Friday:
 • The Silver Jews are playing! The Silver Jews are playing! Oh, both tonight and tomorrow night's shows are sold out? I guess you'll have to wait till next time they tour. Oh, they never, ever tour? Fuck. [Upcoming]
• Eschew drunken Irishman in favor of drunken hipsters ironically channeling drunken Irishmen at Death Disco's Second Anniversary Party at Southpaw, which features Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan on the decks. [flavorpill]

Saturday:
 • Mome, a journal that does for graphic-novel lovers what n+1 does for literary folks, celebrates the launch of its third issue with Sophie Crumb, Gabrielle Bell, and Kurt Wolfgang at toy store Giant Robot. Call it a pretentious ComicCon gathering if you must, but only under your breath and at your own peril. [flavorpill]
• From puking green to gushing red: Peter Jackson's horror-camp classic, Dead Alive, screens at Landmark Sunshine Theater. [Paper]

Sunday:
 • Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt of the Sea and Cake play nice little pop lounge ditties for you in Park Slope. We'll be at home making sure Tony isn't dead. [flavorpill]