From bhangra to book smarts, from rock to margaritaville, there's something for everyone tonight. And if you go see Jimmy Buffet, we want photos. We'll post 'em. UCLA Bhangra 2006 6 pm at The Fowler Join UCLA's award-winning Bhangra team in a fun-filled evening of Punjab-inspired modern Indian dance. Outdoors, light refreshments provided. music from AM + free drinks! 6-8pm at the Knitting Factory At the door, say Billboard invited you to Billboard Underground......

If you like music and books, you may have noticed the 33 1/3 series. They're pocket-sized paperbacks that celebrate "much-loved" albums of the last 40 years. Each book is about one record, and they look at the people who make the music as much as musing on the music itself. On Saturday, local popculturenista Kim Cooper (Scram, the 1947 Project) will be joined by NYer Ben Sisario to read from their new 33 1/3......

WEDNESDAY • Brokedown and Devils Romantics are at the Silverlake Lounge tonight at 10 PM. Cover is $7. • Dinner reservations are full, but you can still grab a spot at the bar to see Loudon Wainwright III tonight at 8 PM at Largo. • Author Kim Cooper presents and signs her new book, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, about the album by Neutral Milk Hotel. The sigining starts at 7 PM at......

That Rodger Jacobs is always stirring up trouble and this time, somehow, half our blog-friends are involved. Gridskipper launched an awards thing and all hell broke loose. First there was the campaigning and then there was the remorse. Rodger and Kim Cooper of LAist fave The 1947 Project called Shenanigans and somehow our friend Megan (who tells us that cupcakes are still hot this winter) got hit with a drive-by thrashing in the process.......

It's surprising to realize that Kim Cooper and Nathan Marsak started the 1947 Project blog just last March because we can't imagine our daily routine without it. Kim publishes "Scram, the journal of unpopular culture" and co-edited "Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth" and the new "Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed." Nathan, author of "Los Angeles Neon," is working on a book about America's historic mortuaries. Their......

At The Echo, see the up-and-coming Pink Mountaintops accompanied by The Orphans, The Amadans with Jon Wahl and Kyoka with DJ Big TV. Doors open at 8:00 PM and tickets are $8. [18+] At the Hammer Museum, 7:00 PM brings a Hammer Conversation between director and screenwriter Bill Condon and award-winning writer T.C. Boyle. Arrive at LACMA at 1:00 PM for a screening of the 1941 Hitchcock film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring Carole......