If this week's live bands are any indication, this is a perfect week for FTers to be meeting up in NY:

Thursday night @ Brownies in the East Village:
Fly Pan Am
(an offshoot of the Canadian band Godspeed You Black Emperor)

Saturday @ Bowery Ballroom on the Lower East Side:
Idlewild
(young Scottish pop/punk)

I like both bands quite a bit, but may not be able to make either (Duke basketball on thurday, Soft Boys reunion @ Irving Plaza on Saturday) :-(