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 | | ARCHIVES 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | The Playlist Issue #21.23 :: 06/04/2008 - 06/10/2008 Music and Altruism Plus:DJ Chuck T | While The Playlist loves benefit shows — what with the mix of music and altruism being a sweet, sweet plum — we’re always glad when several weeks go by without one popping up on local club calendars. After all, the unfortunate thing about benefit shows, as we’ve said before, is that there has to be a victim to benefit. So it’s with equal parts glee and gloom that we report to you not one but two benefit shows being held Saturday. The first gets underway at Headliners circa 7 p.m.; it’s a benefit for sickle cell anemia. The David Stroy Benefit gets its name from local resident David Stroy, who lost his life to the disease on March 19. “[David] was a wonderful and giving human being that never troubled anyone with his problems but was quick to help anyone in need.” Quick to help the sickle cell research cause: Lucas War Hero, Dave Britt, Almost Jason, Rosewood Click, Examining Emma and many more. Admission is $10 and all proceeds benefit the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation. (Call 796-2333 or visit headlinerscolumbia.com) for more information. The second Saturday benefit kicks off at 8:30 p.m. at Art Bar, and goes to the aid of much-loved Art Bar bartender and doorman BJ Boatwright, 28, who suffered a heart attack on April 11. The Art Bar will be donating half of the night’s profits to help Boatwright pay his medical bills — Boatwright does not have medical insurance — and aiding in offsetting Boatwright’s expenses are The Art Bar Players, The Ghost of FDR, Lorrie Rivers and The Cooter Scooters. The night will be topped off with a rare Saturday iPop! dance party. Admission is $5; call 929-0198 or visit artbarsc.com for more information.
Quick Hits: Local noisenik Jeffrey South (perhaps better known as Jefferson Mayday Mayday to some) can do more than twiddle knobs and throttle drums; Mr. South’s also a damn fine multidisciplinary visual artist, whose works have been featured in galleries in Sydney, Australia, Philadelphia and prestigious Chicago exhibitions (such as the cutting-edge Vision Fest) and will soon be featured in group shows in Los Angeles and Germany. You, reader, have a chance to see his art at the historic GROW Café, where his Sacred Asymmetry* exhibit will hang on Friday and Saturday. Check out outergroundrailroad.blogspot.com for more information. Also on Saturday: Hip-hop pioneer Darryl McDaniels — the DMC in Run-DMC — will be in the Capital City at the South Carolina Council on Adoptable Children’s 30th anniversary gala. Free Times hip-hop expert Preach Jacobs caught up with DMC; a full interview can be found at free-times.com.
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| DJ Chuck T |
Given the trouble major record labels have caused for record leakers in the past, I’d imagine Charleston hip-hop connoisseur DJ Chuck T is in for spot of trouble: A news item appeared on music blog Idolator (idolator.com) Monday morning in which Chuck T claimed responsibility (though The Playlist doubts he acted alone) for leaking Lil’ Wayne’s The Carter III, apparently in retribution for disparaging remarks Lil’ Wayne made about mixtape DJs — DJs like Chuck T — in Foundation Magazine. “Lil’ Wayne said ‘f#!k mixtape DJ’s,” Chuck T writes in an email blast. “So now I’m about to show that boy the meaning of bootleg ... I’ll be damned if I let [anyone] get away with saying f#!k me without him facing some type of repercussions, including [him].” The email also provided a link to a site where readers could download The Carter III. (Chuck T is apparently repentant, though; he added an apology to Cash Money and Universal Records, fearing strained future relations.)
Quick Hits, Part Deux: We told you last week about the listening party for Collette’s new album, Experience Collette; the soulful singer-songwriter officially releases her debut on Thursday at Club Elements at 8 p.m. Trust us when we say you don’t want to miss this one; Collette is a talent unlike any other in the Capital City, and her silky-smooth voice is twice as sweet live. Call 419-2064 for more information. And on Sunday, You, Me and Us headline an evening of pure punk pleasure that’ll also feature Decom, The Not Likelys, Dead to Society, Murder Media and Public Insult. Doors open at 6 p.m., and admission is $5 ($8 if you’re under 21). Call 791-4413 or visit newbrooklandtavern.com for more information.
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