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Interview: Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne

Was Adam Schlesinger born to write music? Maybe if his neighbor had been a rocket scientist, he would had made another choice. Lucky for us, his childhood best friend's dad worked as a composer. Adam started writing songs at a very young age. He is one of the most sought after and prolific songwriters working today.

I've managed to avoid watching NFL playoffs and college bowl games but I'm getting worn down, I'm tellin' ya. If I got the Fox Movie Channel I would watch Less Than Zero tonight at 7pm because I'm just about as strung out as Robert Downey Jr.was in that flick. I'm not begging for the writers to capitulate, I want them to win, I'm just begging the networks to send me some shite to write about. Didn't you guys put stuff out on DVDs for the holidays? I'm sure that there's plenty of folks walking around with unused balances on their gift cards that would drop some cash on some of your repackaged programming.

David Letterman’s production company, Worldwide Pants, and the WGA have reached an interim agreement that will allow the host to return to the air next Wednesday WITH writers.

Now that the writer's strike is on, what will happen to your favorite shows? The LA Times has worked up a grid explaining the future status of shows like "Lost," "Scrubs," and "Battlestar Galactica". The real tragedy here, of course, is that "The Colbert Report" is immediately going into reruns. Heathrow and Chicago O'Hare share the dubious honor of TripAdvisor's Least Favorite Airport: and yes, LAX represents itself nicely at #4. LA Weekly takes...

A Word Or 78: Last night I didn't watch anything that I had listed or even Tivoed. I ended up watching "Monster In a Box" on IFC because I had the privelege of seeing Spalding Gray a couple times and there he was again on TV. Wile watching the movie I found it extraordinarily sad to both hear this amazing person talk about his mother's suicide as well as allude to committing suicide himself....

Monday Night "Monday Night Football" (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.) Buccaneers @ Panthers "Kingdom Come" (IFC, 6:00 p.m.) Feel good neo-blacksploitation flick starring LL Cool J, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox "College Football" (PRIME 42, 7:00 p.m.) Oregon @ USC "NHL Hockey" (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) Sharks @ Kings "Prison Break" (FOX, 8 p.m.) see if these guys finally make it out of prison before the show goes on extended hiatus "Two and a Half...

NOTE: MOST NETWORKS WILL HAVE ELECTION COVERAGE STARTING AT 10:00 PM "La Strada" (IFC, 7:30 p.m.) A night of Italian neo-realist cinema continues with the story of wife-beating circus brute Anthony Quinn. Antonioni's "L'Avventura" follows "Dancing With the Stars" (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) The death march continues, 3 teams left "Nip/Tuck" (FX, 10:00 p.m.) OK, so Julia's effing a dwarf now and Sean gets to meet his own personal devil in person personally "The Daily...

"Naked" (IFC, 7:45 p.m.) David Thewlis stars as a bitterly comedic rapist in Mike Leigh's vicious flick "Visiting... With Huell Howser" (KCET, 8:00 p.m.) Whoah! Huell delivers a "Griffith Observatory Special! - h/t LA Observed "Survivor: Cook Islands" (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) Someone passes out at the Reward Challenge and it gets stormy on Exile Island "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" (NBC, 8:00-9:00 p.m.) New episodes tonight! "Ugly Betty" (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) The...

“Jericho” (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) The Mayor returns from his scouting trip to report on some really awful things he saw in the nuclear-apocalyptic world outside of town, what a shock. “Bones" (FOX, 8:00 p.m.) The show is back from hiatus “30 Rock” (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) This is the funnier of the 2 SNL rip-off shows, and thank goodness it’s only a ½ hour sitcom. “Lost” (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Mr. Eko seems like he’s losing...

“Monday Night Football” (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.) New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings “NHL Hockey” (FSN, 7:30 p.m.) New York Rangers at Los Angeles Kings “Everybody Hates Chris” (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) Chris gets robbed while guarding the cash register for Doc “House of 1000 Corpses” (IFC, 8:15 p.m.) Get in the Halloween mood with Rob Zombie’s neo-classic. “The Bachelor: Rome” (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Lorenzo (I can’t believe I’m writing that name) knocks it down...

Today City Councilman Greig Smith will propose new housing and pension incentives to help boost the LAPD's flagging recruitment efforts. Hmm... will the success of Crash have any effect? Matt Dillon's LAPD officer is a prick, but he's also kind of heroic, and he gets to handle Thandie Newton.

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