If you want to talk concerts, I probably have most of you beat. In addition to some bits here and there (Ottobar, Pier 6, etc.), Ram's Head Live has been booking a retarded amount of shows, and they're only about 35-40min away. Some things of note in the next few months:
Oct.18, Job for a Cowboy/Behemoth/Gojira/Beneath the Massacre
Oct.19, Puddle of Mudd/Saliva
Oct.23, Danzig
Oct.30, Underoath/Everytime I Die/Poison the Well/Maylen & The Sons of Disaster
Nov.3, Sevendust
Nov.8, Fuel/Trapt
Nov.11, As I Lay Dying/All that Remains/Haste the Day/Through the Eyes of the Dead
Nov.25, Papa Roach
Dec.5, Hellyeah/OTEP/Bloodsimple
Dec.30, Never Never
Note that these are only a few highlights, bands from genres that I know. (Not necessarily enjoy, mind you.)