It’s Happening This Weekend!

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29

COMEDY—If you’re a lover of comedy that’s smart, culturally and politically aware, AND gut-bustingly funny, then murder whomever you have to in order to get tickets to either tonight or tomorrow’s sold-out Hari Kondabolu shows. His calm, logical delivery takes the air out of idiotic conservative viewpoints like a surgeon’s blade, and you’ll end the evening with a smile on your face. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, Fri 6:30 pm, Sat 7 & 10 pm, $15 (sold out)

MUSIC—The year: 2000. Spinning noisily in your lumpy Discman: the groundbreaking Train of Thought by Reflection Eternal. It’s all there before you: Talib Kweli’s toothsome rhymes, DJ Hi-Tek’s electrolyte-packed beats, and life. You’ll never get those days back, but Kweli and Hi-Tek are still crushing the game all these years later—even if you’re not. DIRK VANDERHART
Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 9 pm, $27.50-50, all ages

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30

MUSIC—The sproinging psychedelic pop of Unknown Mortal Orchestra is funky and heartfelt, made out of classic R&B sounds, rowdy garage rock, and interstellar transmissions. Watch Ruban Nielson and his cohorts shred themselves silly, if you can—tonight’s show at the comfy Revolution Hall is all sold out. NED LANNAMANN
w/Lower Dens; Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark, 9 pm, $20-22 (sold out)

PODCAST—Attention, fans of television’s (now Netflix’s!) highly caffeinated smartypants mother-daughter duo! Today, Gilmore Girls faithful will gather to witness an episode of the Gilmore Guys podcast—right here in Stars Hollow Portland! Order some coffee and dust off your arguments for #TeamJess (Logan is the worst). Where you lead, I will follow! MEGAN BURBANK
Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie, 8 pm, $18, all ages

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31

MUSIC—Olympia noise rockers GodheadSilo re-formed last year, and now they’re bringing their wonderfully catastrophic sound to a two-night stand at Bunk Bar. Saturday’s is sold out already, but you can still squeeze into tonight’s, so press yourself up against the stage and feel your face melt off, just like old times. NED LANNAMANN
Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, Sat (sold out) & Sun, 10 pm, $15

CATS—It’s winter. Everything is terrible. BUT WAIT! Do you like… CATS? You probably do, because you’re not a monster, even if seasonal affective disorder is RUINING YOUR LIFE. Luckily, the International Cat Show has returned to the cat-worshiping temple known as “the Holiday Inn,” and you can be sure some adorable cats will cheer your shit up! ERIK HENRIKSEN
Portland Airport Holiday Inn, 8439 NE Columbia, Fri 3-10 pm, Sat-Sun 9 am-6 pm, $8 ($6 with two cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank), all ages