EVENT: Photographer Julia Calfee (Inside The Chelsea Hotel) and writer Ed Hamilton (Legends of the Chelsea Hotel) join forces tonight in an event aptly titled “The Chelsea Hotel in Words and Pictures.” Expect a slideshow, discussion, and reading...and you'll probably get some inside scoops about what's going on inside the hotel these days. 7 p.m. // McNally Robinson Bookstore [52 Prince St] // Free MUSIC: George Stanford, What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Brakes and Carney......

There are a ton of shows we want to catch this week, most of them fall on Tuesday night - so we'll be consulting the magic 8 ball and various street psychics on what show to go to. Let's get to it, shall we? Part Chimp is at Cake Shop tonight, we hear they are big in London right now. Which means they'll be big here sooner or later, and we like that they almost......

Day 1 was long, but we managed to get a few hours of sleep and gear up for the rest of week. Last Thursday we started off our day at the South By Stereogum party. Brisket on white bread was served, Fat Tire beers were distributed and Aziz Ansari was hosting the show, which had a solid lineup: Aloha, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Rogue Wave and Ted Leo. Thunderbirds Are Now! [pictured]......