Doll Hut to Stage Holiday Benefits

Linda’s Doll Hut in Anaheim will devote each Friday and Saturday this month to benefit rock concerts--the 14th consecutive year in which club owner Linda Jemison has been involved in staging holiday concerts for charity.

Phil Alvin of the Blasters (Friday), One Hit Wonder (Dec. 14) and an acoustic Christmas party Dec. 27 are among the attractions in this year’s eight-concert series. Last year’s series included an unannounced performance by the Offspring.

Past Doll Hut benefits have raised about $3,000 annually, Jemison said, and that will again be the target figure. The money raised this year will go to the American Red Cross, Orangewood Children’s Home and the Orange County Food Bank.

Shows start at 9 p.m., with a $5 cover each night. Information: (714) 533-1286.

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The benefit schedule is as follows:

* Friday: Rockabilly night with Phil Alvin, Hot Rod Trio and Sky Chief.

* Saturday: Punkabilly night with the Hooligans, Boilermakers, Groovy Rednecks and Verdicts.

* Dec. 13: Punk-alternative night with a reunited Ch. 3, the Crowd, Curb and Large Hardware.

* Dec. 14: Alternative night with One Hit Wonder, Jigsaw, Juice Bros. and Mulch.

* Dec. 20: Punk-alternative night with the Grabbers, Rule 62, Loogie and Sick Green Heart.

* Dec. 21: Surf night with the Tiki Tones, Torquays and Hillbilly Soul Surfers.

* Dec. 27: Acoustic Christmas Party with Rhythm Lords, Chris Gaffney, Joe Wood, Jimmy Camp, Mike Ubaldini, Keri Rodriguez and Colleen Rider and Frank Agnew.

* Dec. 28: Alternative and rockabilly night with Burnin’ Groove, the Ziggens, Sun Demons and Adventure Girl.

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OTHER DOLL HUT NEWS: Jemison reports that police arrested a burglar early Nov. 24 as he tried to break into the Doll Hut by smashing through the wood-frame structure with a crowbar. She said it was the third break-in attempt at the club in the past six weeks, all involving bashing through walls.

Jemison said the recent break-ins have cost about $600 in stolen cash and property, and that structural repairs could cost another $2,500 to $3,000. That might lead to a repeat of a 1995 benefit concert that the tiny grass-roots venue staged after burglars made off with its sound system.

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GRASS-ROOTS O.C. ON CD: ‘Tis the season to compile. “Orange County Rock--With a Twist of Lemon,” on the Pepperland Music Group label, and “Orange County’s Punk vs. Ska: Round 1,” issued by Skratch/Vegas Records, are the second and third cooperative, multiple-band CDs in recent weeks spotlighting grass-roots acts on the local scene. They join the previously noted “Orange Juice: Cuts N’ Slices.”

“With a Twist,” sponsored by the Pepperland Music shop in Orange, features 16 tracks by eight unsigned O.C. bands, while “Punk vs. Ska,” sponsored by the monthly Skratch fanzine, offers a 27-band, half-and-half sampling of those two dominant local styles, including such established acts as Save Ferris, My Superhero, 22 Jacks and Jigsaw.

A series of shows has been booked to launch the two releases, including a joint “Battle of the Bands” event Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Pepperland. Bread Circus and Satellite are the home-team contestants in this free show, representing the “Twist of Lemon” side, while Grover’s Headache and Low Pressure carry the flag for “Punk vs. Ska.” (714) 639-0909. All eight “Twist of Lemon” bands play Sunday from 6 to 10 p.m. at Club 369 in Fullerton. $3; (714) 572-1781.

“Punk vs. Ska” showcases take place Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. at Noise Noise Noise record shop in Costa Mesa (Pocket Lent and Fratellis in a free show, [714] 556-6473); Dec. 15 at 9 p.m. at the Lava Room in Costa Mesa (Co-Dependents, 4-Gazm, Jigsaw and Drain Bramaged, $5, [714] 631-0526); Dec. 22 at 5:30 p.m. at Pyro Clothing in Fullerton (Ex-Presidents, Channel 6, Jeffries Fan Club, Longfellow in a free show, [714] 879-9846); and Dec. 29 at 8 p.m. at Linda’s Doll Hut in Anaheim (Co-Dependents, Mind Driver and Stymie, $5 [714] 533-1286).

“Orange County Rock--With a Twist of Lemon” is available from Pepperland Music Group, 850 N. Tustin Ave., Orange, CA 92867, (714) 639-0909; Web site: https://www.winternet.com/~bard69/Pepperland.html

“Orange County’s Punk vs. Ska: Round 1” is available from Skratch/Vegas Records, P.O. Box 2175, Newport Beach, CA 92659; (714) 723-7865.