Can't Miss It, Weekend Edition: Nov 6-8

"Cozy waterfront property, great view" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member Belltown

TIGER LILLIES: Seattle’s Cabaret Festival kicks off tonight with the beautifully hellish Tiger Lillies. The UK trio uses accordion, ukulele, upright bass, saw, theremin, the tiniest adult drum set we’ve ever seen, and leader Martyn Jacques’ beautifully tortured falsetto to tell tales of doomed prostitutes, pressganged sailors, and the terrifically deformed. Tonight, they’re focusing on songs from Shockheaded Peter, the musical adaptation of the German fable book (Hint: the children don’t fare well), and The Gorey End, their collaboration with dark cartoonist Edward Gorey that began with some of his unpublished stories and ended with his death. We can’t wait.

8:00 p.m. // The Moore // Tickets: $20-42

COUCH FEST: The Second Annual Couch Fest plops itself down this Saturday in Seattle. Unique among film festivals, the festival’s venues are the houses and apartments of your neighbors. Each will feature its own genre of short movies that will play on rotation throughout the day, and attendees are welcome to come and go as they please. Bring some chips and your bike, and get prepared to go on a cinematic journey into some of the friendliest homes around.

10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. // Seattle // Tickets: $10

IMPRESS AND DECOMPRESS: Although we’ve never been, we’ve always had a soft spot for Burning Man. The art, the people, the music, the locale, everything about it is meant to overwhelm and stimulate every inch of your senses. This sounds like tremendous fun. So you can imagine our delight that the eighth annual SeaCompression is once again bringing in the blimps and firedancers this Saturday out at Sand Point. Organized by some of our local burners, the one-night extravaganza promises dance, music, art, and revelry. If you're in the mood for the Man, here is the only place you should be.

7:00 p.m. // Sand Point Magnusson Park, Hangar 30 // Tickets: $30

ARE WE NOT MEN?: They are Devo! 30 years ago, the men of Devo were just perfecting a strange, robotic pop that they set down in three nearly-flawless records. On Sunday, the original members--Gerald Casale, Bob Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Bob Mothersbaugh, along with drummer Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Weezer, Guns N' Roses)—will perform Are We Not Men in its entirety, which will probably require some re-sequencing on most of their gear. We’re busting out our jumpsuits and conical hats for this, so you know we’re seriously excited.

7:30 p.m. // The Moore // Tickets: $38-75