The petition has almost 40,000 signatures, but needs more. It reads:

The St. Mark's Bookshop, a vital Lower East Side cultural institution, needs a rent low enough to survive. Join the Cooper Square Committee petitioning Cooper Union, the bookstore's landlord, to give St. Mark's Bookshop a lower rent.

The St. Mark's Bookshop has a long tradition in the Lower East Side and serves an admirable and increasingly rare function. St. Mark's is struggling to pay the market rent that Cooper Union is charging them at 31 3rd Ave. A significant rent concession by Cooper Union could save this irreplaceable neighborhood institution.

DOWNLOAD: Crystal Castles vs. Health - Crimewave (Lazrtag Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Thee Oh Sees - Ghost in the Trees (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: N.E.R.D. - Everything Nose (ZShare MP3 link)

today in NYC & NJ
* Hot Chip is DJing R Bar
* Paul Simon & friends @ BAM
* Diane Cluck is playing Cake Shop
* a flea market in Maxwell's from noon-four
* Rogue Wave is playing The living Room for kids
* Tyler Ramsey of Band of Horses is at Joe's Pub
* Deer Tick, Castanets AND Titus Andronicus @ Knitting Factory

Colin Meloy's solo tour reaches Brooklyn this week. Tickets are still on sale for both shows.

Mike Ness added even more NYC-area shows since his recent tour announcement.

Watch the recent Portishead webcast.

Crystal Castles used Trevor Brown's art without permission (or so Trevor Brown claims).

Heartonastick continues his quest to get you to hate Vampire Weekend (who are playing Summerstage).

RIP Charlton Heston (even if he liked shooting things so much). They say he was nice. Stars attended his LA funeral. Fox News called Michael Moore the "most sanctimonious sack of feces on the planet". Charlton Heston dominates Michael Moore's "link of the week".

La Blogoteque video of Bon Iver below. What else?

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