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A surprisingly quiet month at our local B&N's, especially the USQ mothership. Here are some February 2012 bookstore events that looked interesting to me for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble New York 02/02 Mike Doughty: The Book of Drugs A Memoir (Tri) 02/06 Tom Santopietro: The Godfather Effect (86th & Lex) 02/07 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What Color Is My World? (Tri) 02/07 Elaine Hall: Seven Keys to Unlock Autism (86th & Lex) 02/14 Dave Isay: All There Is Love Stories from StoryCorps (82nd & Bway) [...]

Guns 'N Roses at Izod Center (11/17/11) Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Feb 10 Fri Guns N' Roses Roseland Ballroom New York , NY Buy Tickets On sale:Wed, 02/01/12 12:00 PM [...]

Young The Giant at CMJ 2010 (10/20/10) Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Hey folks, another official CPS Summerstage benefit show has been announced for the 2012 season. California's Young the Giant will play the Rumsey Playfield at Central Park Summerstage on July 16, 2012 . For more of this year's lineup, please check out the 2012 Summerstage Unofficial Lineup page over here . Ticket details below: American Express Presale Start: Wed, 02/01/12 [...]

James McCartney James McCartney , the only son of Paul and Linda McCartney , made his US television debut on Monday night on The Late Show with David Letterman . While not really touring this time out, James is sticking around the city for a couple of low key gigs including one at the Rockwood Music Hall on Feb 1 and another at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, NJ on Feb 3 . [...]

John Mulaney - New In Town > Do I keep posting about John Mulaney because I hope one day he will invite me on a personal tour of the Saturday Night Live set? In a word, yes. Do I also keep posting about John Mulaney because he's one of the funniest stand-ups around today? Without a doubt, yes. If you don't skip through the ads on The Daily Show or The Colbert [...]

I'm From Barcelona at Southpaw (08/06/07) Photo : D. Caplan ( more ) According to the Brooklyn Paper , the pioneering Park Slope club will shutter its doors on February 20 to make way for a kids tutoring center. A long-standing Park Slope concert hall will close and become a tutoring school now that the hood caters more to kiddies than roadies, owners say. Southpaw — the legendary music venue that hosted the likes of Patti Smith and Joan Jett — [...]

120dB Concert Photography Group Show (01/27/12) Hey folks, occasional Bumpershine photographers, Jessica Amaya and Abbey Braden , are just two of the good people taking part in 120db group photography show that opens this Friday ( Jan 27 ) at Fort Useless in Brooklyn. The details below, if you can't make it to the opening, the show runs until March 24, 2012 during events and by appointment. 120dB A Fort Useless Event Curated by [...]

The Secret Policeman's Ball at Radio City Music Hall (03/04/12) The Secret Policeman's Ball is letting America in on the party: The British-based music and comedy festival is coming to New York in March. Coldplay, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Mumford & Sons and Russell Brand are among the acts who have signed on for the event at Radio City Music Hall on March 4. The concert will benefit Amnesty International, as it has since it started back in 1976 with celebrities [...]

Not surprisingly, the latest release from Pollard & Co. draws the attention (and admiration) of Drake . -ed. The 'Classic' lineup of Guided By Voices returns with two new releases in 2012 Words : Drake Lelane 2012 continues to be slow, with only the excellent return of Guided By Voices to show for this week. Looking back through my archives, by this time last year we'd already had several albums of note, including Wire, Smith Westerns, British [...]

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• Guided By Voices - The Unsinkable Fats Domino

Hey folks, Season 3 of the absurdist witness protection program reality show, Delocated! , will premiere on Adult Swim on February 2 at midnight. In addition to starring as the eponymous "Jon," this season creator/star/co-writer/executi ve producer Jon Glaser also takes on the role of an entirely new original character. Janeane Garafalo joins the cast this season as a regular, and Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Jacob Kogan and Steve Cirbus are back in their supporting roles. In other related news, [...]

One Step Beyond at AMNH Hey folks, as a I mentioned a little while ago, the One Step Beyond music series is returning to AMNH on Friday, January 20 with Dirty Projectors (DJ Set), Skinny Freidman , and Import/Export . As I also mentioned, there was a chance that I would be giving away tickets to the show and the good news is that that giveaway is now officially happening. I've got two pairs of tickets to give away to Friday night's [...]

Nova Scotia's premier indie party rocker, Rich Aucoin , is in town tonight ( Wednesday, Jan 18 ) at Glasslands for his second of two NYC shows. If you've never seen Rich live before, I strongly suggest you go check him out, it's of the most fun gigs you'll ever experience. Listen to Rich's recent performance on CBC Radio's Q over here . Latest We're all Dying To Live sync video (10/11) and a few more Rich Aucoin tour dates after the jump. [...]

Oberhofer at 4Knots 2011 (07/16/11) Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Feb 10 Fri Black Onassis Mercury Lounge New York , NY 07:30 PM Buy Tickets [...]

M83 at Webster Hall (11/14/08) Photo : Tim Griffin ( more ) Hey folks, add another one to the 2012 Summerstage schedule . Tickets for M83 's Aug 8 show at the Rumsey Playfield go on Amex presale on Wednesday, January 18 at 12:00 PM EST, general on sale begins Friday, January 20 at 12:00 PM EST . M83 is also playing (a previously announced) show at Terminal 5 on May 10 at with [...]

THE TOBOLOWSKY FILES LIVE AT THE BELL HOUSE: FEB 28, 2012 FEATURING ACTOR AND STORYTELLER: STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY BUY TICKETS ( $15 ADV / $18 DOS ) As you may know, I post about a lot of events here, and while I only post about things that interest me on this blog, my actual degree of enthusiasm for each show generally varies. Well, folks, when I heard they were putting on live versions of The Tobolowsky Files [...]

Starting next month, famous Canadian thespian and Priceline spokesperson, William Shatner , will be appearing on Broadway in Shatner's World: We Just Live In It . Here's a little taste of what you can expect to see at the show: Television and movie superstar William Shatner will bring SHATNER'S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT to Broadway's Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street) for a limited engagement from February 14 - March 4 . Opening night is February 16 . The [...]

Sharon Van Etten at SXSW (03/18/11) Photo : D. Caplan Jan 18 Wed Sharon Van Etten Mercury Lounge New York , NY 06:30 PM Buy Tickets On [...]

Beirut at Northsix (06/20/06) Photo : D. Caplan ( more ) Another day, another unofficial "Summerstage" show announcement. Zach Condon aka Beirut will grace the Rumsey Playfield at Central Park for what I believe is the first time on Aug 29, 2012 . Tickets for that show go on Amex presale tomorrow ( Jan 11 ), regular on sale begins on Friday, Jan 13 . More unofficial Summerstage announcements over here , more Beirut tour dates [...]

Fred Armisen's Playlist, Live SNL regular player, ex- Trenchmouth drummer, and Portlandia star, Fred Armisen , is putting on an cool looking music series at Union Pool on Feb 5, 12 and 26 . Fred Armisen's Playlist, Live promises live "...songs from the Damned, The Stranglers, The Clash, Devo, Husker Du, and others..." During this residency, Fred will also be inviting special guests to join the bill for [...]

Van Halen ft. DLR, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen Tickets for Van Halen featuring original members David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Eddie Van Halen are on American Express presale now. Internet presale starts Jan 13 at 10AM EST, general on sale begins on Jan 14 at 10AM EST. Van Halen plays Madison Square Garden on February 28 and March 1, 2012 *. [...]