Friday
 · Brush up on your post-punk folklore with the nostalgic crowd at the Mission of Burma show. Be sure to shake your head sympathetically when listening to the kids discuss how vapid their life was until the band reunited. [Bowery Ballroom]
· Take a virtual safari (without the drugs) and check out Diana Thater's new video installation, which utilizes a month's worth of footage from a Panamanian rain forest. [David Zwirner Gallery]
Saturday
 · If you've got the cash for Craigslist or are just willing to sell your soul, do your best to weasel into the sold-out show for the latest "it" band out of Montreal, The Dears. [Mercury Lounge]
· Celebrate the new year with the inaugural gathering of FAGapalooza, a monthly event which celebrates LGBT musicians. Performers tonight include Corinne Curcio and something called Swivel Chair. [TONY]
Sunday
 · Monday is MLK day, which means you hopefully aren't working. Stay out all night tonight, and don't disappoint us with any inappropriate sobriety.