Andrew WK on keys. Pink Eyes, where is your loyalty?

Fucked Up's New York shows always seem to coincide with historic American days: Inauguration Day 2008, the only time in recorded history when Ezra Koenig publicly covered the Descendents, and now the day after the Yankees won the World Series. And so last night, frontman Damian "Father" Abraham paid tribute to our baseball championship (that was harder to type that you know) with a Yankees shirt. Fuck the Yankees (that was easier to type that you know), last night's real special occasion was the Toronto band recreating their stupendous 2008 album The Chemistry of Modern Life, with the Vivian Girls on back-up vocals and Andrew WK on "special keyboard parts!" Below are Rebecca Smeyne's shots of Pink Eyes smooching dudes, falling on top of dudes, spitting on dudes, flailing on dudes, putting his dirty socks on dudes. Unrelated: enjoy your parade, d-bags!

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After the Shawn Carter hex on the Phillies flagged badly on Monday--three does not make four, Jay!--the Yankees have apparently gone to their bullpen: Mary J. Blige will sing the National Anthem at the Stadium tonight. We'd say something undermining here, but when it comes to Mary, we've got nothing but love. Maybe just don't wear too much Yankees gear out there? Like a Phillies cap or something. Red is a good color for you.

​Badly! Photo courtesy of Questlove, who took it upon himself to watch the game with Mr. Carter at Citizen's Bank Park last night, and even captured the sullen, impotent moment above--Jay throwing up three trembling fingers in the direction of his woeful team, who couldn't quite make it to four when it mattered. No worries. Your ears were cold. You got heckled for wearing the wrong hat. Your security forces were off keeping taps on Beanie Sigel, just in case. It was an off night. You'll get 'em tomorrow back in New York, right? Empire State of Mind! Acela Series! And yet, quietly you decide: no more games with Questlove. And just as quietly we say: find this man, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, wherever he is tomorrow, and stay close. [@questlove]

Whatever the official sports etiquette line is in terms of fair play and sportsmanship, we can safely say the Yankees organization crossed it, did a fake line off it, and then lit it on fire last night, parading Jay-Z (in a Yankee varsity jacket), Alicia Keys (purple), and backing band (Yankee jerseys) out into centerfield to perform hometown anthem/windblown disaster "Empire State of Mind" before a crucial Game 2 against the Phillies. A game the Phillies would go on to lose (thanks Jay!). The Times was on the scene for the performance, sending (via remote TV signal, anyway) a writer who may or not be able to identify a single member of the Yankees beyond Kate Hudson (hi Jon!). At issue? Wherefore Philadelphia's equivalent rap talent, a question to which the Times' answer is swift and to the point:

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​Is it Jay-Z's turn to ether a Philadelphia sports team? 76ers fans will not forget the day, back in 2001, when Beyonce and the rest of Destiny's Child emerged at halftime for Game Two of the Finals, IN PHILADELPHIA, wearing Laker jerseys--the prelude to first a tremendous amount of booing, and then a Philly defeat, the first of four straight. Now, apparently, Jay-Z is looking to get in on wifey's act: Rap Radar reports that Jay and Alicia Keys have been conscripted to perform "Empire State of Mind," a blatantly PRO-NEW YORK SONG, at Game One of the World Series at Yankee Stadium this Wednesday. The only way this will be OK is if on Saturday, for Game Three at Citizen's Bank Park, the Phillies invite Beanie Sigel, Freeway, and Peedi Crakk to ridicule Jay-Z's business acumen in front of a cheering audience of thousands. (This is pretty much what Beans and Free do every Saturday night anyway, right?) Let's hear it for throwing batteries! It's only fair! [Rap Radar]