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For Ted Leo, NYPD are the brutalist dicks. Photo via Sarah Mulligan

This isn’t our normal fare, but you should know about it because A) it’s a benefit for the National Lawyers Guild, which is giving legal aid to protesters at Occupy Wall Street (pepper spray is not a vegetable!); B) these are two awesome musical acts that can drag even the most apathetic 99 percenter into the mosh pit of social indignation; and C) I have to miss it for work tonight and want to live vicariously through you. Jaunty, gritty Jersey rockers Titus Andronicus, sage punk journeyman Teddy Leo and the So So Glows will play Shea Stadium tonight: the $15 tickets are only available at Main Drag Music’s Bushwick Supply Store (268 Meserole St.) starting at noon. Only 200 tix are available, and none will be sold at the door, so get on it! Read the rest of this entry »

The only thing worse than needing a lawyer is paying for one, especially when his or her hourly rate equals your weekly take-home pay. Whether you’re battling your landlord, a deadbeat client or a Hollywood producer who plagiarized your genius screenplay, there are groups and web sites that can help steer you toward affordable representation. And in some situations, the best lawyer is none at all. Read the rest of this entry »