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3 hours of my night

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I saw the wonderfully strange David Lynch movie Inland Empire last Sunday afternoon and I'm still trying to figure that wtf is up with the people with rabbit head sitcom part and the dancing hookers. There was a period in time when instead of attending three or five shows a week I was seeing that many movies, not including rentals. I miss that sort of mental stimulation. Different than say staying at home last night watching that game show Identity, where you try to determine the occupation of ten folks just based on their appearance. I suppose if you're not from LA you wouldn't necessarily know what Mr. Moviefone looks like. Lame. At that point I left my apartment for a show by band that I've seen numerous times for a price that wasn't what I was expecting so I told the doorgirl 'nevermind' and turned around and left. Now this where it gets perfect. Found a spot right in front on my place then walked to the Echo to catch the final night in The Parson Red H...

12.04.06 Monday night to dos

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Kiss or Kill @ Metal Skool @ The Key Club 9pm Deadbeat Sinatra (think Social D), 10pm Pu$$y Cow, 11pm Underwater City People , winners of LA Music Awards for best Best Pop and Best Rock song and some of the nicest people ever. A couple blocks down the Strip, Overnight Lows will be at the Viper Room with The Nymphs and The Penfifteen Club (a great rock band) Also: The Parson Red Heads kick off their monthly residency at the Echo tonight with Nico Stai, the Black Pine, and Faraway Places. I skipped out on Los Abandoned last week and instead headed out to 3 Clubs to catch this group. Others have written about them here and also here on Metroblogging LA so the only thing I'll add is that I thought them cool while my friend Corey said they started off sounding like Tom Petty and Pavement. We also agreed that girls drummers rock and The Parson Red Heads have one of those too. They are normally a five member band but there were six on Thursday and apparently even up to eight mem...