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Gabriel Kahane, Le Poisson Rouge, 11/20/08

“The job’s impossible, and one must pray that one will be only moderately incompetent.” Clive Barnes (1927-2008)

After catching the Rangers at MSG on Monday, my friend Molly and I headed to the LES for a musical nightcap. After hearing a pleasant – if prosaic – singer-songwriter

Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Bowery Poetry Club, 11/9/08. (More pics below. Review and setlist here.)

I haven't had much occasion to visit Carnegie Hall for non-classical events, but Wednesday night was a notable exception. Mandolin master (and former Nickel Creek frontman) Chris Thile and bassist

I never made it back to Knitting Factory tonight., but the hip-hop party came to me in the form of Miami vets (and 1st Ammendment poster children) 2 Live Crew,

While hanging around Santos Party House tonight, I bumped into my co-worker Steve and his wife Sara. They hail from Austin, so we spent the better part of an hour swapping stories