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Friday
 · Music round-up: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at the El Rey; Peanut Butter Wolf and Honeycut at the Getty; The Southland at the Viper Room.
· Margaret Cho brings her "The Sensuous Woman" show to Largo, where she and her pals will embrace all things feminine.
· Much buzzed-about first-time noveilist Joshua Ferris reads from his new book, Then We Came to the End, at Skylight Books.
Saturday
 · More music: The Ponys at the Echo; Three Bad Jacks at the Troubadour; KCRW's Sounds Eclectic Evening at the Gibson Amphitheatre, featuring Lily Allen, Cold War Kids, and the Shins.
· Performance artist Ann Magnuson's Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories cabaret finishes its two-night run at the Steve Allen Theater.
Sunday
 · And still more music: The Shins at the Orpheum; Charlie Louvin at Amoeba Records; Swingin' Utters at the Knitting Factory.
· William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, of being the leader of the free world fame, speaks at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.