My favorite moment this week
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So, today... it's hot. It's really hot. But today is also the big release day for Ollabelle's "Riverside Battle Songs", which, in my book, is a very important day. Hot or not hot. So, I found myself sitting at a little table at Banjo Jim's this evening, at the beginning of the second set sometime after 10. The air conditioning is cranking, the equipment is pumping, the music is rocking and Ollabelle is just getting started on a song with their friend Keith when the power shorts out. This is 2003 blackout repeat, this is a fuse gone bad. Rather than panic and stop, the band restarts on a new song, "Before This Time" from their first album. Like I said, it's hot, but the band presses on and they have the audience in the palm of their hand. There is something about losing the power that seems to make an experience more special, seems to make you appreciate what you've got in front of you. Call me crazy, but hearing that band sing in a totally acoustic passionate setting did that for me! If you haven't heard them, you've got to check them out. They'll have a MOG up soon and they are on 'myspace' now. You can also check them out at www.ollabelle.net.They're really pretty amazing - good enough that even I will walk 15 blocks from the D train to Fordham University and WFUV in the Bronx in this heat to watch them tape a show.
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