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Like the Rolling Stones, the musical response to Hurricane Katrina just don't stop. In a week that saw government officials catfighting over who was to blame for the tragedy, it's good to know that us rock and roll dorks can find something we can all agree on. And that's getting to talk to Brian Wilson:

* Brian Wilson will make a personal telephone call to anyone who donates $100 or more to the relief effort through his website. Wilson will also match all donations. So if you're dying to know what "columnated ruins domino" means, or what it's like to have written the second-greatest album of all time ('cause Sgt. Pepper's is always number one, duh), better empty that PayPal account by Saturday, October 1, because that's when Brian hangs up the phone.

* The Chicago indie scene will come together for a benefit show at the Fireside Bowl on October 3. Tim Kinsella's latest rawk machine, Make Believe will headline, and Bobby Conn, Midstates, No Funeral, and the Magic will also perform, with proceeds going to ACORN (The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).

* Three of Toronto's best indie bands, the Hidden Cameras, the Sadies, and the Deadly Snakes, will perform at "Rise: A Benefit for Musicians Displaced by Hurricane Katrina" on Saturday, October 8, at the Silver Dollar in Toronto. Proceeds will go to the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund, as well as Quintron and Miss Pussycat and Jerry Teel (Knoxville Girls, Boss Hog, Cheater Slicks), who lost their homes to flooding.

* Also rocking for Quintron and Miss Pussycat are California noise-trash-punx Kill Me Tomorrow, My Sexual Dad, LiqdZunshine and Lipstick Terror. They will stage a benefit at the Che Café in La Jolla, Calif., on October 7.

* R. Kelly's "Let Your Light Shine," first performed during "S.O.S. (Saving OurSelves): The BET Relief Telethon," is now on sale at online music outlets as a benefit for the Red Cross. Yes, it sounds like "I Believe I Can Fly."

* Similarly, Dixie Chicks have put a new song, "I Hope," up for sale in various digital music stores, with all profits going to Habitat for Humanity and the American Federation of Musicians Gulf Coast Relief Fund. The track, co-written by the Chicks and bluesman Keb' Mo', was produced by the Chicks and Rick Rubin. (The Dixie Chicks are the next Johnny Cash, mark my words.) The song was first performed on the "Shelter From The Storm: A Concert For The Gulf Coast" telethon.

* Badman Recording Co., home of such sadcore staples as Mark Kozelek, Rebecca Gates and James William Hindle, is donating the entire wholesale price of each Badman disc sold on CD Baby to the Red Cross.

* Usher will headline "Project Restart" at Atlanta's Phillips Arena on October 9. 5,000 free tickets will be available for Gulf Coast evacuees living in the Atlanta area.

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