There's nothing like a member of the media witnessing a rodent infestation at your establishment. Over the weekend, the Daily News saw mice in the FAO Schwarz toy store, "scampering between the eyes of plush monkeys and elephants - and around nearby candy jars." The toy store said an exterminator would be checking out the premises, but added, "There definitely isn't [an infestation], not by any means that we know of. It is not an......

Don't let the name fool you, The Muggabears aren't creating cute, cuddly pop tunes. (In fact, their songs are peppered with profanities...gasp!) The trio has been garnering attention over the past year for their sound -- something akin to a lo-fi love affair with noise rock. They're not short on comparisons to Sonic Youth and Pavement, so if you like what you hear -- come catch 'em live tonight when they play Galapagos. How did......

The center of the paparazzi universe might be the Waldorf Towers at 100 East 50th Street. That's because Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and their brood of children are renting a $100,000/month apartment at the hotel. The Post reports that the Jolie-Pitts "began recently living in a newly renovated, roughly 6,000-square-foot apartment" that has "five bedrooms plus a library that they have converted into a sixth, up to six baths and a huge gourmet kitchen."......

Whoa - Think Secret says that the Apple Store planned for Fifth Avenue and 58th Street may be a 24-hour location. That would be crazy - 24 hour retail establishment across from the Plaza (condos) and down the street from the Sherry-Netherland? Gothamist can imagine people who hate their waits at the SoHo Store and TekServe will make 3AM appointments to make sure they can complain about their iPod's crappy battery life or iBook's weird......

Perhaps it's the effect of stuffing, or just some dastardly American capitalist plan, but the day after Thanksgiving is when everyone thinks they should start Christmas shopping, so people clog up stores and streets snatching up everything they can. Some stores out in the burbs even opened at 4AM! Now the subways can be filled with shopping bags so you can't stand; stores' inventory will be picked over; and people will have that glassy, dead......

Joe Quesada, Marvel Comics Editor in Chief...