FRIDAY:
>>> Friends, I must tell you: This weekend rules already. Tonight, there will be the chill of promise in the air, and so much to do and so many friends to see. Here at the office, that means the next-to-last-ever Philebrity Happy Hour @ Octo, followed by Lewis & Clarke, Meg Baird and Sir Charles Latham, now performing under the moniker Death Panel performing at our Friday evening folk show at 2424 Studios. Sly Fox Beer is on board with this one, too, so don corduroy and get mellow like it’s your damned job, son. And also: It’s free. Click on the graphic at right to Facebook that shit up.
>>> Also, like we were saying yesterday, that crazy roller disco party in South Philly isn’t anything to sneeze at either. Not your thing? Sorted! is back at the Barbary, but seriously, what is wrong with you. It’s roller disco.
>>> Elsewhere in the live music hemisphere: Rhett Miller of the Old 97s plays World Cafe Live and is much, much cuter than Ryan Adams; Josh Olmstead Band/Yellow Humphrey/North Lawrence Midnight Singers/Pepi Ginsberg do North Star Bar, and surely, Harry Nilsson fans, there must be something to like there; and I just picked up Jarvis Cocker‘s Further Complications on wax. Invite me over late-night and I will talk with you about how it’s really growing on me.

SATURDAY:

>>> Can we get some Motherfucking Hipster Park Wars up in here? West Side, you got the Clark Park Festival; South Side, you got the Jefferson Square Music Festival! North Side, all you people do is sit in the grass and play guitars every damned weekend. It’s sickening. We’re supposed to be cooler than all this hippy shit, in case you didn’t know. Look alive.
>>> The silver-y, buzzsaw-y, forward-motion music of Gildon Works has finally been committed to posterity, and you can listen to it in many places: Here, for instance, in the cold comfort of your metaphorical or real cubicle, or at their record release show with Arc In Round and Pattern Is Movement at Johnny Brenda’s, surrounded by present and future friends. The choice is yours.
>>> And goddamn look at that forecast. I’m not gonna mess this up with a bunch of DJ nights. You have Facebook, I’m sure you can find a bar if you need one.

SUNDAY:
>>> Oddly, a bunch of interesting shows, if you care to: Both Kevin Seconds and Sunn0))) play the First Unitarian Church (at different times, though, for even if they walk together, they apparently can’t rock together). Meanwhile, Fanfarlo and The Extraordinaires play Kung Fu Necktie, and The Cave Singers play JB’s. Look at you, clickin’ links, learnin’ about music. That groovy September air really opens your mind, doesn’t it, brah?

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 4:59 pm.