To Do: Punk, Cake, Salon
· The documentary Punk: Attitude screens at the ArcLight, a cinematic study of the type of rebel music popularized by such renegades as Avril Levigne, Ashlee Simpson, and a variety of bands with numbers in their names. Sorry, we just collapsed under the weight of our own obnoxious sarcasm. Also punk (for real this time):
the premiere of Roddy Bogawa’s Joey Ramone tribute I Was Born, But . . . is at the Redcat, with Bogawa there in person for a discussion.
· These are all shows we'd be attending if not for the Dr. Phil/Pat O'Brien special airing tonight:
Brendon Benson at the Troubadour, Cake, Gomez and Robbers on High Street at Royce Hall; The Power Cords w/ Weapons of Mass Belief at Spaceland.
· Salon.com throws a party to celebrate their essay anthology, Because I Said So, at Dutton’s Beverly Hills. Watch out for those dot-commers, they're likely to burn money just for the cheap thrills. (This item was written in 1999.)