Eight Items or Less: Band-Aids, an Arty Party & Todd Selby's Book

2. Take this quiz to see if you're up-to-date on current events (ie: the proper way to remove a Band-Aid).

3. Pitchfork's top 100 tracks of 2009.

4. Arty Party Alert:  The Robert Miller Gallery (524 West 26th Street) is hosting live bands, DJs and beer on December 17 from 7 to 11 p.m. Plus meet 13 artists featured in an upcoming exhibit at The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.

5. If you're waiting for Todd Selby's hardcover book, The Selby Is In Your Place (Abrams), it won't be released until May 2010, but you can pre-order it now for only $23.10 via Amazon.

6. The Tug of War Tour stops at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (236 East 3rd Street) tonight at 9 p.m. and the artists involved hope to challenge their audience with some fresh views on current world problems.  Set to perform are the rap group Most Hated featuring MC Sneakers and Mazzi plus poets Vanessa Hidary and Tahani Salah.  Tickets are $8.