Pack A Picnic For Bob Dylan In The Park
So, we’ve got our tickets to that June 7 Bob Dylan concert in Riverfront Park. But we were wondering, in our usual articulate fashion: Like, what’s the deal?
Well, Spotlight would be delighted to explain the exact nature of the Bob Dylan deal. Here it is:
The gates will open at 6 p.m., two hours before show time. Food and non-alcoholic beverages will be available on the site. You may not bring any alcoholic beverages, plastic containers, cans, bottles, ice chests or hard coolers.
Also prohibited are recording devices, cameras and video equipment.
Concertgoers are encouraged to bring blankets and towels instead of lawn chairs. The only type of lawn chair allowed will be the low type of beach chair.
Bring a jacket and whatever else you might need. There will be no re-entry allowed. This will be strictly enforced, probably to make it harder for non-ticketholders to sneak into the fenced-off site.
The concert will take place rain or shine. I will mercifully refrain from any “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” puns or “Rainy Day Women” jokes or “Shelter from the Storm” gags.
By the way, tickets are still available, but don’t tarry long. Most of the 5,000 tickets were gone within the first week.
‘Breakfast Time’ in Spokane
We’ve got plenty of local TV-filming news to report this week, starting with: The f/X network, a Fox-owned cable channel, will be back in Spokane this week filming segments for its morning “Breakfast Time” show.
Among the show’s subjects will be “Roses” at a Post Falls greenhouse on Monday; “Stock Cars” at the Stateline Speedway in Post Falls on Tuesday; “indoor rock climbing” at Wild Walls in Spokane on Wednesday; “job re-training” at Spokane Community College on Thursday; and sculpting with Spokane sculptor John Bisbee on Friday.
They will have to shoot these segments live from 3:30 a.m. to 6 a.m., just like they did last time they were in town. The broadcasts are delayed for the West Coast, so we will see “Breakfast Time” every morning from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Jolly old Willard Scott
Willard Scott was in the same boat on Friday.
He had to shoot his “Today” show segments live from the Spokane Convention Center from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. for airing on the East Coast.
We saw the show, delayed, three hours later. He was in Spokane to get the entire nation psyched about the Lilac Festival.
Our own Bates Motel
Speaking of psyched, The Bates Motel in Coeur d’Alene will get its moment of fame on “Eye to Eye With Connie Chung” June 1 at 9 p.m. on CBS.
A CBS crew spent a few hours at the motel two weeks ago, filming part of a segment about the 35th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” That movie, of course, took place at its own, scarier version of Bates Motel.
The “Eye to Eye” people went looking for real Bates Motels and found two. But only the Coeur d’Alene motel was willing to be filmed. The owner and manager have a good sense of humor about the name.
The motel came by its name honestly. It was previously owned by Randy Bates. The name proved to be good for business, so the new owners kept it. They even sell Bates Motel souvenirs and T-shirts.
Manager Mike Paradis wears a T-shirt that says, “Bates Motel: Manager, But I’m Not Norman.”
Goodbye, Playhouse
The Northwest Summer Playhouse, which has long been one of two summer stock theater companies in Coeur d’Alene, will go dark this summer.
“We’ve been taking a loss for the last five years, and we’re going to take a year off to recoup some of that,” said Steve Seable of the Playhouse.
He said he hopes the professional summer season will return next summer, after they have built up some upfront money.
The Northwest Summer Playhouse has staged dozens of fine shows over the years on the small Lake City Playhouse stage.
This leaves the Carrousel Players of the Coeur d’Alene Summer Playhouse as the only summer stock company in the area this season.
Mariners broadcasts
Just a reminder about where you can find the Seattle Mariners on local TV. The only area station carrying the complete Mariners’ road game package is channel 58, a low-power station out of Post Falls. You can get it on cable in Coeur d’Alene and vicinity, but not in Spokane. I tried to tune in this station at my Spokane home and got nothing but static.
However, relief might be on the way. Cox Cable is working on a plan to get all or most of the Mariners’ broadcasts. Nothing is firm yet, but watch for an announcement soon.
Meanwhile, you can listen on the radio, but there’s some confusion there, too. Some games run on KXLY-AM, 920, and some run on KTRW-AM, 970.
The rule of thumb is this: KTRW-AM takes only the games that would cut into KXLY-AM’s afternoon drive-time news-talk segments. This means that KTRW-AM takes most of the away games from the Central and Eastern time zones. KXLY-AM takes virtually all of the home games and the away games that are on the West Coast.
Indians broadcasts
The Spokane Indians radio broadcasts will have no such confusion. KGA-AM, 1510, will once again broadcast all of the games, home and away.
The season starts June 15.