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· Rainy night music round-up: Stereolab at the Henry Fonda; Kieran Hebden (of Four Tet fame) and Steve Reid at Spaceland; Thursday and Minus the Bear at the El Rey.
· Legendary (is it too soon for that?) cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, the guy behind This Modern World, signs Hell in a Handbasket: Dispatches from the Country Formerly Known as America, at Book Soup.
· Because it is much easier to describe a comedian's physical attributes (see also: nattily attired Paul F. Tompkins and intimidatingly bearded Zach Galifianakis) than his comedy, reliably bespectacled funnyperson Greg Proops once again stages The Greg Proops Chat Show at Largo. Tonight's formidable lineup: Sarah Silverman, John "C." Reilly, and musical genius-type Jon Brion.