it’s such a fine line between stupid and clever

You’ve never seen This is Spinal Tap like this before. At midnight both tonight and tomorrow, the Coolidge Corner Theatre will be showing everyone’s favorite mock-rock flick.

Tonight, the opening act will be Ramming Speed, playing songs from the movie, tunes that inspired the movie, and their very own thrashtastical masterpieces. Tomorrow, it’ll be Razormaze’s pleasure to metal your face off.

I feel like this is going to be more fun than any late-night showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show.
$10 for non-members/$8 for members. You should probably try to get here before midnight.

Tickets & Info

oh, february

Honestly. This is the month of being bored and cold and probably sick. It’s my bad month. But, this year we’re going to laugh in the face of February, right guys? My mind is spinning with things to do and I really don’t think it can get any colder than it did on Friday.

Here’s a cool thing to keep you occupied all month long. Mike Fiore of Faces on Film is, according to his Twitter (oh, I do love Twitter), going to put a new cover song on his MySpace every day this month. That’s 28 covers! After a bit of investigation, it seems that both Mr. Sister and Tony The Bookie are also going to do a cover a day. I like this, a lot.

Go to Faces on Film right now to find his cover of Arthur Russell’s ‘Nobody Wants a Lonely Heart’, Mr. Sister for Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’, and Tony The Bookie for Lee Hazlewood’s ‘The Night Before’.  WHO KNOWS what they’ll post tomorrow!

helluva week

Anthony asked me if there were any good shows coming up. Silly Anthony.

If money wasn’t an issue and work wasn’t a thing, this coming week would be the best. Because Cat is being a lame-o and won’t let me go to Unit 11 (I’m kidding!), I’m going to go ahead and plan everyone’s week for them. It’s kiiinda amazing. I’m a big believer of fun not being restricted to just Friday-Sunday (hello, I’m a waitress).

How about you click ‘keep reading’ link if you really want me to keep talking? I don’t want to break the front page.

GIRLFRIENDS

A paladin, a wizard, and a thief walk into a Vietnamese restaurant.

Wait, wait.

A teacher, a math whiz, and a vintage salesman started a band.

(l-r) Jenny, Andy, Benny

sunday night’s alright

Here’s the thing. Like many apartments in Allston, the one I find myself in is an absolute hotbed for musical activity.

We have Brian, musical genius and founder of European Nobility. It’s Serf Rock, kids. He plays piano, I play claves, and Cat is auditioning for the guillotine.

Auditioning, that is, because she’s got her own thing going as well – enter, Hello Ninja. And, lucky you, they’re playing at the Middle East Upstairs tonight! Come hang!

Presented by FNice Records, with The Susan Constants, Ship High in Transit, The Culprit Policy. 8 PM, $10.

hey i know that guy

This is really cool. Tonight!

i woke up with a song in my head this mornin

Just couldn’t figure out what song it was. Drummed out the beat to Cat, she looked at me cross-eyed and bought me a coffee. Walked around the restaurant humming it, scared off customers and caused employee dissatisfaction. But then, as I was walking to the pot wash (this is where I do all my hardest thinking… life has really taken off), I got it!

And now, reader, you will share my burden. The song in question is ‘Anchor Home’ by a new band out of Somerville, Four Eyes. Who are these chaps? Will (ex-Tussin), Nick (ex-Montcalm) and Dan (current Daniel Striped Tiger), that’s who. I always get nervous when I listen to friends’ music – I’m not a very good liar, you see. It’s nice when you don’t have to lie.

Check em out here  http://foureyes.muxtape.com and/or go see them tomorrow afternoon at Midway Cafe in JP!

Show deets:
Saturday the 23rd at Midway Cafe (3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain), 4 PM, $7
Planned Communities, Horsehands, Four Eyes, Angelic Grit, A Life Worth Living

plough & stars tonight!

BROWN BIRD

MAN ALIVE!

$5

Plough and Stars is at 912 Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge.

have you ever watched vinyl vlog?

WHY NOT?

For some reason I’m having a hard time embedding video from Vimeo so just GO HERE to see their newest episode. You’ll find interviews with Mike Hale and Austin Lucas, as well as a review of Maps & Atlases.

I think these boys are onto something, honestly. We’re Twitter friends, that’s pretty cool.
http://www.vinylvlog.com

I still want to know where Ken went.

urban outfitters opens in allston, january 28th

I don’t actually have anything to say about the grand opening – I’m apathetic. As I haven’t bought anything full-price from a store in years now, Urban is beyond my price range. Maybe Allston will be morphed into some gentrified beast… probably it won’t.

I just wanted to see how many hits we might get if the words Urban Outfitters, Grand Opening, Allston, Harvard Ave, and The Appreciation Post appeared on Pilgrims. That’s all, really.

Oh here, have a flyer.