FRIDAY · Music round-up: Rodriguez at The Echo, Lucinda Williams at the Wiltern, and Aretha Franklin at the mofo House of Blues, y'all! · Matt Besser’s Freak Dance: The Forbidden Dirty Boogaloo is at the UCB Theater. · Sandra Berhard performs at the Orpheum. Cheap tickets still available!SATURDAY · Of Montreal at the Palladium, O'Death at Spaceland, and Dusseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) at Largo. · Robert Lepage/Ex Machina's The Blue Dragon continues at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. · For The Glory Of Steel: "The Steve Allen Theater joins forces with the Society for Creative Anachronism to bring you a night of WAR — with real battle, in full-on armor. No holding back!" Music by metal gods CROM! FUCK YEAH!!! SUNDAY · Yeasayer at the Troubadour, Chelsea Chen on the Disney Hall pipe organ, Backstreet Boys at the Palladium (you know you want it), probably wishing they were with NKOTB at The American Music Awards at the Nokia. · Royal/T and Valley of the Dolls present Royal Doll Tea Party—sort of anime meets high tea. Rad!