Brevard Live April 2009 - 1 2 - Brevard Live April 2009 Brevard Live April 2009 - 3 4 - Brevard Live April 2009 Brevard Live April 2009 - 5 AND THE PUBLISHER/EDITOR SEX BEACH Heike Clarke STAFF Does Cupid Have a SALES/MARKETING Charlene Hemmle Steve Newton Face Book Page? CALENDAR/GRAPHICS Charlene Hemmle By Matthew Bretz MUSIC WRITERS Matt Bretz ince the beginning of man kind- for tion and my own romantic salvation, I Chris Long Sa variety of reasons- people have decided to try out a few of these sites OUT & ABOUT had to find a way to mate. Biologically and report my findings. I put myself out Eroica Fedder, Mara Bermudez speaking- it’s a human responsibility to there on Myspace, Yahoo, E-Harmony, MOVIES procreate and continue the survival of Match, Face Book and Plenty of Fish. Greg Kimple, Franco Dean our species. Emotionally speaking- it’s I threw myself into my work, and af- ART wonderful to have someone to share ter months of hunting through profiles, Lou Belcher your world with and no one wants to be fielding emails and even going on dates, PHOTOGRAPHY lonely. Practically speaking- joint tax I have learned quite a lot about this Terry Wallace Tim Bretz, returns rock. And sexually speaking- unique sub-culture. Misti Blu Day celibacy does not. The majority of the sites out there COLUMNISTS Time once was, a guy could notice are pretty much the same with slight Chuck Van Riper a hot little fur clad mama from across variations. The idea is simple. You look Joey Simao the way, hit her over the head and drag through pictures of other people on the Reproduction of any portion of her by the hair back to his cave. Times site. When you find one attractive you Brevard Live is strictly prohibit- ed without the written permission have changed. Try something like that click on the picture and read their pro- of the publisher. now and the only warm body you will file. If you are still interested you can find yourself cozying up to will belong send them a message and attempt to ADVERTISEMENT/ SALES to Leroy- your cell mate slash hus- make contact. Phone: (321) 956-9207 band. Don’t get me wrong- we’re still Myspace and Face Book aren’t nec- Fax: (321) 956-9228 using clubs, just not the same kind as essarily dating sites, but are commonly [email protected] our slope-headed ancestors. Now we used as such. The upside is that you have use singles clubs, dance clubs, karaoke the freedom to socialize with people COMMENTS & LETTERS clubs, wine clubs and even the occa- from virtually any age, race, gender or Brevard Live Magazine sional turkey club…that last one is more location. The downside is- you are left P.O. Box 1452, Melbourne, Fl 32902 for a different kind of hunger though. to your own devises and imagination. It’s hard man! Forget the difficulty Yahoo and Plenty of Fish let you Copyright © 2009 of actually being in a relationship. Most customize searches to narrow down the Brevard Live of us are failing just trying to find some- list of candidates. Really they all do this, All rights reserved one to START a relationship with. but Plenty of Fish especially shines here It’s 90’s technology, and some say with more creative avenues of search We are not responsible for photos or scripts sent to Brevard Live Al Gore brought us the internet. Sud- strings than the others- like the “girls Magazine. Published photos and denly the world was connected and chat you think are hot” search or the “profiles articles become property of this rooms were born. Virtually over night that haven’t received emails” search. publication. We are not the planet seemingly became a bit small- E-Harmony and Match give you ex- responsible for wrongful er and everyone on it was just a little less tensive personality tests to help match advertised or canceled venues. out of reach. By the end of the decade you up with compatible mates. They cable modems provided more speed and actually do a pretty good job as long as Download a pdf file made the net a very convenient place to you don’t mind what your “soul mate” BREVARD spend lots and lots of time. Then with looks like or the fact that they might live FLORIDA the new millennium came a different on the other side of the world. kind of club all together and a new way No matter what site you pick, how- LIVE to find potential mates…online dating ever, or how many great attributes they www.brevardfloridalive.com sites. have, there is always one fatal flaw in www.brevardlive.com In the interest of scientific explora- the system. The whole thing depends on www.floridalive.org 6 - Brevard Live April 2009 Photo by www.mistibluday.com the honesty of people. There is a trust issue here that is have become the exact same thing. The liquid courage of impossible to get around. You have to be able to trust the alcohol is replaced with the anonymous vantage point of fact that you are really talking to a thirty year old blonde a computer screen. The only real difference is you don’t named Harmony and not a forty-five year old plumber have the one on one benefit of body language and instant, named Harry. The problem is, too often people don’t have honest response. enough faith in their true selves to be completely honest. So can online dating work? There are definite obsta- Profiles get beefed up, pictures are stretched and photo- cles to overcome, but I think it can. It’s a much rarer event shop-ed. From my own experiences, when I actually met than the commercials will have you believe though. Go the people I talked to, they were vastly different than their into it with a sense of fun and zero expectations and who profiles at least three fourths of the time. Through various knows…maybe it’s worth a shot. Personality tests, com- interviews I learned this is a very common scenario. patibility profiles, ice-breaker emails…in the end it’s all Another problem is the attitude of the participants. about chemistry and there is no fail safe scientific method There is a certain level of power that comes with the ano- that can tell you who you will feel that connection with. nymity the internet offers, and it gets abused on all sides. The best you can do is put yourself in the game and hope Men complain about only finding women, fed up with the for gold. real world dating scene, who will only accept their idea of perfection and shun all others. The women I talked to Matt is back in the dating-game with all its pleasures and complained about self perceived players who send ridicu- pains. If you meet him or talk to him, don’t worry - your lous shirtless pictures and suggestive emails to girls ex- identity will be always protected. If you want to converse pecting a positive response. with Matt or just give him a piece of your mind, you can Instead of an alternative to late night bars, these sites e-mail him at [email protected]. Brevard Live April 2009 - 7 8 - Brevard Live April 2009 April 2009 • Volume 18, Issue 1 • Priceless FEATURES #1 BED AND BREAKFAST Columnspage 51 LEGENDS Yep, it happened. Matt Bretz went to the They are true legends in music history: Brevard County jail. Not for long, but it 6 Sex & The Beach Hall & Oates, Larry Coryell, Chicago, felt like a long time. Read his experience by Matt Bretz The Beach Boys, Leon Russell, Dickey and find out why you want to stay on the Betts - and they all come to a place near outside. 26 Charles Van Riper you. Page 39 Political Satire Page 11, 13,14 BREVARD LIVE MUSIC AWARDS 28 Movie Reviews by Greg Kimple MELBOURNE ART FESTIVAL We know you were wondering who will & Franco Dean Historic Downtown Melbourne will turn be hosting this year’s awards ceremony! into an art village on the last weekend in The secret is revealed: Paul Chapman Out & About April. But besides over 200 artist booths will be the Master of Ceremonies, and the 51 you find a display of local, regional and show will feature a whole new format. by Eroica Fedder national performers on a big stage. Nominate your favorite band/musicians & Mara Bermudez Page 17 and become part of the BMA 2009. Page 43, 63 61 One For The Road PATRICK DRONEY Political Satire Sixteen year old Patrick Droney has by Joey Simeo become one of America’s phenomenal ART STUDENTS young guitar players and talented young This is a story about one extraordinary songwriters. He has been BB King’s teacher, five professional artists, and many 31 Calendars backup band on more than one occasion. junior artists who help the environment Entertainment He will perform at the MAF on Saturday, through fine art. Theatre, Concerts, the 25th at 6 pm. Page 56 Festivals, Arts Page 21 Brevard Live April 2009 - 9 10 - Brevard Live April 2009 Brevard Live LEGENDS • LEGENDS • LEGENDS April 11 At Heidi’s Jazz Club, Cocoa Beach: Larry Coryell April 7 At The King Center, Melbourne: Larry Coryell is a famous jazz guitarist playing big Daryl Hall & John Oates events all over the world, usually stadium-size venues. The reason why you can see and hear this legend in aryl Hall and John Oates, the most successful a cosier more intimate setting is because Coryell lives Dduo in rock history are together again! Well, close by, in Vero Beach.