Post-modern jug band?

RAMBLIN JUG STOMPERS at ALBANY CENTER GALLERIES (on the second floor of the Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Ave., Albany. 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26. FREE!

The art world will never be the same after Thursday night! Ramblin Jug Stompers are stompin our way into the Albany Center Galleries from 7-9 p.m. (Oct. 26), and we're takin no prisoners - abstract, impressionist or otherwise.
The bash is the final event for the exhibit, "Jan Galligan Presents: Workspacedout; 1976-2006, A Thirty Year Introspective," curated for the gallery by Mr. Jan Galligan. It's a pretty wild show, chockfull of old and new conceptual (and often text-heavy) work by members of the (very) loose Albany-based art collective, Workspace. Some of the spotlight artists on the walls and in the cases, as well as on film and in performance include Galligan, JC Garrett, Spencer Livingston, Richard Edson, Joachim Frank and Cathy Frank. Of special interest to RJS fans, Wild Bill and one-time Stomper (literally) Moanin Ed Atkeson were also members of the Workspace art squad and both are well-represented in the exhibit.
Anyway, RJS are throwin caution to the wind and playin this one by ear. Moanin Ed will likely make a guest appearance or two. And other special guests just might drop by, too. (Hey, Ryder, this one is perfect for you.)
Galligan has been discussing the possibility of playing all sorts of random video and film while the Stompers do our thing, harkening back to the Factory days (daze?) with us playing the part of the Velvet Underground to Galligan's Warhol.
"The idea with the Stompers' performance is that, hopefully, their music and our dancin will be so intense that we'll knock all of the art off the walls," Galligan explains.
Truthfully, we have no idea what might happen while we're playing, but, of course, anything is possible when RJS crank up somethin like "KC Moan" or "Old Plank Road." You might want to bring along an extra pair of underwear - just in case.
Oh yeah, I forgot the best part - it's free.
Perhaps we'll even get John Cirrin onstage to explain post-modernism while RJS blitz through "Fireball Mail" in the background. That would be simply delightful.