IT'S SHOWTIME FOR GUADAGNO

The late Terry Magovern carried a lot of clout, and not just on the East Coast within the Bruce Springsteen community.

Earlier this year, when producers of the Showtime/David Duchovny series Californication were looking to learn more about Matawan singer/songwriter Pat Guadagno, they called Magovern, who gave his OK.

Thanks in part to Magovern's seal of approval, Guadagno's cover of the Warren Zevon song "Don't Let Us Get Sick" will be featured in Californication near the end of the Sept. 17 episode, which will begin at 10:30 p.m.

Guadagno performs regularly along the Jersey Shore and is perhaps best known for organizing Bob Dylan birthday shows at such venues as Red Bank's Two River Theater Company.

He'll perform tonight (Aug. 31) at Windansea in Highlands and Monday (Sept. 3) at the Sugar Shack, also in Highlands.



HOLIDAY SOUNDS ON THE HORIZON

Labor Day weekend has arrived, and technically, there are a few weeks of summer left.

Nevertheless, the Christmas album push has already started.

Raul Malo, the former lead singer for the country-rock band The Mavericks, has recorded a batch of yuletide classics for Marshmallow World & Other Holiday Favorites. The album is due Sept. 25 via New Door Records/UMe, and Malo will support it with his Christmas Party Tour, which is scheduled to begin Nov. 28 in Ridgefield, Conn. Other stops include New York (Dec. 12) and Atlantic City (Dec. 14).

Then there's Relient K, which will release Let It Snow, Baby … Let It Reindeer on Oct. 23 via Capitol. The pop-punk band has added seven songs to 2003's Deck the Halls and Bruise Your Hand; among the new tunes is one called "I'm Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas."