ROCK’S FOURTH: With 100 bands playing on...

ROCK’S FOURTH: With 100 bands playing on 10 stages, it will take a lot of legwork to sample the talent at Independent’s Day ‘95, the grass-roots, Southern California rock showcase Saturday at Irvine Meadows (OC Live!). Orange-based Doctor Dream Records has a way to save some wear and tear: It’s offering a compilation disc with tracks by 19 of the bands on the festival bill. The CD will be available at the show, and in stores later.

COMFORT ZONE: If you hate the traffic snarls that are a part of major concerts, Irvine Meadows’ marketing people have come up with a way to ease the discomfort: A microradio station. It’s 1610 AM on the dial, and you can tune in near the venue to hear concert information, entertainment tidbits and trivia questions. . . . Don’t expect to pick it up too far out: It’s only a tenth of a watt. Marketing News magazine calls it “a breakthrough in low-power radio.”

STILL SPEARING: Why is a 57-year-old industrial salesman still throwing the javelin? Because, says Larry Stuart of Lake Forest, he’s always been good at it, “and I just never stopped.” . . . Last week Stuart won first place in the javelin throw at the World Masters, a track and field event for the age-40-and-over set, in Buffalo, N.Y. Stuart, who still holds the javelin-throwing record at USC, practiced by throwing in the sand at Doheny Beach. . . . Says Stuart: “I wanted to show the European champions I could still do it. It felt good.”

MIDSUMMER FUN: Teachers may struggle helping some youngsters learn proper English. How about trying to teach them olde English? At the Kline private elementary school in Costa Mesa today, students will take a crack at “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in the dialect Shakespeare wrote it in. It’s all part of a Renaissance Fair to help raise funds for the school’s expansion. . . . Says director Susan Kline, who has the students put on a different Shakespeare play each summer: “Shakespeare wrote for the common people. His messages appeal to children.”