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ALICE COOPER Hit 'School's Out' To Be Played On Continuous Loop For Fundraiser
- Apr. 19, 2006
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The Canadian Press is reporting that Indiepolitik, a Toronto-based group of indie musicians who raise money for charity, is planning to play ALICE COOPER's 1972 hit "School's Out" for six hours — non-stop — at a local nightclub Thursday (April 20). Participants can either pay a $5 entrance fee to hear the heavy metal loop in the club or collect pledges based on how long they endure the song.
All the money raised will go to the Regent Park School of Music, which offers subsidized classes to children in a crime-ridden area of the city.
"Essentially what's going to happen is from 8 o'clock (p.m.), we're going to hit play on ALICE COOPER's 'School's Out' and we're not really going to stop until last call rolls around at 2 a.m.," says Indiepolitik founder Matty Blair, 26.
Eight DJs will take 45-minute shifts in order to complete the task.
It's the third such fundraiser from Indiepolitik, a non-profit group which Blair formed about a year ago "to build bridges between (the) local music scene and our communities and between activists and charities."
The first Indiepolitik event in November featured a non-stop loop of MOTÖRHEAD's "Ace of Spades" to benefit the Canadian Red Cross. The second event in February featured a night-long repeat of QUEEN's hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" to benefit the AIDS committee of Toronto. That event raised $1,000.
Blair says both fundraisers were memorable ones.
"I still can't quite put on 'Ace of Spades' and 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in the comfort of my own home, just for enjoyment. The challenge is there to basically see how much you can endure for a good cause."
Indiepolitik had hoped to make the event a national one, with just "School's Out" fundraisers taking place simultaneously in several cities, but time constraints didn't allow for that so they're aiming for a Canada-wide event near the end of the summer, said Blair.
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COMMENT | COOL SONG!
posted by : Some Kind of Monster 4/19/2006 7:15:49 PM
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ALICE FUCKING ROCKS!
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COMMENT | A worthy cause? sure
posted by : 4/19/2006 7:54:47 PM
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But why ruin a perfectly good song by listening to it too many times? That's what radio is for!
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COMMENT |
posted by : 4/19/2006 9:05:08 PM
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PaPa RoAcH
NEW ALBUM IN STORES JULY 2006!!!!!!!!!!
Roach till' I die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
\m/
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COMMENT | On my way
posted by : 4/19/2006 9:11:48 PM
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I'm getting in my car right now and Listening to Alice the whole ride from chicago.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Electric_Funeral 4/19/2006 9:16:51 PM
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Alice Cooper is great and also entertaining live but listening to 1 song six hours — non-stop , i couldnt do it, it would kill me.
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COMMENT | Alice Cooper =
posted by : 4/19/2006 9:38:28 PM
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GOD
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COMMENT | ALICE COOPER = ROCK GOD
posted by : RiotAct666 4/19/2006 10:51:44 PM
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\m/
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COMMENT | WTF
posted by : 4/19/2006 11:09:28 PM
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They're gonna hire 8 dj's which costs money and even if they do it for free, why not just put in the cd in a cd player and press the repeat button that repeats over and over again
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COMMENT | lol
posted by : Electric_Funeral 4/19/2006 11:44:28 PM
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posted by : VIENIO 4/19/2006 11:09:28 PM They're gonna hire 8 dj's which costs money and even if they do it for free, why not just put in the cd in a cd player and press the repeat button that repeats over and over again
what he said ^^^^^^^^
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COMMENT | PLASMATICS!!!!
posted by : 4/20/2006 12:48:54 AM
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PLASMATICS!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : RotNRoll 4/20/2006 11:24:20 AM
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Wow, that'll be realy annoying. It's an alright song, but to be played on a continous loop is just stupid.
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COMMENT | alice blows more rods then f commie does
posted by : 4/20/2006 12:47:30 PM
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and thats a lot of dong.......I will pay alice 10 grand to off himself or use a real guillotine (sp) in his fake blood ass clown show....
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COMMENT | thats a strange yet cool idea
posted by : ZombieEffect 4/20/2006 3:59:11 PM
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alice rocks.
papa roach sucks balls.
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