By Charlene Arsenault

• Jell-O!: Everyone remembers "The Cosby Show" — it had a stronghold on the Nielson ratings throughout the ‘80s. And think of Cosby and you tend to first think of a few stand-out characteristics, namely that he'd often wear those loud, obnoxious sweaters. Ed Barnett and Scott Szymczak remember ‘em, and are calling their new duo The Cosby Sweaters. Barnett (Quiknutz) and Szymczak (Smack) don some appropriate sweaters and bring their new acoustic duo out on April 12 for a gig at JD Cooper's in Putnam. "We're just going to kick the shit out of two acoustics and do our thing," says Smack. "Ed's singing, as I've got no business on the mic. We're not taking it too seriously. Ed does a great Cosby impression for the stage banter [Editor's note: this is very true]. We've got some sweaters, too."

• Ain't no doubt about it, baby, it's you they aim to please: After a long absence, Tuff Enuff is back on the market. The cover band is at The Kas Bar on Route 20 on Saturday, April 12. "We had a run of several years there a couple of years ago," says keyboardist Sam Politz, "then we changed our booking person and it took a while to hook up with them again. We'll be back several times in the coming months."

• Club notes: On Friday, for the first time, The Silverbacks, led by the voice of Laurie Kollios, hit The Hotel Vernon; Jason James rips through Vincent's; singer-songwriter Dan Burke's throwing a birthday bash at Nick's; The Drunken Uncles do their weekly thing at McFadden's; The Balls and Epitome of Dog headline another It Came From Planet Mental show at Ralph's; John Small returns to Borders in Shrewsbury; Del-Hill opens for Pride Falls at The Lucky Dog; On Saturday, Uncle Billy's Smokehouse opens for Sublime tribute Badfish at The Palladium; Craig debuts at Boston Billiards; Jabooda headlines The Artist Development Complex in Southbridge; and Run and Gun shoot at The Blackstone Tap. On Friday and Saturday, Pet Rock welcomes horn players Steve Lefebrve and Pete Levesque for shows at Foxwoods Atrium Lounge, where the band plays tons of fun hits from the ‘70s and '80s — this time with real brass, which is just like real tomato ketchup. Next Thursday (April 17), Craig Rawding brings his band The Generators to Worcester for the first time, to Gilrein's.

• Celebrate the Turtle Boys and set aside the evening: Many of the winners of the Worcester Magazine Turtle Boy Music Awards will be playing at a block party-style show on and around Green Street on Thursday, May 1. With venues such as The Lucky Dog, Grey Hound Pub, Hotel Vernon, Nick's, Tara Pub, Creegan's and The Dive on board, we are welcoming more than 25 bands in 10 venues starting early (festivities kick off at 6:30 p.m.). The winners will be announced in the issue of Thursday, April 24, and there also will be a disc, sponsored by Ernie Boch's Music Drives Us Foundation, featuring many songs by winning artists to accompany the festivities.

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