Julesy B., known as �the Mixtress,� has been credited for putting in concert DIY compilations of subway system artists to raise their exposure. Now, bands ar coming together to raise awareness of her situation.
Diagnosed with acute myelogenous/myeloid leukaemia in June, 25-year-old Julesy B. is the creator of found-art project Mixtress Online Project (themixtressonline.com). Her Project works in sly mode: She leaves the desegregate CDs she creates in random places for unsuspecting people to find as a way to promote new music.
Tonight, however, she�s the center of attention at the Middle East in Cambridge, the focus of a benefit show to put a prick in her skyrocketing medical bills.
�Chemotherapy normally helps set the crab in absolution in 80 percent of the patients, but Julesy is in the 20 percent that do non respond well,� said organizer Gary Robely, drummer of Dashboard Jesus and the Dave Tree-led J. Geils Band tribute stria Blow Your Face Out, both of which perform tonight.
Also on the government note: a who�s-who of local rock/indie acts, including Noble Rot, the Sterns, Zambri, the Boo Jays, Age Rings and Paparazzi.
And Julesy B. testament live up to her Mixtress nickname by DJ-ing between sets. She�s devising the trek to Cambridge from Vermont, where she recently relocated to extend her chemo.
�(Expect) a fortune of sexual love and secure times for someone we�re all very fond of,� aforementioned Aloud guitarist Henry Beguiristain. �Some very excellent bands are playing, and the ones that aren�t will have CDs and other stuff raffled off.�
Raffle prizes include goods from local businesses and bands, and big name calling include Ween, Sonic Youth, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Several Boston labels have as well joined in as a way to give back to an ardent garter of music.
�In the occupation, a heap of people will bedevil around the �E� word -
exposure - to take advantage of bands and musicians,� Beguiristain said. �Jules is voice of a rare breed. She actually busts her (rear) acquiring underground music out in that location, all because she really loves the
music. Getting together for a night to watch bands and help her out with her medical bills is the least we tooshie do.�
Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 18-plus show. Tickets ar $10. For more entropy, go to mideastclub.com.
Boston does dance
It�s an electro-mad holiday weekend for the dance-minded citizens of the Hub.
Tomorrow, local-boy-done-good DJ Armand Van Helden and Jersey family mixer Junior Sanchez strike the decks for the biggest party of the weekend: an all-day, all-night dance party down at Quincy�s Marina Bay Beach Club starting at 2 p.m.
But don�t sleep on the local flavor that�s supporting the two terpsichore heavyweights: rising electro party trio Hot Pink Delorean (which is set to have a huge 2009), old-school turntablists Soul Clap and the Middlesex Lounge�s Hearthrob DJs help make this beachside bash about Boston�s possess exploding scene, too. For more ticket information and full lineup of this 12-hour throwdown, go to going.com/avh.
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