City Hall newsaper is reporting that, despite midterm elections this week that saw a wave of Republican victories around the state and a series of setbacks for gay marriage around the country, supporters of same-sex marriage say they are closer than ever to achieving passage. According to City Hall’s most recent count, 21 Democratic Senators have expressed that they are in favor of passage, however several of those have said they would prefer it if a bill did not come to the floor right now. Read the full story here.

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Bloomberg squeaked by with a narrow victory, and according to some papers, people weren't all that excited to vote in the first place. Well, the reporters over at City Hall newspaper have decided to move and start predicting what we might be seeing in 1,462 days, when voters return to the polls once again. Read the full story here.

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Nearly 50 years after founding La MaMa E.T.C., the experimental theater that has become synonymous with the avant-garde, Ellen Stewart was honored this past Sunday on Nov. 1 with a gala benefit to rename La MaMa’s Annex Theater the Ellen Stewart Theatre.

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Roger Corman’s funny, fucked-up horror film was made years later into a Steve Martin-Rick Moranis vehicle. This earlier version, though, shot basically for no money in 1960, starred Jack Nicholson, in whose performance one can see shades of the future Shining. Forego the songs for the funnier, scarier original tonight at Anthology Film Archives (9:30, $9).

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Rachel Grimes performs songs from her new album Book of Leaves at (le) poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker St. (betw. Thompson & Sullivan Sts.), 212-505-3474;6:30, $15

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After a night at the bars, we all love tipsily swaying from a subway pole. To make this quintessential New York experience more like purgatory, the MTA will give us the party favor it does best: massive delays. When 18 of its 20 lines skip stops this weekend, expect revelers to riot and hell’s after-party to fire up just beneath your feet.

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Ease into the weekend with softy songwriter Owen, playing with The One AM Radio, at Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (betw. Ludlow & Essex Sts.), 212-260-4700; 7:30, $12.

Or Israeli garage rockers Monotonix with Turbo Fruits and The Beets at Santos Party House, 100 Lafayette St. (betw. Walker & White Sts.), 212-584-5492; 7, $13.

Grand Archives, The Most Serene Republic, The Diggs play at Southpaw, 125 5th Ave. (betw. Sterling & St. John’s Pls.), Brooklyn, 718-230-0236; 9, $13.

On Saturday, watch the dream pop princess Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions with Dirt Blue Gene at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 N. 6th St. (betw. Kent & Wythe Aves.), Brooklyn, (718) 486-5400; 8, $22.

Everyone else could check out Drummer (members of Black Keys) with Royal Bangs at Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (betw. Ludlow & Essex Sts.), 212-260-4700; 10:30, $12.

Sunday, hear superhuman drumming from Brooklyn band White Rabbits with Glass Ghost (Eliot Krimsky of Flying) and The Dig at Maxwell's, 1039 Washington St. (at 11th St.), Hoboken, 201-653-1703; 9, $12.

Or Blitzen Trapper and Wye Oak at Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St. (betw. Bowery & Chrystie St.), 212-533-2111; 8, $18.

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Garage rock lives tonight with The Bravery, Living Things and The Dustys at at Terminal 5, 610 W. 56 St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-665-3832; 8, $31

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Tonight, tUnE-yArDs with Dragons of Zynth at Union Hall, 702 Union St. (at 5th Ave.), Brooklyn, 718-638-4400; 7:30, $12

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Always interesting film director Abel Ferrara's documentary about the Chelsea Hotel, Chelsea on the Rocks, opens today at the Chelsea Clearview. It'll be one of those weird meta moments when you're sitting in a movie theater, looking at famous people traipsing around the historic building that's located just a few hundred feet away. And with the weird recreations of maybe-it-happened-this-way moments, Ferrara will re-tell the history in his own singular style. If you want to take a strange tour of the hotel, visit the movie's website, which allows you to enter, take the elevator or stairs, and click on rooms. For a bit of reference, here's an interview we conducted with Ferrara last year when his controversial Mary finally screened at Anthology Film Archives.


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