Your Weekend Of Waiting For An Inevitably Boring Awards Show

Friday
· Music round-up: The Bravery at the Wiltern; Built to Spill at the Henry Fonda; Naughty by Nature at the Roxy.
· The Egyptian hosts a Riot on the Sunset Strip weekend, kicking it off tonight with a double feature of the aforementioned Riot and You Are What You Eat, an "insanely-rare 60's artifact is a stream-of-acidness portrait of Los Angeles and Haight Ashbury in the Summer of Love."
Saturday
· This American Life host Ira Glass spreads his NPR quirk all over the USC Bovard Auditorium.
· The Nike Run Hit Remix is back, this year offering runners the opportunity to jog to the sounds of Naughty By Nature, Sir Mix A Lot, The Sugarhill Gang, and MC Hammer.
· More music: Kroq Inland Invasion (with Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Vevlet Revolver, etc) at the Home Depot Center; The Roots at House of Blues; Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl; Mudhoney at the Henry Fonda; VHS or Beta at Echoplex.
Sunday
· Gorge yourself to reverse peristalsis at the 6th Annual Taste of Santa Monica food orgy, featuring live music and chef demonstrations all day long.
· Still more music: Justin Timberlake at Staples Center; Handsome Furs at the Echo; Hello Menno at Spaceland.
· Oh, yeah: The Emmys. Get excited, we hear Britney's gonna be there!
