Our good friend Oran—a.k.a. Cranberry—just published his highly anticipated (by us) memoir, Long Past Stopping. Yes, Oran’s the son of the Chicken Soup for the Soul guy. We remember LPS in its infancy—a mere Word document, rough but already stewing with the tidbits of a—ahem—fucking crazy life. Drugs, juggling, and anarchy made him one of our favorite people. Here’s a video of Oran reenacting page [tk] at the LPS release party last month. Buy this book!

long past juggling from Mollie Lauffer on Vimeo.

While strolling through Soho on Saturday, our friend Shawn noted that lately there seems to be more crazy people in New York. Is it the ecomony? Obama? iPhones? We’re not really sure why, but after running into this guy later that same day, we think he’s right.

Jesse L. Martin’s final episode of Law & Order airs in two weeks. The episode, titled “Burn Card,” isn’t just a bittersweet end to a legendary era of Dick Wolf’s nearly two-decade-old series—it’s also Meatloafing favorite Jeremy Sisto’s time to shine (i.e., excite us the way he did so often on Six Feet Under). JLM final episode spoilers here. (We’re holding out for the real thing.) [All Things Law & Order]

“Burn Card” airs April 23 at 10 p.m. (NBC)

A giant litter box

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Plaid’s always been a fabric-pattern mainstay, so to no one’s disbelief, it’s still popular this year. (So are stripes, pale skin, and black)

Austin, TX—

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As I washed my jeans the other night, I wondered how often other people wash theirs. I go as long as possible until they no longer fit properly. With my current jeans that’s probably around five wears, but then I’ll wear them a few more times until they look unfashionably loose in the bottom and I feel frumpy and I’m forced to hit the ‘mat. So I texted a bunch of my denim-wearing good friends and here’s how they replied: (more…)

TGIF from Meatloafing. Tonight we’re going to check out this show:

|| CARDBOARD RECORDS PARTY

|| People
|||| Extra Life
|||| Shooting Spires
|||||| Terrible Eagles

[ curated by the Cardboard people ]

[ DEATH BY AUDIO ]
49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford, JM to Marcy, G to Metropolitan | 8pm | $tba | ALL AGES
– MYSPACE –> http://myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows

In other Brooklyn news, here’s what’s happening: