• Can you believe that Gothamist s Moveable Hype concert series is already on its fifth installment? Yes? Oh. In any case, Bravo Silva, The Cloud Room, The Capitol Years, and Snowden perform, funnyman Aziz Ansari hosts, and the entire thing will end up on Flickr. [Paper]
• At the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Gabriel Sanders, Features Editor at the Forward, moderates a panel discussion featuring Times Op-Edite Nicholas Kristof and author Laurel Leff on why, exactly, the media has dropped the ball on genocide reportage from the Holocaust to Darfur. [MJH]
• A little post-genocide pick-me-up? Multiethnic hipster pep squad The Go! Team bring their pom-poms and flair ribbons to Webster Hall tonight. [flavorpill]

There's a terrifying story today about a man who dressed as a fireman for Halloween, lit a fire outside a woman's Chelsea apartment, and then sexually assaulted her for 12 hours. Thankfully, the Post lightens the mood a little bit by pairing the piece with a photograph of Lindsay Lohan in her firefighter Halloween costume. The laughter eases the horror, no?

Our metro-minded friends at Gothamist were kind enough to let us know about a fire in Chelsea parking garage this morning. As always, the 'Ists provided some useful service journalism, pointing out related disruptions on the Eighth Avenue IND lines. Unfortunately, they neglected to mention the news that folks like us would find most exciting: A bevy of socialites were attending the conflagration.

The sweet smell of syrup blanketed the city last Thursday night — not that we smelled it ourselves, but, then, our nostrils were otherwise occupied that evening — and no one had any idea why. In this week's Talk of the Town, which we just got to last night, The New Yorker looses its inner Sy Hersh (if not, alas, its actual Sy Hersh) on the question of the aroma. The real Sy would have done better. Some Remnickian hypotheses:

England's Prince Charles and his newish bride, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, have come to America to schmooze and, according to Chaz, "celebrate these longstanding and very special links between our two countries." Thus far, this has involved a visit to Ground Zero, meeting with relatives of the 67 Britons killed on 9/11, dedicating a stone, partying at the MoMA, and, according to Google News, 1,111 articles related to these fascinating events. Add to that the obligatory appearance of Page Six editor and royal commentator Richard Johnson on the Today show and Drudge's close attention to Camilla's dress count, and we have media delirium.

• Finally, an academic lecture we can identify with: Dr. David Weir, a comp lit prof at Cooper Union, gives a talk on Absinthe, the drink of choice of hipsters from Van Gogh to Joyce before Pabst and Red Stripe came along and watered down the fun for everyone. [Cooper]
• Artists, designers, public officials, transportation experts, and tax-industry reps present concepts for improving the New York City cab at Parsons' "Designing the Taxi" showcase at Tishman Auditorium. Here's our concept, free of charge: lower the fucking fare. [TONY]
• Over at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, the Aquila Theatre Company present their reworking of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man as a paranoia-filled metaphor for our nation's futile war on "invisible" enemies. If that sounds a bit high-minded, Gwen Stefani plays Madison Square Garden. Holla back! [flavorpill and Upcoming]

From the always-interesting lost and found section on Craigslist:

• At Scenic s "I Am an Evil Halloween Party" bash: a live freak show, human flesh-hook tug-o-war, go-go girls, and the opportunity to inflict bodily harm on yourself for a nominal prize. No time like Halloween to admit you re into weird, freaky shit. [Paper]
• It's officially Gay Christmas when the village's annual Halloween parade gets rolling. If you want to participate, get wasted and be on 6th Avenue between Spring and Broome by 6pm. [About.com]
• Hate the costumed festivities? Tony Kushner, novelist Maureen Howard, slap-happy cultural critic Stanley Crouch, and Herman Melville scholar Andrew Delbanco take part in a Moby Dick-themed intellectual circle jerk at the 92nd Street Y tonight. We didn t read it in college, and we re not reading it now. [TONY]

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Our wish has been granted: Kate Moss, the supermodel whose rail-blowing image graced the cover of the UK's Daily Mirror, has reportedly decided to move to the United States. Just released from an Arizona rehab clinic last week, Moss is looking for a new home in New York, naturally (might we suggest a property in the Tribeca River Lofts? We hear alien model-types like the joint).

• In more PETA news, the organization has kidnapped Anna Nicole Smith's dogs and forced them to protest Iams pet food. Anna Nicole, however, thinks Iams tastes great. [AP/Yahoo]
• Details has a major scoop: Colin Farrell drinks beer! And next month, Details water as being really wet. [Hollywood Machine]
• Best name for a college sex column: Cornellingus. [The Atlantic (subscription req'd)]
• Men don't read. They also can't listen, don't understand you, and never take you anywhere nice. [BusinessWeek]
• Voice gossipette Michael Musto cannot be blamed for Gawker's sins. [NY Blade]
• Has anyone yet figured out why Manhattan smells like pancakes? Is it terror sugar? [AP/ABC]
• Project Runway reject Austin Scarlett thinks blackface is always in style. [PMc]
• Shame on Daily News staffer Bill Hutchinson for failing to note that jailed rapper Lil' Kim's lyrics channel the genius of Biggie Smalls. [NYDN]
• Depeche Mode tickets can be yours for just a little breast grope. Okay, not really a little grope — it's got to be at least 10 minutes' worth of heavy petting. [Craigslist]

Friday:
• Tonight Show host Jay Leno appears at the 92nd Street Y to discuss comedy and his new children's book. Friday night in a room with Jay Leno may be the only thing more depressing than sitting alone in a room watching him during the week. [92Y]
• If it's a bit too early for you to be getting your Halloween drink on (pussy), head to Pioneer Theater's All Night Vampire Movie Marathon. Six films screen tonight — some conventional (Bram Stoker's Dracula), some not (Nicholas Cage's turn as a NYC literary agent-turned-blood-sucking-vampire in 1989's Vampire's Kiss. Sometimes, the jokes write themselves). [flavorpill]
Saturday:
• A Halloween party for the self-obsessed Cobra Snake set: you and your friends dress up as a gang. Pictures are taken and then projected on the walls. DFA's Tim Sweeney and James F*cking Friedman are among the DJs. All at Supreme Trading in Williamsburg. [flavorpill]
• As if you needed further evidence that Halloween is just an excuse to dress like a slut: Scenic hosts Rated X: The Night of the Living Whore tonight, complete with a hot body competition. [Paper]
Sunday:
• A bit of culture mixed in to your weekend revelry: Flavorpill notes that Jon Kessler's multimedia exhibition The Palace at 4am at P.S. 1 is a "skeptic's take on EPCOT," where "whirling kinetic sculptures of surveillance cameras and video monitors pull viewers down the rabbit hole of representation, leaving us to find our way out again." We sort of like our blackout holes drunk, thank you. [flavorpill]

We're not sure when the following incident occurred, but we suppose it was before miniature tycoon Mary-Kate Olsen fled higher education for the mindless safety for the West Coast:

"After disagreement and debate," as the Times puts it, the MTA voted yesterday to allow $1 rides on certain days between Thanksgiving and New Year's.

Because when things don't smell like ass, it's news.

Newsweek editor Tom Masland died today, after he was hit by a car earlier in the week. He started work at the magazine's New York headquarters last month, the magazine reported, "after a long career reporting for Newsweek in some of the world s most dangerous places."

• Author A.M. Homes and playwright Adam Rapp kick off KGB Bar's reading series on behalf of Behind the Book, a nonprofit dedicated to improving literacy among students in low-income public schools around the city. What have you done for the local community today, asshole? [Paper]
• Over at the New York Public Library, Bill Clinton and historian John Hope Franklin (the man tapped to run the former President's Initiative on Race) get together to discuss how to best "destroy the color line that continues to divide our country." Good luck with that one, fellas. [NYPL]
• Artist Chuck Close discusses arts education, activism, architecture, and, of course, painting with Parsons' Dean Paul Goldberger at the school's Tishman Auditorium. Bring your own limited-edition print of Close's head for signing! [flavorpill]

In this edition of Gawker Stalker: Judith Miller, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Padma Lakshmi, Mike Myers, Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, Gemma Ward, Bono, Helena Christensen, Val Kilmer, Liev Schreiber, Sean Connery, Stephen Baldwin, Nick Stahl, Talib Kweli, Diane Keaton, Ja Rule, Marcia Cross, Diana Williams, Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, Al Sharpton, Ralph Lauren, Giselle B ndchen, Keri Russell, The Kid from About a Boy (now 6 2 !), Nicholas Cage Michael Caine, Seann William Scott, Ken Burns, Gilbert Gottfried, Nicky Hilton, Star Jones, Wayne Knight, Jack Osbourne, and Damian Young.

• Are you convinced your book idea can become the Next Great American Novel with a little editing help and a publisher? Head on over to Strand Books tonight, where reps from Publisher s Weekly, Time-Warner, Harper Entertainment, and other houses will be on hand to either fluff you or crush you. [Upcoming]
• Just get the bad news that your pitch is not, in fact, publishable? Drink to shattered dreams at The Sexy Magazines and Vacancy Records party at 64 Gansevoort Street. Open bar all night with a $12 donation. On the bright side, no one will bash your sophomore effort. [Shindig]
• What s a punk rocker to do to combat bands like Good Charlotte that tarnish the genre? Write poetry and fiction, duh. At least that s what former Voidoids frontman Richard Hell does. Check him out at the Poetry Project at St. Mark s Church. [flavorpill]

• Michael Gross appears at Strand Books tonight to discuss his latest work, 740 Park: The Story of the World s Richest Apartment Building. The shitty weather is sure to nicely complement your vicarious depression. [Strand]
• Bill Laswell presents the first of Six Nights of Iconoclast Drum n Basss at The Stone tonight. Party like you re on the southside of London circa 1996. [flavorpill]
• Martha Wainwright, young sis of Rufus, performs at Bowery tonight. We re still waiting for the Wainwright/Sedaris Sibling Smackdown on Pay Per View. [Paper]