I just bumped into my roommate (I actually told him I wouldn't mention that but then I realized there's just no way around it). I was feeling particularly social and after striking up a conversation, forced myself into his room to share a glass of his wine. We talked a bit about the economy, universal and a priori-truth, you know, the usual pseudo-intellectual favorites, and then someone brought up “animal behavior”. That was me.

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Last night, the New Orleans Saints put on a great show in the challenge of beating the Indianapolis Colts. 31-17.  Awesome! It was clear that the Colts play a tighter game but the Saints played well and strong and seemed to make less mistakes as well as go for important play-decisions.  A big passing game.

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The Who at halftime!  And some great commercials.  and some really poor commercials.  and i missed the Troy Polamalu commercial. 

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Saturday, 12/20 is the first of the shows I'll be booking on a regular basis at the Silent Barn - a DIY, cooperative venue right on the border between Ridgewood, Queens and Bushwick, Brooklyn.  Headlining the show is Theo Angell, a psych-folk paragon, known as a member of Hall Of Fame and Jackie O Motherfucker.  Jozef Van Wissem, an avanty lute player who combines the hippie aesthetic with medieval imagery, will be stoppin

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Although Eric Copeland is one of the most well-known noise artists out there today for his band Black Dice, he's taking opener's responsibilities as a solo performer under Fuck Buttons and Growing this Saturday at Market Hotel in Bushwick.  Eric Copeland's recent solo record Al Anon further confirmed the sample-crazy phase that Black Dice seems to be going through.  Mystical, bleary-eyed free folkers Growing are equally abstract.  Fuck Buttons, with their dance-floor turned mutant sounds approach, should round out the evening nicely.  Market Hotel has been holdi