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Smaller Festivals Are Option to More Well Known Affairs  The New York Howl will get down and dirty at Luna Lounge on October 9  The Hsu-Nami will get plenty mean at fest We recently saw Mahway, New Jersey’s the Hsu-Nami open up for ChthoniC at the Highline Ballroom. They’ll be at Cave Canem on October 4 with Someone’s Story, Need, Avi, and Poison Slower Downer. At last year’s CMJ Music Marathon, we caught the fabulous New York Howl at Crash Mansion; they’ll be playing Luna Lounge on October 9, with Night Kills the Day. Other bands to watch out for, either because there’s good buzz around them or they just have a great name, include the Baghdaddios, Batorats, Thank You Good Night, Doug Scofield & the Evolution with Liberty DeVitto, Motel Creeps, Mighty Space Monkeys, Spazmatic Adjustable Ed, the Rivington Project, Jess Furman, the White Elephant Club, Tiger Cried Beef, and Serial Obsession. The M.E.A.N.Y. Fest is a great appetizer for the CMJ Music Marathon; don’t be surprised to see more than a handful of these bands at next year’s CMJ. ---
  Phil Roc’s Rhyme Animal is part of October 7 horror program This year’s screenings will be held at Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Ave.) and the Millennium Theater (66 East Fourth St.). Individual tickets are $9, with special passes ranging from $25 to $99. Among the expected highlights are Ramcess Jean Louis’s Sarbane’s Oxley, Pamela Valente’s Rock ’n Tokyo, Alex Orr’s Blood Car, and James Bluemel and Oliver Ralfe’s The Ballad of A J Weberman. The great Susan Seidelman will be on hand to introduce her 1982 indie classic Smithereens, starring Richard Hell. There will also be programs of short films (don’t miss Rhyme Animal as part of Oh, the Horror . . . Horror on October 7), panel discussions, music videos, and parties. (The complete schedule is posted at www.twi-ny.com.)
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