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Timothy S. Griffin

What's going on Monday?

Janelle Monae @ MHOW 4/17 (more by Tim Griffin)
Janelle Monae

tonight in NYC
* DANCE
* Les Paul @ Iridium
* Burlesque @ Public Assembly
* Rev. Vince Anderson & His Love Choir @ Union Pool
* Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus), modwheelmood @ Highline Ballroom
* Urban Barnyard, Dufus, John Ludington, Andrea Zvaleko @ Cake Shop
* Right on Dynamite, Deleted Scenes, Deep Sea Diver, Michael Runion @ Union Hall
* Talibam!, Up Died Sound, Fragrant Family, Uncle Woody Sullender @ DbA
* Afro-Punk Fest w/ Saul Williams, Janelle Monae, Dallas Austin, Elevator Fight @ BAM

Reverend Vince Anderson & His Love Choir continue their run of free Monday night shows at Union Pool.

Saul Williams (7:30) and Janelle Monae (6:30) headline the third night of music at BAM’s Afro-Punk Festival.

Peter Murphy‘s “Secret Cover” tour makes the first of two NYC stops at the Highline Ballroom tonight. The Bauhaus singer will be at the venue tomorrow night too.

“Kobe Bryant, Jennifer Hudson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder and Brooke Shields are among the celebrities scheduled to be involved in Tuesday’s Michael Jackson memorial.” [LA Times]

“Despite efforts to keep people from profiting from Tuesday’s public memorial service for Michael Jackson, scalpers online Monday were asking as much as $9,000 per ticket to the free event.” [CNN]

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band played a free 4th of July show at NYC’s Battery Park (Jenny Lewis was there too.) You can see Conor & Co. on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight playing “Spoiled” off Outer South. A video of “Spoiled” from the 4th, as well as “Sausalito” and a cover of “Handle With Care” with Jenny Lewis, below…

What else?

Spoiled – Conor Oberst @ Battery Park

Sausalito – Conor Oberst @ Battery Park

Handle With Care – Jenny Lewis w/ Conor Oberst @ Battery Park