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Since the release of Jesse Malin’s debut album The Fine Art of Self Destruction, Jesse has been either on the road, writing, or recording. When he’s writing, he may break to a movie theater, watch a rock show, grab a burrito on Avenue A, comb through a record store, sing on a friend's new recording, or stop in for a late night beer somewhere downtown. He's often jammin' out new tunes with local players in a local backstore basement. He’ll check in at a guitar store now and then, or get his amplifers fixed. For the most part, he is working on new songs. He did make time to organize a benefit concert that raised several thousand dollars for the Hurricane Katrina Emergency Relief fund. The sold-out show included performances from friends such as Butch Walker, Debbie Harry, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, David Johansen, Marah, Joseph Arthur, Willie Nile and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. He also recently played at Carnegie Hall on a tribute concert to Joni Mitchell to benefit music educa...