" C2 The Orion September 6, 2000 ~ Market offersweeldy fun

~~ KEVIN PERRY the Thursday Night Market has ' ~ Staff Writer it all. '( . Celtificd farmers are also in Move over f"rmer's market, attendance, offering some of the because Chico's Thursday Night season's freshest fruits, vegeta­ Market is here to stay. bles, eut flowers, nuts, herbs The Evil Empire ~ As the week begins to wind, and houseplants. Prices for concert tickets to your down, be sure to check out the The weekly event is designed favorite major-label bands are likely Thursday Night Market on to provide fun for all. lOrise in the near future. . Z Third Street and Broadway. The "The Thursday Night Market A recently approved merger market, which is produced by is an opportunity to shop down­ between promoter-powerhouse SFX the Downtown Chico, Business town with your friends and and radio conglomerate Clear Channel Associatio~, brings food,' pro- neighbors," Watner said. Communications Inc. will not be good ~ duce, arts and crafts plus live There is something for for concert goers' pocketbooks, accord­ entertainment to the downtown everyone to enjoy. The event is ing to Rolling Stone's Sept. 14 issue. H area every week. well-rounded in its entcrtain­ Clear Channel operates more than' Originally, the Thursday ment, which ranges from 900 radio and 19 television stations Night Market began as the African dancing to polka nationwide. SFX controls 120 concert ~ Chico Certified Farmer's music. venues spanning coast to coast. r-..,... ., Market. At that time it only had There's amusement for chil- This merger will hit close to home. ~ vendors that sold produce. But dren as well. The large blow-up SFX has control of the Sacramento. due to its success other busi- slide grants six slides for $1. An Valley Amphitheatre in Marysville nesses were added, encouraging occasional adult is often seen and Bill Graham Presents shows. ~ the staff tei change its name to trying to relive childhood by .Ticket prices are their highest ever. the Thursday Night Market. taking a slide. Last year, a ticket to one of the year's It is a seasonal event, mod- There is also Ronnie the highest-grossing concerts was an aver­ Z eled after some other successful Clown, who creates balloon age of $43.63, according to Pollstar, a r..,... .., farmer's markets like the one in art. A barbershop quartet concert-industry tr~de magazine. ~ downtown San Luis Obispo. makes regular appearances, as This move is for the rich to get

The Thursday Night Market does a giant puppet raised high , , richer and more powerful. It seems began in April 1997. It runs from above the crowd. Eric Peter (left) and Holly Taylor play jazz at the Thursday Night they forget about the starving college 1.1.1 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. weekly 'on "We have really diverse Market.,Magicians, jugglers, clowns and other performance artists students who have to look under Thursdays in the months of April entertainment all local," are rogular features at the;weekly downtown event. couch cushions, recycle and eat only through 'October. The DCBA Watner said. .:'.",. once a day in order to afford a ticket CI funds the event, along with sup- The Downtown Park Plaza sec familiar faces. It is sedured . assessment to the organization. to one of their favorite bands' shows. port from the community. The hosts live music during the with both volunteer and p:?lice, ,: The Thursday Night Market To "the man," the $lO-per-ticket fourth season has been its most Thursday Night Market as well. security. itself generates funds through increase is not a big jump. They're successful yet. This week, ZZYZX Many vendors arc local busi­ the leasing of booths to prospec­ making their millions, so what's en " D raw i n g EVE N T laced up downtown nesses. which arc there to pro- tive vendors. Vendors must pay another $1 O? crowds of over Chico with some live mote their products. j' a $30 application fee, and also Another $10 is milk, cereal, bread, 5,000 people rer PROFILE hip-hop vibes. There are numerous sponsors lease the booth for prices rang­ cold cuts and fruits and vegetables to night, the market The market has that help to promotc.\the ing from $20 to $35 per night. the average college student; a week z has already proven to be a always been deemed' a success, Thursday Night Market, includ­ Funds arc also generated full of nutrition flushed down the community favorite," said and each year it has increased in ing Norcnl Waste Systems and through tourism. drain to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers Becky Watner, DCBA events attendance as well as in the the media, primarily 95.5 The staff is limited but does and Stone Temple Pilots at SVA. coordinator. amount of vendors. KALF, 93.9 KFM, 107 The receive help frol11 local interns So, concert goers stock up now! During the market, down- The market began with about Poinl, 96.7 STAR, KNVN looking' for some experience. . There might be a show SFX will be in town streets are lined· with 60 vendors in April 1999. Today Channel 24 and the Chico News A major player is the setup man­ charge of down the line that- you're more than 100 vendors. there are about 120 vendors and Review. ager, who is in charge of setting going to want, to see, and the extra Whether looking for dot!iing, with 40 certified growers selling The non-profit DCBA funds up tables and equipment. A money you fork out will be going to pieces of art or just hanging produce. the event by holding fund-rais­ lot of effort goes into creating "the man" and not your cupboards. around downtown to catch The Thursday Night Market ers. The 450 businesses that arc this excellent end-of-the-wcek some live local entertainment, is a place to walk around and associated with this group pay a~ extravaganza. Toad McBain can be reachea at: [email protected]

CRASHERS: Ska-crazed , , Park promotes revolution rockers invade Chico State

~ Chico's music scene gets blown C01lti1l1teajrom ~ C1

wide open in the downtown park many ways." The trend of female singers has been embraced by the tradition­ LENrnE DORNON ally male-dominated genres of ska and punk much more than other ., Staff iVriter types of music. " Just like the myriad of influences that the Dance Hall Crashers The Music Revolution provides Chico with an out­ has, ranging from Elvis Costello to Operatipn Ivy, its music can't let to hear and support a large variety of local bands. be defined by any set genre and lurks somewhere between ska and Thfs is the eighth year of the concert series. The punk. The melodies and upbeats are pure ska, but the band lacks a shows take place in the Downtown Park Plaza and run horn section. The fast drums add elements of punk rock as well. .. from early April to Oetobe,r. The band's distinctly poppy sound keeps a let's-havc-some-fun " In past years, the shows took place on Wednesday vibe in all of its music. nights, but this year the shows have been switching The Orlon/SCOn CARLTON The music can tackle some serious topics, but don't look to the off on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 7 p:m. Spectators listen to the Whitewall Slicks on Thurs~ay in Dance Hall Crashers to incitc riots or campaign a political cause. to 9:30 p.m. in correlation with Chico's Thursday the Downtown Park Plaza during the Music Revolution. "We're alit to write good songs and have a good time," Denike Night Market. The concerts will continue through October. said. "Even with our serious lyrics we try to make them a little bit "It's free, it's right downtown and we ha'ye a little playful. A lot of bands have to be careful with that (political) stuff." bit of everything," said DNA, the organizer and p~o­ is geared toward the college students because they buy The Sept. 9 show will be the first time the band has played in moter of Music Revolution. "From hard rock to hip­ music from the local scene and take it to their home- Chico. hop, reggae, blues, jazz and funk, there's something towns, Waltz sait!. I,' "We've had some bad luck trying to get the kind of shows we for everybody." He has performed in the show all eight years 'hnd want further up than the Buy Area," Denike said. "We don't come Sometimes there are samples has been playing with Electric Circus for seven. '. up as often as we should, so it's great that we're finally playing in from the Chico Creek Theatre "I enjoy playing live because of the feedback f~om Chico." EVENT Festival performing bits:\ of the audience' and the energy of bringing a lot of pf!O­ PROFU.. E· plays, and there are usually raf- 'pie together," Wa1tz said. "There's nothing better fles where CDs and T-shirts arc than a good shO\I' and expressing yourself to the best given away, DNA said. of your ability, and almost having an out-of-body ,STRUNG: A.S. Presents brings "We'll have up to a hundred bands a season; this experience. " year we probably have more like 70," he said. "The DNA decided to start the concert series eight years punk show to· Rose Garden majority of them are local, although I do bring in o~t­ ago because there were so many bands in ,town a~d COlltilllledjrom ~ C1 of-town talent to show the locals in a free, cool there wasn't enough publicity. Orion atmosphere. " "The Friday-night concerts have a very narrow mar­ Lagwagon and Propagandi are two that I can think of. NOFX This is DNA's 10th year doing local shows gin of what type of music they have," DNA said. and Penny wise were totally stoked on selling 70,000 copies in ENTERTAINMENT in Chico. "They barely tOllch the surface of the bands in Chico, those days. Staff He also has a column featured in the Chico News so I started my concerts to show everything else." and Review and plans the Nowhere X Nowhere DNA keeps lhe concert series going out of his Who or what were sOllie of your inlluences in the early days'! Editor Concert event every year, featuring up to 150 bands., own pocket because of his passion towards local That's a tough question to answer because each one of us has so ' Bell Kelly "He always puts the bands, he said. many influences. I'm sure each of us would say Bad Religion as far I bands and the fans first/' DNA said he feels that local music plays an impor­ as the punk-rock world would go. A lot of the guys are also interest- .. 1 i Assistant Editor i'lt's It'ee, it's said Mike Waltz, the drum­ tant role in the music industry. . cd in Pantera. We have a lot of metal influences along with our punk'.: 'I : Todd McBaill mer of Electric Circus. "There's music attached to everything and people I riglJt dow,,­ Chico has a very unique identify more with musicians than. religious or pOliti", So you're into a lot of different styles?' : , Deslgnor music scene because of the cal leaders," he said. "Musicfans all have to start' Yeah, I'm into new bands like Incubus and Slipknot and a bunch ;.,1 : Dave Forster town and we large amount of young peo~' somewhere and If they didn't have support \vhen they· of older metal stuff. Rush influenced me a lot. Neil Peart was defi- .. \ \ pie in an isolated area and first started oUI; you might never have, heard of" nitely my No. 1 influence as far as d'rumming goes. Writers have a little the strong performing arts them." . lenelle Dornoll program at Chico State The music series will continue to run through Oct: Any funny or interesthlg stories from tbe road? .! Kevin Perry bit oj efJery­ ,University, Waltz said. 4 and will feature bands such as Mother Hips, Electricl" Our bus driver was constantly falling asleep at the wheel When" IAle.\; Sbeldoll "Over the years it got Circus, Repeat Offenders and more. we were on tour this slimmer. We were all asleep at about 5 or 6 in somewhat . renowned," he Posters all around town give the dates when specif- the moming one day and the driver sideswipes a semi truck that I,Brad lambert' thing." , !Cecile Spence . said. "There are a lot more ic bands perfonil. .,' ·was parked on the side of the road. The whole side of the bus was ! DNA . cutting-edge bands in 'There will be a'show tonight in the Dowrhown Park, wiped out. The whole front windshield was sniashed and all the I. calendar Editor Local Promoter Chico." Plaza featuring Shortie, Tenfold, Union of the Dead: mirrors and windows down the side. It pretty much scared the crap ! ~iBell Kelly DNA's Music Revolution and Repeat Offenders. out of liS. 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