Looking for something beyond the orgy of basketball? Friday the 13th, presuming you are brave enough, you can catch
Seven Mary Three in
Indianapolis, or Shinedown in
Kansas City. Out west, hip-hop pioneers
De LA Soul play
San Diego. They are marking 20 years since "3 Feet and Rising." Back east, the Dropkick Murphys have a weekend of gigs all over
Boston, go figure. Boston is also having their "
St Patrick's Weekend Kickoff Party," meaning Tuesday's binge drinking starts Friday afternoon.
Saturday night,
Dan Tyminski, the guy who sang what George Clooney lip-synced in "O! Brother, Where Art Thou," plays lovely
Roanoke, VA. That same night
Ludacris is at the cleverly-named Laredo Entertainment Center in
Laredo, TX. Oh, and if you didn't get to see De La Soul in San Diego, catch them in
Redondo Beach.

As for film, there's only one we want to see this weekend. We've been breathlessly awaiting the arrival of
"Edge of Love" starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys and Cillian Murphy. Loosely based on the life of Dylan Thomas, the film explores the bohemian underworld of war-torn London. Can't wait. We've already got tickets. Kidding. All movies with actors named Cillian suck. Out loud. We care about "Miss March," obvi. It's got two things we like; a Playboy-theme and guys from Whitest Kids U Know.
Oh, all right. If you have to see a film with more substance, check out
"Sunshine Cleaning." Amy Adams and Emily Blunt play sisters in a dark comedy about bio-hazard clean up. Alan Arkin, always good in movies that have "Sunshine" in the title, co-stars.