ROAD TRIP: Stone Temple Pilots and John Oliver @ the Borgata

This weekend, the Borgatta in Atlantic City hosts Stone Temple Pilots, the Daily Show's John Oliver.

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ROAD TRIP: Stone Temple Pilots and John Oliver @ the Borgata

POSTED: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Comedy | Music

Our nearest big casino town (no-longer the draw that it was before Philly had community-raping casinos of our own, but I digress) has two hot shows this Saturday at it's shiniest casino, the Borgata. To speak literally, Harrah's is probalby shinier on the outside, but that's a matter for a different blog post. Borgatta will feature Stone Temple Pilots at its event center at 8pm. At 9pm, the Daily Show's John Oliver will bring his critically acclaimed standup show to the Music Box.

Stone Temple Pilots is one of the formerly defunct '90s bands that recently reunited (the very latest of course being Soundgarden), and they're another one of the grunge-era giants who are trying to legitimize their late-era albums with eponymous titles (no offense Pearl Jam fans).

STP's 2008 self-titled reunion album wasn't quite as boring as it was remembered (or, not remembered). It was definitely more pop-rock than grunge-rock, which is to say ... not necessarily in their wheelhouse.

But no-matter, these neo-classic-rockers will probably be doing the classic set they did back when we loved them as a contemporary band, which was a generally unwavering greatest hits concert. And if you simply cannot miss John Oliver, you can catch them tomorrow night instead at Bethlehem's annual summer Musikfest.

Speaking of John Oliver, if you haven's seen his 2008 comedy mega-special Terrifying Times, I consider it one of the must-see standup efforts of the new millennium. Otherwise, you've probably seen him a bunch of times as the funniest correspondent on the Daily Show since Stephen Colbert. This very polite Brit has a bunch of ominous things to say about western society, and his show is a guaranteed gut-buster for any half-intelligent comedy fan.

Stone Temple Pilots: Fri., Aug. 5, 7 p.m., $35-$47, Sands Steel Stage at PNC Plaza, Bethlehem, PA, musikfest.org; Sat., Aug., 6, 8 p.m., $65, Borgata, Event Center, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J., borgata.com.

John Oliver: Sat., Aug. 6, 9 p.m., $35-$39.50, Borgata, Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J., 609-317-1000, borgata.com.

(ryan.carey@citypaper.net)

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