Our dear friend The Wailing Wall has 2 shows in Brooklyn this week, one tonight and one on Thursday. Check ‘em out:
TONIGHT (2/8) @ Death By Audio
8PM / ALL AGES
The Wailing Wall (full band), Horse’s Mouth, Your Nature, Blastoff!
Thursday (2/11) @ Bar Matchless
7PM/ FREE
Vol. 1 Brooklyn & Gigantic Present: Greatest Three-Minute Rock N’ Roll Story Ever
20+ Readers (including Aaron Hartman of Girls in Trouble) with a special set by The Wailing Wall
Vol. 1 Brooklyn tipped me off to the Huffington Post’s list of “7 Books To Give For Hanukkah” — which is disappointing, at best. Of course, a book is a perfectly respectable holiday gift, but HuffPost sure does suggest some strange options. Francine Prose’s book about Anne Frank? No thanks! Just because I am Jewish does not mean I want to spend every holiday reliving the most grave and horrifying ordeal my family ever lived through. Check it out for yourself, but this Hanukkah, I think I’ll stick with asking for socks…