This just in from the Underthings:
Hey! It's a big rock-n-roll event for a very worthy cause.
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
THE UNION POOL BENEFIT FOR JAPAN
Union Pool
484 Union Avenue (corner of Meeker)
Brooklyn, NY
Proceeds going to AmeriCares (americares.org) and Direct Relief International (directrelief.org) to support their continuing disaster relief efforts in Japan.
Doors at 4 PM.
Admission is $10, includes one raffle ticket (additional raffle tickets are $2 each). Raffle prizes donated by The Great Jones Cafe, Harefield Road, Academy Records, The Richardson, Norton Records, Permanent Records, and more!
Emcee: WFMU's GAYLORD FIELDS
With appearances by these great bands:
NAOMI SHELTON AND THE GOSPEL QUEENS
THE A-BONES
THE BACK SISIS
THE LIVE ONES
MIGHTY FINE
THE DIXONS
THE UNDERTHINGS (with a special guest!)
DJ sets by WFMU's Dave the Spazz, WFMU's Gaylord Fields, WMBR's John Funke, DJ Shimmy, and DJ Kongress.
Plus, a rock-n-roll tag sale with records, t-shirts, posters, and more! With items donated by Guitar Wolf, Superchunk, the Jet Boys, Jackie and the Cedrics, Super Snazz, and a lot of other great bands.
See List Here
Special thanks to Ron Kellum for supplying the art work (see the very spiffy flyer that's attached).
Please spread the word high and wide and come on out to support a good cause.
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