*There is NOT going to be an open mic session this weekend at Mocha coffee house in Sandy Hook. I erroneously said there would be one in last week's column. Sorry for the confusion.

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Dec 09, 2005 12:00 am

*There is NOT going to be an open mic session this weekend at Mocha coffee house in Sandy Hook. I erroneously said there would be one in last weekâs column. Sorry for the confusion.

Jim Allen says there will be one next weekend, however, so keep working on those original songs and join him on Sunday, December 18. Musicians are invited to sign up any time after 4:30 at the coffee house at 3 Glen Road in Sandy Hook. The music begins at 5.

*Not at all surprisingly, the BILLY JOEL concert in March that went on sale last weekend sold out quickly.

A second show is now available, for Friday, March 10, and tickets will be going on sale this Saturday morning at 10. Tickets are again $41.50 and $77 each, and there wonât be any first-day sales at the civic centerâs box office. Go through any TicketMaster vendor on Saturday and Sunday; the box office will reopen on Monday if there are any tickets left to sell at that point.Â

*Also returning next year (after having just appeared at the same venue) will be BRAD PAISLEYâs Time Well Wasted Tour, featuring Sara Evans and Billy Currington. The tour will return to Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, February 10.

Tickets, at $40 and $50, will go on sale Saturday, December 10, at 10 am, through TicketMaster. Tickets will be available at Mohegan Sunâs box office beginning Sunday morning.

*EARTH, WIND & FIRE, certainly one of the most influential soul bands of the late 70s, will help The Palace Theater commemorate the first anniversary of its grand reopening with a concert on Friday, December 30.

Tickets for the concert are available, ranging from $46 to $86, and a pre-show gala is in the final stages of planning. Contact the theater for ticket and gala details at 203-755-4700. A full schedule of the Waterbury theaterâs events is online at PalaceTheaterCT.org.

*AARON LEWIS, of Staind fame, has a series of five shows set up at Mohegan Sun Cabaret later this month. Lewis will be doing solo acoustic shows in Uncasville nightly from Wednesday, December 28, until Sunday, January 1. Tickets for most nights are $65, although the New Yearâs Eve tickets are $85.

*KID ROCK, who played Mohegan Sun Arena last year, will return early next year. Tickets for his Friday, January 20, concert will be going on sale Saturday morning at 10 through TicketMaster vendors. Tickets for all seats are $39.

Tickets will be available at Mohegan Sunâs box office beginning on Sunday, subject to availability.

*Also new this week are a few additions to The Websterâs calendar: BOB MARLEYâS THE WAILERS will be in Hartford on Saturday, January 7 (tickets $18), and THE CLICK FIVE will be in town the following evening.

Both of these shows will be going on sale Saturday morning. Contact The Websterâs box office at 860-525-5553 or visit tickets.com.

*Connecticut band SIRIUS COYOTE will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a special performance on Saturday, December 17, at NOMA Gallery in Middletown (648 Main Street; telephone 860-344-0768).

From 6:30 until 10:30 pm there will be live music, dancing and refreshments, all amid the galleryâs holiday arts and crafts show. Admission is a $5 donation at the door.

Call the gallery for information about the bandâs new monthly music series at NOMA.

Until next week Iâll be seeing you... on the road.

Questions and comments should be sent to Shannon Hicks c/o The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, or shannon@thebee.com, or call the office at 426-3141. Shows listed at club locations are for ages 21 and over unless specified.

UPCOMING SHOWS

DECEMBER 9 â Static X at Premier Music Hall, Danbury, Ill Nino and Opiate for The Masses opening; Three Dog Night at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den, Uncasville (also December 10); Sol Dog at CafÃ© 127, Shelton; Ellis Paul at University of Hartfordâs Wilde Auditorium, West Hartford, Antje Duvekot opening;

December 10 â Clay Aiken at The Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford; Three Dog Night at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den (also December 9); Hat City Blues Band at 59 Bank, New Milford; Bitter X at Tuxedo Junction, Danbury;

December 11 â Morris Day & The Time at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den;

December 12 â Gwen Stefani at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, with special guest Ciara;

December 14 â John Valby at Tuxedo Junction;

December 15 â LL Cool J at Foxwoods Casinoâs Fox Theatre, Ledyard;

December 16 â Bonnie Raitt at Foxwoods Casinoâs Fox Theatre; Antigone Rising at Premier Music Hall; George Winston at University of Hartfordâs Wilde Auditorium, West Hartford;

December 17 â Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at Mohegan Sunâs Wolf Den; Hat City Blues Band at The Spot, Bethel; Marion Meadows Christmas Show at Toadâs Place (all ages); The Zoo at Tuxedo Junction; Sirius Coyote at NOMA Gallery, Middletown (20th anniversary celebration);

December 18 â Cyndi Lauper at Foxwoods Casinoâs Fox Theatre.

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How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

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Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

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Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

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*There is NOT going to be an open mic session this weekend at Mocha coffee house in Sandy Hook. I erroneously said there would be one in last week's column. Sorry for the confusion.

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