• An article on Kevin’s recent Minnesota appearance from The Minnesota Daily is now available. Sounds like a few interesting bits of information were asked about answered. Here’s a snippet of the good stuff:

Read the whole shebang HERE. Thanks to DARK HORIZONS for the link!

• Well, Ming’s hooked us up with our sets of the Clerks inaction figures: Randal, Dante, Jay & Silent Bob, and it’s really great to see these things up close and personal. They’ve really captured the cartoony likenesses of these folks, and they sure do look damn cool hanging out around the PC here. Each of the 4 figures ranges in size and weight, Bob of course being the heaviest by far, and come in a nifty little filmstrip like package card. It’s always sad to rip a collectible like this open, but they just screamed to get out of the package. These items are definitely a must-have for any fan, so be sure and order yourself a set from the Stash today, while they last. Or heck, order two, keep a set in the packages! This being the first wave, we’re sure they’re gonna be very collectible once they sell out. The packages promise Wave 2, the Mallrats set, featuring 7 new figures, this summer. We’ll keep you posted on the progress with those. Preorders are shipping on these as we speak, so if you’ve yet to get your set, watch for them any day now. Enjoy.

• Prepare folks, prepare…We’ve been working tirelessly, day and night, non stop, on creating what we’re hoping is going to be the absolute most amazing website you’ve ever seen. Be prepared, as we’ve got a HUGE update to the look of this site coming in just a few short days. We’re so excited about it, we can’t wait to debut it, but we’ve just got a few final touches to work out before it’s JUST perfect. We promise that you’ll all absolutely LOVE it, and that it’s going to completely revolutionalize the way that web pages are done from this point forward. Stay tuned, the NEW NEWS ASKEW is on the way to your computer screen NEXT WEEK!

• Jason Lee is scheduled to appear on a new episode of “Last Call with Carson Daly” on NBC late night TONIGHT. Check your local listings for the air time. We imagine he may be there to promote “Dreamcatcher”.
• We’re getting a lot of mail on this so we figured we’d best mention it: In issue #702 of Entertainment Weekly, with the American Idol cover, on page 67, there’s a picture of rapper Jean Grae, and behind her, there’s a DJ with the Brodie’s Mallrats t-shirt on.
• The song “Berserker” (from Clerks) is referenced in Episode 5 of the animated “Berserk – War Cry”.
• Finally today…Don’t be fooled by the bombs that he got…He’s still Saddam from Iraq. Take care, all.