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The Supreme Court made no announcement today whether or not it will hear Donofrio v. Wells, the lawsuit challenging the election based on Barack Obama's release - or alleged lack thereof - of his official birth certificate and his citizenship status. (The court did decide to hear two cases, one of which is the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, an Al Qaeda combatant seized on American soil.) Of course, there's no guarantee the Court will ever actually issue any statement on the Obama case since it was simply petitioned to the court and, along with hundreds of other cases, could be dismissed without any comment at all. But as Frank James, over at The Swamp, says, "the lack of an announcement doesn't mean the court definitely won't hear Donofrio." So either we will or we won't. Hmm.

Ah, it's a new year and a whole new slew of opportunities to catch our favorite hometown gossip mill grinder in action on his native turf. First up: a "private" Malibu-hosted party at the Congress Theater tomorrow night, featuring the sweet, sweet sounds of young Wentz on the turntables (or iPod, as it may be), as well as complimentary Malibu cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.

So if Thursday is the (not-so) new Friday, that got us to thinking; most of you are in our spot, sitting at your desk, with the mildest of hangovers, kind of wishing you were nursing a mimosa instead of yet another stale cup of office coffee.

Man, have we got Pavement on the brain today. Malkmus is dropping a new single, and that led us to zero in on the band's discography on ye olde iPod this A.M., and then we came across this video of Poison Control Center covering one of our favorite early chestnuts from the Pavement catalog.

It's Tuesday, it's cold, we're broke, and the 4-day holiday weekend already feels like it happened months ago. We need some cheering up 'round these parts. Luckily there are two excellent events that should warm our spirits without breaking our collective wallet. Cleo's on Armitage has been pushing their iTuesday events for a while now -- the idea being that local artists come in and iDJ for a while, followed by patrons with pre-loaded playlists...

While we're pre-mourning the loss of basically all forms of public transit near our apartment if the CTA "doomsday" plan goes into effect in January, we never stopped to think about the true victim in this situation: Missed Connections. With fewer buses running, trains will inevitably be more crowded, eliminating the chance to make eyes with that guy with the Timbuk2 bag and iPod during your morning commute. The humanity!

SHOOTING: Two homeless men shot in a 24 hour span in Uptown -- they appear to be unrelated. In more shooting news (why is there so much?!): Police have two "persons of interest" in custody Sunday morning after two teenagers were shot in a playlot on the South Side in the Woodlawn neighborhood, blocks from the University of Chicago campus. TRAINS: Our dear friend warns us: This is why you NEVER put headphones in...

Why is it that we don't get butterflies in our stomach and run up to the nearest computer store to check out the newest Dell products or when a new Motorola phone is announced we don't hop over to a cell store? Well, they aren't Apple. So what did our loyal leader, Steve Jobs, have to show us today? Ringtones, the iPod Classic, the iPod Touch, and the iPod nano. We wish we could...

Every so often, we get an undeniable desire to craft. Inviting a few friends over, we set out with a goal of creating a clever present or fun piece of decor. However, a few hours after setting out with a lofty craft goal, our plans to create a card made from old magazines or a personalized iPod cozy are generally little more than a distant memory, replaced by a few bottles of wine and some...

While we've been bragging about the size of our tomatoes and the bountiful yield of our basil plant, we've let the necessary tasks of pruning and weeding our garden go untended. Just take a look at the creeper vines and other weeds surrounding our pepper plants. We knew when we decided to plant a garden in our backyard that it would take more than some water and sun to get some yield from our plants...

There is nothing more that we want to get done than this installment of Empty Out Your Wallet, so we can get outside and enjoy this day. Leave it to the Ticketmaster gods to curse us once again with numerous great shows making our job harder. The show that our readers were looking forward to last week, The Flaming Lips at the Aragon, goes on sale at 11 a.m. on Saturday. This should be a...

Earlier this week, accompanied by armed guards, and carefully escorted onto American soil, the first shipment of iPhones began to arrive. The creator of the ubiqitous iPod, has the PR buzz (or Reality Distortion Field) in full effect, and we can't remember so many people ever caring so much about a cell phone. No one really got excited about the new Blackberry (even if they are promoted by John Mayer), and when an updated TREO...

Chicagoist likes to think we work on a European schedule, taking the entire month of August to hang out with the Parisist staff on the French Rivieria sunbathing and making snotty comments about Americans. Sadly, our limited vacation days don't allow us to show off our pasty legs for much more than a week. Recently while some of us were on vacation, we posted, we checked e-mail like we were important, and we stayed in touch with people in the city despite our best efforts to "get away."

SCUBA Diving in Lake Michigan?

After touring the world for the past year in support of their breakout album Witching Hour, the members of U.K. dance-rock heavies Ladytron prove there's no rest for the wicked. The group's DJs, Reuben Wu and Mira Aroyo, are currently traipsing the U.S. under the Filter mag and Microsoft Zune banners, and Chicagoist was fortunate enough to snag Reuben for a few questions. Chicagoist: This tour is co-sponsored by Zune … do you happen to...

We’re a little behind the times here at Chicagoist. While we knew the moment that Sanjaya was kicked off of "American Idol", some technological advances pass us by. Which is why we now proudly present to you, the audio book.

Living with the Living is the latest from Ted Leo & The Pharmacists. It has an obvious, impassioned, political edge that's easily discerned from reading the song titles alone. Ted has always been one to speak his mind and encourages others to do the same with a contest at Threadless. The goal is to design a t-shirt that relates the themes of Leo’s latest album. It’s not meant to be a Ted Leo marketing vehicle (no logos, please), but more of how Ted’s words and music have inspired the listener to look within for something they’d like to take a stand about and share with others.

It happens to all of us. We’re quietly minding our own business trying not to rage against the slow zone on the Blue Line or the fact that our stop is closed for a year on the Brown Line or that stupid cars keep getting in the way of our bus, when it happens. Out of nowhere (okay, out of our iPod) a song tears at our heart strings when it really has no right to. A smile crosses our face and it’s all that we can do to not sing along remembering that long ago seventh grade crush when cheesy love songs ruled the day and our hearts.

A New York State Senator is proposing a ban on people using their cell phones, BlackBerries or iPods when crossing the street. Holy mother of interfering. When asked about this possibility for Chicago, Mayor Daley wasn't having any of it. "Good luck to enforce that," he said.

Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the...

We were a little skeptical last night as we headed over to the Metro to see Vega4 and Augustana for an early show since both these bands have garnered their attention from having songs on television shows. Visions of The Fray were all we had to go on — tender songs that are good, but for the most part are innocuous background music. The stuff on our iPod that we don’t fast forward, but we don’t repeat either.

Diggin’ that warm weather? Yeah, we are too. Honestly, though, it kind of scares us too. Whenever we start to think too hard about that (or that whole “infinity” concept) we like to distract ourselves with live music. Here’s the notable stuff going on sale this week. Bloc Party’s A Weekend In The City isn’t quite knocking us the fuck out as hard as their debut did, but by the time they roll through town...

Last night a bevy of Chicagoistas were at Schuba’s for the Tomorrow Never Knows mid-winter fest. There were about an equal number of bands. TNK is giving us those hardworking bands, like minor leaguers, who are practicing the fundamentals in the hopes of one day making the big time. Starting the night off were Eagle Seagull out of Lincoln, Nebraska. They have been likened to Arcade Fire and those comparisons are dead on. As we...

That sound you heard yesterday was the collective orgasm of gadget freaks, Mac nerds, and tech investors all over the world when Apple announced the new iPhone, the long-awaited convergence of the iPod with a cell phone and PDA. We'll spare you the technical details--chances are you heard one of the IT guys whooping it up at work yesterday, but let's just say that Steve Jobs has managed to package sex into a 3x5 piece of plastic and metal.

January Gym Deals?

One happy Chicago kid received a Microsoft Zune for Christmas this season. Her unhappy parents discovered that the device was preloaded with two hour's worth of five men in a gay orgy. They were not amused.

If you're hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs "so are you nakie" to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor...

We have been helped through many long lonely walks and nights with our iPod. We've found it therapeutic and necessary in many circumstances, and as you can tell, we are quite attached. We have dealt with a kid saying, "Wow, is that the oldest iPod ever?" and one has even broken on us already. Fortunately, that one was still under warranty. With this one, however, we were not so lucky. That's right folks, it's joining many before it in going to iPod heaven. We thought about finding a friend we didn't like too much, and suing them, but that evidently that doesn't work. As we contemplate our next move, we have found ourselves in quite the quandary.

Apple announced today that Chicago-based United Airlines and five other carriers will soon allow passengers to charge their iPods in-flight and watch video content on seat-back monitors. In addition to United, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and Air France will also integrate the iPod into its in-flight systems, beginning in mid-2007. But this article in the Houston Chronicle says that Continental will likely offer the service only on “long-haul international flights” and not until late 2007....

Mrs. Gov. Blago was involved in some lucrative real estate deals with a woman whose company has a no-bid state contract. Fishy? Some guy followed a woman off the Red Line, threatened to "slash her throat" if she made any noise, stole her money and her iPod, and sexually assaulted her. There was a witness, so there's a good sketch of him here. People are pissed because holiday trees are up in some suburbs...