We’ve been busy: spring cleaning, Netflix, and living at sea for awhile. Anyhoo. Tonight is part one of the 2-night season finale of American Idol, in case you’ve been living under a rock.

Last week, prior to the Top 3 show, we tried to share our predictions, but Meatloafing had apparently been hacked and we were unable to post. Nonetheless, we were right:

Anne: i thought archuleta would win all along, but i honestly think cook has a chance
Anne: syesha better get dumped tonight
Meatloafing: i think america wants the davids to have a face-off
Anne: syesha has clearly not been that popular all along—she’s almost always been in the bottom 2
Meatloafing: she’ll get shat on tonight i think

Tonight, the obvious choice is Archuleta. But here at Meatloafing, we’re partial to Cook. (more…)

A video to brighten your day

Good friends Matt & Kim last Saturday at Mohawk in Austin, TX.

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:

‘Tis the season to relax and possibly hermit a little. But we also enjoy getting out of the house sometimes. Hopefully you’ll find inspiration in some of these 10 simple suggestions.
Compiled by Barrie, Mollie, and Todd

1. Ice skating ♥

2. Marvel at the Grand Central kaleidoscope light show

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This Saturday, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., the Brooklyn Academy of Music is hosting an event called TAKEOVERBAM. The festivities will include Music, Movies, and Art plus $3 Magic Hat.

Most importantly, one of the theaters will be dedicated to a Lindsay Lohan Mid-Career Retrospective tracing her development from 1998’s The Parent Trap to 2007’s I Know Who Killed Me. Unfortunately, Herbie Fully Loaded and A Prairie Home Companion will not be screened but the inclusion of Mark Waters’ oft overlooked classic Freaky Friday ought to be enough to satisfy even the most rabid of Lohan aficionados.

Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. For more on the event visit www.takeoverbam.org.

Brooklyn band Child Abuse put on a great show tonight at Cake Shop. Whether or not they actually hate children has yet to be confirmed, but you can find out in our forthcoming interview. The cuddly trio begins a U.S. & Canada tour (in a biodiesel van!) next week, so for now: a brief photo recap of tonight’s performance.

Luke usually makes scary/weird faces and/or consumes the mic.

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Editor’s note: So the new Radiohead record, In Rainbows, was released today as a download only. I couldn’t access the site (here’s another site that discusses it in great depth), but these two dorks persevered and succeeded, and below is their alarmingly joyous analysis of the album. If you are not a Radiohead fan, you might be a little weirded out (or, frankly, bored). But if you are a fan, pretend you’re in there chatting and giggling right along with them.

Dork 1 (7:57:19 AM): just downloaded it twice
Dork 1 (7:57:28 AM): greenplastic, “Our verdict: Quite possibly the best Radiohead album ever made.”
Dork 2 (7:57:40 AM): of course they’ll say that today
Dork 1 (7:58:04 AM): i’m scared
Dork 2 (8:02:50 AM): I FUCKING GOT IT
Dork 1 (8:02:55 AM): wait till you turn it on
Dork 2 (8:03:24 AM): I CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR NUDE

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