Hey look at the bright side, at least Ich Ni San Chi, Night Viking, Nanobangbang (which I'm in) and others will be making a big racket for the occasion.

The O.P.E.R.A. House has served as a great music space for weirdos like Pataphysics, Gary Barftits, Daniel Francis Doyle, and just about every noise band you can shake a stick at. Show yer support and come on out! It's BYOB and all ages. Click the big crazy picture for details.

(For those of you who aren't huge nerds and check Pitchfork every three hours; you have to read this; hilarity)

by Paul Thompson and Amy Phillips

Anger! Depravity! Experimental pop music! Apparently it's all there in droves at a live performance by the scariest band working today, Nickleback, I mean, Animal Collective.

After Animal Collective played Philadelphia's Starlight Ballroom on Friday night, Sean Agnew of Philadelphia concert promoters R5 Productions received an e-mail from an angry mother of an attendee. He was kind enough to share it with us.

It reads: