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· Music round-up: Golden Smog at Avalon; The Black Keys at the Troubadour; The Tyde at Spaceland.
· Dipiazza's Lava Lounge in Long Beach hosts the latest Writers Garage event, where Neal Pollack will read from his upcoming book on the joys of Gen X parenting, Alternadad, and former Minuteman Mike Watt will perform with new band Dos. Slightly closer to home, comedy folk hero, Cabin Boy survivor, and author Chris Elliott reads from The Shroud of the Thwacker at the Santa Monica Barnes & Noble.
· And at the Encino-Tarzana branch of the L.A. Public Library, legendary author Ray Bradbury will speak, and possibly be coaxed into reading from his work.