Conan O'Brien salutes the Yankees-hatted Chinese food delivery men of New York City for a comedy bit, by experiencing a hectic day of running around with hot orders of sweet and sour soup and chicken fried rice. Along the way, he deals with rude customers, spilled drinks, and other assorted hi-jinx.
Watch: Conan O'Brien delivers Chinese food in NYC
The U.S. Late Night Wars: A CGI rendering from Taiwan
Boy, we've been putting up a lot of Youtube videos (and for that we're sorry, seriously though, get a VPN already), but this CG rendering of the Late Night Wars in the U.S., done by the same people who brought you the cartoon Tiger Woods slapping a hooker and getting beat by his wife video. Watch Conan O'Brien majestically trying to stop Jeff Zucker from shoving his late night studio to the 12:05 time slot! Watch all of them turn into superheros and go at it! Watch David Letterman come in with a sudden chair to the back! OOOH! Who knew late night was that violent?
The best music of 2006 ... so far
Shanghaiist asked its contributors (and a few "music people" in town) to list their five favorite albums released (or yet-to-be released) somewhere in the world in 2006. Got a list of your own? Submit your favorite 2006 music as a comment to this post. Enjoy!
This week in -ist: What's happening around the Gothamist Network
Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban.

