St. Vincent, Britt Daniel, Bon Iver, Zach Galifianakis,
Janeane Garofalo, and more
Haiti Benefit @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Saturday, January 23

BrooklynVegan might best be known for having the most obnoxious commenters in the entire music blogosphere (which, in fairness, is certainly no small achievement), but give the borough's most famous animal products opponent credit: dude's got a good heart. And reach, apparently. It's not just any half-assed blogger who can get icons of both alt-rock and alt-comedy together for an impromptu fundraiser for Haiti Relief. According to the BV post announcing the benefit, "100% of the proceeds" from the show were split between the Red Cross and a Haitian orphanage selected by performer/newly minted movie star Zach Galifianakis.

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"Attractive, isn't she?" was noted feminist Bill O'Reilly's response to the above statement, which Garofalo made after being ambushed by one of his roving crews and told, quote, "Bill O'Reilly says you should apologize." O'Reilly's contention is that Garofalo called "just honest" teabaggers racist--"What about that one sign that said, 'What you talkin' bout Willis?'" Garofalo sensibly replied. "Bill O'Reilly should apologize for everything he says every day." Amen. [Daily Beast, via Videogum]

Our recent interview with Janeane Garofalo prompted a whole floating online armada of psychopathic crazies to take the apparently not-common-enough opportunity to unleash their finest "Janeane Godawfulho" jokes and other classy vitriol--evidently, there are a lot of angry people out there with some weirdly specific Google Alerts. This bonkers mob, not content to merely catcall, have now brought the matter to their fearless leader, Rush Limbaugh. Though he couldn't bring himself to remember the name of this publication during his radio show yesterday, Limbaugh was sufficiently moved to offer comment. And, weirdly, to engage in some surprisingly detailed 24 folk history:

Janeane Garofalo also said, some magazine, I don't know where it was. She said that the producers of "24" asked her if she would like to meet me and Lynne Cheney when we made a visit to the set. And she said, "No, I have no desire to meet Rush Limbaugh or Lynne Cheney. I don't want to go up and get my picture taken." There's a problem with that. I haven't been to the set of "24" since she was added to the cast. The last time I've been to the set of "24" was season four, and this is season seven.

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"When Rush Limbaugh visited the set, and when Lynne Cheney visited the set, I refused to have my picture taken with them or meet them or anything."

Janeane Garofalo is known for biting standup, stints on SNL, The Larry Sanders Show and The West Wing, and her pioneering contributions to Air America Radio. But it was her 2003 opposition to the Iraq War that converted Garofalo into a high-profile target for right-wing nut jobs nationwide. Cut to 2009, and Garofalo is now a cast member on Fox's long-running torturefest, 24 (Irony? Brilliant career segue? Indicator of job scarcity?). Garofalo also continues her standup routine, performing five shows on April 17-19, at Comix ("Don't let the name fool you. It's actually a good room."). Recently, I spoke with her by phone at 8AM; only at the end of the interview did we realize that we were both on the west coast and had both woken early just to be courteous.

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