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· For those of you about to rock, we salute you. The Hives and the Donnas will be at The Wiltern, Dean and Britta are taking the stage at the El Rey and Meiko is performing at the Hotel Café.
· In preparation for the second season of their awesome MTV sketch show, Human Giant (along with Brendon Small and Howard Kremer) will be bringing the funny to the UCB.
· Russell Banks will be reading from his new tome, The Reserve, at Vroman's. The book has been described by NPR as being "lushy romantic", which is a sharp 180 turn in style from the author best known for depressing masterworks like The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction.