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Miss
Mary’s Art Space Benefit
Valentine’s,
Saturday
The
come-on in the press release—“Start the new year with a brutal
punch in the face!”—may or may not be tempting to you, but
the fact that this hardcore holiday blowout is a benefit for
the recently displaced Miss Mary’s Art Space should help you
make up your mind. Funds will help keep the well-loved and
wandering arts “space” afloat and aid in its quest for permanent
digs. On Saturday, Once and for All, J.B.A., XfilesX, Holding
the Knife, Bad Business and Written in Stone all join forces
in the name of art—and brutal face punching. (Jan. 4, 6
PM, $6, 432-6572)
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BIBLE
STUDY
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Photo
by John Whipple
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Bible
Study, Panache
The Larkin Lounge, Saturday
It’s
a CD-release extravaganza for Bible Study this Saturday. The
trio’s new album No Dice, Chicago! will be hot off
the presses for your home listening enjoyment. Count on hearing
a few of the disc’s choice tunes, along with older material
and their dependably eclectic covers (“Hall of the Mountain
King” has been joined by a go at Bowie’s “Space Oddity” in
recent shows.) We’re particularly hoping they play “Hammer
and Sickle,” a threatening love ballad with the following
couplet: “The crocodile tears its prey to pieces as it drowns/But
I’ll do much worse to you if I catch you fooling around.”
Whew. The last time they played the Larkin, it was acoustic;
electricity will be employed this time. Panache are also on
the program. (Jan. 4, 8 PM, $5, 463-5225)
Elvis
Birthday Party
Savannah’s, Friday
The
Ale House, Sunday
It’s
the special time of the year when we get out our Elvis nostalgia
and wear it on our sleeves (unless, of course, you’re a year-round
Elvis fanatic bringing your love of Elvis wherever you may
roam), while celebrating the birthday (Jan. 8) of the man
who helped bring rock & roll to the masses. There are
a few such fêtes planned; the two highlighted here taking
place at the downtown Albany hub Savannah’s (Friday) and at
Troy’s Ale House (Sunday). Each bash features stalwart rock
& roll outfits Johnny Rabb and the Jailhouse Rockers and
the Lustre Kings providing the tunage—as only they know how—and
Sunday’s gig at the Ale House also will include the father-and-son
team of John and Graham Tichy, known around these parts as
having some sort of special powers (that we’re pleased to
say they use for good). So, celebrate the King in style, won’t
you? (Savannah’s: Jan. 3, 10 PM, $5; Ale House: Jan. 5,
7 PM, $5)
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nursing your five-day hangover, there are still
a couple musical choices on your bleary-eyed horizon.
For example, if you crave ball-breaking, bone-shattering,
DNA-changing music of the hardcore stylee, how lucky
for you that Irate, All That Remains, Hudson
River Bottom Nightmare Band and Balls Deep
will play Valentine’s on Saturday (8 PM, $10,
432-6572). . . . On the other end of the spectrum,
the warm and fuzzy can be restored to your after-holiday
letdown when Music Mobile founder Ruth Pelham
performs songs of peace and hope on Saturday
at the WAMC Performing Arts Studio (10 AM, free,
800-323-9262 ext. 4). . . . Caffe Lena hosts a benefit
for itself on Sunday, with the Geezers—open-mike
regulars Bob Warren, Nor’easter, Steve Kovacik,
Ray Giguere, Gloria Jean, David LaPlante, Joan Crane,
Steve Mintzer and others—pitching in for the
cause (7 PM, $10, 583-0022). . . . The Larkin will
now feature jazz every Tuesday night, and saxmaster
Brian Patneaude will bring his quartet (also
a Justin’s Sunday-night mainstay) to kick off the
weekly series this Tuesday (9 PM, $5, 463-5225).
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