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Hope everyone's still enjoying this thing—it's really fun for me! And if you are new here, welcome.

What kind of monster are you,

Maria T

Thursday 10/24

Robyn Hitchcock

at City Winery
6:00 PM | $30–50

One of England's greatest songwriters, Robyn Hitchcock, is stuck in 1967. That's the premise behind his recent memoir and album, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left (Akashic/Tiny Ghost), in which he documents the lasting impression the time period left on him—and it’s a good thing. I am a simple gal so I appreciate this very clear premise, and well, I'm a sucker for covers. I'm guessing this performance will be a little bit book reading, little bit concert, and hey, that sounds very nice. City Winery has seats. Order yourself a nice meal.

Friday 10/25

Devo Documentary Screening

At Film Society East (125 S. 2nd St.)
6:30 PM | $19

The 33rd annual Philadelphia Film Festival is underway right now and with it, Chris Smith's new documentary about the pioneering art rock pop group if part of the "Sight & Soundtrack" programming block. A few hours with Devo in any shape or form is always time well spent.

Saturday 10/26

South Street Vinyl Block Party

500 block of South Street
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Free

South Street's Repo Records is hosting an outdoor vinyl market. It's free, the weather's gonna be gorgeous, grab yourself some new or old sounds. The promo boasts over 15,000 records for sale, so surely you'll find something? Use the link above to sign up for a chance to win some kind of prize from Repo.

SOUND TYPE: ASA-CHANG & Junray, Joshua Minsoo Kim, Eugene Lew (See links below for the events—there are two!)

When you’re done hunting for records, swing by this intellectually stimulating scene. The year-long SOUND TYPE festival & residency program—which teams up musicians and writers from a variety of modalities and backgrounds—continues on with its penultimate installment. If this is the first you've heard of it, or you enjoyed its previous programing, there's only one more after this, so don't miss out.

Seminar: ASA-CHANG & Junray, Joshua Minsoo Kim, Eugene Lew

At the Asian Arts Initiative (1219 Vine Street)
4:00-5:30 PM | Pay What You Wish

Local sound/space organizer Eugene Lew is joined by Tone Glow's editor-in-chief Joshua Minsoo Kim for an afternoon conversation into ASA-CHANG & Junray's creative practices.

Concert: ASA-CHANG & Junray, Moon Viewing Screening

At the Asian Arts Initiative (1219 Vine Street)
8:00 PM | $20

Using a processing device dubbed "Junray Tronics," ASA-CHANG & Junray explore the possibilities of transferring sounds from humans to machine. Though ASA-Chang & Junray have been performing since the late 1990s, this weekend marks their US live debut.

Opening up this event will be Moon Viewing, a short film Eugene Lew created alongside Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib, which documents the 2019 site-specific public installation/performance/happening. (And while you're at it, be sure to subscribe to Eugene's excellent ‌MUSICA PRACTICA / ELETTRONICA VIVA newsletter, where he keeps us in the loop about all the bleepy bloopy things he's cooking up.)

Sunday 10/27

Pavements Screening + Director Alex Ross Perry Q&A

At Film Society Center (1412 Chestnut Street)
5:00 PM | $19

If you went to see the Louder Than You Think documentary at PhilaMOCA a couple weeks back and like me, were won over by the film’s unexpected vulnerability and its protagonist, Pavements appears to be the polar opposite of whatever was going on there.

Yes, it's a documentary, it's also a fictionalized retelling of Pavement's rise, juliennes fries, and from all looks of it, its existence seems to irritate Stephen Malkmus a leeeeeetle bit. OK I made the part about fries up, but maybe Steve's feeling hangry. Everybody likes fries!

Director Alex Ross Perry will be in attendance to take your questions after the screening, which I hope are actual questions and not so much an internal monologue babbled into a microphone.

Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons, Angelo Outlaw

At Solar Myth
8:00 PM | $30

Our city's greatest musical treasure—Sun Ra Arkestra maestro and saxaphonist Marshall Allen—is 100 years old and is doing stuff on a Sunday night, so I don't know what your excuse is.

For the closing of the Philly Music Fest, he will be joined by percussionist and poet Angelo Outlaw alongside his Ghost Horizons project.

Good to know: Glass Band are no longer on the bill, and this is a standing show.

Thursday 10/31

The Wild Ones, Ghouls' Night Out, Coca Leaves & Pearls

At Johnny Brenda's
8:00 PM | $15

Truth be told, I'm a Halloween Hater but also I recognize that in 2024 we have so few shreds of joy left on this planet, so you know what? If you want Halloween to be one of those joyful things for you, who am I to begrudge it. Lo, a Halloween show for you.

As is the unwritten rule of this holiday, we've got cover bands performing the music of Thin Lizzy, Misfits (For Halloween? Groundbreaking.), and Neil Young in that order.

If you do decide to dress up, do I have the perfect costume for readers of this newsletter. You're welcome.

Sound Advice is a weekly newsletter highlighting upcoming concerts in the greater Philadelphia metro area. Expect 1-5 shows of note, written by yours truly and perhaps an occasional guest contributor or two, published on Thursdays.

Local concert listings can be found at the following websites because I am not a concert calendar:

• http://playinpossum.org/
• https://www.philly-shows.org/
• https://wkdu.org/phillyhaps

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