On that day, the Bowery Ballroom will celebrate Bob Dylan’s 69th birthday by hosting the awesomely titled “Dylan Fest 2010 – a Night To Get Drunk and Celebrate Bob Dylan.” The evening’s scheduled entertainment will be The Cabin Down Below Band, a collective led by New York punk icon Jesse Malin (he owns a bar of the same name) and which has a history of playing all-star events. (See: Petty Fest 2009).

For this particular performance, The Cabin Down Below Band will feature Malin teamed up with the likes of — take a deep breath now! — Fab Moretti and Nikolai Fraiture of The Strokes, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Adam Green, Norah Jones, Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl of Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger, The Pierces, Binki Shapiro from Little Joy, Nicole Atkins, Tracy Bonham, Antony Ellis of 5 O’Clock Heroes, Sammy James Jr. of the Mooney Suzuki, Josh Lattanzi of The Candles, Jody Porter from Fountains Of Wayne, Tyson Ritter of the All American Rejects, Steve Schiltz of Longwave, Hurricane Bells, and “many many more”! Greatest birthday ever? Duh.

Tickets for the show, which are priced at just $13.00, are available here.

Shapiro has been a member of Little Joy since 2007 alongside vocalist Rodrigo Amarante and drummer Fabrizio Moretti (of The Strokes), and has since collaborated with artists such as Devendra Banhart and Beck. Shapiro explains “In an effort to raise money for the relief efforts in earthquake-devastated Haiti, I’ve rallied a bunch of artists to contribute custom-made artwork (t-shirts, tote bags and other personalized items) for the Crafts For A Cause auction. All proceeds will go to Artists for Peace and Justice, an amazing charitable organization founded by my dear friend Paul Haggis”.

The Crafts For A Cause auction currently has the support of contributing Sub Pop artists, No Age and Fleet Foxes, who will create t-shirts for the auction. But, that’s not even the best part! Daft Punk has also donated its signature (and signed) robots to the cause. All pieces contributed will be included in the online auction starting at 8 a.m. on March 15th. For more information on the project and a few photos of Daft Punks stellar robots head over the Crafts for A Cause website.

According to TwentyFourBit, it’s not so much arts and crafts as it is decorating and designing items for Artists For Peace and Justice, a non-profit that is getting ready to begin significant relief efforts in the country. So far, as a part of the “Crafts For A Cause” project, Conor Oberst has decorated a Fender Strat, while Vampire Weekend is designing a gym bag, and The Strokes even made time for making a tote. And if you’ve ever wondered what a Cedric Bixler-Zavala designed skateboard looks like, here’s your chance. The project, organized by Little Joy’s Binki Shapiro, also promises items from M. Ward, Le Tigre, Spike Jonze, Sia, The Black Keys, and more.

For more details on the project and a list of more artists doing their part, follow the project on Tumblr and Twitter. Here’s hoping someone does a gnarly hand turkey.

When recently speaking to NME, however, the singer/songwriter revealed that another project titled Permanent Adventure is up first. Unfortunately for us, he appears to have roped in Fab Moretti (drummer for The Strokes); the duo have worked together in the past on Megapuss, but Permanent Adventure takes the weird factor to another level:

“We wear helmets, and we have contact mics on the helmets. And we run at each other, and that’s the percussive element. And then I say ‘What are you on?’ and he says ‘I’m on a permanent adventure.’ And that’s the scope of the ad campaign where we’re selling our product, which is extreme cologne.”

Thankfully Banhart is not entirely serious; when asked for confirmation, his publicist said, “The collaboration is real, the cologne is not.”

He also dropped some hints about Little Joy‘s future: “Little Joy’s new record is going to come out on Rough Trade”. We sound like a broken record, but what on earth does this mean for The Strokes? Aren’t they meant to be recording in January? Don’t they have festival appearances planned, already? Heaven knows.

Per Beck:

An album is chosen to be reinterpreted and used as a framework. Nothing rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. As you will hear, some of the songs are rough renditions, often first takes documenting what happened over the course of a day. There is no intention to ‘add to’ the original work or attempt to recreate the power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens. And those who aren’t familiar with the albums in question will hopefully look for the songs in their definitive versions. ‘Songs Of Leonard Cohen’ by Leonard Cohen was chosen by Andrew from MGMT. For those interested, our close second choice was Ace Of Base, which we’ll keep on the list for next time.

Result #1 of Record Club #2 would be track #1 from Songs of Leonard Cohen, this of course being “Suzanne”. Watch below.

You see, Little Joy, the Los Angeles based outfit featuring Rodrigo Amarante, Binki Shapiro, and Fabrizio Moretti, wants to tour this summer in support of their self-titled debut. But with Moretti bogged down in the studio with The Strokes, his bandmates have been forced to seek out a replacement. Only Son’s Jack Dishel was the name they came up with, and will be joining the band when it embarks on a month-long North American swing beginning in June.

All confirmed dates, including one with the lovely Regina Spektor which already has me reaching for my wallet, can be found below.

Little Joy 2009 Tour Dates:
06/02 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Club Soho
06/03 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent
06/04 – Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar
06/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour
06/08 – Austin, TX @ The Independent
06/09 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
06/10 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Studio
06/12 – Atlanta, GA @Smith’s Olde Bar
06/13 – Birmingham, AL @ The Nick
06/14 – Newport, KY @ Southgate House
06/15 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
06/17 – New York, NY @Beacon Theatre *
06/19 – Philadelphia, @PA Khyber Pass
06/20 – Boston, MA @ Cafe 939
06/21 – Fairfield, CT @ Stage One
06/23 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

* = w/ Regina Spektor