OCTOBER – early NOVEMBER

Oct 5 – They Might Be Giants, 3:00PM, free show for kids, Columbia University, NY.

Oct 8 – Season 3 premier of The Sarah Silverman Program, on Comedy Central.

Oct 8 – Columbus Day Parade NYC, NY.

Oct 8-10 – Beck plays United Palace, Washington Bridge, NY.

Oct 10 – Premier of the movie Quarantine.

Oct 11 – M. Ward plays the OKOBOS music festival in Green Bay, WI.

Oct 12 – Columbus Day Parade, San Francisco, CA.

Oct 13 – A showing of Michael Moore’s “Slacker Uprising”, The Independent, San Francisco (Slacker Uprising film link).

Oct 14 – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is available on DVD.

Oct 14 – The John Cusack film War, Inc. is available on DVD.

Oct 15 – Barack N’ Roll fundraiser, The Independent, San Francisco.

Oct 16 – Send Flowers to Your Ex- Day.

Oct 17 – Premier of the movie “W.”

Oct 21 – John Hodgman’s new book “More Information Than You Require” is available in stores.

Oct 25 – The Exotic Erotic Ball, San Francisco, CA.

Oct 25 – They Might Be Giants play le Poisson Rouge, NY.

Oct 26 – The Dia de los Muertos Festival, Oakland, CA.

Oct 31 – Premier of the film The Haunting of Molly Hartley.

Oct 31 – HALLOWEEN

Oct 31 – Nov 2 – DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Nov 1 – She and Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) play the Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA.

Nov 4 – ELECTION DAY (U.S.)

Nov 9-10 – Beck plays Club Nokia, Los Angeles, CA.

Nov 11 – Tenacious D plays the House of Blues in Las Vegas, NV.

Nov 17-18 – Tenacious D plays the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles, CA.

Nov 20 – Tenacious D plays the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, CA.

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You’ve undoubtedly heard of “Freaky Friday” and possibly even “Thirsty Thursday,” but I’m here to introduce you to a new kind of weeknight: Hazy Wednesday.

If you’re in or around New York City and like me, are fed up with all the politics of spin, come check out a different kind of spin, and bring your friends! Hazy Wednesday features yours truly, DJ Johnny Haze on the ones and twos, starts at 9pm at New York City’s Arrow Bar, and goes as late as you want!  Click the image to RSVP on Facebook, and hope to see you there!

(in conjunction with TROUBL.org)

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This weekend (Sept 6 & 7), the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California is hosting a Jetpack Show!

I just got back and already made a sweet, sweet video for you all (live jetpack action!):

Jetpack Facts:
• “Jetpack” is without question the coolest compound word in the English language.

• “Jetpack” as an adjective means “better than awesome.”

• “Jetpack Pilot” would be the coolest thing to have on a business card, ever.

• Samuel L. Jackson with a jetpack would be unstoppable.

• Rumor has it that “Jetpack” will be the top celebrity baby name in 2009.

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Just got back from the Lebowskifest opening party in San Francisco.

Two words: It rocked!

For those of you behind in the ways of coolness:
Lebowskifest is a cult festival celebrating the Coen Brothers’ 1998 film “The Big Lebowski.” This semi-annual festival began in 2002 and has taken place in major cities around the United States. Sort of like a respectable Star Trek convention with much better street-cred.
And booze.
And live bands.
And attractive women.

A few photo highlights:

The Dude Abides Bonus Round:
The highlight of this year’s Lebowskifest: I got to meet Jeff “The Dude” Dowd – a friend of the Coen brothers who the film character Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski is based upon. He was a really nice guy.

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(photo credits: The Atlantic/James Fallows)

In the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, it will be illegal to smoke in Olympic venues . . . and it will not be necessary to smoke in Olympic venues.

Smell the culture: GAG, HACK, LOOGIE.

(via Reuters, via The Atlantic)

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The Beijing Summer Olympics are just around the corner, and that means one thing: the humiliating process of testing female athletes to see if they are male.

About 1 in 20,000 women have complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) – where they are genetically male (XY), but their body has problems recognizing testosterone (and other androgens) and thus they have physically developed as women (this has been rumored of actress Jamie Lee Curtis, but never formally verified).

None of these tests, to date, have revealed a man posing as a woman. However, in 1985, Spanish hurdler Maria José Martínez Patino discovered that she was born with a Y chromosome (XY), instead of another X (XX) – that she is genetically male and has AIS.

Though genetically male, these women have female physiology – and their genetic makeup shouldn’t actually provide any greater physical advantage.

So, how should the line be drawn this year?
Should it really matter?

N.Y. Times article

(via Angie)

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Pro Wrestling + Japanese Monsters = Kaiju Big Battel!.

They make me so wish I lived on the east coast.

video link

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