4 Oct concerts on Penn Avenue you don't want to miss!

[manny at telerama.com]

Here are some October concerts you don't want to miss. A banner month for fans
of honest, pure dark music. Why go to any other avenue when it's all here?

Thu Oct 12
KID CONGO POWERS AND THE PINK MONKEYBIRDS
(guitarist from The Gun Club, The Cramps, and The Bad Seeds)
with Deliberate Strangers, True Crimes (from Brooklyn)
9 pm  $10   over 21   31st Street Pub, 3101 Penn Avenue

Mon Oct 23
dark atmospheric ambient drone group
CRISTAL
(featuring Bobby Donne from Labradford, Aix Em Klemm, Spokane)
with To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie (dark drone duo from Mpls), Natura Nasa
and Tusk Lord
8 pm  $6   all ages   Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue

Tue Oct 24
impossibly poignant and heartbreakingly melancholy songstress
compared to PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Bjork
formerly on 4AD Records, now on Young God Records
LISA GERMANO
with Haley Bonar (from Mpls, on Low's Chairkickers label) and Between The
Waters (former members of locals The Garden)
8 pm  $10   all ages  Quiet Storm, 5430 Penn Avenue

Tue Oct 31
legendary experimental musicians and multimedia art pranksters
from Contra Costa County, CA. formerly on SST Records ("Christianity Is Stupid",
etc). grandfathers of the mashup. winners of the famous copyright-smashing
"Fair Use" lawsuit against U2 and Kasey Kasem.
present their new "In Your Head FM" tour.
NEGATIVLAND!!!!
with opener Wizardmaster (from local electronic legends Operation
Re-Information)
7 pm   $12 advance / $15 door   Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Avenue
(Negativland tickets now on sale: Paul's CDs, Eide's, Caliban Books, Brave
New World, Dave's Music Mine, The Exchange Squirrel Hill)