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Radiolaria, one of the city's best original Indie bands, is calling it quits with a farewell show this Saturday at the spectacular 20th Century Theater in Oakley. They will be joined by pals The Wolverton Brothers and Chalk, between sets will feature DJs Primadana and Jeremy, and there will be audio/visual presentations by Filmosound Technic.
"Also, I'm nine months along with baby No. 2, so there is always added drama of the possibility of my going into labor at the show," says singer/guitarist/keyboardist Korin Wulkowicz, explaining they chose to play the 20th Century to do something special and unique for the last show.
The band -- which also features Marc Melzer (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Jane Jordan (bass) and Carrie Reynard (drums) -- is splitting now in order to go out on a high-note, with the reality of "real life" becoming harder to balance with band life.
"Between half of us having babies and the other half having 'real' jobs it has gotten harder to tour, harder to practice and harder to write," says Wulkowicz. "All of us are always exhausted for one reason or another, and it seems less realistic for us to weather it all. We decided that it is better to call it quits before we start to dislike each other or start writing complete crap."
The band members still hope to continue playing music in some form. Jordan, the other mom in the group, will continue with The Fairmount Girls, Reynard is looking to start a new band and Melzer will "probably be doing something amazing and mysterious," says Wulkowicz, who herself is still undecided of her musical future as of right now.
As a special so-long gift from Radiolaria, the group will also be giving out a limited-edition CD titled The Last Matinee which, somewhat sadly, is some of the best stuff the band has recorded. The disc features six songs (which may be part of a future post-mortem full-length) and will only be available at the show.
Radiolaria will also keep their Web site (www.radiolaria.com) up and running for the time being.
Rumors, Lies and General Misunderstandings
· The radio shows Art Damage and Alien Transmissions, heard on WAIF (88.3 FM), will be hosting Noisefest 2000 on Thursday at the Southgate House. It's a benefit for the community radio station and is slated to feature Chalk, Kit Kat Club, Gordy Horn, Uncle Dave Lewis, Oblivious to the Fact, Godholly, Dophesus, The Tired Glue and Dark Audio Project. Show time is 8:30 p.m. and music will spread across two stage at the 'Gate. In other WAIF news, the station will begin its Spring Membership Drive on April 24 so get your wallets ready to support great non-commercial radio.
· Betraying Judas return to the local Rock scene this Friday at the Blue Note. This will be their first show since November, when the band's drummer, Nick Giordano, had to undergo extensive knee surgery. For more info on the band you can check www.Betrayingjudas.com.
· Local Punk group The Scrubs will be releasing an EP on Saturday at Buzz Coffeeshop and CD-O-Rama in Corryville. The EP, Don't Fall Twice, was released by Kickball Records (check http://come.to/Scrubs for more band and CD details). Also on the Buzz bill will be Dropkickmejesus, The Unknown and East Arcadia.
· The Fabulous Marvel B's (formerly Marvel Bornamen) will soon be taking some time off from local stages to begin recording their next record. See 'em while you can -- this Friday at Mt. Adams Pavilion. Check the group's Web site (http://w3.one.net/~marvel) for more info.
· Local bassist Chris Sherman (aka Freekbass) has been profiled in the magazine Bass Frontiers (www.bassfrontiers.com). Freekbass and his self-titled band will be at the Mad Frog on Friday.
