The Stranger

(MUSIC) As a "key part of their promotional campaign," Harvey Danger have posted their new record, Little by Little, on their website (www.harveydanger.com) where curious fans can download it for ABSOLUTELY FREE. So you should be able to afford the band's all-ages CD-release show tonight at Vera, where they'll be playing a bunch of those amazing new tunes you have no excuse for not having heard. (The Vera Project, 1916 Fourth Ave, 956-8372. 7:30 pm, $6 w/Vera card, $7 without, all ages.) MEGAN SELING

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(MUSIC) Youth Group is Australia's Death Cab for Cutie. The handsome young men, who are surprisingly signed to the notoriously punk-rock label Epitaph, play crisp indie rock with a sturdy beat and sparkling guitars. Their cover of Rod Stewart's "Forever Young" was recently featured on The O.C., which has earned them quite a boost in popularity. A few weeks on the road with Death Cab certainly hasn't hurt either. (Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave, 441-5611. 8 pm, $10, all ages.) MEGAN SELING

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(HIPHOP) In 1992, the veteran rapper KRS-One attacked P.M. Dawn, a wack duo that had at the time scored a huge hit with a song that sampled Spandau Ballet. In the eyes of KRS-One, P.M. Dawn were pagans selling crystals and incense in the temple of hiphop, and he was not having it—"the teacher" overturned tables and expelled the heathens. In the end, however, KRS-One would lose the holy war against the "wik, wik, wack." In a world that's now ruled by totally wack rappers, KRS-One is a reminder of a happier time, when wack rappers would get "beat down to the very last compound." (Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000. 8 pm, $15, all ages, bar w/ID.) CHARLES MUDEDE

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(FILM) Plain and simple, Pickpocket is cinema. Directed by the French master Robert Bresson, the movie concerns a young, rather morose thief who dedicates his life, his body, and his soul to the petty art of stealing money from pedestrian wallets and purses. The thief, like the film itself, ultimately achieves a state of grace, a state of perfection. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 7:30 pm, 9 pm, $5–$8.) CHARLES MUDEDE

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(LECTURE/READING) It's very possible that by the time this event happens, one or more of President Bush's senior advisors will have been indicted as a result of a major political scandal that began with this man and his CIA-agent wife. Which means you'll be dying to hear Joseph Wilson talk about how the Bush administration slimed him for criticizing the Iraq war, and how that sliming transformed into a scandal that may be bigger than Watergate. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 325-2993 or www.foolproof.org. 7:30 pm, $35.) ELI SANDERS

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