If this sounds like something you’d care to see, then head over to the New Museum anytime between noon and 6pm this Sunday. Tickets cost twelve dollars. Act now; your next chance to see it will be “at a small outdoor community theater in rural Missouri in summer 2010.” I don’t know how ironic that’s supposed to be.

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THURSDAY

• Dirty Projectors @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
  Exploding Brooklyn rock band are playing at the Williamsburg Music Hall for the weekend. Oh yes, there will be hipster.
• Miss G Train Pageant @ City Reliquary Museum (Brooklyn) — 7 p.m.
  Kaela profiled the Miss G Train competition a few weeks ago, and now the pageant is finally ending. You’ll probably never take the G train in your life, so carpe diem.
• NYC Horror Film Festival @ TriBeCa Cinema — through Sunday
  Yesterday, we suggested that you go wet your pants and watch at least one of these horror films at TriBeCa Cinema. Just don’t hold us responsible if this actually happens.
• Unlimited 88-cent Shot Night @ Doghouse Saloon — 8 – 11 p.m.
  Yep, unlimited shots for 88 cents at a bar called Doghouse (sign up for deal online first). What state school do we go to again?

FRIDAY

• Devo @ The Fillmore — 9 p.m.
  The quintessential new wave band has returned, just in time for you to pretend that you actually listen (and like) new wave.
• Designer Drugs + Kissy Sell Out @ Webster Hall — 10 p.m.
  I have no idea who these ridiculously named bands are, but $1 cover for a probably absurd night at Webster Hall? Throw in a creepy middle-aged man looking for college girls and we’ve got a deal!

SATURDAY

• Sonic Youth + Dinosaur Jr. @ Terminal 5 — 8 p.m.
  [Obligatory Terminal 5 show] Oh look, Sonic Youth is back, and guess where they’re playing on Saturday.
• Gallatone Records Showcase @ The Studio at Webster Hall — 5 p.m.
  NYU student-rapper Genesis Be is performing with some of her crew ($8 for NYU students). Only at NYU do we have more student-rappers than student-athletes.
• Beau Sia @ Bowery Poetry Club — 8 p.m.
  This is a plug for one of my favorite slam poets Beau Sia, a fellow Asian-American who’s not too well known. Asia truly is taking over the world, one stanza at a time.

SUNDAY

• Thrifty Thanksgiving @ PerkStreet Lounge — 2-6 p.m.
  An entire Thanksgiving meal with quality wine and beer… for free. If you’re going home next week, call your parents already and tell them the bad news.
• Tim Burton Gallery Opening @ MoMA — through April, 2010
  MoMA is paying tribute to everyone’s favorite creepy children’s movie director, Tim Burton. Mr. Burton, Batman Forever was undoubtedly the best Batman movie of all time. No other Batman movie even comes close.

Instead, Fat Cat (Christopher St. & 7th Ave.) encourages bro-ing out in a simpler, more decent fashion. The premise is simple: one massive basement that serves as a pool hall, game room, jazz club, and trendy bar every night. Seriously, you would have to try to be bored here. Although you’ll feel like you’re violating a crucial bro code rule, any visitor quickly realizes that Fat Cat isn’t the ideal scene to get wasted at. Rather, spare the hangover and play some shuffleboard with a PBR, or enjoy some Scrabble with a glass of cheap wine. If you’re alone tonight, kick back on a couch and listen to the incredible live jazz, you loser.

Considering the place fits probably a few hundred on a weekend night, the crowd here is pretty much young, hip New Yorkers who aren’t exactly into clubbing in Chelsea, the types who take the L Train and frequent indie coffee shops (also known as NYU students). Within a few minutes of exploring, you’ll even probably recognize a few faces from your Nat Sci lecture, where you’ll awkwardly make eye contact and Facebook friend them later.

Finally, the cover charge for all these amenities is $3. Before you start complaining, I’ll tell you that I once saw Blake Lively sitting at the bar. Maybe she can get some NYU bros on Gossip Girl. If so, someone tell her that none of them work at NYU Local.

Photo from flickr user absolutwade used under a Creative Commons license.

This year’s Festival will be screening films and hosting panels entirely at the TriBeCa Cinemas until Sunday. The long list of films includes the likes of CannibAlien, Wheels of Death, and Zombies and Cigarettes — all of which sound appropriately absurd. Several awards will also be distributed throughout the week, including this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award given to horror producer William Lustig on Saturday.

Tickets for day programs (mostly a series of shorts) are only $16 and an all-access pass for the week is $160. The world is ending in 2012 — if that doesn’t scare you, go buy some tickets.

Image via Jim Connolly.

The NY Post reported yesterday that Gov. David Paterson is behind 59 percentage points (75-16 in a hypothetical election) to popular Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary for next year’s gubernatorial election, according to a Siena poll. A 59-point deficit in a primary for an incumbent governor — I try to avoid cliche web lingo but, man, this is an epic fail.

Not only would Paterson get annihilated by Cuomo, but the poll also shows that the Accidental Governor trails “all potential major party candidates” for his current position. This means a Paterson Democratic ticket would likely lose to a Republican ticket including a candidate like, say, Rudy Giuliani (leads Paterson by 23 points), who’s also eyeing a seat in the Senate.

Of course, with Republicans invading state capitals in New Jersey and Virginia early this month, Democrats can ill afford to get complacent in Albany. So it’s not difficult to understand why President Obama asked Paterson to bow out, or why NYC’s near-mayor Bill Thompson is considering joining the Cuomo ticket.

And although Cuomo (who hasn’t even officially declared his candidacy) is pretty much a lock, Paterson doesn’t appear to be getting the hint. Last week, the Governor’s campaign began releasing television ads reeking of desperation. The ad titled “When” (above) details his struggle with blindness and even admits his administration’s “mistakes.” Ah, an unbeatable strategy: tearjerking voters to the polls!

The lone bright spot for Paterson: last month’s approval ratings have increased to 21 percent! Congrats Guv, see you at a book signing in three years.

Because some landlords are banning smoking in their buildings. It is their property, so they have the right to decide what to do with it, but come on! If a neighbor’s smoking is so bad that it’s really stinking up the hallway and/or adjacent apartments, then it’s definitely time to say something.

But is this really happening so often as to require a ban? I just find that hard to believe. And yes, I still notice the lingering smell of cigarette smoke, even in dorms when I knew I lived next to people who smoked inside (and, ya know, I did too), but the hallways never smelled! Is Febreze not an option?

And I know, secondhand smoke is dangerous and it’s unfair for us blacklungs (a word I just made up) to subject nonsmokers to the health hazard. But I remain incredulous that my having a cigarette in my bedroom is causing a neighbor to develop a lung disease. Not being able to smoke on terraces also seems a bit ridiculous to me. But hey, I’m not the one being cruelly poisoned by my neighbors; I’m curious as to whether any nonsmoking readers have been bothered by smoking neighbors.

Also, it’s worth noting that this policy probably won’t affect NYU students anyway, because Related Companies (the real estate group enforcing the ban in its buildings) only manages luxury buildings, and–haha!–none of us can afford to live in one of those.

New York City’s nocturnally-enduring illuminated nature will most likely mask the meteor shower, but apparently you should be able to get a clearer sight of it from Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. If you do find somewhere with an unobstructed view, expect to see a peak of 20 to 30 meteors per hour.

The best time to watch the meteor shower is between 2am and 5am, early Tuesday morning. The best state of mind in which to watch the meteor shower is entirely at your discretion.

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This is a slight variation on the traditional Cosmopolitan, using white cranberry juice instead of the regular red. I’m not a fan of colored cocktails, because I have a tendency to stain (read: drench) my clothes with drinks as I make them.

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Photo from Flickr user Urban Mechanic under the Creative Commons License