Alternative/emo-band Jimmy Eat World will be in town Sept. 7 at the Star Palace Ballroom. Tickets are $32 and went on sale Friday. The band is probably best know (to me at least) for its hit “The Middle,” the second single from the band’s fourth album, released after the band was dropped by Capitol Records.

It (the band and the album) was later picked up by DreamWorks, so everything was cool.

The band’s latest “Damage” (its eighth), came out last Tuesday.

On a side note: This show is being promoted by Numbskull Productions, which seems to be making moves on the Fresno scene. Numbskull has been booking for 20 + years mostly in southern California and on the Central Coast, but has recently announced a string of Fresno shows including: Zavala (June 26), Machine Head (June 18), Kottonmouth Kings (July 17), Guttermouth and Agent Orange (July 23) and Joyce Manor (July 24). Numbskull founder Eddy Burgos is part of the team that has taken over the Starline venue in Tower District, so it’s logical the company would look to have a larger presence in the area.

Check out videos for “The Middle” and “How’d You Have Me” (from the new album) below.

It might help if you picture us sitting at a dive bar somewhere.
In this episode we discuss:

• The Catacomb Party lineup
• Fashwan
• Measure G and what it means for politics in Fresno
• Retiring newscasters

As always, slightly NSFW. With audio editing by Reid May.

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Right now, he’s in the midst of a two-month U.S. tour followed by trips to Australia and Indonesia. Wizz’ tribute “Michael Jackson HIStory” comes to the Saroyan Theatre on Friday. The show is a recreation of what Jackson did live Jackson — a two-hour performance covering 22 songs from pop icon’s catalog of music.

And the Beehive will be giving away tickets to three lucky readers. Enter to win by leaving a comment below. We want to know what’s your favorite Jackson song and why. For my money, you can’t get better than “Dirty Diana,” which probably tells you how old I am. The contest will run through 5 p.m. Wednesday (June 19). Winners will be chosen at random and notified via email. These are actual, physical tickets, so they will need to be picked up at The Fresno Bee office (1226 E. St.) before 5 p.m. Friday.

Good luck.

See the full contest rules (and a video of Wizz) below.

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This is especially atrocious as I’m one of two reporters working on a series of stories about the growing problem of food waste. The latest installment, which ran today, is about food waste in the home.

Americans waste 90 billion pounds of food each year. It’s not just the food, but the water and the land that grows that food that goes to waste (about 24% of all water used for growing crops goes toward food that gets wasted). And rotting food in landfills create methane gas that contributes greatly to global warming.

I’m getting better at not wasting food as I work on this series. But I’ve still got a ways to go. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. You know how it is. You shop for the week, with your menu all planned out and then a friend unexpectedly comes into town and takes you out to dinner. Or you work late and it’s just easier to stop at Chipotle than it is to start a meal from scratch at 7:30 p.m.

So, I’m vowing to do a better job. Anybody out there want to join me? The story include a list of tips, some surprising, about how to not waste food. And Ramona the Super Nonwaster shares how she keeps her garbage can almost empty in my profile of her. I’ve adopted some of these techniques in the course of writing this story. For me, forcing myself to buy smaller portions has helped a lot. This means skipping the grocery store (where the cauliflower is as always as big as my head) in favor of the farmers market, where you can buy a baby cauliflower that’s perfect for a side dish. KMK Farms at the Vineyard Farmers Market is particularly good at these pint-size veggies, I’ve found. And containing my excitement has helped too. Those strawberries look so amazing I get all worked up and buy a whole flat, when I should really be buying one basket. (And did you know that Whole Foods and Vons will cut produce such as watermelon in half for you? More on that in the story.)

How about you? What changes have you made that cut down on waste? And who wants to join me in an effort to cut back on the 90 billion pounds of food that’s thrown away each year?

I was correct.

• Lou Beck emailed in to remind me of the Sounds of Mardi Gras Jazz Festival, put on by the Fresno Dixieland Society during the second weekend in February each year. It is a traditional Dixieland festival, one of two left in the Western United States.
• I also got a message reminding me that Fresno has had its share of music festivals over the years, including several large festivals in the 1990s. Mentioned specifically was Edgefest, a Rock the Vote music festival and voter-registration drive that “drew several thousand people to the Fresno County Peace Officers Association Park near Herndon Avenue and Freeway 99,” according a story in The Bee archives. The story didn’t mention who played the festival, but 2,000 advance tickets were sold.

There were surely other music festivals in the area. The Rock n Rod Revival for one, had a good run and brought in some name acts.

For those with longer memories, help me out. What local festivals do you remember? As a secondary thought, what type of music festival would you like to see in the future (if it isn’t already happening)?

Chef Zong Yi Liu and Jennifer Pan, one of the new investors in the business.

Fans of the popular Hunan Chinese Restaurant have been dying to know when the original location at Cedar and Herndon will reopen and now we have an answer: Saturday.

The restaurant has been closed for five months while new investors pumped fresh life into the place. (Hunan 2 at Herndon and Clovis has remained open.) A wall was knocked down in the dining room to expand it and the interior has been completely redone. The kitchen was also expanded and now has all new equipment, making Chef Zong Yi Liu very happy. The changes have allowed him to add new dishes and there’s now 168 entrees and appetizers to choose from. (Don’t worry, the popular butter cream prawns is still on the menu, but now there’s golden sand prawns, a saltier, less sweet version of the dish.)

Hunan also has an unusual new sister business, a furniture and art store. Heaven & Earth opens Saturday too, two doors down from the restaurant. It’s the first store in the U.S. run by the interior design and construction firm that owns it in Taiwan. It’s part store and part museum, with one-of-kind pieces such as the nearly 900-year-old stone goat selling for $95,000. There’s so many historical artifacts in the store that Hunan diners are encouraged to browse the store like museum before or after eating.

Keep scrolling for some pics of the store.

The $95,000 stone goat from the Tang Dynasty era. It weights 700 pounds.

]]> http://fresnobeehive.com/archives/21865/feed 2 http://fresnobeehive.com/archives/21859 http://fresnobeehive.com/archives/21859#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:59:09 +0000 Donald Munro http://fresnobeehive.com/?p=21859 A heartfelt farewell to Mike Scott, who departed CBS47 this morning just a few days short of his 30th anniversary with the station. Here’s a shot of him with the morning team. Mike, if you add up the number of happy moments you’ve added to people’s lives over the years, it’s impressive. Keep us posted on Twitter about Robbie’s charmed dog life. We’ll see you at the movies.

There wasn’t a lot left over when directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg finished shooting the dark comedy “This Is the End.” The movie was produced on a very tight budget so they tried not to film anything that wouldn’t be in the final cut. Despite their best efforts, there’s one scene that didn’t make the movie. And, the odds of it being on the DVD are slim.

In the film, six actors make homemade movies to pass the time while the world is ending outside their door. James Franco and Seth Rogen — who play themselves in the movie — finally get to shoot the sequel to their comedy “The Pineapple Express.” It was the other movie swede they make that has been chopped.

“We got the actual Green Goblin mask and armor that Franco wore in ‘Spider-Man 2,’” Goldberg says.

The short parody they shot had Franco dressed in the Goblin attire and Craig Robinson, who you probably know best as Darryl Philbin on “The Office,” dressed as Mary Jane Watson (portrayed by Kirsten Dunst in the actual film). Rogen pushed Franco around on a skateboard to mimic the hoverboard Goblin used in the movies. Franco threw tennis balls as a replacement for the exploding pumpkins he had in the film.

This swede of “Spider-Man 2” in “This is the End” sounds funny and would have been left in the movie except for one tiny problem. The guys didn’t get the OK in advance from Marvel Comics to use the characters. Rogen jokes that he can’t understand why Marvel wouldn’t jump at the chance to allow the segment to be on the DVD as it shows Mary Jane “portrayed by the wrong gender while on mushrooms and ecstasy.”

In last Friday’s 7 section, we gave a big splash to the Woodward Shakespeare Festival’s season-opening production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The show opens 8 p.m. today and continues through July 6 at the 13 Acres Stage in Woodward Park,  one of those magical places in which no matter how hot of a Fresno day came before it, gentle breezes make a pleasant evening.

A major player in “Midsummer” is Puck, of course. Mohammad Shehata, who should be familiar to Beehive readers (he traveled to Washington, D.C. in April to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival), promises an expressive rendition of the character. At a recent Bee photo shoot, he demonstrated that he can open his eyes wider than a dinner plate. We were so impressed we decided to offer you three different Mohammad’s-eye views:

By the way, I’m told that it’s best to arrive half an hour before curtain so you can experience some merry mischief meted out by the fairies.

TONIGHT (THURSDAY):

• The 2nd Annual Love in General.
  

  Featuring Heatbeat, Mike Efex, Yo Isaac and more. At Fulton 55. 8 p.m. $15-$20. (Flier link)

• JazzHop at Frank’s Place.
  

  W/HR7, the Dirty Stomp and David Hull. 8 p.m. Free. All ages. (Flier link)

• Cortaud and Bobtail.
  

  W/Take pictures, Santa Mira and Loverboy. At C.A.F.E. Infoshop. 7:30 p.m. $4. All ages. (Flier link)

• 31st Annual Fig Gig.
  

  W/Mightnight Run. At Fig Garden Village. 7 p.m. Free. (Flier link)

• Reggae Nights at the Babylon.

  W/DJ Daddy Spleece and White Glove Service. 9 p.m. $5. (Flier link)

• San Diego band Black Market III.
  

  At Full Circle Brewing Co. 8 p.m. $9.

FRIDAY:

• Fresno Summer Jazz Series.
  

  W/David Sanborn and Bob James. Plus Brian Culbertson, Fred Yonnett and Fresno’s own Blu J’z. At the Rotary Amphitheater. 6 p.m. $45-$85.

• Queens hip-hopper Pharoahe Monch.
  

  W/Bravo, Kings Records, Shon J and Zee Will. At Fulton 55. 9 p.m. $15. (Flier link)

• The Experience CD release show.
  

  Part of Arte Americas Nights in the Plaza Series. 8 p.m. $10. (Flier link)

• Big Sandy and his Fly Rite Boys.
  

  Plus Back in the Valley. At Audie’s Olympic. 9 p.m. $10. (Flier link)

• Depeche Mode tribute Strangelove.
  

  At Visalia’s Cellar Door. 9 p.m. $10

• Homegrown Fridays.
  

  W/Sirensinging, Tone of Voice, The Genetics and Tommy Marquez. At the Babylon Club. 8 p.m. Free.

• The Dead Man Walking tour.
  

  W/the Lucky Lopez band. Plus Roger Perry Band. At Frank’s Place. 8 p.m. $5-$8. All ages. (Flier link)

• Glen Delpit and the Subterraneans.
  

  Part of ApCal’s Friday Night Live series. 7 p.m. Free.

• Let’s Go Bowling.
  

  W/Gayle and the Bowties and teh Jacktones. At the Starline. 8 p.m. $10. (Flier link)

• Fresno’s own Kornbred.
  

  At Full Circle Brewing Co. 8 p.m. Free.

• Denver band the Epilogues.
  

  W/ The Millford Higgins, Strange Vine and Valkyrie Missile. At Kuppjoe. 7:30 p.m. $6-$8. All ages. (Flier link)

SATURDAY:

• Local rock night.
  

  W/Dimidium, Violent Serenade, Deadkey Mantra and Euphoria. At Fulton 55. 8 p.m. $8

• Comacova.
  

  Playing its first Fresno show. W/Possessed Tranquility and Beta State. At Audie’s Olympic. 8 p.m. $7. (Flier link)

• Jeremy “Elvis” Pearce and the Memphis Sons.
  

  Part of ApCal’s Lucky 7 concert series. 7 p.m. $10.

• California bluegrass with Doc’s Holiday.
  

  At Fresno Brewing Company. 8 p.m. Free. All ages.

• Celtic fiddler Michael Mullen.
  

  At Full Circle Brewing. 8 p.m. $7.

• Central Valley Jazz Fest.
  

  W/Patrick Lamb, ZZAH, the Blu J’z and Karen Marguth. At the Pioneer Village in Selma. 2 p.m. $45. (Flier link)

• Super Heroes vs. Super Villains.
  

  W/two stages for battle, featuring Leather Serpent vs. Mr. Fancy & the Schmancy Pants. Plus Let Sleepers Lie, Atone Hands, Outside the Wire, 2 Hours Later, Atone and Iwanaga. At the Babylon Club. 8 p.m. $5. (Flier link)

• Lane Canales and the Flood.
  

  W/Stable Hands. At Frank’s Place. 8 p.m. $8-$12. All ages. (Flier link)

• SUNDAY:
• SoCal band Frostbite.
  

  W/Domination, Witness, Compassion, Morale and Farooq. At CYC. 6 p.m. $5. (Flier link)

• It’s the Father’s Day Blues Festival.
  

  W/Mo Fo Party Band, Deja Blues, Glen Delpit and the Subterraneans and Blue Desire. At St. Teresa’s lawn in the Tower District. 2 p.m. $10. (Flier link)

NEXT WEEK:

• Genocide District.
  

  W/Seditionist, Start The Fire Up, Ends of the Earth and Deconstructer. At CYC. 6 p.m. Monday. $5. All ages. (Flier link)

• Stress Relief.
  

  W/Curmudgeon, Squid Squad, Selfish Ways and Tipping Point. At CYC. 7 p.m. Wednesday. $4. All ages. (Flier link)

• Ryan Beatty.
  

  Part of Cody Simpson’s “Paradise” tour. At the Saroyan Theatre. 7 p.m. $27.

Well, that’s what I found anyway. Feel free to add you own events in the comments section or contact me at jtehee@fresnobee.com or @joshuatehee on Twitter.