With all that flaying around and rock star posturing, it's no wonder that a million band members have injured themselves on-stage (hell, just go ask Dillinger Escape Plan). But Thursday night, as we prepared to hit up a Camel™-sponsored concert at Webster Hall featuring The Sounds and local faves Morningwood (remember "Nth Degree"?), we came across a unique rock'n'roll injury: the pre-stage fall.

According to one concert promoter, the guitarist for Morningwood fell off the stage before the show started, for some unknown reason and in an undisclosed fashion. Sadly, he apparently injured/separated/broke his shoulder and was rushed to the hospital...and the 'wood did not play. 

However, it was nice to hear The Sounds, who deftly mixed early New Wave with, ahem, a Swedish angle (let's call their fashion style "ve unbutton our shirts to be sexy rockers, yes?"). The band actually has a song called "Hit Me" (sample lyric: "Hit me hard. Hit me right between the eyes, I wanna see the stars, hit me, hit me!"). Spousal abuse to a Human League beat!

Morningwood - "Nth Degree"

 

The Sounds - "Hit Me"

 

Hey, remember that piece of art that suddenly appeared on Houston St. earlier this week? 

(Photo by Patrick Verel)

Well, the Dept. of Transportation finally got tired of it. So please, come grab your nine-foot bench, you wacky guerilla artist you. Hey, it was a commentary on...sitting...or...something...

(Photo courtesy of Giles & Brother )

Longing for spring and vodka? Get a douse of both tonight at Gargyle’s spring trunk show. From 6 p.m.-9 p.m., this Dumbo boutique will be previewing the new looks of British designer Alice McCall and jewelry designers' Giles & Brother. To further get you in the warm weather mood, Christiana vodka drinks will be served. And if you like what you see, they’ll give you 10 percent off all pre-orders. 

Although the doors have been shuttered since late October, a new sign outside of Lotus Lounge beckoned in one of our Metromix correspondents last night. Sadly, although the LES coffee shop/bar had re-opened, that was apparently a temporary measure.

"The place was gutted," said our source. "There was no heat, about two people in there, and they were charging full price for drinks. I mean, if they're trying to get rid of alcohol, why bother charging $7 for a mixed drink? And they were out of almost everything, anyway." A friend of our writer later told us that plans for something "more upscale" may be in the works. Oh, joy.

If full prices, lack of selection, freezing cold and a sense of despondence and ennui are what you crave, do check out Lotus in its last week. It should be open every night, starting at 5 p.m. And hey, maybe you can remember the days when the Lower East Side actually had an affordable neighborhood hang-out. 

My female friends always tell me how impossible it is to meet a guy in New York. It's not that I didn't believe them: statistically New York features a disproportionate number of single women to single men. It was more that I thought it couldn't be that hard to find a lot of single guys in one place.

This was proven last night at possibly the largest sausage fest ever witnessed in our fair city: a Dillinger Escape Plan concert at the Blender Theater. By my rough estimate, leaving out event staff, media types and publicists, there were approximately 400+ men at the show...and maybe 20 women.

Granted, this isn't the Wall Street/lawyer/doctor crowd...but if you like your men with impeccible music taste (at least metal-wise), with a brooding manner, youthful exuberance (and somewhat burly), last night would have represented a smorgasborg of potential mates. Hey, even their guitarist Ben Weinman admitted to us that it's certainly a lot easier to find good dudes over quality ladies at a DEP show. 

As for the show...amazing. Intense. Lots of crowd-surfing, highly intricate metal/hardcore and, best of all, a lead singer unafraid to show his dragon breath. (See photo above. Note: while that photo isn't from last night, it pretty much encapsulates every night of a DEP show).

The space that was once Pre:Post (and Ruby Falls before that) is taking a trip to the far east. It will become Susie Wong by New Year's Eve, at which time the space will host a blow out party.Designed by Stephane Dupoux, and still owned by Pre:Post's John "JE" Englebert (Myst), Susie Wong will be , yes, Asian themed and feature waitresses dressed as Geishas who will serve patrons Asian appetizers (think spring rolls and dumplings) and complementary bottles of sake with table reservations.

547 W 27th St, New York, NY 10001

 

Eat Out NY host Kelly Choi in the lobby of the Conde Nast building, perhaps waiting for a lunch date with someone from Gourmet or the magazine for "people who eat in" Bon Appetit?

Brooklyn gastropub KitchenBar (20th & 6th in Park Slope), who is reading a sister resto nearby called Public House, does double duty for its So. Park Slope residents. Yes, you can go get your drink on, and food too, but it serves also as a gallery for local artists. All displayed works are for sale with 15% of the proceeds going to Free Arts NYC, a nonprofit arts mentoring program. Kinda takes locavore to the next level, no? This weekend, they are hosting a fight night party. You can watch Mayweather and Hatton kick the crap out of each other (hopefully) while taking advantage of a great drink specal and maybe get some christmas shopping done too...and you are doing good things for the arts in NY. That calls for a drink!

Knockout Drink special at KitchenBar: 2 Coronas for $6 with a Free shot of Tequila!!!  (Front tables and Bar only)

http://www.kitchenbarny.com/