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Starring the voluptuous badass Tura Satana as Varla, FPKK is the story of 3 drag racin’ go-go dancers looking for kicks & trouble when they con their way onto an old man’s desert property after a day of murder & kidnapping.

Tonight at 8pm: The Cinefamily Screening Series wraps up their stunt month with a rare screening of "The Stunt Man," and some special guests. From Cinefamily:

In filming The Stunt Man, the quintessential movie about Hollywood's invisible heroes, Richard Rush hired many of the top men in the field, making the set a virtual symposium of daredevil talents. We decided what better way to honor these daredevils than by reuniting as many of them as we can, to swap stories, answer questions, show clips of their greatest stunts, and generally have a good time. Then we're all gonna watch The Stunt Man together! Numerous stuntmen, including many who worked on the film will be in attendance. The list so far includes. but isn't limited to, Steve Railsback, Bobby Hoy, Tom Morga, Erick Cord, Walt Robles, Jim Winburn, Gary Kent; not to mention the director, Richard Rush. We dare you to come!

Steve Railsback alone is reason to go, especially for those of you who think he only did Charles Manson and then disappeared. If you've never seen "The Stunt Man," you're in for a treat. While you're there, pick up Cinefamily's schedule and check out upcoming treats such as Russ Meyer films on Fridays in February.

Pamela Des Barres, of Frank Zappa's girl group, The GTOs, gained national attention with her first memoir, I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie. This best-seller was followed by Take Another Little Piece of My heart: A Groupie Grows Up and Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon. Des Barres also teaches writing classes, performs wedding ceremonies, and according to her website, can even be hired out for the weekend as a (purely platonic)...

At The Echo, see legendary Angeleno Mike Watt performing with The Secondmen on their El Mar Cura Todo Tour in support of their latests album, The Secondman's Middle Stand. Doors open at 9:00 PM and tickets are $10. [18+]

Today's Los Angeles Times obit notes that Meyer was "something of a one-man studio, Meyer produced, directed, financed, wrote, edited and shot 23 tantalizing but teasing films that pioneered a genre of skinflicks with much violence and large-busted women but little sex. The titles of the X-rated fare that made him millions are descriptive — 'The Immoral Mr. Teas,' 'Erotica,' 'Wild Gals of the Naked West,' 'Heavenly Bodies,' 'Mudhoney,' 'Mondo Topless,' 'Common Law Cabin,' 'Supervixens' and 'Europe in the Raw.'