PRESSED FOR TIME
No sooner is there a slight chill in the air than were ready to bury ourselves in comfort. This week well be eating everything below 14th Street (except cupcakes), spending our allowance on records and thinking about Pavement. Summers gone, so if youre also feeling delicate, do come along with us.
Pavement Sept. 19 through 24, various locations. Oh, happy day(s)! The shows that people were buying tickets for a year ago have finally arrived! Sprawling from Central Park to Williamsburg, indie rocks biggest boy band will play five shows this week, leaving most of the people we know with a gaping hole on their bucket lists. Bottom Line: Even if you didnt wear out your tape of Slanted and Enchanted in the 90s, theres no sense in fighting it: You should really go to see Pavement.
Unison Fetish Sept. 18, 19, 25 & 26, Bleecker & W. 11th Sts.; 3 and 5, Free. Fed up with the lines of tourists waiting for Magnolia cupcakes, choreographer Sue Hogan has organized Unison Fetish, a buttercream frostingfocused performance that, according to Hogan, is a response to the conversion of Bleecker Street into a luxury shopping mall, complete with pink-clad dancers enthralling and teasing the fanny-pack set.
Bottom Line: Letting people know that their 45-minute wait for a $4 gut bomb is silly is just fine with us just dont start blocking Sugar Sweet Sunshine when were craving banana pudding, Hogan.
Taste of the Village Sept. 15, Washington Square Park; 6-8, $40. Weve all got our usual spots to snack, but if you want to sample some of the best that Greenwich Village has to offer and maybe discover a new favorite, hit the 8th annual Taste of the Village and sample the grub from dozens of the neighborhoods best eateries. Bottom Line: Gusto, Rabbit In the Moon, Otto, The Lion We could drop $40 in a blink at any one of these places, so why not try them all (and more)?
Superstar DJ Record Fair Sept. 19, The Vault at Skylight One Hanson, 1 Hanson Pl. (at Ashland Pl.), Brooklyn; 10 a.m.-5, Free. Consolidate your Sunday afternoon record shopping and stop into this fair, where more than 30 vendors, including shops like Halcyon and Other Music, will be selling vinyl, CDs, collectibles and more to nerds from the five boroughs and beyond. Bottom Line: Turn your normal habit of wasting money on wax relics into a shopping adventure in a place that also serves incredible roast pork sandwiches.
Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival Sept. 16 through 19, various locations. For information, visit www.eugenemirmancomedyfestival.com. Hopping from The Bell House to The Rock Shop and Union Hall, the third year of this annual comedy festival is made up of events like An Evening of Comedy From 1986 and A Night of Gay or Foreign Comedy,and features the chuckleinducing talent of John Mulaney, Max Silvestri and Kristen Schaal.
Bottom Line: Three days of laughs the likes of which havent been seen since that Columbus Day weekend you learned This dog likes Eugene Mirman. about pot butter.