To Do: No Happy Medium Between Brazil and New York

• Curumin, the Brazilian singer/producer, plays the guitar and drums to hip-hop and jazz beats. The more influences, the better. [flavorpill]
• The Film Forum shows Brazil, Terry Gilliam's 141-minute vision of the fucked-up dystopia of the future. We'd advise against smoking anything before seeing this one. [Paper]
• It's no secret that the other coast has been hogging the teen drama scene with Laguna Beach and The O.C. Now we've got The NYC, which comes complete with a puppy-obsessed overachieving virgin and a bitchy omni-dater who believes Keds are for losers. [The Pit]