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April 25th, 2008, 5:44 pm Hobbies And Interests
Random shots from the notebook:� Hundreds of independent record stores will come together April 19 for Record Store Day. It’s not a gimmick to sell CDs - or even to lure kids away from their computers so they’ll stop file-sharing for 5 minutes.It’s just a few great hours to honor record store culture.”There’s been a lot of bad press about where the industry is going,” Record Exchange owner Michael Bunnell says. “And we thought, ‘Let’s have a day to celebrate what’s good and what’s left with record stores and the part they play in all these communities.’”Metallica will sign autographs at Rasputin Music near San Francisco. Members of New Pornographers will DJ at Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis. In Boise, the Record Exchange will rock all day, highlighted by a performance from Doug Martsch and Brett Netson of Built to Spill.Record Store Day is like a party where all the cool people are invited, hosted by guys like Jack Black’s character from “High Fidelity.”Best of all, it’s free.”It’s not necessarily a come in and spend money thing,” Bunnell says. “It’s more just a celebration of what we are and what we do.”� Celebrate the Foothills by bulldozing them! It’s a little hard not to roll your eyes about the Foothills Heritage Festival at the Avimor development off Idaho 55. Avimor, a 680-home planned community northwest of Boise, did not come to fruition without controversy and more than a few displaced California quail.Then there’s the festival’s hot air balloon-filled advertising campaign. It triggers terrifying River Pest flashbacks: Noooo! They’re reviving the Boise River Festival on the way to Horseshoe Bend!Cynicism aside, organizers do have a free, fun-looking day planned Saturday, April 12 - from food and live music to kids’ events and sheepherding demonstrations. They’ll also show off an uncrowded, 10-mile mountain bike trail past Avimor.Even if it is all an excuse to try to sell homes. � Knitting Factory Entertainment, which owns The Big Easy Concert House, has decided to rename the club the Knitting Factory. (Shocker!) The top-secret name was supposed to be kept under wraps, but it leaked out earlier this week. The change should happen “very shortly,” according to the New York-based company’s president, Jared Hoffman. Plans are to celebrate with a special concert.”We just want to be able to do a nice, synchronized unveiling,” Hoffman says. “Have fun. Have a big show.”Not midget wrestling. That’s all I ask.Now that the new name has been settled, management can spice up those bare walls. I’m not sure how decorative sweaters and beanies would go over, but Ian Johnson could definitely emcee the grand opening, right? Oh, wait. That’s crocheting.� In the never-ending saga known as Where Will Boise’s New Comedy Club Be?, it appears likely that it will open above Grape Escape in the space formerly occupied by Boogie Woogies. Nothing is signed. But it looks likely.Crack-N Me Up Pub, Grub %26 Comedy Club is the brainchild of two former managers of the Funny Bone. The Bone filed for bankruptcy on a national scale, then closed its Boise location the beginning of the year. Boise definitely is missing a piece of its entertainment soul without a comedy club. (Cue Cinderella tune: “Don’t know what you got, till it’s gooone.”) Crack-N Me Up is now targeting an early summer opening.� I’m a somewhat embarrassed but enthusiastic fan of mixed martial arts. That said, it makes me nauseous that men will be bloodying each other in a cage on stage at the Egyptian Theatre on Saturday, April 12. (”Explosion,” 7 p.m., $22). Of all places, the Egyptian? Somehow, it seems like desecration. � The Whigs, What Made Milwaukee Famous and the Dead Trees have been booked May 22 at The Bouquet. Moscow-based singer-songwriter Josh Ritter will return to Boise for a concert July 21 at the Knitting Factory. He’ll co-headline with Andrew Bird. Local singer and bandleader Paul Peterson has tirelessly organized benefits for good causes in the past. So now that he’s in need - Peterson suffered a heart attack that will prevent him from working for months - it’s payback time. Thirteen local acts have signed up for an all-ages benefit Sunday, April 20, at Ha’Penny Bridge Irish Pub, 855 Broad St., in Boise. Michael Deeds co-hosts “The Other Studio” at 9 p.m. Sundays on 94.9 FM “The River.”
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