nibot ([personal profile] nibot) wrote2005-10-25 11:54 am
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Ant Hill Hostel

The Ant Hill has been bustling with guests lately. Sunday night we hosted Joel Pomerantz, allegedly one of the founders of San Francisco's Critical Mass, thirteen years ago, and a friend of his. They're returning on Friday for the Rochester CM ride and an after-party at Ant Hill. We'll be screening a video made by a crazy yet amazing cooperative in Ontario that calls themselves The Winking Circle and whose mission is to "eccentrify their world."

Last night our living room was bustling too, this time populated by the friendly faces of the band Zox, currently in Rochester on tour, between stops in Ithaca and in Boston. Admittedly I haven't heard their music (apparently no one was able to incite them into a jam session), but their web site describes them as "Violin laced rock reggae punk from Providence, Rhode Island," which does sound first class. They wrote on our whiteboard, "Thank you so much for having us here and showing us that a new city can feel like home! — Zox." Thanks for the company, Zox, and good travels; we enjoyed your visit.

[*edit* Their rendition (mp3, 5.3MB) of Pachelbel's canon is awesome.]

I'm happy that the Ant Hill is becoming the crossroads that it was meant to be.
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[identity profile] october31st.livejournal.com 2005-10-25 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds awesome. I really need to stop by sometime... And if you have any spare room come January, I'm definitely interested :)

[identity profile] luxvalence.livejournal.com 2005-10-25 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Randomly surfing and came across this post. Though I'm on the completely other end of the country in Santa Cruz I have heard of Zox. I had a friend who went to Brown and brought back a CD when she visited. You should check them out. "Violin laced rock reggae punk from Providence, Rhode Island," is as first class as it sounds.

[identity profile] erinmack.livejournal.com 2005-10-25 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
That's awesome Tobin. I really love the _idea_ of cooperative living, but I've never been able to get it to work for me. Somehow, I always move in with a bunch of people who think it's perfectly okay to take off for beers for a few hours after their dog has shit on the kitchen floor because they "just can't deal with it right now." *

* this actually happened!
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