{"id":2297,"date":"2009-08-25T15:33:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T19:33:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-08-25T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T16:41:18","slug":"clash-of-the-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/clash-of-the-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"Clash of the Titans!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While vacationing in Maine last week I attended a Tuesday night Clash of the Titans<\/em> show that a Portland man about town named and musician Spencer Albee<\/a><\/strong> and DJ Mark Curdo<\/a><\/strong> promote every Tuesday night at a club called Empire Dine and Dance<\/a><\/strong>. Each week, two sets of local musicians cover about a half dozen songs by artists who are paired against each other for either their once-contemporary “rivalry” or influence. The artists play one song at a time, exiting the stage after each song. The show I attended with my friend, former bandmate, and occasional Townsman Dave Ragsdale<\/a><\/strong> and his two excellent nephews, Max<\/strong> and Roy<\/strong>, pitted Sam Cooke<\/strong> against Otis Redding<\/strong>. As I learned, the format makes for a long night out, but in the comfortable confines of the Empire, surrounded by a packed house of enthusiastic, unassuming Portland rock fans, it also makes for a refreshingly F-U-N night on the town unlike what I’m used to experiencing in my increasingly rare nights out at Philly clubs. <\/p>\n

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