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· A lot of Thursday night music: The Business Machines at Three of Clubs (free!); Dengue Fever at Tangier; Otis Taylor at Hotel Caf ; 50 Foot Wave at Silverlake Lounge.
· The Manhattan Monlogue Slam hits Ivar again, with celebrity judges Ileana Douglas, Arleen Sorkin, and Brain Robbins either crushing or propping up the dreams of some aspiring actors.
· Comedian Jimmy Pardo does the live talk show thing at the UCB Theatre, where ejected first-season American Idol judge Brian Dunkleman will be forced to answer The Ryan Seacrest Question for the ten-thousandth time. Or, at the very least, The "Is Simon Cowell Really That Big An Asshole?" Question.