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In about a week and a half, singer/songwriter Johnathan Rice is going to be down at Stubb's in Austin, supporting no less a band than R.E.M. at South by Southwest. But luckily for those of us who live up here in Philly and won't be able to make it to the big party in Austin, Rice is currently touring with Matt Costa, and will be a little closer to us tomorrow night, at the First Unitarian Church. (Hope you've already got tickets, because unfortunately the show is sold out!) Why is that lucky? Because Rice is a pretty big talent. His latest album, Further North, released at the end of last year, is a strong collection of indie rock with a bit of an alt-country flavor; the sound reminds us of the Wallflowers and Josh Ritter. The strongest track is probably the supremely catchy "Hard to Believe," but "THC" and "The Ballad of King Coyote" are nearly as excellent. To get a better idea what he sounds like, stream "End of the Affair" in Windows Media Player or Quicktime formats, or check out the video for "We're All Stuck out in the Desert" embedded here. You can also download some free MP3s over at the R5 website, as this show is indeed another R5 production.

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Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one of the participants. Chicagoist's decidedly opinionated readership was also appalled that one of their staffers found a popular local brewpub to be a great place to bring a kid. They also think that an unlikely activist for immigration rights should just take her medicine and offered their own suggestions to how the city should capitalize on the local music scene. And everyone thinks that a suggested tax on bottled water is a great idea.

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"I feel naked," our friend leaned over and whispered. We nodded our head. "Exposed, but in a good way," we replied, in awe of the man who was causing this feeling. It was the third song in and Damien Rice was alone on the stage, bathed in red light, with only his voice and his guitar. He sang, "It's not that we're scared/It's just that it's delicate," with such candor that the vulnerability in his voice blanketed the audience, covering us in that emotion. All this, even without the cello.

Tonight. 8 p.m. Damien Rice. Mann Music Center. Joygasm.

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Mutual Appreciation, which opens today at Ritz at the Bourse, is only the second film by director Andrew Bujalski, but among certain segments of highbrow cinephilia he's already considered to be a rock star. His interests aren't particularly novel--any number of directors, particularly in the orbit of the Sundance Film Festival, have attempted to speak to the lives of self-conscious twentyish urbanites--but Bujalski has won a reputation with what one critic called his "careful attention to ineffable minutiae." Moment by moment, Mutual Appreciation is immediately familiar. Some, like the awkward tete-a-tete over money between father and erstwhile son, are so credible that they'll make you wince.

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Phillyist loves its fellow -ist sites. So much, in fact, that we thought that, in addition to our daily rundown, we'd clue you in on how wonderful they truly are.

That's neither here nor there, really, except to tell you that Phillyist will be at Dracula's Ball tomorrow night. For those of you who aren't aware, Dracula's Ball is "a recurring theme party that takes place in Philadelphia, and is the largest event of its kind in the country." What kind is that, you might ask? Well, according to the organizers, the "guests are attracted to the beauty of the vampire archetype to varying degrees - some have flipped through an Anne Rice book once or twice; others are walking encyclopedias on the history of the vampire; some feel deeply personally drawn to the vampire legend; some just think they're sexy." (We like to think we're in that last category. But then we're egotistical. It was the French farce.)

We know, we know. You're sick of The Raven, and your tell-tale heart wants Halloween poetry with more substance than black cats and mysterious floorboards. Never fear: Phillyist knows that you want literary without the Anne Rice bullshit (her conversion to write "for the Lord" aside). And, like us, you also want free food that doesn't taste like the Philly Diner.

Phillyist loves a good list of things, especially a countdown of best things, and especially especially a countdown of the best music - there are few things that excite more controversy, argument, and occasionally even thoughtful and considered discussion. So Phillyist has been pretty much obsessed with 88.5 WXPN's list of the 885 All Time Greatest Albums, which they've been revealing over the last two and a half weeks (spin them up on your radio dial, or listen to their live stream here). The list was compiled based on top ten album lists sent in by listeners of the radio station (including yours truly), although how exactly they got from those lists to this one is a bit of a mystery to us; we assume it involved a blender.