Flight of the Conchords screening on Friday

There is a fuck ton of dope shit going on this weekend (the pill, Larry Tee @ Circus, Logan 5 CD release @ Great Scott, Emergency Music's last show, etc.) and I hope to get into all that once I piece my head back together after last night's hour-long closing set at Throwed.

But the party train gets rolling early this Friday as Great Scott hosts a free screening party for the second season of Flight of the Conchords. RSVP here for free admission and open bar, which runs from 7 to 10 pm. I seriously can not under-fucking-stand the appeal of this show, but hey, so goes it.

DJ Shuttle (formerly DJ Etan, who does in fact rule) spins before/between/after the dual-episode screening, and then the pill takes over at 10 on our usual Friday night modern indie tip.

Real Chance of... Throwed!

I know. You exhausted yourself last night watching the Real Chance of Love finale (No one, Chance? Corn Fed, Real?!?!! Ahhhh) and have nothing left for tonight, a usually sleepy Tuesday night in Boston. But no. It's fucking on. I jump in the booth for a guest set at Throwed, with E-Marce and Jay K rounding shit out for what should be a ferocious weekday electro dance party in the ARC. Hit me up for list action. xo

Radio 4 injured Friday night

Yikes! I knew Radio 4 got into a van accident and canceled their show at Great Scott with Head Automatica over the weekend, but I had no idea they narrowly escaped certain death! From the NYC dance rock dudes via their website:

"On the way home from the head automatica show in Philadelphia - we flipped our van, and all our equipment was destroyed. After the van flipped and we scrambled out through broken windows, a car hit the van destroying all the gear. No one was really hurt but we are in tremendous pain today, as well as being seriously shaken up."

Glad everyone is OK. Like Radio 4, I never made it to that Great Scott show, though my excuse was general laziness and the snowstorm and not hellacious Philly highways!

New Morrissey video

While I'm still blown away by the amazingness that was last night's premiere of "The Tool Academy" (I still don't know what a Matsuflex is -- doesn't Dice-K do that when he warms up?), along comes the new video from Morrissey. Clearly still stuck in his "Vegas Era," it's a fairly boring video for a fairly boring song. But stick around post-video, and peep the commercial for "One Ton Son." Creepy as fuck. I thought all Brits were as skinny as Jarvis Cocker?!?

Tool Academy? Mega, please

UPDATE: We're down to the Final Five on VH1's amazing piece of modern art, the Tool Academy!. <3 this show.

It's a snowed-in Sunday, but there is good news. While most VH1 shows are pretty much all academies for tools (albeit amazing ones I watch every day), a new one has finally come to terms with its own existence.

Yes, VH1 has another potential classic on its hands with The Tool Academy, airing now and again tonight at 10pm. Bronzed-up and tribal-tatted d-bags try to shape up for their pudgy, busted girlfriends under the watchful sponsorship of Jagerbomb USA. I wonder how many of these dudes are from Long Island. Actually, I think I went to high school with one. But so far it's pretty awesome, and "M.E.G.A., please" is already the new "Your Party Was Whack."

And equally awesome other shows are on the way: The Entertainer, Heat, Tailor Made, Buddha and Angelique highlight the cast of I Love Money 2, premiering Feb. 2. Some weak links here, but uh, wait, is that a TAG on MILF's bikini? *palmedheadslap*

Not gonna lie...

... I kinda wanna hit up Great Scott tomorrow night to see Head Automatica, but only for the four minutes they play Beating Hearts Baby, one of the great guilty pleasures of the 2000s for those just a bit too old to truly embrace its teen-<3-emo-licious awesomeness.

But unless I can pinpoint the exact moment HA play it, if at all, I'll likely just be chillaxing in a sea of bass-thump and appletinis over at Circus. Don't know much about the DJs this week other than that Jeff Gil holds down the sound there each Saturday, but this party never disappoints. Snow Maki heaven awaits...

Get on the Bruins bandwagon

As the Boston Bruins are the last team of the Big 4 in New England to get their championship groove on, I have a three-story cover spread in today's Herald on how to get on the Bs bandwagon before it fills up entirely this spring. As a Devils fan, I'll admit it -- They look damn good, and even better, they are young, charasmatic and gritty.

Main story: Bruins are scoring with fans
Side: Hit the Penalty Box on Causeway for a pre-game drink
Side: How the Bs compare to popular local athletes

the pill live schedule, 2k9q1

I've finally rounded out the pill's live sked through April, and I'm pretty psyched on it. Only one of the six bands have partied with us before, so we have some fresh bloodz on stage as we stampede towards the 12th anniversary later this year at Great Scott.

Coming up this winter and early spring @ the pill:
Jan. 30: Viva Viva
Feb. 13: the Sun Lee Sunbeam
Feb. 27: Giantess
March 20: the Toothaches
April 3: Age Rings
April 17: Televandals

BonChon Chicken @ Privus

I'm already addicted to Privus' sushi (which has replaced fast food 100% in my diet) but now the Allston lounge has raised the stakes with BonChon, Korean fried chicken that is so effin good, the lady and I grab it to go after our maki coma. From my Cheap Thrills column in today's Herald, which also includes free Oni screenings at MoS and Game Night at Noir in Cambridge:

CHEAP EATS
BonChon chicken at Privus Lounge in Allston
165 Brighton Ave. Open daily, 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., $9.95-$10.95
A sushi lounge might not be the first place to look for the city’s best chicken, but Privus Lounge is now the first to bring BonChon to the Hub. A Korean fried-chicken franchise based in New York, BonChon is lightly seasoned and heavily delicious, dipped and cooked in either soy-garlic or hot-spicy sauces. For $9.95, eat-in or take home 10 pieces of wings or five drumsticks ($10.95 scores both in smaller portions). There are larger sizes, but hey, we’re Cheap Thrills. And this is as thrilling as chicken gets.
Info: 617-787-7483, privuslounge.com, bonchon.com

House of Blues job fair

Good news for shitty musicians everywhere! If you're not good enough to play the House Of Snooze on Lansdowne, you could at least work there!