who the hell is Esteban, and why are we thankful for him?

First, the book news, since there's just one piece: Amy Goodman's going to be in Houston on the 17th to discuss her new book, Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. Anybody interested in attending with me? :)

Next, the music news, gossip, and sharing.

Scott Weiland and Velvet Revolver have parted ways? I can't say I'm surprised, given the blog-comment war, but I'd sorta hoped that they'd hold it together a bit longer. Like, until I'd had a chance to see them.

Also, didja see that The Nightwatchman will be making the rounds? If two weeks of shows can be called "the rounds". None of the posted dates and locations is likely to be possible for me. *disappointed sigh*

But. At 5pm tonight tickets go on sale for Forever The Sickest Kids w/ four other bands, including Metro Station and The Cab. FTSK were just here last month for the AP tour, and I'm happy to see them again. But I'm really going so I can feel ridiculously old in comparison to the Cab kids (they're so tiny!) and to laugh at how skeezy and blatant Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso are when they're trying to pick up chicks from the audience. And to watch the MikeyWay of the group Blake do his head-bobbing, body-rocking thing at the keyboards.

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Also. FINALLY. A NEW EPISODE OF CRIMINAL MINDS TONIGHT! I have sorely missed Spencer Reid's purple scarf.

oh, life is bigger

Michael Stipe + Stephen Colbert might be my new OTP.

Just saying.


Also, there was a dearth of purple scarf, but I think Reid's sweater made up for it. And he--they--REID! And Garcia wins. I can't imagine Criminal Minds without her, and her character was supposed to be male, something else entirely, but Kirsten Vangness totally made it her own.