The Fools Brigade has been delayed this year but our organizers & sponsors are just as involved in the community as ever. April 13th Hospice Benefit presented by Mark Lynch, Nikki Smith & Snug Harbor -April 15th Save Charlotte Music presented by Shuffle Magazine & Neighborhood Theatre.

Double Rainbow!

Maura Tierney Asks: Will Fool's Brigade Live Again?

With THANKS to thePublicPage.

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A Heartfelt THANK YOU to Natural Balance Pet Foods and Urban Pet, Charlotte!

We want to thank Natural Balance Pet Foods and Urban Pet for their generous donation of $500 worth of pet food to Project HALO.

Follow the examples set by them and come out this weekend. We'll see you Friday and Saturday, for Charlotte's greatest night of music and musicians! The Fool's Brigade happens at Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St., Charlotte, NC.

April 1st Development: Paul Westerberg Refuses Honor of Fool's Brigade Treatment, States He Prefers Cats.

Replacements front-man and indie music icon Paul Westerberg, in a statement issued April 1st, declined the auspicious honor of an entire Fool's Brigade Benefit dedicated to his words and the music of the 'Mats.

The show, originally to be held on 04/02/10 at Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St. in Charlotte, is in a state of chaos. Long-time Fool's Brigadier Darrin Gray had this to say: "04/01/10 will forever be known, to me, personally, as the day the music died."

Recently signed to Spectra Records artist and winner of The Fool's Brigade "Participant Award", Jay Garrigan, was reeling: "I'll call in all my favors, by gum! We'll get my label mates Orleans on the case; it'll be the best Fool's Brigade yet!"

No comment was obtainable as of press time from the other great bands slated to play, including One Another, You Tonight, Dirtbag Love Affair, Fat Camp, Spalding Grays, The Houstons, The Sammies and The Mangles!

The Seventh Annual Fool's Brigade Benefit, 04/02/10 and 04/03/10 at Snug Harbor!

Friday April 2nd and Saturday April 3rd, 2010 at Snug Harbor, The Fool's Brigade Annual Benefit returns, with two titanic nights, singing the songs of the unsung!

This year's show benefits Project HALO Animal Shelter, "Helping Animals Live On!" As always, 100% of the proceeds go to the designated charity!

Friday Night’s showcase of the music of Paul Westerberg and The Replacements will feature performances by (in no particular order):

One Another, You Tonight, Dirtbag Love Affair, Fat Camp, Spalding Grays, The Houstons, The Sammies and The Mangles

ALSO, as always, the Fools Brigade House Band, featuring members of all your favorite local bands playing together for this special night!

Saturday Night’s musical tour of the oeuvre of Alex Chilton and Big Star will feature performances by (in no particular order):

Lou Ford, The Catch Fire, Transmission Fields, The Houstons, Raised By Wolves, Elves, Noises 10 and Mitch Easter Band (tentative)

ALSO, as always, the Fools Brigade House Band, featuring members of all your favorite local bands, playing together for this special night!

Easter weekend, 2010, children by the million sing for Alex Chilton!

Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay, Come Inside Now It's OK.

Alex Chilton of Big Star and The Box Tops, the man whose voice launched a thousand bands, died in New Orleans yesterday of an apparent heart attack. He was 59 years old. Talented and influential, his lyrics and songs have shaped popular music for almost 40 years.


On his fame and influence, Mr. Chilton had this to say: "What would be ideal would be to make a ton of money and have nobody know about you," he said. "Fame has a lot of baggage to carry around. I wouldn't want to be like Bruce Springsteen. I don't need that much money and wouldn't want to have 20 bodyguards following me."

Dog and Monkey Rodeo

One step closer to the Planet of The Apes: Monkeys invent Cavalry, also chaps.

Can industrialization be far behind? There are rumors that this UNMISSABLE event will conflict with Easter weekend's Fool's Brigade Benefit(x2)! More as the story develops!

Big Star 4/3

The Replacements 4/2

7th Annual Fools Brigade Benefit Friday April 2nd & Saturday April 3rd @ Snug Harbor

For 7 years the Fool's Brigade has staged an annual benefit for a local charity, featuring Charlotte bands and musicians highlighting the artists who influenced them the most.

It returns on Friday & Saturday April 2 & 3 2010, to benefit Project HALO, featuring the music of The Replacements & Big Star @ SNUG HARBOR Charlotte, NC.

The Annual Benefit was founded in 2004 to aid the recently laid off workers at Pillowtex. Subsequent shows have benefited Crisis Assistance Ministry, Hospice of Charlotte, The Charlotte Community Charter School, The Metrolina AIDS Project, Jacob's Ladder Job Center and now Project HALO .

Previous shows featured the songs of Tom Waits, The Kinks, music form world famous NY rock-club CBGBs, David Bowie & The Rolling Stones raising nearly $30,000 for deserving Charlotte-based charities.

This annual event was established with a dual intent; to provide assistance to a worthy cause and to shine a spotlight on the talented group of local music makers who help make Charlotte a thriving and vibrant place to live. Last year’s show, focusing on the music of The Rolling Stones, brought in a record crowd and a record breaking amount of donations.

We look forward to topping it this year!

SHAKE OFF THE TRYPTOPHAN!

Come get away from your family

Special Investigation - Atheist Alert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWKDOikIgIs

By 25, almost no one listens to it...

A friend recently discovered a time-worn newspaper article from the 1963-era Peoria Journal Star entitled "Unhappy Like Rock n' Roll, Prof Reports."  This is the dawn of science, dear friends!  And the quoted professor had an almost Nostradamus-like vision of the future!

In addition to saying "I told you so," I thought I would reprint it for all of my sinful friends.  View it here in it's entirety.