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Weeks ago, JP luminary Rick Berlin's latest full-length, OLD STAG (Hi-N-Dry), threw us into a tizzy that continues to this day. At this rate, we'll harldyh be able to stay still in our pews at North Cambridge's sstately Prospect Hall (the former church on Roseland Street), where, this Friday, he'll roll out 'Rick Berlin's Torn Pocket', an all-star medicine show of 'music and curiosities' featuring Berlin at the piano with his 'Old Stag String Quartet' and the 'Old Stag Singers,' as well as a host of special guests including Providence's Low Anthem, the Cello Chix, the Boston Hoop Troop (and yes, that means hula), Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, harpsichord heartthrob Leon Schelhase, and something called the 'Scream Along With Billy Show'. If ever we've called something else a hullabaloo before, we take it back. Bring some extra cash for your own copy of OLD STAG, and in the meantime, check out Corey Smithson's enchanting video for the heart-squeezing album closer, 'You're Light Is On', at the phoenix.com/onthedownload