If there existed a musical note that literally killed people with
pleasure, Girl Talk would find it and use it (probably chopped up
with three crunk hits, some Radiohead, and a joyous female wail you
only later realize is from Carole King’s Tapestry). The next
decade will bring 1,001 variations of the music geek with a
house-rocking laptop, and you shouldn’t waste a chance to experience
the guy who does it biggest and best. (Showbox at the Market, 1426
First Ave, www.showboxonline.com. 8 pm, $15
adv/$20 DOS, 21+.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...