So I get this e-mail from Scott Phillips, who was letting me know about tonight's screening of his documentary Simultaneously Coincidental at the Pioneer Theater: "Tired of sitting home and fucking the dog?"

Well, obviously no, but that is not to say his doc does not look somewhat... intriguing. His Web site features perhaps the most cryptic trailer since The Shining (the real one, not the Ryang Dance Remix), and the available log line--about a recovering addict and sufferer of brain trauma--goes something like this: "(The film) is a bizarre and hypnotic story of drugs, religion, romance, homicide, paranoia and friendship."

And paired with tonight's other Pioneer event, maybe you cannot go wrong: Aristide and the Endless Revolution continues its standing-room-only run, with different guests stopping by following every screening to discuss the documentary about the ousted Haitian leader. Tonight, Democracy Now! Radio's Amy Goodman joins activist Brian Concannon Jr.; tomorrow, Danny Glover will be in attendance with NYU's Margaret Satterthwaite; and the list goes on.

Haitians and mental illness, back-to-back? In the East Village? That is more than enough reason to forego any canine tryst, don't you think?