Its that time of year again. With the NFL season set to kick off this week, Galactic has announced its second annual NFL Pigskin Pickem contest, which takes place at ESPN.com under the Fantasy section. Fans that join the Galactic Funksters league (password: funk) will have the opportunity to win Galactic tickets and various band merchandise. Complete sign up instructions are posted at www.galacticfunk.com.

Meanwhile, the band continues to tour with B.B. King, Jeff Beck and Mofro. That tour concludes this Sunday, but Galactic heads out on its own headlining jaunt in support of its new album, Ruckus, in October.