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Ophelia
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FOR
THE CHILDREN The
civic-minded folks at Albany Barn, Inc.,
are up to their good deeds again. This week and
next, the nonprofit arts organization is teaming
with the Salvation Army of the Capital Region
and Ronald McDonald House Charities of the
Capital Region to present the 2008 Because
We Care Health & Family Expo. It’s an
annual event staged to help at-risk children start
their school years healthy and ready to learn;
a series of programs, health screenings, and other
such good things will be provided through next
Saturday (Aug. 23). The Barn is providing the
entertainment: Each day (except Sunday and Monday),
a local musician or band will perform for free
at the Salvation Army at 20 S. Ferry St. in Albany.
Performances start at noon and last approximately
one hour, and all performers have donated their
time to the cause. If you hurry, you can catch
Bailey Quinn today (Thursday); other performers
include Laura Boggs (Metroland’’s
Best Female Singer-Songwriter of 2006), Ophelia
Smiles, and Brothers of Intention.
For a full schedule of performers, e-mail info@albanybarn.org;
for more on the Because We Care event, visit www.
salvationarmycapitalregion.org.
FIGHT
CLUB We love seeing our homeboys go national
in any way, so this one’s pretty neat: Riot
Fest 2008, an independently produced punk-rock
showcase in its fourth year, will take place this
Oct. 10-12 in Chicago, and among the announced
acts are Albany’s own After the Fall. Dozens
of bands will perform throughout the weekend at
venues throughout the city; After the Fall will
be part of the all-ages bash on Sunday, Oct. 12,
at the Congress Theater, on a bill that features
reunions of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the
original lineup of All (for the first time since
1993!) plus Jay Reatard, Horrorpops, TSOL, Leftover
Crack, and bunches more. Hear some music from
ATF—and wish them well on their Chicago trip—at
myspace.com/afterthefall518.
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After
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MAKE-YOUR-OWN
RADIO If you haven’t been keeping tabs on
the programming over at WEXT 97.7 FM—our
2008 pick for Best Music Radio Station (Non-Commercial)—you’re
missing out on some cool shit. For starters, there’s
My Exit, a weekly program where
listeners—that’s anyone—get to spend an hour as
a disc jockey. The program airs Mondays at 8 PM.
Metroland’s very own Mike Hotter hosted
an episode last week, and he was excited as a
schoolgirl to play some Beefheart for the status
quo. Visit exit977.org to put in your own “application.”
Also of note: Live @ EXT debuted
last week, and it looks to be a very exciting
addition to the local airwaves. The program features
live, in-studio performances from some of today’s
best up-and-coming, and very-well-established-thank-you-very-much,
musicians. They’ve got quite a stockpile going,
so the show will run every Friday at noon through
the end of September; starting Oct. 3, it will
air the first Friday of each month. Some highlights:
English newcomer Newton Faulkner on Aug. 22, Martha
Wainwright on Aug. 29, and Tift Merritt on Sept.
12. Check out the Web site (I’m not saying it
twice) for the full schedule.
—John
Brodeur
Let
us know about local-music news and happenings
for inclusion in Rough Mix: E-mail tips and information
to tigerpop1@ yahoo.com or metroland@metroland.net.
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