kindness, and the er environment. We hope for fact that people care. We want the first restaurants to open in to thank you for that! Contents May 2020 FEATURES THE SHUT DOWN Nobody saw it coming. The arrival of the FIRST CREWED LAUNCH Corona virus in Florida, escalated by the Columns NASA and SpaceX have set May 27th as huge Spring Break parties, caused the Charles Van Riper the target launch date for the first crewed Shut-Down of the entire State. Brevard Political Satire space mission to launch into orbit from Live talked to local club owners. 14 U.S. soil since the retirement of the space No mo’ Goosenecks Page 12 shuttle in 2011. - No crowds permitted. Page 7 Calendars ISOLATION STATION STUDIO NO All live music and After the Shut Down Superstar DJs be- concerts are canceled JOHN PRINE REMEMBERED gan hosting virtual dance parties online. We recently lost John Prine to the pan- One local musician, Todd Charron, was Local Lowdown demic and his death will add to the long inspired by all of this and decided he 18 by Steve Keller list of changes we will all have to come could do something similar and help to terms with as the Corona virus runs musicians in Brevard at the same time.. I Am Nomad its course. Page 20 22 by Bill Stanley Page 8 Rock Your Health WHISPER TO A RIOT DEVIN SEIBOLD by Richard Hendry A recent video post depicts Seibold Steve Keller talked to Jason Anz about 24 Time Of Corona his newest Original Music project - the in lockdown. He slowly loses it, and band Wisper To A Riot. While band and gains facial hair. “Yep, filmed the later The Dope Doctor sound are new, the musicians are expe- parts first and cut it down to the begin- Luis A. Delgado, CAP rienced members of our music scene, ning parts,” he confesses to the cleverly 26 ready to get out of the garage when the filmed routine. So clever in fact that the Corona virus moved all music online. video has gained millions of views. Fishing Report Page 10 Page 28 30 by Pompano Rich Brevard Live Live May 2020 - 5 6 - Brevard Live May 2020 BREVARD AHEAD BREVARD LIVE The largest and most popular free entertainment magazine on the Space Coast and beyond for 29 years. PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GRAPHIC ART/ SALES Heike Clarke STAFF WRITERS Matthew Bretz Rob Pedrick Steve Keller Top Photo: NASA astro- PHOTOGRAPHY nauts Doug Hurley and Chuck Van Riper Bob Behnken familiarize Amy Kellum themselves with SpaceX’s COVER PHOTO Crew Dragon, the space- Wikimedia craft that will transport them to the International COLUMNISTS Space Station. Photo: Chuck Van Riper NASA Luis A. Delgado Richard Henry Right Photo: The Crew Bill Stanley Dragon spacecraft for the Demo-2 mission is Reproduction of any portion of at Cape Canaveral being Brevard Live Magazine is strictly readied for launch. Photo: prohibited without the written SpaceX permission of the publisher. ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES Phone: (321) 956-9207 First Crewed Space Mission Since 2011 [email protected] decade in the making, NASA and environmental control system, the displays COMMENTS & LETTERS A SpaceX have set May 27th as the tar- and control system and the maneuvering Brevard Live Magazine get launch date for the first crewed space thrusters, among other things,” NASA said P.O. Box 1452, mission to launch into orbit from U.S. soil in an update. The Crew Dragon will fire Melbourne, Fl 32902 since the retirement of the space shuttle in its Draco thrusters to rendezvous and dock Copyright © 2020 2011. with the space station the day after launch. All rights reserved NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and “The spacecraft is designed to do this Bob Behnken, two veterans of the shuttle autonomously but astronauts aboard the We are not responsible for photos program, will ride SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and the station will be diligently or scripts sent to Brevard Live spacecraft into orbit on top of a Falcon 9 monitoring approach and docking and can Magazine. Published photos and rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy take control of the spacecraft if necessary,” articles become property of this publication. We are not Space Center in Florida. That’s the same NASA said. Assuming a launch May 27th, responsible for wrongful historic launch facility used by the last Crew Dragon will dock with the space sta- advertised or canceled venues. space shuttle flight. Liftoff time on May tion at 11:29 am on May 28th. 27th is expected to be around 4:32 pm Hurley and Behnken are training for EDT (2032 GMT), when the Earth’s rota- the test flight, designated Demo-2, and are Download a pdf file tion brings the launch pad under the orbital expected to live and work on the space sta- BREVARD plane of the International Space Station. tion for several months. They will undock FLORIDA “Once in orbit, the crew and SpaceX and return to Earth for a parachute-assisted mission control will verify the spacecraft splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean east of LIVE is performing as intended by testing the Florida. at www.brevardlive.com Brevard Live Live May 2020 - 7 Brevard Live back to the folk scene where he was discovered by Kris Kristofferson and film critic Roger Ebert. Very quickly John’s hobby became his profession and overnight he was performing in clubs across the country. In 1971 Prine released his first album with Atlantic Records and his star took off. Over the years Prine released a slew of albums and became known both for his humorous lyrics about life and love as well as his political and dramatic songs. John’s songs have resonated across generations as unfor- gettable songs like “Angel from Mont- gomery” continue to speak to both young and old. In 1981 he co-founded Oh Boy Records with which he re- leased most of his career recordings. Starting in 1972 John Prine began receiving a string of Grammy nomi- nations throughout the decades and even won a few including Best Con- temporary Folk Album in 1991, Best Contemporary Folk Album in 2005, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. Starting in the mid-’90s, Prine also dealt with several serious health issues. He had a cancerous tumor in his neck removed in 1996, success- Remembering John Prine fully beat lung cancer in 2013 and had By Matthew Bretz a heart stent implanted in 2019. He was recently beginning a ast June, at Bonnaroo, I was We recently lost John Prine to the pan- comeback of sorts and was out touring again. In 2019, he was inducted into watching the one and only demic and his death will add to the the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the year JimL James perform when he long list of changes we will all have to come to terms with as the Corona after releasing The Tree of Forgive- suddenly stopped the show and ness, his first album of all-new origi- asked the audience to indulge in virus runs its course. In the same week we lost Prine, it was announced that nal songs since 2005’s Fair & Square. silence for a minute. Across the Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of The album featured co-writes with field, on another stage, his hero Wayne was lost to the virus and Jack- Dan Auerbach and long-time foils Pat John Prine was playing a set. son Browne and John Taylor of Duran McLaughlin and Keith Sykes, and de- James expressed a little disap- Duran had both tested positive. It’s a buted at No. 5 on Billboard’s Top 200. pointment that he was sched- scary time as no one is excempt…and There was even hope for more new material to come. uled to play at the same time and that includes the music world too. We will all miss John Prine in our asked everyone to listen hard Born in 1946, John Prine grew up in Illinois. He picked up the guitar at own way. But now we will have to and see if we could here Prine make do with the amazing legacy of where we were.