The Walkmen to launch January tour in Pittsburgh

I don't know exactly why one of my favorite bands of the decade, The Walkmen, is choosing to kick off its nine-date tour in Pittsburgh on Jan. 16 at Deisel, but I am nevertheless ecstatic.

Utopia

This e-mail blast reminder from WYEP will persuade me to go downtown to the Space Art Galley this week.

Works from Utopia: Paintings by Aboriginal Artists Throughout November :: SPACE Gallery The work of the artists of Utopia is cutting edge contemporary art, yet also depicts the ‘Dreaming,’ a coded culture which tells how the ancestral spirits created, then became the land; how the land is alive and sacred.

RADICAL RIFFS: Contemporary Music Series presents
A live and improvisedperformance by
DUST AND FEATHERS
Gia Cacalano (dance)Ben Opie (reeds)Eden McNutt (sound poetry)Enrique Castro (percussion electronics)Friday Nov. 10, 2007 7:3opm

SPACE GALLERY :: Map of 812 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

three rivers film festival: Nov. 7

"Punk's Not Dead" and "The Signal" highlight Wednesday's schedule:

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7:00
My Brother's Wedding
Regent Square

7:00
Beauty In Trouble
Harris

7:00
Pascua LamaDirector Carolina Loyola-Garcia is scheduled to attend.
Melwood

8:45
Terror's Advocate
Regent Square

9:00
Punk's Not DeadDirector Susan Dynner is scheduled to attend.
Melwood

9:15
The Signal
Harris

belatedly :: tori amos in pittsburgh

Last Tuesday, Oct. 3o, Tori Amos took stage at the Benedum. Her Halloween-themed show (I was the flapper! Drinking cocktails with Hunter S. Thompson!) really worked in tandem with her "American Girl Posse" concept on this tour. She began the show as "Santa" in wings and an angel ensemble. She performed the second set in a devil constume. Incredible, unsurprisingly.

After "Sugar," she handed out goody bags to the audience -- notably, fun-size Baby Ruths and Sweet Tarts.

My pictures didn't come out much better than this. Someone else in the blogosphere was kind enough to reproduce the set list:

Act I

Body and Soul
Hoochie Woman
Dragon
Secret Spell
She’s Your Cocaine
You Can Bring Your Dog
Costume Change

Act II

Big Wheel
Father Lucifer
Sugar

Cornflake Girl

Putting The Damage On
Caught a Light Sneeze
Solo
Mr. Zebra
Silent All These Years
Sister Janet
Band Returns
Digital Ghost
Happy Phantom
Code Red

First Encore : Precious Things; Bouncing off Clouds

Second Encore : Hey Jupiter

i-phone arrives

Although the consumer rush yesterday was nothing comparable to other cities across the country, the i-Phone has made its debut in Pittsburgh.

The Apple store on Walnut Street in Shadyside had fourteen in line yesterday morning.

Eager would-be iPhone owners started lining up a whopping 24 hours in advance last night outside of the Apple Store in Shadyside.

By 9 a.m. this morning the line was 14 strong, as baggy-eyed techies slouched in folding chairs along Walnut Street.

"Whether it was worth it depends on how many people show up," said Kristin Graham, 22, who drove up from Washington, D.C., because she thought Pittsburgh lines might be shorter. "It'll be pretty worthless being here all night if I could have shown up at 7 p.m. and gotten one."
After six months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people today will get their hands on the iPhone, the new cell phone that Apple Inc. is banking on to become its third core business next to its moneymaking iPod players and Macintosh computers.


The girl the Trib interviewed (and who waited for hours in line) wasn't even from Pittsburgh. I wasn't expecting a riot, but I am surprised by the underwhelming turnout.

We knew there would be plenty of rubberneckers on Walnut Street last night, so we strolled into the Apple store to gawk like anyone else. Pictures below.