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City Life : Lookin’ for love in online places: The A.V. Club’s surprisingly specific guide to Internet dating
Music : Just Announced Todd P’s Mexican music festival adds Andrew W.K., Acid Mothers Temple
Music : Just Announced Titus Andronicus to release Civil War-themed new record
City Life : Slightly morbid: DJ AM’s apartment hits the market
Eat/Drink : Last Licks Letter grades for cleanliness, the quintessential New York slice, and tonic wine

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Music : Theories of obscurity: Separating the real from The Residents

Feb, 08 - 12:00 a.m.
City Life : Sign of the times: Bushwick luxury condo becomes halfway house

Feb, 05 - 2:15 p.m.
Music : Just Announced Yoko Ono opens BAM dress rehearsal (with Cornelius!) to public

Feb, 05 - 1:13 p.m.
Music : Interview A.A. Bondy has an American heart

Feb, 05 - 11:58 a.m.
Eat/Drink : What's On Tap Green Flash Brewery West Coast I.P.A.

Feb, 05 - 8:30 a.m.
Books : Take a tour of J.D. Salinger's New York

Feb, 04 - 12:00 a.m.
Music : Interview Wherever there's injustice, you'll find Anti-Flag

Feb, 04 - 12:00 a.m.
Eat/Drink : The Mercy Rule Super Bowl party (with beer and pork!)

Feb, 04 - 12:00 a.m.
Arts & Culture : City Reliquary, perhaps the city's oddest museum, is in peril

Feb, 03 - 3:40 p.m.
Film : Newswire Andy Warhol's classic Blow Job to get modern makeover

Feb, 03 - 1:30 p.m.
Music : Newswire Gogol Bordello teams up with Rick Rubin, plots sweaty tour

Feb, 03 - 12:21 p.m.
City Life : Say When Max Silvestri eats at Carnegie Deli and watches Mamet on Broadway

Feb, 03 - 8:00 a.m.
Music : Interview Motion City Soundtrack says yes to major label, no to leather pants

Feb, 03 - 12:00 a.m.
Music : Das Racist to perform Paul’s Boutique in its entirety

Feb, 02 - 2:46 p.m.
Books : Jonathan Lethem talks on Bookworm and makes your headphones happy

Feb, 02 - 12:00 p.m.

a.v. picks

No picks today, but still plenty to do! View the full calendar.

Feb 09
- The Residents Webster Hall, 7 p.m.
  Throughout their four decades of nebulous existence, The Residents have remained consistently inconsistent, cloaking themselves ...
  
  The Beets, Christmas Island, Beach Fossils, Total Slacker, and The Anastazis Cake Shop, 8 p.m.
  
  Chevelle, Sick Puppies, and Janus Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza, 8 p.m.
Feb 10
- Megawatt Magnet Theater, 7 p.m.
  For Megawatt, two Magnet Theater house teams take to the stage for 90-minute installations to ...
  
  Unsound Festival NY: Tim Hecker, Radian, Tape, Mountains Le Poisson Rouge, 7 p.m.
  
  Eric Church and Josh Thompson Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza, 8 p.m.
Feb 11
- We Were Promised Jetpacks and Bad Veins Bowery Ballroom, 9:30 p.m.
  Cincinnati’s Bad Veins is a duo that received a huge boost right out of ...
  
  Unsound Festival NY: Jacaszek + ACME Le Poisson Rouge, 7 p.m.
  
  La Roux and Yes Giantess Webster Hall, 8 p.m.
Feb 12
- Obits, Rope, and Gray Goods Cake Shop, 8 p.m.
  Rick Froberg sounds energized on I Blame You, last year's Sub Pop debut by ...
  
  The Made Up Musical Magnet Theater, 10 p.m.
  
  B.B. King and Buddy Guy United Palace Theatre, 8 p.m.
Feb 13
- The Murder City Devils and Feral Children Nokia Theatre, 8 p.m.
  A garage-punk firestorm that burned out around the time it probably should have (in 2001 ...
  
  4Track Magnet Theater, 9 p.m.
  
  Yes Town Hall, 8 p.m.
Feb 14
- Kyp Malone's Valentine's Party: Iran + Candles Of Paradise + French Horn Rebellion + Neon Indian (DJ Set) And More Glasslands Gallery, 8 p.m.
  Clever couples know that Valentine’s Day is something of a trap. Restaurants roll out ...
  
  Rufus Wainwright Borgata Hotel—Music Box (Atlantic City), 8 p.m.
  
  Ran Film Forum, 1:30 p.m.
Feb 15
- Martyn, T. Tauri, and Francois K Cielo, 10 p.m.
  Martyn is one of the main movers in dubstep, a spectral dance music sound that ...
  
  Yoko Ono & Plastic Ono Band Dress Rehearsal BAM - Opera House, 8 p.m.
  
  We Were Promised Jetpacks, Bad Veins, and Royal Bangs Knitting Factory, 7 p.m.

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Music:

Theories of obscurity: Separating the real from The Residents

After 40-plus years, we're no closer to understanding who's behind the masks playing Stubb's on Feb. 2, and that's how they like it. -

City Life:

Sign of the times: Bushwick luxury condo becomes halfway house

A natural transition from gentrified housing to...not gentrified housing. -

Music: Just Announced

Yoko Ono opens BAM dress rehearsal (with Cornelius!) to public

Band includes Cornelius, Yuka Honda, Sean Lennon. -

New York features : video

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Explain Yourself: Andy Kindler lays into Leno and dissects improv

Self-inquisition gets shared.

film: new releases

	we said	you said
Dear John	C+	D
From Paris With Love	C+	F
District B13: Ultimatum	C+	C
Frozen	C+	B
Terribly Happy	B+	-
When In Rome	D-	D-
Edge Of Darkness	C	C+
St. John Of Las Vegas	C	-
North Face	C+	-
Legion	D-	D+