Luster: March 23 at Cicero’s, 8 p.m. Chicago’s own Luster has spent a year writing and recording, and the band now feels it can take its show on the road. […]

I’m sure a lot of other people watched you host “Late Night” and “The Tonight Show.” But I did watch all six episodes of “Andy Barker, P.I.” too, so that has to count for something, right? My favorite episode was the one with the evil chicken cartel.

Andie and Alex gave their opinions on the state of reality television a few weeks ago, but the discussion isn’t over. Their arguments opened something inside of me, something dark and repressed, like the first time I saw “The Proposal.” I thought I should share what I’ve found on the state of reality television.

Kevin Smith has made his living in small increments. His movies, while never huge box office hits (which typically come with huge box office budgets), have gained him a strong following and modest gains. He seems to pump out comedies in his sleep, and they’re all hilarious and witty.

There’s a six-foot tall cardboard cut-out of Edward Cullen in my younger sister’s bedroom. It wobbles when she hugs it. She wraps her arms around his shoulders, and one of her hands scrapes his unfinished back. My mom smiles at me from behind the flashing camera, and I turn away. “Vampires are in now,” my sister informs me. I have to wonder when wizards became “out.

There’s a list of shows and movies I’ve been trying to watch since, say, 2001. Number 13 is “The Godfather” (I and II). Number 10 is “The Wire.” Number eight is the last two episodes of “Pushing Daisies.” I did get to cross off “Dr. Strangelove” (number six), the “Let It Be” documentary (nine) and “Synecdoche, New York” (20) over winter break, but only after adding “Bottle Rocket,” “Babel” and “Undeclared.”

Hey, guys! KWUR Week 2010 starts Wednesday, so I hope you’re ready for four nights of underground and local bands in the Gargoyle. Every night, the doors open at 8 p.m. and the show starts at 8:30 p.m. Make sure to go­—after all, not every week is KWUR Week (man, wouldn’t that be crazy).

Dot Dot Dot is coming to St. Louis to play at 9 p.m. on Wednesday at the Old Rockhouse at 1200 S. 7th St., and I suggest you all show up. First of all, it’s College Ladies Night, which means that all you college ladies out there get in for free (second, to the guys: C’mon, take her out on a cheap date), and third, Dot Dot Dot rocks. And I’m not using “rocks” as a verb, I’m using it as an adjective, as in, “Dot Dot Dot is cool,” or, “Dot Dot Dot plays good music.”

Washington University students may be stuck in the middle of a snowstorm, freezing on their way to and from class, but rest assured, people, because this WUStock announcement should warm some spirits. WUStock, the band behind “Boston” and “Sweet and Low,” is headlining WUStock on April 10.

Yes, the protagonist, Luis, doesn’t have much personality to speak of, and yes, the dancing minigame straddles the line between incomprehensibility and not being fun, but in the end, this game is a blast.