Music: Riley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo: Deep Fried Grandeur

With concerts on pause, acts have been digging through their vaults for unreleased live treasures. Japanese psych-rock outfit Kikagaku Moyo (which you hopefully caught at Beauty Bar in 2018) has already unearthed two archival recordings in 2021: Live at Levitation, featuring numbers performed at Austin Psych Fest in 2014 and ’19, and Deep Fried Grandeur, a 2018 Le Guess Who? (Netherlands) festival set that teamed the quintet with American folk-rock warrior Ryley Walker and his three-piece backing band. The results—two spacey, 18-minute guitar-forward jams—should please fans of trippy late-’60s Grateful Dead tapes, or others up for some cosmic exploration. –Spencer Patterson

TV: The Muppet Show

“It’s time to play the music; it’s time to light the lights.” And at last, it’s time to watch all five seasons of the original Muppet Show on Disney+. Originally airing from 1976-1981 and featuring all the original Muppet performers, including the great Frank Oz and Jim Henson, this comedy/variety series remains among the weirdest things ever shown on television. Elton John, Mark Hamill, Debbie Harry, Steve Martin, Diana Ross and many illustrious others dared to guest-star in this stuffed-felt madhouse—and were routinely and hilariously upstaged by Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo, the Electric Mayhem and “Pigs in Space.” Nothing compares. Disney+. –Geoff Carter

Exhibit: Emily Sarten: Away From Keyboard

Multimedia artist Emily Sarten likes to play with the imagery of paradise. The second-year UNLV MFA student’s show, Away From Keyboard, takes viewers on a sly, topsy-turvy version of the perfect vacation. Inviting the viewer to “immerse yourself in artificial splendor,” Sarten uses video and installation to question assumptions about desire, consumerism, technology and gender. The exhibit speaks to our feelings of pandemic-fueled isolation, social media stress and Zoom fatigue. For example, in “Arts and Leisure (Crying),” Sarten dons a swimsuit and poses in front of a fake beach as sad-face emojis swim around the screen. Schedule a free appointment to view the art at eventbrite.com/o/31786727369. Through February 26, UNLV’s Grant Hall Gallery. –C. Moon Reed

Website: Virtualvacation.us

It could be several more months before flying is deemed safe. In the meantime, satisfy your wanderlust at VirtualVacation.us, where you can visit cities all over the world via real-time videos. Walk around the streets of New York City on a rainy night, or stroll through Venice on a crisp fall day. You can also opt for a driving tour, down the narrow streets of Bangkok with its colorful candy-colored cabs or on the winding roads in Naples, with the pool-blue bay on the periphery. After a cloistered year, you’ll feel your world expand. –Genevie Durano

TV: Blown Away

This reality competition takes on the cutthroat world of glass blowing, and if that doesn’t sound exciting, it surprisingly is (who knew?). The cinematography’s top-notch, and if you’re into ASMR, watching people contort and cut hot, liquid glass is strangely satisfying. Netflix’s second season puts a new crew in the hot shop, but only one talented glass blower has what it takes to be crowned the best in blow. Netflix. –Leslie Ventura