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I have worked in the IT/Internet industry for 20 years. I live in the culturally rich and flower laden Park Ave neighborhood in Rochester NY with my son. In the past few years I have written for several music based publications and run a fan blog for the Buffalo based band Aqueous. (@unclephilsblog). Also I like long walks on the beach....

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Alan Evans Playonbrother is No More

Darren Kemp
In a sad announcement indeed, Alan Evans Playonbrother has announced they are going on an indefinite hiatus. Alan - a Buffalo native - is well known as the drummer/co-founder of the wildly popular Soulive. Citing an endless unfortunate…
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Rapper’s Lament: Big Bank Hank Dead at 57

Darren Kemp
Big Bank Hank, original member of the legendary hip-hop group The Sugarhill Gang passed away today due to complications from cancer. The Gang is best known for perhaps the most eponymous and appropriately named rap tune of all time:…
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Save Your Change, Nickelback is Coming to NY

Darren Kemp
Upstate NY will get 15¢ worth of Nickelback next summer with three shows planned across the state  in August. After years of bludgeoning eardrums with gleeful disdain the 'back has earned - to the chagrin of everyone else - a strong…
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Aqueous to Celebrate NYE in the Buff!

Darren Kemp
Aqueous have announced plans for a NYE party at Buffalo's Iron Works with regional funk superstars Funktional Flow. This will be the band's second show at one of the Nickel City's newest venues following a near sell-out at their CD release…
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Wayne Static Dead at 48

Darren Kemp
Nineties industrial metal band Static-X's front man, Wayne Static recently passed away in his sleep suddenly at the age of 48. Despite many reports to the contrary, a direct representative of the Static family yesterday said, that the…
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