ADVISORY/SLAM!Records, Handgun Control and Working Assets to hold SLAM!3 Benefit Concert, SLAM!ing the NRA in Philadelphia on July 30th.Business/Entertainment Editors & City Desks ADVISORY...for Sunday (July 30th) PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 SLAM!Records, a record label dedicated to exposing abuses of humanity by organizations and industries and SLAM!ing them with the healing power of music, will join with Working Assets  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. and Handgun Control to hold a benefit concert on July 30th, 2000. The event will be held at the Trocadero, a short distance away from the site of the Republican National Convention. The SLAM!3 concert will SLAM! the NRA NRA (National Rifle Association of America) organization that encourages sharpshooting and use of firearms for hunting. [Am. Pop. Culture: NCE, 1895] See : Hunting and will feature music from Blessid Union of Souls Blessid Union of Souls is an American rock band from Cincinnati that was formed in 1990 by Jeff Pence and Eliot Sloan. The current touring band members are singer Eliot Sloan (original member), bassist Tony Clark (original member), drummer Shaun Schaefer (Vinyltones), and guitarist , Jeffrey Gaines, The Samples, Leslie Nuchow, Melissa Ferrick Melissa Ferrick is an American singer-songwriter born in 1970 and raised in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Her father was a public school teacher who managed several free-jazz bands on the side. , Stargazer stargazer, common name for any of several species of marine fishes of the family Uranoscopidae, found in southern waters, and having the mouth, nostrils, and eyes set high in the head. Stargazers lie buried in the sand, waiting for their prey of small crustaceans. Lily and Sweetie. Speakers include: Michael Barnes (President of Handgun Control), Joe Davis (Gun violence survivor) and Emcee Bob Harris (Award-winning radio humorist hu·mor·ist n. 1. A person with a good sense of humor. 2. A performer or writer of humorous material. humorist Noun a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way and commentator). SLAM!3 is devoted to publicizing the truth about the gun lobbys actions in making guns more accessible to children. In this country, we have more regulations for a cap of aspirin than we do for a gun. If you would like to support this event, please contact Melissa Havard at SLAM!Records.
WHAT: SLAM!3 - a concert SLAM!ing the NRA.
WHERE: The Trocadero, 1003 Arch Street at 10th
Street, Philadelphia, PA
WHEN: July 30th, 2000
Doors open at 7pm
APPEARING: Blessid Union of Souls, Jeffrey Gaines, The
Samples, Leslie Nuchow, Melissa Ferrick,
Stargazer Lily, and Sweetie
Speaker: Michael Barnes and Joe Davis
Emcee: Bob Harris
Tickets available now!! Tickets are $25 and can
be purchased through the Philadelphia TicketMaster
at 215-336-2000.
For more info, visit www.SLAMtheNRA.com
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