Your Weekend Of Diminished Awards Show Expectations

Friday
· Music round-up: The Black Heart Procession at Spaceland; The Start at the Troubadour; Social Distortion at House of Blues.
· At Point Break Live!, it's like Keanu "Johnny Utah" Reeves and Patrick "Bodhi Too Outlaw-Surfer Badass To Have A Last Name" Swayze have parachuted right out of the cinema classic and onto the stage at downtown's Charlie O's.
· A panel including Neil LaBute, Adrian Pasdar, Donald Margulies, and Joan Rivers (!) will assemble at the Geffen Playhouse for tonight's "We Heart Playwrights" event, featuring an "interactive Q&A" and a post-discussion opportunity to "Mix & Mingle" with the participants.
Saturday
· More music: Minnie Driver at the Hotel Café; Jon Brion at Largo; Men at The Echo; Social Distortion does a second night at HOB.
· Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody will be at Book Soup to sign copies of the "official screenplay book" for the movie, as well as any burger phones or flavored condoms hard-core fans may want to bring along for personalization.
Sunday
· Where could you possibly be thinking of going while the Official Golden Globes Press Conference is being conducted? Names will be read! Scaled-down awards-show dreams will come true!
· Head back to Book Soup, where novelist Jami Attenberg will be reading from The Kept Man, her debut effort.
