Can't Miss It: Wednesday

GEEK TRIVIA: The infamous Geeks Who Drink take over Ozzie's on LQA. This may surprise those of you who visit their site and read about "two geeks who drink and host pub quizzes throughout Colorado, Texas and New Mexico." But now they're here in Washington, too. The quiz is eight rounds of eight questions and is played by teams of up to six people. There are audio rounds, too. Expect to spend two to three hours drinking in friendly company, and possibly losing to a team called Reverend Horton Hears a Who.

7 p.m. // Ozzie's, 105 West Mercer Street // How much do you drink?

FOLK NOIR: John Wesley Harding and funnyman (no, really, he is funny) Eugene Mirman hit the Tractor Tavern for a show so big they're breaking out chairs for you to sit on. Joining JWH & EM are Jon Auer, John Roderick, Thee Sgt. Major III, and Sherman Alexie. We don't know most of those people excerpt for Sherman there at the end. Sherman, man, he'll fuck you up, like with a tire iron or a can opener or like one of those shuffleboard brooms if he can find one. Metaphorically, we mean. He'll be smiling sheepishly at you and wearing those blue jeans and then *BAM* your leg's gone below the knee. Again, metaphor.

8 p.m. // Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Avenue Northwest // $20

GAY PUNKS: Or, since the weather's terrible, maybe tonight's a good time to snuggle up in the Elliott Bay Book Company and hear about the birth of queercore. Jon Ginoli, one of the founders of Pansy Division, has a new book, Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division. He's visiting from San Francisco, where it's supposed to be 65 degrees and sunny today. Here's a video of their song "Bad Boyfriend" featuring stuffed animals.

7:30 p.m. // Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street // FREE