In a case of a fortuitous pun aiding literacy, Reid Genauer and the Assembly of Dust has announced that it will hold a book drive at the group’s two-night New Year’s Eve run. All attendees are asked to bring a children’s book that in turn will be donated to the local chapter of Reading is Fundamental a few years of performing New Year’s Eve gigs in Oregon, the Zen Tricksters will return to New York for a multimedia performance on December 31st Tribeca Rock Club, promising ‘a buffet, film, and three Tricksters sets.’…….Scarecrow Collection guitarist Nick Setteducato and keyboardist Ed Fritz sat in for much of the Rafter Bats performance this past Saturday at The Skybox in Fairfield CT. Scarecrow Collection recently released its Hooked and Shattered disc and the Rafter Bats are presently in the studio finishing work on their second disc…….Fog City records has released Robert Walter’s In A Holiday Groove. Walter interprets music of both secular and religious origins, pledging, for instance, to offer ripping takes on ‘Winter Wonderland’ and ‘The Dreidel Song’ (grandmothers everywhere will plotz). The disc is only available through the Fog City Records store.