Do It. We Are Plastic Ono Band at the Orpheum.

All right, say what you will about Yoko Ono and her relationship to the Beatles. Or her crazy performance art. Or just her crazy self. But the woman undeniably is a machine, never letting you once forget that John Lennon was a cool dude (duh) and like, there should be peace and stuff (double duh).

And hell, does she have star power. Take, for example, the We Are Plastic Ono Band concert she's put together this weekend. Not only does We Are Plastic Ono Band already comprise of her and her son Sean Ono Lennon, but the shows (over two days) will also feature guest appearances by Lady Gaga, Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Iggy Pop, The RZA, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Perry Ferrell, Vincent Gallo, Carrie Fisher and more.

You can't deny that this is going to be one crazy show. You're all for peace, right?

The We Are Plastic Ono Band shows are taking place over two days, Oct. 1st and 2nd, at the Orpheum Theatre, located at 842 S. Broadway in downtown. Tickets are $60-$150 for each day, and check here for more details on who's appearing on each day.

**And in case you want some more Yoko Ono, she'll be appearing this Sunday at the Grammy Museum in promotion of the new John Lennon exhibit opening next week.

-- Chau Tu

Do It. Help make the 'Inception' dream documentary.

If you saw Iron Man 2 this weekend, you probably caught the latest trailer for Inception, the new film by The Dark Knight's Christopher Nolan. With frozen, floating bodies, streets folding onto themselves and Nolan's mind-warped filmography (Memento, Following), this probably won't be an easy film to follow, but it still looks nothing short of amazing.

And apparently, you can have a chance in being a part of it--sort of. Inception's plot has to do with dreams, and in conjunction with the film will be the release of a documentary about dreams, directed by Oscar-nominated documentarian Roko Belic. Now, according to Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, via a blog on his film community website hitRECord.org, people can contribute their own short films to be part of the documentary.

The video here explains the project in better detail, but basically the documentary needs people to interpret common dream themes like teeth falling out, falling, flying, etc. into creative short films/animations/visuals for cutaways in the doc. You can also make music, or compile a bunch of images.

So get working, creative BEATs! It's undoubtedly a cool chance to take part in a project for a sure-to-be-monumental film, or at least get involved with JGL's fun collaborative project hitRECord. Have fun, and let us know if you end up participating--we'd love to see your contributions!

-- Chau Tu

Check It. (500) Days of Summer.

Well BEATs, this quite possibly is it--my favorite movie of 2009. Now, I'm indecisive enough to say that I'll probably want to back out of this tomorrow (wasn't Fantastic Mr. Fox just totally awesome?), but there's no doubt this film had a huge effect on me. I knew it the second Joseph Gordon-Levitt started that karaoke cover of "Here Comes Your Man." Or that split-screen moment at Zooey Deschanel's party. Or Autumn. Forget 500 days of Summer. This was 500 moments when everything in this movie just felt so painstakingly right, and all 500 moments are now finally available on DVD. Time to put JGL (and Hall and Oates) on repeat.

**Bonus track!


-- Chau Tu

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