The further removed I am from my college days, the less I care about the night before Thanksgiving. Billed as THE party night of the year, the night is used as an excuse for college kids to see their fellow co-ed friends back in town after a tough semester and proceed to go absolutely HAM. While I have been known to partake in the debauchery in my younger years, these days I worry how I will function getting up at 8am to run the Turkey Trot. Oh well... BUT, if you do feel the need to go hard tonight, you could do worse than what the Hotel Lafayette is offering. An ambitious, multi-level/room party, titled The Night B4 Thanksgiving, will take over the recently renovated downtown gem of a building.

In the Pan American Room, you can catch long time post-rockers Lazlo Hollyfeld, a living, breathing New Orleans inspired party in 12/8 Path Band, and a handful of DJs. Head upstairs to the Only Comrades curated 3rd floor where the street goth kings, who just came off a successful trip down the runway at Mass Appeal, will be hosting the likes of visual display artist Projex, interstellar duo UVB-76, and others.

Other rooms will include a collection of Igloo house DJs (Paul Kuenzi, Rufus Gibson, etc.) in the very clearly titled Igloo Music Room. Full schedule and lineup can be found right here.

If you don't already have a ticket, price of admission is $20 at the door. Doors open at 9pm.

The Only Comrades crew is teaming up with the Echo Art Fair to kick off the event with a coup d'état. Music and art will converge for the night. A night Only Comrades defines as a dance party infused with visual art. There will be numerous exhibiting artists on display and music provided by local talent. It's a "group of artists and producers on the fringe of the Buffalo arts establishment."

It is true. With the change of seasons, we each have a noticeable life shit. Summertime gave our lives a golden glow and now that fall has come, the shine may be diminishing. For a brief span many were living life easy and free but the routine is back and for us east coast folks that means we have to crawl menacing mounds of winter snow or prepare for tight muscles from hunched shoulders in the bitter cold. Hibernation is in the near future.

Toats Orig is teaming up with Only Comrades, a new Buffalo clothing line, for the third installment of Dark Disco. The developing design company will also be premiering their fall line. Categorize it and call it whatever style you'd like; their look is fresh, dark and entrancing. Toats Orig and Only Comrades are the perfect couple. They're the one that sits together smoking cigarettes, drinking, with conversation pieces made up of the abysmal shards of moments.

Toats Orig never fails to have an interesting approach to their endeavors.  Part of the Facebook invite reads: