Enigmatic writer, director, and weather fan David Lynch has long loved music—and smoking. In an interview about his debut album, Lynch mourns the act of smoking. more ›

TIP: According to Paper's Mr. Mickey, Chloë Sevigny is having a tag sale on her block this Saturday. We're guessing there will be lots of vintage Balenciaga. Check out her apartment in House & Garden...pretty nice! more ›

Two years ago, almost to the day, we started asking New York bands to keep tour diaries for us - a column we now call Tourist. With SXSW coming up next week, we wanted to invite New York bands heading down to Austin to keep a journal of the experience for us. If you're in a band from these parts, and would be interested, contact jencarlson (a) gothamist dot com more ›

MOVIE: Beware to those heading over to Pioneer Theater tonight, that Jackass Steve-O will be there promoting his new movie TV: The Movie. "A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials." And we bet he'll totally staple something to his face. more ›

Tourist: New York bands go on tour. They keep a diary. We publish it. more ›

THEATER: It’s Friday night, and what better way to cut loose than an evening of interactive theater – set in plague-ravaged New York City! In All Fall Down, a savage battle rages for the dwindling supplies of the vaccine, but soon a question arises: "Is the cure worse than the disease?" Theatre Recrudescence vows to explore our “post 9/11 hysteria with elements of carnival, clowning and rock and roll.” (All Fall Down is in previews, so there are no reviews; we'll have to take them on their word that the show “includes the audience, but doesn't embarrass them.”) - John Del Signore more ›

Au Revoir Simone is: Heather D'Angelo, Erika Forster and Annie Hart. more ›

Au Revoir Simone more ›