(Photo by Laura Musselman of recent Seattle Shearwater performance – Shearwater will be playing tonight at the Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Showcase)

We have been getting tons of emails about amazing shows and secret parties happening this week as part of the CMJ 2008 Music Marathon Extravaganza MegaFestival of Cool.

Our gal Chona is headed to New York any second and she'll be sending in photos of her favorite finds. KEXP will commanding a lot of fab activities, plus there's the hole in the wall finds and the superstar sightings.

There's bound to be tons of stories… and we wanna hear them!

What would your dream schedule be? I know that catching the Cars Can Be Blue performance on Wednesday would be a must.

Is anyone else we know headed to New York for the festivities?