Snooze Alarm: Your late-arriving, Offline-Festival-performing link roundup, 10/14/10
Sun Airway to Perform at Pitchfork’s Offline Festival for CMJ “It was just announced that Sun Airway will be part of Pitchfork’s Offline Festival. They are scheduled to perform at 3:30pm on Friday, Oct. 22 at Brooklyn Bowl. The three-day festival will feature performances by such acts as Marnie Stern, Matthew Dear, Glasser, and Wild Nothing as well as DJ sets by Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and TVOTR’s David Sitek. You can purchase tickets for $10 here. ” (The Deli)
Q&A: Melissa Auf Der Maur “Melissa Auf der Maur is perhaps best known as the flame-haired bassist who anchored Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins in the ’90s and early 2000s. After her self-titled solo debut in 2004, Auf der Maur laid low for a while, but she’s back this year with Out of Our Minds—a compelling art project that includes a full-length album, a 30-minute film, and a graphic novel… And she’s bringing it to town tonight for a free screening at the Moore College of Art & Design [6 p.m.], followed by a Q&A (no music performance, however). We caught up with Auf Der Maur over the phone from her home in New York’s Hudson Valley.” (Make Major Moves)
Bike Rack Controversy Rages On, We Begin To Care Less And Less With Each Post “Some folks think these bike racks, freshly installed by the City (BTW – thanks, C.O.P., for if nothing else, at least having your hearts in the right place), are flimsy at best and super-easy marks for thieves at worst. Now, the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia has entered the fray, basically saying, shut up, you ingrates, the racks that we tested around the city were perfectly secure.” (Philebrity)
The Philadelphia Film Festival Starts This Week! “After a year hiatus The Philadelphia Film Festival is back and better than ever! Running October 14th through the 24th this year boasts an amazing roster of films for almost anyone who enjoys cinema. This 10 day festival brought to us by the great folks at The Philadelphia Film Society has over 100 films scheduled to be shown on 11 different screens in 6 different venues.” (Geekadelphia)