movies To do in LA, Jan 18: a special screening of Charlie Chaplain's "The Gold Rush" with live, improvised piano accompaniment Cory Doctorow
happy mutants To do in LA this weekend: laugh your head off at PUBLIC DOMAIN THE MUSICAL at the Hollywood Fringe Cory Doctorow
music THE BUREAU: Part Seven, "Lockdown in the Building, News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria" — with Mr Quintron's Circuit-Bent Guitars Ethan Persoff
music THE BUREAU: Part Six, The History of Telepathic Infant-Based Mind Control of U.S. Presidents Ethan Persoff
music New anthology of Michele Mercure's 80s synth music from the cassette underground David Pescovitz
NSFW New 'Hamilton' track about Benjamin F*cking Franklin released, sung by The Decemberists Rusty Blazenhoff