* 300,000 to 500,000 protesters to show up on Saturday -- and on another more important subject, "Where can we go now to flee from Diane Rehm, Marketplace and that atrocious new Saturday food program on WAMU?" [City Desk]

* Union picketing at 19th and N. [Metroblogging DC]

* "Where the great Indie Pop debate has often looked suspiciously like Beatles v. Beach Boys Part II, Camera Obscura are one of a whole host of bands reminding us of Spector's powerful influence." [DCist]

* The shopping carts at Safeway have a "security system that makes the wheels lock when they pass a boundary." But somehow, someway, "Somebody been takin' them things." [City Paper City Desk]

* Two Gnarls Barkley tickets for sale. [Just a Nats Fan]

* Aww. [Worth Repeating]