A good fit for Dinosaur Jr.

J Mascis and his band of indie icons Dinosaur Jr. gigged last night at a clothing store in Harvard Square as part of Free Yr Radio, a national campaign to support non-commercial radio. (But hold your applause: The campaign's sponsors, Urban Outfitters and Toyota, are commercial.) Other bands taking part in Free Yr Radio include the Long Winters, the Ponys, Rogue Wave, and Tapes 'N Tapes. Mascis, Murph, and bassist Lou Barlow, who formed Dinosaur Jr. while students at UMass, looked a bit odd amidst the knit tops, tanks, and hoodies. "I loved Urban Outfitters when I used to live in Boston," Barlow said, "so this has a certain sentimental appeal." On their tour bus before the show, Mascis was decked out in purple T-shirt, hat, and mauve - tinted Nikes. "I'm just like Prince," said Masci s (a man of few wor ds) "before he went orange."

James Gandolfini, "Little" Steven Van Zandt, Steve Schirripa, and the rest of "The Sopranos" crew enjoyed Boston chef Michael Schlow's menu for the series wrap party at Foxwoods on Saturday night. Except, that is, for actor Tony Sirico, better known as Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri. "[Sirico] basically pointed at a plate of my gnocchi bolognese and said, 'Hey chef, get over here. What do I gotta do to get you to make some Tony rigatoni?' " said Schlow, who sent out the requested pasta with "a light tomato sauce." Schlow was tapped to cook for the wrap party -- always held at the Connecticut casino complex -- after Foxwoods president John O'Brien dined at Via Matta and asked if the chef could whip up some of those dishes for a party of 600. Schlow said he would have made one change to the menu had he known how the show ended. "I might have put some onion rings on Saturday's menu," he said.

Sheila Jaffe, casting director of "The Sopranos," watched the show's finale at the Jurys hotel, where the staff set up a viewing room for her and about 15 friends and colleagues. The consensus in the room was satisfaction, she said, and even a bit of relief: "Any other way would have been awful." If Tony had been killed, said Jaffe, in town for last night's fund - raiser at the Equinox Fitness Club, viewers would have complained about the method and the meaning. "This way, the characters don't die. It's just like they're not on the air. He did that fabulous blackout thing. We're off the air now. Sorry."

Super Sox fan Stephen King's taking a novel approach with his new novella. The honcho of horror is publishing "The Gingerbread Girl" in the July issue of Esquire. The 21,000-word novella will cover 23 pages in the magazine, which arrives on newsstands today. While this is a first for King, Esquire has a long history of publishing original fiction, including Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and Norman Mailer's "An American Dream."

Michael Leviton, chef-owner of Lumiere in Newton, is bringing his skills in the kitchen to the Fort Point Channel in South Boston. Leviton is working with owners Michael Krupp and Shaka Ramsay on an eatery that will be housed inside a high-end clothing retailer at 283 Summer St. Expected to open in October, the shop and restaurant will be called Achilles, part of hotshot Miami developer Tony Goldman's projects in the area.

Just like Johnny Drama, Kevin Dillon can cook. The "Entourage" actor, who was at a party Sunday at WaterWorks, said he may not be as deft as Drama in the kitchen, but he knows his way around. "I make a great souffle," said Matt Dillon's younger brother. "And I love making crepes in the morning." Dillon said another of his specialties is toast. Seriously. "I butter it up nice," he said.

Looking as lovely as ever, mom-to-be Bridget Moynahan was at a weekend carnival in LA to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. The actress, who's pregnant with ex-boyfriend Tom Brady's baby, was among several celebs at the event. Awkwardly perhaps, actor James Caan was there with his kids , one of whom was wearing a No. 12 Pats jersey.

Imprisoned hotel heiress Paris Hilton has said she believes God has given her a new chance and she plans to stop acting dumb. Hilton called TV journalist Barbara Walters Sunday from the Los Angeles jail where she is being held for violating probation in a drunken-driving case, and Walters recounted the conversation on her ABC television show "The View" yesterday. "I'm not the same person I was," Hilton told Walters. "I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that. I have been thinking that I want to do different things when I am out of here. I have become much more spiritual. God has given me this new chance." Hilton was ordered back to jail Friday after a judge overruled a sheriff's decision to place her under house arrest Thursday because of psychological problems. Walters asked Hilton what had led to her being "reassigned." "I was not eating or sleeping," Hilton said. "I was severely depressed and felt as if I was in a cage." (REUTERS)

Less than a month after being crowned Miss Universe, Riyo Mori is hoping to land a role on the NBC series "Heroes." "I've never acted before," Mori said in an interview yesterday. "I went to the casting audition and read a script in English and Japanese, and they said it was really good. So I hope I can be in the show." Mori said the role of Yaeko would be a love interest for one of the main characters on "Heroes." (AP)

Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, who are expecting twins by a surrogate mother, know the sex of the babies -- a boy and a girl. The couple are the biological parents of the twins, due later this year, Quaid publicist Cara Tripicchio said yesterday. The pregnancy was announced last month. Quaid has a 15-year-old son, Jack Henry Quaid, from his marriage to Meg Ryan. (AP)

Once again, Americans got hornswoggled, led astray, bamboozled. Filmmaker Spike Lee, talking about government response to Hurricane Katrina.

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