Don't let the gloomy weather get you down, there's still a whole lot to do this weekend. Make fun happen!
Why is it that every time DJ Deejay has one of his ridiculously awesome nights, I’m busy? There is nothing I’d rather do than be at PYT on a Friday night for Beatles, Stones & Bowie with Deejay himself.
With $1 PBRs, Miller Lights and well drinks from 10-11, and any of those three artists on the stereo, if you don’t have a good time you’re probably missing that part of your brain. Tonight be a hero, or a day tripper, or jumpin’ jack flash…just have fun.
More imagesThe Trocadero was packed to the brim on Thursday night as much-adored Chicago punks Alkaline Trio played another sold out date on the headline tour for their new album This Addiction.
They hit a lot of the high notes on the new album (“Dine, Dine My Darling,” the title track) along with some old favorites like “Armageddon” and “Fuck You Aurora,” but the biggest surprise must have been the encore performance of the Misfits “Attitude” with drummer Derek Grant on vocals.
Philly is the second of six cities where MGMT will be holing “extraordinary events,” and today is the day. The MGMTmobile will be somewhere in the city today at 3:30pm, but we currently don’t know where. How do you find out? WhereIsMGMT.com will reveal clues as to the location of the “mobile” at 2:30.
» More Find the MGMTmobile today
The out of time Brooklyn-based crooners, Woods have a follow-up on the heels of 2009's Songs of Shame. The new record will be called At Echo Lake and is to be released in every format (except 8-track or floppy disk) on May 11 via Woodsist, the label run by the band's singer/guitarist Jeremy Earl.
» More New Woods album due May 11
In this recession, everyone is playing it safe. Safe is boring. I've mentioned the fact that the Whitney's Biennial has been scaled back this year as a result of these dire economic times. Closer to home, the PMA currently has up a Picasso "special exhibition" that sees large portions of the work coming from its own collection. If that's not safe, I'm not sure what is.
This Thursday night was something of Sophie's Choice when it came to ticket purchasing for many in the city. Which show was more important to the buyer, personally? Was it Henry Rollins at the Church for one of his famous talking shows, or was it Alkaline Trio and Cursive at the Trocadero?
» More Rollins, Trio make Thursday the punkest day of the week
When art galleries in Philly have openings they like to label and coincide them with the sequential order that specific day of the week falls in the month, e.g. First Friday, Fifth Wednesday, Fourth Monday, and, well, here's Second Thursday.
» More Second Thursday art openings tonight
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