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Books, Books, So Many Books!
-- Got Books?, an organization that collects books for charities including Walter Reed Army Hospital and Books for Teachers, is opening a Used Book Superstore in Burlington today. The store will feature more than 100,000 books priced at 90% off the original cost. 256 Cambridge Street, Burlington. (KS)
Art Damage
-- The impossibly pretentious New Factographers, "a evolving (sic) network of Boston-based sonic bricoleurs, moving image interventionists, experimental documentarians, urban dramaturges and critical theorists," present Paradosaurus Wreck, some sort of fashion-music-dance thing. The upshot? If you are into local arty weirdness, Davis Square will be where it's at. Featuring music from Providence band Deer Tick and Boston's Andre Obin and fashion design from Stormcloud, Bring Rainbows, Joy Adams, Julia Ramsey, and more. VFW Hall, 371 Summer St., Davis Square, Somerville, 9 p.m. $10.
Film Festivals
-- The Bicycle Film Festival begins screenings today. Catch two series of short films about bikes. Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville. Schedule and more information.
Twisted Tunes
-- Dutch avant garde anarcho-punks the Ex have a habit of stopping songs on a dime, incorporating jazz where you'd expect a guitar solo, and generally making explicitly political music sound like a good time, rather than hectoring. Playing tonight with legendary Ethiopian saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya. Middle East Downstairs, 8 p.m. $15.
-- Boston's Ho-Ag have some kind of sonic blender at their disposal that can take rock, Ennio Morricone, Hawaiian guitar, and dub, and turn it into a musical smoothie. Playing with Clawjob, Serious Geniuses, and Bread & Roses. Papercut Zine Library, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, 7 p.m. $5 donation.
Kerry Skemp contributed to this post.
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I put this up in "tips," but it's worth noting here as well--if Bostonist doesn't mind--that those going to Davis Square for the BFF or the Artsy-whathaveyou should maybe keep their wits about them, as a pretty brazen group of assholes are giving locals a bad name up in that part of Somerville. An account of a recent daylight assault, and plenty of "yeah, I've seen those guys too" can be found here on LJ:
http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1401489.html
Sorry to be a downer, but since the police cannot do to much in this case, we've got to put the word out.
Also tonight:
Electric Six takes on Boston Harbor!! Boat departs at 8pm from Rowe's Wharf and will return at 11. Boarding begins at 715. Oh, and Tragedy, a heavy metal tribute to the BeeGees, will perform too. $30.