Club Notes, Thursday, Oct. 1

Thursday, Shane Hall's joining DJ Merf at Jerky's in Providence for a rap show; Josh Briggs sings at Beatnik's; Closed Casket joins Smite the Righteous and Summoning Hate at Ralph's; Tyra Penn and her Army of Snakes slither into Nick's; and the Dive's got soul – this week welcoming DJ Shame to the fold.

Friday, Ed and Dave sing tunes with T on bass at Greendale's; Bill McCarthy's got his acoustic at the Old Post Office Pub; Lesions is with Underlying Truth at the Raven; The Cosby Sweaters fill Biago's with acoustic '80s pop tunes; Another Soldier Down rocks London Billiard's with Helen Keller; Jason James rumbles at Beatnik's; Fighting Friday is the act on Friday at Jillian's; Ellis Island debuts at the Emerald Isle; Social Failure joins the lineup at the Lucky Dog Music Hall along with Hated and Pitfall; Fergus does contemporary Irish tunes at Fiddler's Green; The Ten Foot Pole Cats return to The Dive; The Rhythm Party is back at the Sahara; Johnny Dollar does jazzy covers of classic rock tunes at Mill Street Brews; The Sonic Explorers do jazz at Clark; Windfall blows in with the blues at Gilrein's; The E Street Shuffle, a tribute to the Boss, hides on the backstreets at Holy Cross College for a show at 8 p.m.; The Middle River Band's got City Lights this weekend; and DJ Corey Hill mixes the tunes at Red.

Saturday, Touched opens for The Fools at the Lucky Dog; Probable Cause is at the Fifth Amendment (which used to be Chasers) along with some comedy acts; Sarah Kauffman sings at Vincent's; Bill McCarthy's singing at Junior's; the Awake and Alive tour pulls into the Palladium with acts such as Skillet and the Letter Black; SBGB resurfaces at Ralph's with Chylde and the Numbskulls; Old School's holding class at Greendale's; Driving Rain splashes 3-G's Sports Pub; Whalebone Farmhouse is making waves all over the city, this week playing Beatnik's; and Marcy Playground smells sex and candy at Tammany Hall.

Sunday, Nick's celebrates two years with many special guest appearances by the club's favorites.

Other events:

Bound by Fashion: the Corset in European Art is one of the featured exhibits at the Worcester Art Museum through the fall.

Friday is World Smile Day. As we know, the Smiley Face was invented here. Be sure to smile a lot. Every Friday, the Wine Vine's got free wine and cheese tastings. The Worcester Library hosts “A Celebration of Authors,” which is a fundraising event that features readings and remarks by nationally renowned authors Marilynne Robinson and Elinor Lipman. This event is 6-10 p.m. Also, the Regional Environmental Council holds its Slow Food Gala at Holy Cross from 6-10 p.m., as well. This five course meal costs $75. And be prepared to spend some time savoring, and waiting. Again, this is not fast food. “Love, Laughter, Comedy and Karaoke” night packs a lot of types of entertainment into one evening at the Holden Chapel. If you don't mind traveling, comedian Paula Poundstone is out at the Wilbur Theatre.

Saturday, it's the Douglas Octoberfest – the only Octoberfest without beer – which features vendors, food and plenty of performances, including the Delta Generators, Hat On, Drinking Wine, the Accident that Led Me to the World, Huck and many more. There's also a fundraiser to combat Polycystic Kidney Disease with an event at the Northbridge American Legion – it includes a buffet and tunes by Beatles for Sale. Waters Farm in Sutton celebrates Waters Farm Days starting at 1 p.m.

Interested in showing your stuff at stART at the Station? Applications are now open at http://www.startonthestreet.org/.

Club Notes, Thursday, Sept. 24

On Thursday, The Giant Yes plays a mix of funky stuff by the Meters, Herbie Hancock and more at The Dive; Johnny Dollar does jazz at the Dark Horse Tavern at 12 Crane; The G Spots are down at Tammany Hall; Know Nothing headlines London Billiards; PJ's has karaoke (not trivia as they initially advertised) and it's Corey Graves Comedy Buffet at Beatnik's. Meet the clowns from the Barnum and Bailey Circus (which I do not support because of their cruelty to animals, but it's ok to see the clowns) in Elm Park at 6 p.m. There's also some awards night that's happening down in the canal district.

Friday, Jubilee Gardens is at the Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham; Uncle Billy's Smokehouse rocks Beatnik's; the Coyotes rock Greendale's; Sasquatch and the Sickabillys headline a show with Gein and the Graverobbers and the Cadavers at the Lucky Dog; Rose Colored Glasses once again rocks the Kaz Bar; Bill McCarthy sings at Al Fresco in Holden; Reject joins Project Red at London Billiards; Lisa and Brett from She's Busy sing at Brian's in Northbridge; Scalpel joins This Burning World at the Raven; Jeff Norwood's at Gilrein's with the Ten Foot Pole Cats making it a deep blues night along with Jon Short; rockabilly master Jason James tears up Irish Times; Carol O'Shaughnassy returns to Nick's; The Weight of Gravity funks out with Holmes at the Cannery; the Chicken Slacks grease up Ralph's; Scott Ricciuti's doing his stuff with Huck at Vincent's; New Bay Colony's doing covers at Jillian's; and Singuya joins the Hornitz at Beatnik's.

Saturday, Backseat Lover is the ultimate Pearl Jam tribute at the Lucky Dog Music Hall; Linda Dagnello sings with the Pamela Hines Quintet at Nick's; there's a Bethlehem Artisan Festival on Sturbridge Town Common; Keri sings with Whalebone Farmhouse at the Sahara Restaurant; Quick to Judge has got London Billiards covered along with Wrecking for brutalfest; Bill McCarthy's singing tunes out at the Old Post Office Pub; and Bob Jordan is singing in the front room of this very studio, right at WCUW on Main Street.

Dr. Robert takes both nights at Sakura Tokyo (keep in mind, the now defunct Pet Rock originally was scheduled for these dates).

On Sunday, Rob Adams sings at the Stoggy Hollow in Connecticut.

Club Notes, Thursday, Sept. 17 2009

On Thursday, The Dive's always got a great act jamming down on Green Street, and this week it is the DB Trio, which also, earlier, opens up the next installment of the Third Thursdays at the Worcester Art Museum; Lisa Marie's with All Shook Up at Nick's; and it's metal night at Ralph's.

On Friday, Danny Dark and the Black Souls do '70s AM Gold stuff at the Blue Plate in Holden; Pleasure to Burn, When the Deadbolt Breaks, Orange Diesel and Ichabod rock Ralph's; Sunlea debuts at Beatnik's; there's an open mic at Acoustic Java; The Middle River Band returns to the Oxford Tavern; Bloodlined Caligraphy brings its tour to QVCC with The Burial; Bill McCarthy's got his guitar at Greendale's; Rose Colored Glasses rocks the Wheelock Inn in Millbury; SBT headlines London Billiards along with Suicide Marys and the Tin Thistles, who play tunes off their new album; and Lisa Marie sings the blues at the Sahara.

On Saturday, Guns of Navarone does punk reggae at Beatnik's; Beatles for Sale do the Beatles at the Gardner Music Hall; Rock House 6 rocks the Cannery; Over a Cardboard Sea joins the Crockpots at Vincent's; Orange Diesel and Pako join forces at the Lucky Dog; Jason James rips up the Galway Bay; We Are the Romans headline QVCC; The Turkeys are at Tammany Hall; Dr. Robert plays hits at Greendale's; the Barnstormers are back at Vincent's; Beware the Ides are at the Raven; Auntie Trainwreck crashes into Squire White's; Dogfight joins Sadplant at Ralph's; and a band called Right Angle Woman is debuting at Irish Times.

Touched rocks both weekend nights at Sakura Tokyo.

Other Events:

Friday, Russian Regimes in Music by the QX Quartet is at Razzo Hall at Clark University.

Saturday afternoon, there's a Main South Celebrates festival in, you guessed it – Main South; the September Salsa Social hits the Hibernian Cultural Center;

On Sunday, Start on the Street takes over Park Ave. starting at 11 and pretty much throughout the day. Visit 100s of art and craft vendors from all over New England, as well as eat food and enjoy many live performances by bands such as the Wandas, Harry and the Potters and Rich Bound Blues and many more.

Club Notes, Thursday, Sept. 3

Before the Fall, pictured, is part of the Concerts4Charity shows at the Palladium this weekend.

Special thanks to Dr. Gonzo, who visited the Weekly Shuffle radio this week, bringing mayhem, laughter .. and condiments to WCUW. Check out his stuff.




On Thursday, Duncan Arsenault and whatever band he brings with him plays in the beer garden at The Dive; Billy Claire's solo at the Piccadilly Pub in Marlboro; Bloadsoaked joins the metal lineup at Ralph's; Macey and Hart sing at TJ's Seafood in Auburn; The G-spots headline Beannik's; and it's Thirsty Thursday at Hooligan's with Andy Cummings. And don't forget, Shadow's Fall is on the Jimmy Kimmell show.


Friday, Danny Heath's with Workingman's Jazz at the Colonial Inn in Concord; Ed and Dave sing at Greendale's; The Luxury, New Pilot, The Sift and more plays a Concerts for Charity at The Palladium; Tailor Made's with The Humans at Tammany Hall; Fourth Gear rocks PJ's; The Delta Generators return to Gilrein's; Radio Edit debuts at Jillian's; there's a Sublime tribute at Beatnik's; The Doctor's Fox sneaks into Vincent's; The Rhythm Party's back at the Sahara Restaurant; Driftwood floats into Spiritual Haze; Darkwor is in the back at London Billiards; Varsity Drag, The Cretins and the Disconnect open for The Pathetics at Ralph's; Deep Six and Promised Eden help open for Mullethead at the Lucky Dog.



Saturday, The Johnny Dollar Experiment cuts loose at The Cannery in Southbridge; Bret Talbert sings acoustic tunes at the Post Office Pub; Brilliant, Gutta and Brilliant make it a poppy night at The Raven; Soulstice and The Weight of Gravity joins Sky Blue Mind at Tammany Hall. Sky Blue Mind is a new eclectic and esoteric progression, fusion project that features Bob Belanger from The Weight of Gravity on drums and former bandmate Steve Mossberg on keyboards. Jubilee Gardens is led by Jubilee Connolly at the Sahara Restaurant; The Shady Saints crowd the corner at the Galway Bay; The Middle River Band are out at JJ's in Northboro; there's a piano bar at the Other Place Pub (every Saturday); Route 66 rocks the Emerald Isle; Auntie Trainwreck's smashing into Greendale's; Concerts4Charity continues at The Palladium with Lot 54, Before the Fall and many more; Babe Pino sings and blow the harp with his band at Gilrein's; and Whalebone Farmhouse has got roots at Beatnik's.



Sunday, Probable Cause does its Boston Harbor Booze Cruise.



Other events:



Thursday, there's a reception at Rollstone Studios in Fitchbug for Feline, Canine, All Mine, which is an exhibit that includes pet portraits by Reverend Blamo, and Animal Translations, an in person appearance by “pet whisperer” Maureen Harmonay. The opening reception is 4-8 p.m.



The Rhythm and Roots Festival fills out the weekend with New Orleans R&B, zydeco, swing, Americana and more at Ninigret Park in Rhode Island.



Friday evening, Worcester State College takes on Assumption College football at Coughlin Stadium at 7 p.m.



Saturday, there's an open studio at the Sprinkler Factory; and Boxer Buddies Rescue holds its Wiggle Butt Walk fundraiser at Hopkinton State Park.

Sunday, there's a Wachusett Reservoir History Program at Old Stone Church in West Boylston.