Ooky Ook!

Trick or Treat?

... it all depends on where you spend your alco-dollars this weekend. Here's some tips to keep the Rock in Rocktober without as much "ween" in Halloween:

TONIGHT (aka bookers' nightmare):

Manhattan:

Cake Shop: Freddy and the Jasons ("supergroup" featuring various Beets, German Measles, Honey-Dos etc), Lover! from Memphis and Bass Drum of Death (from Mississippi). $8

Bowery Ballroom: King Khan & BBQ Show, Dum Dum Girls (aka the West Coast Vivian Girls) $15

New York Night Train 4th Anniversary DJ night at Home Sweet Home with Sr. Toubin FREE

DJ Linda Rizzo spinning fine fine garage-punk @ Ding Dong Lounge (uptown!) FREE

Mr Fine Wine having his pre-Nordic Soul tour bon voyage party @ Botanica FREE

Moto-Gators do their instro thing @ Lakeside Lounge FREE

Brooklyn:

Grace of Spades DJs Spooktacular @ The Gutter (bowling alley) in Williamsburg... Rockabilly, early r'n'b, garage. FREE, some sort of free shot if you've got a costume?

Wang Dang Doodle Halloween edition at Trophy Bar with Phast Phreddie, Rex & Dave the Spazz FREE

Dig Deeper at Southpaw with the Green Berets -- late 60's/early 70's funky soul stuff. +DJs -- $12?

SATURDAY (All Shallows Eve)

Manhattan:

Cake Shop - Heavenly Horrors V with the Above, Madam Robot, Discovery, Your 33 Black Angels plus DJs Al Freako & Professor Z. $5 with costume.

Brooklyn:

King Khan & BBQ Show, Dum Dum Girls @ Bell House (Gowanus) $15 - 7:30 early show... will they be at Pedro later?

Monster Mash IV -- Halloween covers night with: The Stooges, Iggy & the Stooges (haha that's pretty entertaining alright), Skrewdriver (Gasface?!), Revillos, Cocksparrer, Paul Revere & the Raiders, etc. Oh and someone is doing the Stalkers! We have a pretty good guess who... DON PEDRO $1... prepare to RAGE