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SWEET HOME: After all the hoopla that occurred at the
rehearsal and studio spaces down on Broadway in Albany last
summer, John Delehanty is pleased to announce that
his recording studio, Scarlet East (which was housed
in the space), will open again officially on May 30. The closing
of the rehearsal and studio space caused quite the uproar
last year, as it left more than 35 bands with nowhere to rehearse,
and there were questions about the way the building-code inspectors
handled the situation. When the bands were locked out of the
space, many were also left with no access to their equipment
for a few days. After lots of work getting the place up to
code, Delehanty has been granted the permits for reopening.
Scarlet East has a Web site coming soon (hopefully in early
June, according to Delehanty), www.scarleteast.com, so be
on the lookout. For more inform- ation, call 209-8199 or e-mail
scarleteast@aol.com.
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EROTIC
INDEED: Hasn’t it always been your dream to somehow be
featured in a softcore-porn-vampire flick on Cinemax? Well,
that dream has come true for local rockers the Erotics:
lead singer Mike Trash has informed us that in the
beginning scene of Haunting Desires, which has been
getting mucho play on the movie channel, there’s an exotic
dancer shakin’ her thing at a strip club, and the music to
which she’s dancing happens to be the Erotics’ song “Agony
and Extacy.” For more information on the band, visit their
Web site at www.eroticrocknroll.com. On a side note, Trash
has recently started writing his very own advice column, in
which he dispenses valuable advice on straight guys who get
fruity with their friends when they get drunk, and how much
methadone is actually too much, among other scintillating
topics. This column can be found (and contributed to) at www.glam-metal.com/trash_
talk.html. All we have to say is, What would Mike Trash do?
’TIS
THE SEASON FOR NEW ALBUMS: If you’ve already flipped a
couple pages ahead, you’ll see that the Noteworthy section
has some CD release announcements, but we wanted to fit in
just a few more. . . . For you crazy zydeco-loving peeps,
Captain Squeeze & the Zydeco Moshers have just
released their most recent effort, Bayou Party Downtown,
which boasts titles like “Crawdads in My Bed” and “The Stinkin’
Rose.” The indie-rock-popsters the Sixfifteens just
released their rockin’ debut Let’s Not Think About It,
which you can pick up at a number of Web sites (like Borders,
Amazon, the Orchard, etc.), and of course, at the Sixfifteens
shows. Thom Penske of Greenwich Weekly reviewed the
album on Amazon.com; he seemed smitten with the endeavor:
“Jeff Fox’s guitar playing is absolutely brilliant . . . while
Bob Carlton’s lyrics are deep and poetic.” Ed Gorch
of knotworking will release a solo album called Coward
later this month; we’ll let you know where and when the release
party will be when the time comes.
—Kathryn
Lurie
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