NYC area shows of interest - May 2010

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

MAY:
Kate Nash @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/1
Suzanne Vega @ City Winery - 5/1, 5/6, 5/19
Peter Gabriel / Ane Brun @ Radio City Music Hall - 5/2
Shout Out Louds @ Webster Hall - 5/5
Sia @ Terminal 5 - 5/6
the Paper Raincoat @ Mercury Lounge - 5/6
Patrick Watson @ the Bell House - 5/6; @ 92YTribeca - 5/7
Persephone's Bees @ Rubulad - 5/7
Broken Social Scene @ Webster Hall - 5/7; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/8
Him @ Irving Plaza - 5/7, 5/8
Chelsea Handler @ Radio City Music Hall - 5/8
Ane Brun @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/10
*KoRn @ Roseland Ballroom - 5/10
Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall - 5/10-11, 5/24-25
**Massive Attack @ Terminal 5 - **5/11, 5/12
Clare and the Reasons @ Joe's Pub - 5/12
Elysian Fields @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/13
*Jenny Owen Youngs @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 5/13
the Buzzcocks @ Irving Plaza - 5/13
Laura Marling @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 5/13; @ City Winery - 5/14
*Metric @ Terminal 5 - 5/16
**Pearl Jam @ Prudential Center, nj - 5/18
Recoil @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/18
Phantogram @ Maxwell's, nj - 5/18; @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/19
Janeane Garofalo/Kristin Hersh/others @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/20
*Pearl Jam @ MSG - 5/20, 5/21
Flyleaf @ Webster Hall - 5/22
*Turin Brakes @ Joe's Pub - 5/22
New York Dolls @ Warsaw - 5/22
Melissa Auf Der Maur OOOM event @ Housing Works Bookstore - 5/24
*Jimmy Gnecco @ Bowery Ballroom - 5/25
Taken By Trees @ Le Poisson Rouge - 5/25
*Jihae @ Rockwood Stage 2 - 5/25
**Imogen Heap @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 5/25


Imogen Heap 5/25/10 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157624020114407/
videos:
Headlock - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZVbsp68FwY
Hide and Seek - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9NESVnLskc
Let Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-_RhRNNoU

Pearl Jam 5/18/10 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623974154079/
videos:
Go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98m68dPuyjE
Daughter/WMA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90Qh6JK9-g
Once - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6b7n27XRrE
the Fixer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM8s5Ukrp-g

Massive Attack 5/11/10 pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623925714831/
videos:
"Angel": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DPS0XpMB7Q
"Unfinished Sympathy": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sam9JWlbsMQ


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NYC area shows of interest - April 2010

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

APRIL:
Boys Noize @ Terminal 5 - 4/3
Atoms For Peace @ Roseland Ballroom - 4/5, 4/6
Janelle Monae @ Highline Ballroom - 4/8
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Webster Hall - 4/8, 4/9
*Freezepop / Plushgun @ Mercury Lounge - 4/10
Third Eye Blind @ Wellmont Theatre - 4/13
*Crystal Castles @ Irving Plaza - 4/14
Sarah Silverman book signing @ Union Square Barnes & Noble - 4/20; @ Urban Outfitters - 4/21
Sean Hayes @ Le Poisson Rouge - 4/20
the Specials @ Terminal 5 - 4/21
the Maryonettes @ Mercury Lounge - 4/21
the Thermals @ Brooklyn Bowl - 4/21
the Grates @ Knitting Factory - 4/21; @ Maxwell's, nj - 4/23
30 Seconds to Mars/Mutemath @ Roseland Ballroom - 4/21; @ Wellmont Theatre - 4/22
Ben Lee @ Zebulon - 4/22
Hot Chip / the xx @ Terminal 5 - 4/22, 4/23
Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes @ United Palace Theater - 4/23
Alice Smith @ Highline Ballroom - 4/23
Jason Collett @ Mercury Lounge - 4/23
Screaming Females @ Mercury Lounge - 4/24
Owl City @ Terminal 5 - 4/24
Charlotte Gainsbourg / AM @ Webster Hall - 4/25
Semi Precious Weapons @ Bowery Ballroom - 4/26
*Hole @ Terminal 5 - 4/27, 4/28
Madeleine Peyroux @ the Blue Note - 4/27-5/2
Jaymay @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 - 4/28
*Kate Nash @ Bowery Ballroom - 4/29
*Janeane Garofalo @ Comix - 4/29-5/1

NYC area shows of interest - March 2010

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

MARCH:
**Muse / Silversun Pickups @ MSG - 3/5
**Jon B. @ BB King's - 3/6 (shut up. it's for my sister's bday!)
Gogol Bordello @ Irving Plaza - 3/9
the Magnetic Fields @ Town Hall - 3/10-12
Jenny Owen Youngs @ Union Hall - 3/11
*Puscifer @ Grand Ballroom - 3/11; @ Apollo Theater -3/13
Alkaline Trio @ Nokia Theatre - 3/12; @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 3/13
Ingrid Michaelson / Mat Kearney @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 3/13
Haale @ Rockwood Music Hall - 3/14
Alicia Keyes / Robin Thicke @ MSG - 3/17; @ Prudential Ctr, nj - 3/19
Air / AM @ Terminal 5 - 3/19
Haale @ Bowery Poetry Club - 3/20
*Sheryl Crow @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 3/22
the Clientele @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/23
Marissa Nadler @ Littlefield Brooklyn - 3/25
Alice Smith @ Highline Ballroom - 3/25
Spoon @ Radio City Music Hall - 3/26
Gabriel Iglesias standup @ Town Hall - 3/27
*Love Is All @ Maxwell's, nj - 3/27; @ Knitting Factory - 3/28
She and Him @ Bowery Ballroom - 3/29, 3/30
Coheed and Cambria @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 3/31

3.5.10 Muse vid - Map of the Problematique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXyaA98Urw
3.5.10 Muse vid - Supermassive Black Hole: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrYye118u4

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NYC area shows of interest - February 2010

**denotes which shows i sure-diddly will be attending.
*denotes which shows i would like to attend, but probably won't.
lemme know if you want in. :)

FEBRUARY:
Jimmy Gnecco @ Mercury Lounge - 2/3
Black Tape For A Blue Girl @ the Studio at Webster - 2/3
*Laura Veirs @ Mercury Lounge - 2/5
Haale @ Joe's Pub - 2/5
Delta Spirit @ Union Hall - 2/5 & 2/12
Hot Chip @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 2/6
Alice Smith @ Joe's Pub - 2/9
Chevelle @ the Fillmore NY - 2/9
Laura Marling @ Le Poisson Rouge - 2/12
Phantogram @ Mercury Lounge - 2/12
Noe Venable / Two Loons For Tea @ Knitting Factory - 2/13
Taken By Trees @ Union Hall - 2/13
the Used @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 2/14
*El Perro Del Mar / Taken By Trees @ Knitting Factory - 2/17
Kathy Griffin @ WaMu Theater - 2/18, 2/19
New Found Glory / Saves the Day @ the Fillmore NY - 2/18
**EDITORS @ Terminal 5 - 2/19
*New Found Glory / Saves the Day @ Starland Ballroom, nj - 2/20
the Clientele / Vetiver @ Maxwell's, nj - 2/21
Mates of State @ the Bell House - 2/21
**Royal Advisor Records launch party @ Home Sweet Home - 2/19
(yay Lorant!)

Editors pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623504462188/
RAR launch party pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157623504499418/

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NYC area shows of interest - January 2010

**denotes which shows i'll be attending.
*denotes which shows i sure-diddly would like to attend.
lemme know if you want in. :)

JANUARY:
Au Revoir Simone @ Highline Ballroom - 1/7
Okkervil River @ Terminal 5 -1/7
*City and Colour @ Webster Hall - 1/8
Alice Smith residency @ Joe's Pub - 1/8, 1/15, 1/22
Vienna Teng and Alex Wong @ City Winery - 1/9
Vampire Weekend @ United Palace Theater - 1/17; @ Webster Hall - 1/18; @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/19
Charlotte Gainsbourg @ the Bell House - 1/19, 1/20; @ Hiro Ballroom - 1/23
Horse Stories @ Rockwood Music Hall - 1/19; @ Pete's Candy Store - 1/21
Vetiver @ the Bell House - 1/20
*Spoon / Mahogany @ Mercury Lounge - 1/21
Lady Gaga @ Radio City Music Hall - 1/20, 1/21, 1/23, 1/24
My Brightest Diamond @ Bowery Ballroom - 1/22
Elysian Fields @ Le Poisson Rouge - 1/22
Jim Gaffigan @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 1/23
Chelsea Handler @ Radio City Music Hall - 1/23
Of Montreal @ Highline Ballroom - 1/26
Suzanne Vega @ Lincoln Center - 1/28
St. Vincent @ Lincoln Center - 1/29

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NYC-area shows of interest - December '09

DECEMBER:
*Rob Zombie @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 12/1
*Jimmy Gnecco @ Knitting Factory - 12/1
Over the Rhine @ Highline Ballroom - 12/1
Imogen Heap @ Webster Hall - 12/2; @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 12/3
*Vienna Teng / Alex Wong @ Joe's Pub - 12/3
Lady Gaga @ Susquehanna Bank Ctr, nj - 12/3
Lady Gaga @ Radio City Music Hall - 12/3, 12/4
Noe Venable @ Postcrypt Coffeehouse - 12/4
Brendan Benson @ Le Poisson Rouge - 12/4
Mew @ Webster Hall - 12/4
the Script @ Terminal 5 -12/6
Jimmy Gnecco @ Maxwell's, nj - 12/6
Tori Amos (eTown Live Radio Show Taping) @ Grand Ballroom - 12/7
Arctic Monkeys / Screaming Females @ Terminal 5 - 12/10, 12/11
the Gaslight Anthem @ Wellmont Theatre, nj - 12/11
the Fiery Furnaces @ Music Hall of Williamsburg - 12/11; @ Bowery Ballroom - 12/12
Martha Wainwright @ Royal Albert Hall - 12/12
Holly Brook / Jihae @ Harlem Holiday Benefit 2009 - 12/12
**A John Waters Christmas @ State Theatre, nj - 12/18
*Dar Williams @ Southpaw - 12/27
Gogol Bordello @ Webster Hall - 12/27-29
Alice Smith @ Joe's Pub - 12/31

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the Pixies - 'Gigantic' live @ Hammerstein Ballroom - 11.23.09

i la la love this song, but not when it's stuck in my head with only a few hours left to sleep. i know it sucks to have anything stuck in your head at that time, but this song is particularly detrimental to slumber. you know the part i'm talkin' about - aah AAAAHHH aaaaaahhhh!




pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46484127@N00/sets/72157622747249007