Thursday, May 18, 2006

Free Shows Galore this Summer

This summer in the NYC we've got

super furry animals
eels
feist
tv on the radio
matt pond pa
seu jorge
jose gonzalez
belle and sebastian
mates of state
yo la tengo
she wants revenge
the hold steady
ted leo + Rx

Plus Siren, Summerstage and lots of stuff at Prospect Park... Who needs those pricey Chicago festivals this summer, right? Okay, I do.

there's more too, see for yourself

Report: President Isiah Thomas Has No Exit Strategy For Knicks

from the good people at the onion.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Stop being a Knicks fan? Is THAT Dolan's goal?

excerpt from page 2

If you're a New York Knicks fan, bless you, you're being held hostage by James Dolan. He deserved to be fired long ago, but you cannot fire him. You cannot vote him out of office. Your only way out is to quit watching Knicks games in person and on TV and hope enough of your fellow fans quit watching to drive this clown out of business.

Is Dolan hellsent?

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Man Man @ Sarah Lawrence College






Even better than I thought they'd be live, and it was fucking free! Great energy, they seemed to almost play in order of Six Demon Bag, occasionally playing stuff from their first album The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face. I was close enough to be picked up by their microphones had I not just sat there stunned silent.
The Sarah Lawrence campus is gorgeous this time of year, those kids should consider themselves lucky to go to such a fine school; a school whose activities director obviously has good taste in music!
They had this weird pen all taped off where the kids can drink, I heard them refer to it as the "beer garden" but it just seemed kind of odd. They had good beer, actually my beer of choice, Guinness, but they seemed to be checking student ID's from a list, so I didn't even try to get into the beer garden pen since I don't pay tuition. I'll just hold off until my next visit to the real beer garden in queens. They also had snow cones. I saw a chrome fixie that was stripped of stickers, it could have passed for a bianchi pista except it was lugged so it must have been something else. it had bullhorns and a front brake. seems like a nice area for some stress-free riding.
There was security everywhere, I felt like some kind of intruder at times. It really did feel like I was the only one there that was not a student, but I know that must not be the case.
"you should always run with a loaded gun in your mouth"
indeed.
Yankees game traffic on the way home was a biotch.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Man, Man Man

I'm really diggin on this Man Man disc Six Demon Bag they're playing Sarah Lawrance College up in Bronxville on May 13, I may try to go that one!

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

New shows that have not yet /may not ever sell out

Sat 5/06
8:00 PM
The Fever, Detachment Kit, Skeleton Breath
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $13a/$15d

Tue 5/09
8:00 PM
Pinback, Pleaseeasaur
Northsix 18+ $16a/$18d

Wed 5/10
9:00 PM
Pinback, Pleaseeasaur
Irving Plaza 16+ $16a/$18d

Wed 5/10
7:30 PM
Nada Surf (acoustic), Dangaru, True Love, Wanderbund
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10a/$12d

Fri 5/12
7:00 PM
Mogwai, Torche
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20a/$23d

Sat 5/13
7:00 PM
Mogwai, Torche
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20a/$23d

Sat 5/13
8:00 PM
Pretty Girls Make Graves, Giant Drag, The Joggers
Irving Plaza 16+ $15.75a/$17d

tue 5/16
9:00 PM
His Name is Alive, Nomo
Mercury Lounge 21+ $12

Wed 5/17
8:00 PM
His Name is Alive, Nomo
Maxwell's All Ages $10

Thu 5/18
7:30 PM
Architecture in Helsinki
Avalon 16+ $16.75

tool 5/19, 5/20

Sun 5/21
7:00 PM
The National, Baby Dayliner, Doveman
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $17a/$20d

Mon 5/22
8:00 PM
Gnarls Barkley
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $25a/$30d Buy Tickets

Wed 5/24
8:00 PM
Mark Kozelek, Robert Skoro
Bowery Ballroom 21+ $17a/$20d Buy Tickets
(robert skoro kicks ass)

Wed 5/24
7:30 PM
The Walkmen, Mazarin, Nethers
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20

thu 6/01
11:30 PM
The Fall, The Talk
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $20a/$22d

Fri 6/02
6:30 PM
Bouncing Souls, Blanks 77, The Harletts
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $15a/$17d

Fri 6/02
9:30 PM
The Stills, Rogue Wave
Maxwell's 18+ $15

Fri 6/02
8:30 PM
Mary Timony, Tralala, Human Television, Tiny Amps
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10

Fri 6/02
7:00 PM
Super Furry Animals
South Street Seaport All Ages free

Fri 6/02
9:00 PM
The Fall
Southpaw 18+ $20

Sat 6/03
6:30 PM
Wolfmother, Deadboy & The Elephantmen
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20

Sat 6/03
6:30 PM
Bouncing Souls, Paint it Black, Arsons
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $15a/$17d

Sat 6/03
8:00 PM
Ours
Maxwell's All Ages $15

Sat 6/03
6:45 PM
Snow Patrol, Augustana, The Duke Spirit
Roseland Ballroom All Ages $26

Sun 6/04
6:30 PM
Bouncing Souls, Sticks & Stones, Ruder than You
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $15a/$17d

Mon 6/05
6:30 PM
Bouncing Souls, The Slackers, Smoke or Fire
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $15a/$17d

thu 6/08
9:00 PM
Bardo Pond
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10a/$12d

Fri 6/09
8:00 PM
Cat Power
Town Hall All Ages $22

Sat 6/10
8:00 PM
Cat Power
Town Hall All Ages $22

Sun 6/11
8:00 PM
Stiff Little Fingers
Irving Plaza 16+ $20

Sun 6/11
8:00 PM
!!!
Northsix 18+ $15

Tue 6/13
Sonic Youth
CBGB Not Specified tba

tue 6/13
Radiohead
Madison Square Garden(MSG Theater - on sale 5/5) All Ages tba

Wed 6/14
Radiohead
Madison Square Garden(MSG Theater - on sale 5/5) All Ages tba

Wed 6/14
6:45 PM
Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists
Roseland Ballroom All Ages $25

Sat 6/17
8:00 PM
The Slackers, Les Sans Culottes, Slavic Soul Party
The Hook 18+ $12

Sun 6/18
8:00 PM
Band of Horses, Mt. Egypt, The Can't See
Warsaw 16+ $13a/$15d

Wed 6/21
7:30 PM
David Bazan (Pedro The Lion)
Maxwell's All Ages $10

Sat 6/24
8:00 PM
Liars, Alan Vega, The Apes
Warsaw 16+ $15

Mon 6/26
7:00 PM
Liars
Avalon 16+ $15

Fri 6/30
8:00 PM
The Walkmen
Warsaw 16+ tba

Tue 7/04
3:30 PM
Belle & Sebastian
Battery Park(tickets required - more info soon) All Ages free

Thu 7/06
6:00 PM
Broken Social Scene
Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn) All Ages $30

Wed 7/19
8:00 PM
Diplo
Avalon 16+ $20

Thu 7/27
7:00 PM
The Hold Steady
Castle Clinton All Ages free

Thu 8/03
The New Pornographers, Calexico, The Frames
Central Park Summerstage All Ages $30

Fri 8/25
7:00 PM
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
South Street Seaport All Ages free

Thu 9/28
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Central Park Rumsey Playfield All Ages $32.50

Wed 10/04-10/06
8:00 PM
Built To Spill, Camper Van Beethoven, Helvetia
Irving Plaza(++date changed from 5/3++) 16+ $22