photo by Vivekananda Nemana

Bad Art Auction
(le) poisson rouge
November 19

“The Bigfoot looks kind of retarded, anybody want it?” asked New York Magazine Bad Art Auction Host Judah Friedlander, dressed in his trademark glasses and “Champion of the World” t-shirt, jacket, and trucker hat. He pointed to a raised paddle. “It’s yours, dude. $70.”

Thank God all proceeds go to charity.

Next up, a candle that resembled a purplish-brown birthday cake went for $125. “It’s just fucking disgusting,” was all Friedlander could say. The crowd admired a charcoal drawing from 1967 of two kids that looked like white versions of Gary Coleman. “They’re either five or 53,” Friedlander remarked. “And I think they were both molested.” A three-piece mural of a pink-and-purple paint splash, which looked more like Jackson Pollock had retched Pepto Bismol onto a canvas than the product of an actual creative process, caused even more commotion. “To me, this represents the ‘80s,” Friedlander commented. “If you were a hotshot Wall Street guy, you’d have this in your apartment so you could get laid.”

Gnarls Barkley and Santogold are in fact playing the Highline Ballroom next Thursday, April 10. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon. Who else thinks Cee-Lo will show up as Juno and Danger as Paulie?

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Don't usually post tour dates, but some things you can't keep to yourself:

SPICE GIRLS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
MON FEB 18, 2008 8:00PM

On sale here this Saturday morning at 10 am.

P.S. Spice Girls will also be in the area for:

February 6, Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
February 7, Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
February 10, Newark, NJ Prudential Center
February 11, Newark, NJ Prudential Center
February 13, East Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena

My job's ain't a job it's a damn good time

Yup, they're $49. But it's the Beastie Boys at McCarren Park Pool, dopes. You best be advised to get them now before you're stuck poking around Craig's belly in early August. They're also playing Central Park Summerstage the day before; start clicking because they go onsale here.

UPDATE: Tickets are all sold out.

Photo by Tricia Romano

Looks like Eugene Hütz and his circus will be back in New York on Friday, July 20 and July 21 at FillIngmore East Plaza. Tickets available here and here.

Why does E-Hü always look like he smells?

Clicky jump!

That was on purpose.

And with that Assholator headline, it's time to tell you that Panda Bear tickets to the just-added date (Monday, June 18) at the Bowery Ballroom go on sale at noon today here.
By the way? That's Panda Bear's real face.

Still my favorite !!! album, even though Myth Takes makes me want to jump into a kiddie-pool of Hershey's syrup and do the snow-angel dance.

Sorry to break from a day of serious programming, but I just had to tell you that tix went on sale for !!! at Studio B on Wednesday, May 30. Link to buy them here. Good thing too, because the Bowery Ballroom show on May 16 with Holy Fuck is holy fuckin' sold out. By the way? "All My Heroes Are Weirdos" is a really great quote for your yearbook/MySpace page/ass tattoo.

He looks way better with clothes.

Oh Lord. From the inbox:

Tickets are now on sale for our 4/14 Karaoke Jam with OF MONTREAL with emcee Michael Showalter (as Alan Shemper from "Wet Hot American Summer") at Studio B in Brooklyn!!!More >>

Did you hear me? Nobody showed up!

I had a dream about Modest Mouse last night. They were playing an unannounced show in some weird, multilevel tourist shack — the kind of place where you could buy batteries, 35mm film, and a Hershey's Bar — and 10 people showed up. So instead of being thrilled that they could give us something crazy and intimate, the band would play a song off The Moon and Antarctica then walk outside and take a smoke break. Weirdest part: there were a couple people outside working the street-team for a gun manufacturer; towards the end of the show, they started handing out handguns. In the dream, I freaked out and ducked, thinking my obituary would be a Pitchfork news headline, but then people started laughing at me — they were toy guns. And each toy gun came with a free ticket to see the Ponys on Monday night at the Bowery Ballroom, even though the show is already sold out.

I think this means I really want to see Modest Mouse live.

Tickets for Modest Mouse at the United Palace (Sunday, 04/29/07 and Monday 04/30/07) go on sale tomorrow at noon. Link here. I hate Ticketmaster too, but it's Modest Mouse!