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READING: What do you do after you've outed Deep Throat? Well, David
Friend, editor extraordinaire at Vanity Fair and general writer-about-town, has put out a new book - Watching The World Change - obervations on the post-9/11 world, and he's reading from it at the ever-popular Half King in Chelsea. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras

7pm // The Half King [W 23rd St at 10th Ave] // Free

TALK: Director of "Requiem for a Dream" and "Pi", Darren Aronfsky, is at the Apple Store tonight to talk about his new movie, "The Fountain". The new film is about one man's thousand-year journey to save the woman he loves while exploring our fragile existence in the world. Doesn't sound depressing at all.

7pm // Apple Store SoHo [103 Prince St] // Free

MUSIC: There's a lot going on tonight, seems a bunch of bands have stuck around after CMJ. Over at Bowery, Voxtrot plays both tonight and tomorrow night. We suggest seeing them both nights, but if you can only make one - make it tomorrow. We'll be one of the first to backlash on Annuals - and they open tonight, ergo our decision to see Voxtrot tomorrow when The Ballet opens.

Mothers Sisters Daughers & Wives.mp3 - Voxtrot

Monday and Tuesday // 8pm // Bowery Ballroom [6 Delancey St] // $15

The Beautiful South takes over Cake Shop with an acoustic set tonight. It's free, and their Irving Plaza show has mysteriously been cancelled.

6pm // Cake Shop [152 Ludlow St] // Free