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Friday September 3 Freddie for a Day Fuse, Chapel Hill Roberto Cofresi & Stevie Murtaugh put together this HIV/AIDs benefit and tribute to the late Freddie Mercury, as part of the worldwide "Freddie For a Day" festivities. This particular event is a show of local musicians covering one or two Queen songs apiece. Featuring performances by Birds & Arrows, Reese McHenry, Rich McLaughlin, Mimi McLaughlin, Stevie Murtaugh, The Alcazar Hotel, Norm Underwood, New Town Drunks, Stu Cole, Griffanzo, the Bopeeps, Jane Francis, Jess Donnell, Radar’s Clowns of Sedation, Hwyl, John Pardue, Jim Smith, Mara Thomas, Nathan Logan, Burke Hilburn, Simeon, Richard Klecka, Loose Screws and more. Facebook event page

Friday September 3 Dexter Romweber and the New Romans, Gobble Gobble, Coma Cinema The Pinhook, Durham The New Romans are Dexter Romweber's dy-no-mite Large Band. photo: Dexter Romweber and the New Romans - Local 506 - Feb 17, 2006 video(s) on their page(s): Dexter Romweber and the New Romans Facebook event page

Friday September 3 A Rooster for the Masses, The Bastages The Cave, Chapel Hill This is the debut of the Bastages, a punkrock band put together by Ugly Americans guitarist/old fucker Danny Hooley. photo: A Rooster for the Masses - Troika Festival - Fall 2006 music in the groovo.org player: A Rooster for the Masses video(s) on their page(s): A Rooster for the Masses Facebook event page

Friday September 3 Voxhaul Broadcast Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Facebook event page

Saturday September 4 Stan Ridgway Kings, Raleigh Originally the most excellent local psych/surf/rockband Bustello were booked to open, but apparently this wasn't cleared with Mr. Ridgway & they were summarily dropped from the bill. I suppose the fear of being blown off the stage by an unknown local opener is probably pretty hard to shake. music in the groovo.org player: Stan Ridgway Facebook event page

Saturday September 4 Actual Persons (Living or Dead), Pistil, Sequoya The Pinhook, Durham Facebook event page

Saturday September 4 Man Will Destroy Himself, RBT, The Infamous Sugar Pour House, Raleigh This is listed as a Lonerider Beers/Carolina Rollergirls event. Your preconceptions about the intensity of a Rollergirls party may or may not be accurate, but that's a pretty intense lineup either way. Facebook event page

Saturday September 4 Free Electric State, Saint Solitude, Birds & Arrows Local 506, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Saturday September 4 Savagist Slim's Downtown, Raleigh Facebook event page

Sunday September 5 The Light Pines WXDU 88.7 FM, Durham The Light Pines graciously loaned Stu McLamb a big chunk of their personnel to act as the first live version of the Love Language, and suddenly lost a year as TLL took off like a shot. So when Stu went into hibernation before beginning work on Libraries, the Light Pines took the opportunity to take back their members & reconstitute their band. If you have the excellent Drug Horse One EP, then you've heard 'em - a potent mix of swirly psych tones & pop hooks. 4:00 p.m. at 88.7 FM or wxdu.org. Facebook event page

Sunday September 5 Dexter Romweber The Cave, Chapel Hill music in the groovo.org player: Dexter Romweber Facebook event page

Sunday September 5 Voxhaul Broadcast Local 506, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Sunday September 5 The Loners Kings, Raleigh It's a Kings-is-Back party! More bands TBA. photo: The Loners - Local 506, Nov. 16, 2007 music in the groovo.org player: The Loners Facebook event page

Sunday September 5 Jason Kutchma, Pneurotics Slim's Downtown, Raleigh This is a free post-wedding party, and while I may have my wires crossed, I think the wedding in question might be that of Pneurotics (and Krackow Now) drummer Chris Burzminski. Facebook event page

Tuesday September 7 Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls, Arlo and the Otter Nightlight, Chapel Hill Facebook event page

Not enough for you? There are fun interactive maps to the clubs via the Google Maps API. Other ways to get this info: 1) The handheld-optimized version of the site, or a new simplified text version of this page, for you lo-fi fans. 2) An RSS feed. AND! A weekly oggcast! (OK, it's just my WXDU radio show.) 3) An iCal feed of all the listed shows, updated nightly. 4) This listing is posted once or twice a week to ch-scene, the mailing list which is itself a mirror of alt.music.chapel-hill. 5) For you web 2.0 fans, we have a facebook app *and* a Twitter account.

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