NYC SHOWS: 2nite-> Flying Luttenbachers & Zs // 2morrow-> Calvin Johnson & Kimya Dawson

tonite & tomorrow - two phenomenal evenings in Manhattan:

tonite 10/5 @ Tonic --- legendary mind blowing prog virtuosity from Weasel Walter's FLYING LUTTENBACHERS - plus 2 drummed, 2 sax, 2 guitar meticulous sheet music jazz / classical proggers ZS - their 1st performance in over a year - & also CONELRAD, prog metal 2 piece from Pittsburgh.

& then - tomorrow 10/6 @ the Tank --- legendary deep-throated Beat Happening & K records founder CALVIN JOHNSON, along with Moldy Peaches front-lady KIMYA DAWSON, plus LANDING.

---- 2nite - Tue 10/5 @ TONIC ---->

--> the Flying Luttenbachers
----> Zs
------> Conelrad

TONIC | 107 Norfolk St @ Delancey | Lower East Side, Manhattan
F or JMZ to Essex/Delancey | 8pm | 212.358.7501 | $10

---- 2morrow - Wed 10/6 @ the TANK ---->

--> Kimya Dawson (from the Moldy Peaches)
----> Calvin Johnson (x Beat Happening, Halo Benders, etc)
------> Landing
--> dj Tae Won Yu (x Kicking Giant)

TANK | 432 W 42nd St, btwn 9th & 10th Aves | Hells Kitchen, Manhattan
take any train to Times Square or Port Authority | $6 | 9pm | ALL AGES

[ FLYING LUTTENBACHERS ]
"Since 1991 this notorious instrumental unit has been wasting puny earthlings with an amorphous fusion of all things extreme and dissonant in music: hardcore-punk rawness, death-metal speed/technicality, free-jazz asymmetry, no-wave skronk, progressive-rock conceptual bombast, electronic-noise and modern-classical abstraction. The latest Flying Luttenbachers line-up features guitar virtuoso Ed Rodriguez, bassist Mike Green and founder Weasel Walter back on the drum throne. "
-- MP3 --> http://www.troublemanunlimited.com/mp3/flying_luttenbachers-elfmeros.mp3

[ Zs ]
2 drummers, 2 sax players, 2 guitarist "Troubleman Unlimited recording artists Zs are a New York band working between the worlds of Avant Rock and New Music. Mostly instrumental, the music often explores the extremes of compositional complexity and virtuosity as well as extended repetition. The sound ranges from bombastic Prog Rock counterpoint to barely audible breathing sounds." - Tonic
-- MP3 --> http://www.troublemanunlimited.com/mp3/zs-olympics.mp3

[ KIMYA DAWSON ]
"The songs of Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson display an impressively broad aptitude for modern wordplay. Her album "Hidden Vagenda" (K records) is one of the smartest darn records we have heard all year -- rarely does an artist use both childhood memories and pop-culture kitsch to such chilling effect." - Time Out NY
-- many MP3s --> http://www.kimyadawson.com/

[ CALVIN JOHNSON ]
"Calvin Johnson, the deep throated K Records honcho and Beat Happening veteran made a compelling solo debut two years ago in "What Was Me" (K Records) which features bare-bones songs reminiscent of his old band's softer material." CALVIN JOHNSON is a living legend by any definition, having founded both K Records & Beat Happening back in the early 80's - not to mention the Halo Benders (with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch) & Dub Narcotic Sound System in the 90's. Love or hate Calvin or what he helped create - he has always had a knack for writing clever and catchy songs with great sexy attitude and swaggering charm - not to mention awesome dance moves.
-- MP3 --> http://www.krecs.com/mp3/CalvinJohnson-OdetoSt.Valentine.mp3

[ LANDING ]
newcomers from Connecticut make space rock you can lay down to. on K Records
-- MP3 --> http://www.krecs.com/mp3/Landing_PassagesThrough_HoldMeUnder.mp3

and hey, did y'all catch the debate last week? awesome. Bush got trounced. Things are looking up for Kerry and the press is finally - grudgingly - taking some notice. That won't last if we don't stay on their ass though. Tonight is the one and only Vice-Presidential debate. Dour, totally full-of-shit poster boy for evil DICK CHENEY goes up against our sunny Carolina man JOHN EDWARDS. Tune in and watch John Edwards sweet talk some truth past that sneering sonovabitch Cheney.

BUT - like last time, and maybe more so since there'll be less impetus for us all to pay attention, they're going to try to spin this one as a win for the Repubs and the neo-cons no matter what actually goes down. Please watch the debate and then AFTER you watch the debates, help get that bastard Bush out of office by speaking up and not letting the corporate news companies dictate to folks what to think - call-in to radio and tv talk shows and voice your opinion, and -- IMPORTANTLY --> GO TO THE NEWS COMPANIES' ONLINE POLLS right after the debates end and register your opinion. This will influence how they cover the debate tomorrow morning and till election day. The news websites are:
ABC NEWS --> http://abcnews.go.com/
CBS NEWS --> http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml
NBC NEWS --> http://www.msnbc.com/
CNN NEWS --> http://www.cnn.com/
FOX "NEWS" --> http://www.foxnews.com/
but most important of all, talk to your co-workers and neighbors and friends about the debate tomorrow, let folks know that it's okay to feel however you feel about the election, no matter what the news says. Participate in democracy!

see y'all out, brought to you with love by Todd P

toddp@toddpnyc.com | http://www.toddpnyc.com

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Saturday October 9th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN

~~ ATHLETIC AUTOMATON (x ARAB ON RADAR)
~~~~ the CREEPING NOBODIES
~~~~~~ Ninja High School
~~~~~~~~ Final Fantasy
~~~~~~~~~~ Alarmist (from Portland)

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

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Tuesday October 12th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN

:: Chariots –> (x-Songs Of Zarathustra)
:::: Plot To Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
:::::: Oil –> members of the Oath/Das Oath, from Holland

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $7 | 718.383.9699

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Thursday October 14th @ THE HOOK

:: a benefit for Accidental Records ::

:: the MOLDY PEACHES
:::: Pharmacy --> from Seattle
:::::::: + special secret guests

18 Commerce St @ Columbia | Red Hook, Brooklyn
F/G Train to Carroll St | 8pm | ALL AGES | $10 | 718.797.3007

advance tickets available @ Accidental Records & Other Music

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Thursday October 14th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN

~~ WIVES
~~~~ BARR/1999/BobbyBirdman
~~~~~~ Princess
~~~~~~~~ the Dead Science (Portland, OR)

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

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Friday October 15th @ the CAVE

~~ WIVES
~~~~ USAISAMONSTER
~~~~~~ WHITE MICE
~~~~~~~~ OVO (from Italy)

10-93 Jackson Ave downstairs | LIC, Queens | STIFF DRINKS | ALL AGES
G to 21st/VanAlst OR 7 to Vernon/Jackson | 8pm | $? | 718.706.8783

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Saturday October 16th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN —> special ALL AGES show!

~~ MIRAH (K Records)
~~~~ TARA JANE O’NEAL (x Rodan / Retsin / Sonora Pine)
~~~~~~ LIARBIRD

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn | ALL AGES
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

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Sunday October 17th @ TOMMY'S TAVERN

-- LION FEVER
---- the FUGUE
------ + guests tba

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn | ALL AGES
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

[ organized y BJ RUBIN ]

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Wednesday October 20th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN

~~ Blood on the Wall
~~~~ Silver (from Norway)
~~~~~~ Puttin’ On The Ritz
~~~~~~~~ + special guests

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

[ organized y BJ RUBIN & BRAD SHANKS ]

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Saturday October 23rd @ loft space tbd

|| JAPANTHER
|||| DOUBLE DAGGER
|||||| Antennas Erupt (Sacramento)

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Friday October 29th @ all ages space to be determined

** the Wrangler Brutes
(x Born Against, Skull Kontrol, Monorchid, Men’s Recovery Project, UOA)
**** Growing
****** Sinking Body

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Saturday October 30th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN

|| Fast! Fast! Cash! / With Sound –> electronic noise, from Houston

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

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Sunday October 31st @ Asterisk* Gallery

|| xBxRx
|||| Wranger Brutes
|||||| Japanther
|||||||| Rah Bras
|||||||||| Measles Mumps Rubella
|||||||||||| Direct from Hollywood Cemetaries

278 Johnson Ave @ Bushwick | EastWilliamsburgIndustrialPark, Brooklyn
L to Montrose | 8PM | $? | ALL AGES | no phone number

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Saturday November 13th @ space TBA

~~ California Lightening --> Jenny Hoysten & Bianca Sparta Erase Errata
~~~~ da Hawnay Troof --> mems xBxRx & Bratmobile
~~~~~~ Big A little a / Aa --> Narnack Records
~~~~~~~~ Nightmerica --> Ian Vanek from Japnather on drums
~~~~~~~~~~ Squids --> x Meltdown, Petty Crimes, Red or Dead

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Thursday November 18th @ TOMMY’S TAVERN < -- ALL AGES SHOW -->

– NAVIES –> from DC, http://www.naviesband.org
—- LIKE LANGUAGE –> from DC, x Q and Not U
—— Oxford Collapse

1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $? | 718.383.9699

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Saturday November 20th @ Asterisk* Gallery

~~ Warbler (from SF, mems xbxrx, lil pocketknife, snowsuit*, kit, etc)
~~~~ Japanther
~~~~~~ Mazing Vids
~~~~~~~~ BoySkout
~~~~~~~~~~ super duper special guests Puttin’ On the Ritz

278 Johnson Ave @ Bushwick | EastWilliamsburgIndustrialPark, Brooklyn
L to Montrose | 8PM | $? | ALL AGES | no phone number

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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 27th @ SPACE TBA

:: Big Business (Jared from Karp / Tight Bros & Coady from Murder City Devils)

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more in the works & coming very soon.
brought to you with love by Todd P

toddp@toddpnyc.com | toddpnyc.com