Tonight: Wavves @ Bowery; Motel Motel & Evil Dead 2 @ McCarren

Wavves, Woods, Real Estate, & Popo are playing Bowery Ballroom tonight. That's a pretty solid lineup if you ask me. I've seen both Popo and Real Estate before. Popo are just fucking awesome and Real Estate is good but a little too mellow at times. I'm sorta on the fence about Woods and Wavves so seeing them live will be interesting.

Elsewhere! Motel Motel plays at Summerscreen at McCarren Park across from Turkey's Nest. They actually let people in with Big Buds last time, which is super awesome. Also, the movie is Evil Dead II, so it's going to be really fun.

Gutter Punks Take Over Williamsburg

The Daily News has printed an article about how heroin addict crust punks have taken over Williamsburg. The article itself is loaded with cliches and myths but let's be honest here folks, when it comes to crust punks most of that shit is true. On the rare occasion I stroll down to the Bedford area I have been noticing quite a few crusties around but I just figured there was a Leftover Crack show at The Charleston or something that night. But it seems like they've taken up residence at the unfinished luxury buildings all over the fucking place.

While I'm not at all a fan of gutter punks I'm also not a fan of the Wall Street douche that has moved into the hood either. Frankly I'm not sure which is worse. Either way the complaint is clearly coming from the new residents and you know what - fuck them. I mean if they weren't building all these god damn shiny buildings all over the fucking place this would have never happened. There would still be nice old brick buildings not occupied by crusties and collar poppers.

But really, the truth is - I don't give a shit. I haven't lived around the Bedford area in about four years. This does not affect me and I think most of the people reading BSC are probably in the same boat, living a few more stops out on the L, off the J, or in Greenpoint.

Link:
NY Daily News

$5 Motorhead Tix 9/9/9!

Hell yeah kids, there's a promo going on for $5 Motorhead tix! Seriously, I just bought two and sure they end up being $10.50 with surcharges but it's fucking Motorhead so who cares. The last time I saw Motorhead was back in 95 or so and there were bikers chain whipping people - it was terrifying.

The show is on 9/9/9 at Roseland. To buy tix use the code "Subway$5tix" on LiveNation.

"Trick question, Lemmy is God!"

Tonight: Boy Crisis, Apache Beat @ Glasslands

Tonight: The Non-Worker Party III w/ Pow Wow, The Loom, & More (Open Bar)

We're having another party at Red Star Bar tonight with The Music Slut. It's going to be pretty killer yo. We got Pow Wow, The Loom, Holler Wild Rose, and Lemming Malloy playing. BSC contributor and Radio America frontman Tom Stuart will be on the decks. We also have a Stoli open bar from 10-11PM! Yeah, that's right VODKA, no light beer or malt liquor this time around. So tonight when you're already in Greenpoint or the Burg, might as well come get drunk with us.

The Non-Worker Party
@ Red Star Bar (37 Greenpoint Ave)
Doors 8PM, Bands 9PM
Open Stoli Bar 10-11PM
$5

w/
Pow Wow
The Loom
Holler Wild Rose
Lemming Malloy
DJ Tom America

Tonight: Matt & Kim and Team Robespierre, Free Show On The Hudson.

Brooklyn electro-punk bands Matt & Kim and Team Robespierre, both of whom are must-see live bands are playing a free show on a pier tonight. It's at whatever pier is at the end of 14th Street, you'll see it. Anyway, this is going to be fucking awesome! Especially if you sneak some booze in. Team Robes goes on at 6:30PM.

Tonight: Wild Yaks Play Summerscreen

Tonight kicks off the first of the L Magazine Summerscreen events. The movie tonight is Reality Bites, which is kinda cool I guess. More importantly though the Wild Yaks are playing before the movie! The show is free and taking place at the ball fields across from the Turkey's Nest. You know what that means right? Big Buds to-go!

Brooklyn Ski Club Is Offline

So you may have noticed a drop off in posts lately. Sorry about that. The thing is I moved recently and thanks to the efficiency of Time Warner I have to wait a week for them to hook up internet. And thanks to NYC for allowing a monopoly in my area. I enjoy having no fucking alternatives for broadband internet, seriously what fucking country is this?

Oh and while I'm ragging on Time Warner, how about that $40 "transfer fee"? Really dudes? I've moved like 8 times in the past 8 years and I've never had to pay a transfer fee. You fucking dick knobs wait until a recession to implement a transfer fee? If you apply that $40 fee to improving your service then I'm happy to pay it. I'm kinda fucking sick of my connection dropping every hour and not being able to stream video most of the day because of slow service. You guys are doing a bang up job over there. GFY!

Anyway, I should be up and running again soon. I'll try and get some posts up whenever I have a connection in the meantime.

Brooklyn Bowl Opening July 7th!

A few months back I got the grand tour of this place and despite the fact that it was under pretty heavy construction it was clear that Brooklyn Bowl is fucking rad! I mean, how can you go wrong with a bowling alley, gourmet restaurant, bar, and music venue in one big ass building? Plus it's all eco-friendly and has some crazy state of the art sound system. This is going to be the place to be once the doors open.

Link:
Brooklyn Bowl

2009 JellyNYC Pool Parties Announced!

The 2009 Pool Party, which will not actually take place at McCarren Pool this year, lineups have been announced. I'm pretty excited about some of the talent this year - Black Lips, Mission Of Burma, Dark Meat, etc. Honestly I rarely ever even notice there are bands playing, too busy drinking and hanging out under the sun. This year the party moves to the Williamsburg water front, which means there should be a nice breeze coming off the river. Despite all the bands and the new location you know what I'm most excited about? BASKETBALL! Yup, there's going to be basketball courts this year and I'm going to fucking school you suckers.

JELLY Pool Parties 2009
In Partnership With:
Converse, Bud Light, SPIN, MySpace Music, Gibson, Caf Bustello, SESAC, KEXP, The Open Space Alliance, New York State Parks

July 12th
Mission of Burma
Fucked Up
Ponytail
Jemina Pearl of Be your Own Pet

July 19th
Dirty Projectors
Magnolia Electric Company
White Denim

July 26th
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
The Black Lips
Health
Grupo Fantasmo

August 2nd
Round Robin show w/ Deerhunter, No Age and Dan Deacon

August 9th
Simian Mobile Disco (DJ set)
Fiery Furnaces
Dark Meat
The Netherlands

August 16th
Del tha Funky Homosapien
Gravytrain!!!
DD/MM/YYYY
Kenan Bell

August 23rd
Girl Talk
Max Tundra
Wiz Khalifa

August 30th
Grizzly Bear
Beach House