The O-town Scene - Oneonta, NY
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Scene The O-Town Vol. 3, No. 28 The Scene is published by The Daily Star each month. Free copies are distributed throughout Oneonta, as well as parts of Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie counties. www.otownscene.com 102 Chestnut St., P Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820 .O. editor@otownscene.com EDITOR IN CHIEF Adrienne Wise awise@thedailystar.com, (607) 432-1000, ext. 206 PAGE DESIGNER/ COPY EDITOR Emily Popek epopek@thedailystar.com, (607) 432-1000, ext. 217 CONTRIBUTORS Mark Boshnack, Kevin Eggleston, Ashok Malhotra, Emily Popek, Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower PUBLISHER Mitchell Lynch mlynch@thedailystar.com, (607) 432-1000, ext. 214 ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Sean Lewis slewis@thedailystar.com, (607) 432-1000, ext. 235 EDITOR OF THE DAILY STAR Sam Pollak spollak@thedailystar.com, (607) 432-1000, ext. 208 Member of The Associated Press and CNHI News Service 2 O-Town Scene March 7, 2013 Editor's Note|By Adrienne Wise Time to go a little mad There's a certain madness about March, don't you think? Maybe it's the fact we've all been coping with freezing temperatures, snow and being kept indoors a little too long, waiting for spring to appear. Perhaps we will finally get to see the sun more than when it peeks out from the storm clouds. The condition many can suffer from during these gray winter months — Seasonal Affective Disorder — literally spells out how many people feel. Sad. It can cause a feeling of hopelessness, increased appetite, unhappiness and less energy and ability to concentrate. What can shake those feelings more than a fresh O-Town Scene full of fun and interesting things to read and do and see? All right. You had to know that was coming. While some out there launch into madness of a different kind — NCAA basketball's March Madness — we at The Scene decided to put our own spin on the annual mania that ends the college basketball season and involves brackets, betting and outlandish displays of school spirit. We've created our own Musical March Madness brackets, pitting the best in rock band history against each other to determine the top group of all time. For the last few weeks, we asked our readers and Facebook fans to vote for their favorite — first based on the decade where bands became prominent, than by overall epic style and musical genius. We started with 32 from the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s, with names we all know — The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen and others — and through our polling narrowed the field to 16, than eight, than four. Check out our bracket on Pages 12 and 13, and see who came out on top. Then flip to Page 14 and find out how our two musical gurus, Emily Popek and Mark Boshnack, feel about the results. And voice your opinion on our Facebook page. I'm admittedly not a music aficionado of any kind. I couldn't tell you half of what's big or who's popular these days. When I do listen to the radio in my car or find music online to play, I usually flip right to what is called classic rock. I use that term loosely because it makes me feel old to think that the bands and music I listened to when I was younger — such as U2, Nirvana, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen — are now considered "classic." A lot of the music I listened to when I was a kid was whatever my parents might be playing from their earlier years. This included heavy doses of Queen, The Monkees, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel and Eric Clapton. You will find some of these made our list. After finishing up your musical debates, if you're looking for ways to shake the winter blahs and enjoy the many arts options in our area, read about our Artist of the Month Lisbeth Firmin on Pages 6 and 7, who has an exhibit of paintings on the SUNY Oneonta campus. See what exhibits will be opening later this month at the Fenimore Art Museum on Page 15. Get a taste of baroque music, dancing and costumes with two performances by Chatham Baroque, detailed on Page 16. Other upcoming events and calendar information can be found on Pages 18-20. Please feel free to send us your upcoming events to include in our calendar at arts@thedailystar.com. Adrienne Wise is thinking of spring, which officially begin March 20. She is the editor of The O-Town Scene and associate managing editor of The Daily Star. Reach her at awise@thedailystar. com. Rock on.