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Listen, I know I’m prone to hyperbole, but last night’s Rebel Spirit Music Presents: A Holiday Benefit, Vol. II” album release party was hands-down the single-most meaningful, beautiful and excellent artistic and community-oriented thing of which I’ve ever been a part. There wasn’t a bad apple in the bunch. And were I not a) exhausted,…

I like Christmas well enough, but what I really love are Christmas songs. “Do They Know It’s Christmas” rocked my brace-faced, junior high world. I bought the single, and raced home from Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School every afternoon to catch the video on MTV. In high school, my brother, Chris, and I used to drive around…

At last year’s “A Family Holiday Benefit,” our raffle raised a few hundred extra bucks for 826NYC. At this summer’s Authentic Record’s Flood Relief Benefit, though, we tried a silent auction instead and raised a few thousand. And so, for Monday’s big “A Holiday Benefit, Vol. II,” we’ve got a bunch of cool silent auction…

My primary assignment was bartender, but I also played the role of backing vocalist, reporter, photographer and tambourinist. Most of the “A Holiday Benefit, Vol. II” gang got together to rehearse last night: Chris Abad, Tony Maceli, Jaime Allegre, Casey Shea, Jamie Leonhart, Bryan Dunn, Deena Goodman, Rosi Golan, Derek James, Dov Rosenblatt and Amber…