A group of southern Maine residents has appointed themselves the task of naming Portland's "official" poet laureate. Which is odd, not just because two of them don't even live in Portland.

The term "poet laureate" is usually used to designate someone chosen by a government body to represent that body (and its constituency) poetically - not, as this group is trying to do, a person chosen by private citizens and then foisted on the government as a fait accompli.

Rustic Overtones went on WCYY's SpinOut show with Mark Curdo recently to announce they were reuniting, but have been cagey about when they would play their reunion show on the patio at CYY.

The details are being announced on WCYY today, so keep listening at 93.9 and 94.3 FM.

The diner, which celebrated its third anniversary at the end of last month, closed for financial problems, according to co-owner Blake Smithson, who said the club faced the costs of renewing all of its various food, beverage, and entertainment licenses, as well as some overdue tax payments, and "the specter of June, July, and August" - the lowest-revenue three-month period of the year.