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Paper Route's recent EP poses the question, "" In a weekend where this Phillyist saw six bands—including three of this Phillyist's favorite bands—and Paper Route was the first of those six, it would be easy for the answer to that question to be, "Yep," or at least, "Oh yeah, we did see Paper Route this weekend." But fortunately, Paper Route's set at Festival Pier on Friday night was strong enough that it stuck in our heads, despite seeing some other fantastic performers both Friday night and on Sunday night (which you'll read about tomorrow).

Summer festivals are upon us. Many festivals. Kind of watered down, no? So it’s time to take a look at the beasts of the east: All Points West, and Download Festival. OK, no, The Download Festival is nowhere near the project All Points West is. I mean, Radiohead, Underworld, The Roots, Girl Talk, and Animal Collective could all take the cake as a headliner, and you would have a great time.

Delia’s Clothing Sale at the Wildwood Convention Center.

A sad week for LAist as they lose their trusted and amazing editor Tony Pierce to the LA Times, but what a blast his last week was. He shared his 25 Favorite CDs of 2007 and wrote a great review of just a good movie, No Country For Old Men. At UCLA, thousands of students celebrated the end of their quarter by running around campus in their undies (lots of photos in a two-part photo essay, one, two). That wasn't the only photo essay either: Joss Whedon/Mutant Enemy friends and Star Trek actors all joined in at the Writers Strike and KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas brought two nights of amazing bands that included Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park (Part I), Modest Mouse, Muse, Spoon and The Killers (Part II). Not only is L.A. a great music town, it has just been named the best city for bookish types. For those who are looking for something a little more active, American Gladiators are back (yes!) and if that's not enough, how about a Christmas gift of action and adventure?

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

Spider-Man 3 Giveaway
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To get the bad stuff out of the way first, because there's not a lot of it: when you are doing a musical, and your instruments are composed of anything more than an acoustic guitar and/or an upright piano, you need to mic your actors. When your band is playing amplified, electric instruments, that's especially true. Neither of the two singer/actors in were consistently amplified (handheld microphones were reserved for those scenes in which the duo was playing at a venue), and, if I hadn't been sitting about five feet from the stage, I'd imagine I would have been very annoyed with BCKSEET. It's not that the two actors, G DeCandia and Gregg Pica, didn't have powerful voices. It's not even that they weren't loud. It's simply that the unamplified human voice can't really compete with amplified electric instruments, unless they're in another room. I know that renting body mics is expensive—I was in charge of costing them out for the last show I worked on—but it's well worth the expense, in what the audience gets out of them. If BCKSEET is adamantly against or unable to mic the actors, though, it should consider turning the speakers from the pit way, way down.

There's something to be said for a band that can wow without a big, core fan base, and without the bells and whistles that come with a bigger, or not-so-big-but headlining act.

Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.

I have a crush… on a song. This is actually a common occurrence in my life. I love music. I have music playing at all times. I cannot be in my apartment without it on. I can’t drive without music (or be driven somewhere without it). Even when I hate the CD we have to listen to at work, I want it on. This need, coupled with my innate neuroses, means that I often find songs I just can’t stop listening to.

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Were you really looking forward to shaking your booty at The Killers show tonight?

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Every Tuesday and Thursday, we'll be posting events that are going on sale during the current week. This Tuesday post only collects the early announcements, so definitely check back on Thursday for the latest ticket news.