Tuesday Happenings

Music

-- One of Phillyist's favorite musicians, David Ford, is visiting Boston. We hear he's into maracas and looping. They open for Sara Bareilles. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm. Ave., 7:00 pm. (CR)

-- Peter Moren--yes, the Peter in "Peter Bjorn and John"--will perform tonight. We don't know if whistles will be included, but, if they are, the Globe might do another installment of Whistle Fever. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 8:00pm. $12. (CR)

-- If Mark Eitzel weren't bald, he would have had Myspace hair before you did. His maudlin band American Music Club used to be known for their feral stage shows. Their lyrics are still weepy; their shows are less wild. Still better than most bands that charge $12. Openers Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women are also sad. Harpers Ferry, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston, 9:30 pm. $12. (RV)

Books

-- In Terror and Consent, Philip Bobbitt, professor of constitutional law at Columbia, rethinks the "war on terror" and our current international system. He argues that American strategic dominance lead to terrorism and that American contempt for international law has made the situation worse. Somewhere between a neoconservative and a rule-of-law liberal, Bobbitt remains controversial and intriguing. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 7:00pm. Free.

New Music

-- Pianist and conductor Stephen Drury leads the Callithumpian Consort as they perform the work of Frederic Rzewski, one of Bostonist's favorite living composers. Rzewski's work is improvisatory and challenging, focusing on social themes. The U.S. premiere of Bring Them Home and the chestnut Attica are on the program tonight. Rzewski will be in attendence. Brown Hall, New England Conservatory, 290 Huntington Ave., 8:00pm. Free.

Caroline Roberts and Rob Vassegh contributed to this post.
Image of Peter Moren's The Last Tycoon from his Myspace page.

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