One-liners for the long weekend

[One sentence apiece, over and out, and out for the weekend ...]

Compare lineups and decide for yourself, but $40 for a Summer Strummer ticket and $35.50 for the Detour Festival?

My holiday weekend heavy-rotation handful: "The Ortolan" by the Deadly Syndrome; "Astronomy for Dogs" by the Aliens; "A New Hope" by Minipop; "Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John" by Peter Case; and "The Brit Box," the four-disc box set coming in October from Rhino.

And, by the way, the Deadly Syndrome turned its song "Eucalyptus" into an arena-rocker last night at the Roxy.

People (and some of them may be your friends) are all atwitter over the new Britney Spears "Gimme More," which is all glitch and heavy breathing and so disposable I'm tired of it after streaming it once here.

It'll be almost like getting of town for the weekend -- Brian Jonestown Massacre, Saturday and Sunday, at the Echoplex.

No explanation, but the Little Ones have cancelled their West Coast tour dates with Voxtrot, including Sept. 23 at the Fonda.

PJ Harvey has scheduled a show Oct. 15 at the Orpheum.

Imagine that, the Cold War Kids, headlining the Wiltern, on Nov. 23.

Happy 30th birthday, Morning Becomes Eclectic (special programming all weekend).

There's one of those nifty art space shows tonight with a pretty strong lineup of locals; details here.

Stores like Urban Outfitters make me break out in a sweat, but I'll be stopping by to drop $14 on the two-disc charity compilation "Give.Listen.Help #4," which features tracks from the likes of Patti Smith, Coldplay, Mew, Silversun Pickups, The Go! Team, Travis, Rilo Kiley, Band of Horses, Interpol, Cold War Kids, Air and Blonde Redhead.

Happy long weekend ... 

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by the transitive property, little ones probably canceled bc voxtrot canceled their dates to open for arctic monkeys.