The Lonely Island

today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Son of a Gun @ Joe’s Pub * The Lonely Island @ Apple Store SoHo * Ulysses S. Grant @ The Living Room * Josh Roseman Water Surgeons @ Barbes * Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen @ Littlefield * The Features, Backwords @ Mercury Lounge * Jim Campilongo Electric Trio @ The Living Room * Kinky Friedman, Mary McBride @ Highline Ballroom * Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra @ The Stone * Corridors, Bow Ribbons, Greenpot Bluepot @ Zebulon * Yael Naim & David Donatien, Anath @ Le Poisson Rouge * Sherlock’s Daughter, New Moods, Slowdance @ Knitting Factory * J-Roddy Walston & The Business, These United States @ Brooklyn Bowl * Freak Owls, Murder Mystery, Ravens & Chimes, Secret Gordon @ Rock Shop (free) * Small Beast w/ Craig Casey & The Fresh Juice Party, Burnt Rome, Val Opielski @ The Delancey * John Maus, Gary War, Holy Shit, DJ International Tapes, DJ Weird Magic @ Glasslands You can see New Moods at Knitting Factory tonight for free…

The Megaphonic Thrift @ by:Larm 2010 (more) tonight in NYC * Louis CK @ Caroline’s * ACME @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * Kronos Quartet @ Zankel Hall * Al Green @ the Wellmont Theatre * John Zorn Improv Night @ The Stone * Stupid Party, Gourmet Scum @ Don Pedro * WFMU’s Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia @ Maxwell’s * Todd, Sewerkraut, Drunkdriver @ (late) Cake Shop * Marina and The Diamonds, Samuel @ The Bell House * Lord Jeff, Truman Peyote, Julie Bryne @ Silent Barn * Talib Kweli (DJ), DJ Jujitsu, DJ Eque @ Brooklyn Bowl * Rufus Wainwright: Blackoutsabbath @ Park Avenue Armory * Red Hook Ramblers, The Hot Johnsons @ Knitting Factory * Standard Fare, Little Big, Jack Skuller @ Death By Audio * Darren Hanlon, A Classic Education, Electricians @ Bruar Falls * David Daniell & Douglas Mccombs Duo, Alan Licht & Loren Connors @ Union Pool * Carolina Chocolate Drops, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens @ Bowery Ballroom * Casiokids, The Good The Bad, Spleen United, The Megaphonic Thrift @ Littlefield (starts 1pm) * Sissy Spacek, Gerritt Witmer and Paul Knowles, Sean Meehan, Dim Diamond @ (early) Cake Shop * Field Mouse, Hailey Wojcik & Her Imaginary Friends, Gregory & The Hawk, Julie Peel @ Glasslands pre-SXSW Scandanavian week continues at Littlefield this AFTERNOON (which is even earlier-feeling than normal thanks to us losing an hour last night…

For me, there are two consistent things happening with SNL lately (and by lately I mean the past several years). First, it rarely makes me laugh…