*** Mexicos Sweet Electra arrives in NYC! Led by the absolutely gorgeous singer Nardiz Cooke

*** Mexicos Sweet Electra arrives in NYC!

Led by the absolutely gorgeous singer Nardiz Cooke the Mexico-City based electronic rock group, Sweet Electra, has moved to New York City, and are set on storming the US indie music scene.

They just released their third album 'When We Abandoned Earth' (available on I-tunes or at sweetelectra.net.) and will be celebrating with two scheduled shows August 9 at The Annex and September 13 at Joe's Pub, both in NYC.

For more information about Sweet Electra visit : www.myspace/sweetelectra.com

*James Caan says there's something every man needs to know about women.

"They're [bleep]ing nuts. You have to either accept that or you do like me:

You get married four times," the tough-guy actor tells next month's Men's Journal.

"I think after you get divorced twice it should be like driving -- you lose your license."

Asked what guys should know about money, Caan notes, "Well, if you like girls, you gotta have it."

LBN-DID YOU KNOW:

***A strawberry is technically not a fruit. A fruit consists of the ripened ovary and seed of a flowering plant.

With strawberries, the seeds are the actual fruits of the plant, and the flesh of the strawberry is modified receptacle tissue.

***Janis Joplin, Jim Morrrison, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Kobain all died at the age of 27.

***The fork was introduced in the Middle East before the year 1,000.

***Greece devots 60% of its cultivated land to growing olives.

***Contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China is not the only man-made object that is visible from space.

This myth was popularized in 1983 when the volume, Second Book of Marvels, the Orient was published.

LBN-QUOTE: "Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self-respect springs. - Joan Didion.