WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY DOES PETER LORRE @ WEBSTER HALL: 1/9/9 @ 8PM.

As a struggling musician myself, it would be easy for me to hate World/Inferno Friendship Society. They’ve managed to build up an enviable cult following with practically no help from radio or indie taste-making-blogger-snobs, they put on consistently great shows that make all the kids dance, and they stole my former bass player. Okay, they didn’t “steal” her, she just didn’t have enough time for both projects and the better band won. No hard feelings Sandra, seriously.

But that doesn’t matter to you, dear reader. No, what matters to you is that this band has managed to harness their mix of punk-ska-cabaret music to the cart of musical theater in the form of Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre’s Twentieth Century. The genius character actor’s life is looked at as both a good story in its own right and as a means of surveying pop culture history. And yes, you can dance to it. You really should go.

World/Inferno Friendship Society’s Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre’s Twentieth Century
Co-Conceived and Directed by Jay Scheib
1/9/9 @ 8PM
Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street
$20 or
$16 Special On-Line Discount For P.S. 122 Patrons. Discount Code: Lorre