Crowded House, I California, Lady Party

· Music round-up: Groove Armada does a DJ set at the Standard (downtown); Crowded House at the Troubadour; Spoon at Cinespace; Minnie Driver at the Hotel Café.
· Esquire sex columnist, onetime Daily Show correspondent, and local bon vivant Stacey Grenrock Woods will read from her new book about what it's been like to lead "a prototypically Southern California life," I, California: The Occasional History of a Child Actress/Tap Dancer/Record Store Clerk/Thai Waitress/Playboy Reject/Nightclub Booker, at Skylight Books.
· Shadowy feminist gang OBJECT hosts a Lady Party at the Echoplex, featuring music by girl-fronted Journey cover band Infinity, MC'ing by Jill Soloway, and the all-star tribute Fuck Christopher Hitchens, in which 10 female comics (Mindy Kaling, Jessi Klein, Dana & Julia) flip off the VF columnist through the magic of comedy.
