• Nublu holds a Hurricane Katrina benefit featuring Kudu, Send, G. Rizo, and Cocoa Cracker Brown. You'll likely be on the low end of the suggested donation spectrum ($5 to $1,000,000), but go on and give what you can. 62 Avenue C btw 4th and 5th Street. [Nublu]
• Do you have earplugs? Do you have a "willingness to be aurally assaulted"? If you answered "yes" to both these questions, congrats! You fulfill Flavorpill's requisites for attending the Merzbow show tonight at Knitting Factory. Sounds like a hoot. [flavorpill]
• National Geographic's exhibit on Africa opens today in Grand Central Terminal. At least one media outlet gives the continent some love. [Upcoming]