words and photos by Natasha Ryan

crowd surfing on Friday the 13th

Although the press release urged showgoers to wear their best PJs (editor's note: I definitely missed that), there didn't appear to be any striped pants sets or long johns in the crowd at the the Les Savy Fav pajama party themed show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Friday (the 13th) night. The cavernous temple looked far removed from the suggested festivity - that is until Tim Harrington appeared amid the audience, donning a cotton nightie with Goldilocks wig snugly tucked under a pink shower cap. He cried "Girl's night!" as he made his way through the crowd, slapping green facial masks on those in desperate need of an exfoliation. The stage was covered with down pillows for fights, and Tim gossiped with the audience, played some Bloody Mary (do you say it 3 times or 100 times?), and did a little party levitation when he later crowd surfed in a Jason Voorhees mask as he chanted "light as a feather, stiff as a board." The party went late, ending around 1:00 am, or just a little before Tim crawled around on the feather-littered floor tangled in his endless microphone cord during "Je T'Aime."

Frenchkiss's newest signing Sean Bones, and the one and only Francis (and the Lights) opened the show. More pictures below...

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Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Decemberists show at Radio City Music Hall.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Opeth / Enslaved show happening at Grand Ballroom.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Ladytron / Faint shows happening at Webster Hall.

Tickets are still on sale for the Deer Tick / Thalia Zedek Band / The Weight show happening tonight (2/13) at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Bronx show at Bowery Ballroom, and tickets are on sale for the show at Maxwell's.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Lucero / Titus Andronicus show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Thee Oh Sees show happening at Mercury Lounge.

Tickets are on sale for the J-Live / Rabbi Darkside show happening at Mercury Lounge.

Tickets are on sale for the Comet Gain show happening at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Tickets are on sale for the Mayhem Blackened Fest show happening at Irving Plaza.

Tickets are on sale for the Crippled Black Phoenix show happening at Mercury Lounge.

Tickets are on sale for 14 Roots shows happening at Highline Ballroom.

Very expensive tickets are on sale for Van Morrison at the Beacon Theater.

Half of Grammy award winners Justice, and their manager Busy P, are playing Webster Hall tonight (2/13).

The new Friday the 13th movie opens tonight.

Popeye is not scared of Friday the 13th. Video below...

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today in NYC
* Bonnaroo
* free stuff
* Sketchfest
* Melomane @ BAM (free)
* Cats on Fire @ Don Hill's
* Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre
* The Fratellis @ Webster Hall
* A.R.E. Weapons & a rooftop film
* Mark Kozelek & Eugene @ Highline Ballroom
* A Sunny Day in Glasgow & Acme @ The Whitney
* Oneida @ The Kitchen (performing the Wedding)
* Major Stars, Thalia Zedek & Talk Normal @ Union Pool
* Teenage Jesus & The Jerks (early & late) @ Knitting Factory
* Pterodactyl, Fiasco & Bat Attack (a zombie party) @ Death By Audio
* The So So Glos, The Muslims, Winning Looks & The Browns @ Cake Shop
* Grand Archives, Sera Cahoone, Centro-Matic & The M's @ Bowery Ballroom
* Oliver Future, Salt & Samovar, American Babies & The Gray Kid @ Mercury Lounge
* Tullycraft, From Bubblegum to Sky, The Besties, Pants Yell! (NYC popfest) @ Pianos

What else?