· Wednesday night music: The Shore at Spaceland, Moving Units at Avalon, and Ben Lee at the Troubadour.
· Author Gore Vidal, Howard Dean campaign architect Joe Trippi, broadcast journalist Tom Fenton and others discuss Independent Media: What's Wrong with Television News at the Hammer Museum. Based on the subject matter, plan on staying awhile.
· Robert Greenwald's new doc Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price screens at the Venice Center for Justice and the Arts. Meanwhile, the Wal-Mart of docs, March of the Penguins, continues its slow, waddling trample of any that stand in its way.