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· Music round-up: Under the Influence of Giants at the El Rey; Fischerspooner and Dirty Vegas at Avalon; Division Day at Spaceland.
· This could get ugly: Andy Dick does the MySpace comedy night at the Hollywood Improv. Wear a helmet (and bring pepper spray, just to be safe).
· Eric Hoffman, Gary Rudoren, and Bob Odenkirk turn up at Skylight Books to teach you "how to be funny without being talented or original" to support McSweeney's how-to manual Comedy By the Numbers.