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This Weekend: Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
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We're probably going to be spending most of our weekend in doors as this wacky weather has finally gotten the better of us and we're nursing a scratchy throat and a head cold but that doesn't mean you have to.
Tonight, if you're brave enough for the rain, Headinghome Records is having a record release party for Hawkeye & Bal Cath's "El Disco Acido 2" EP. Several DJs will be on hand to spin the tracks and there are free giveaways at the door. The party is at Freethinking @ 1652 N. Cherokee in Hollywood. Doors open at 10 PM and it's only $5 before midnight.
Saturday night is Movie Night with the Dolls. The LA Derby Dolls that is. They'll be playing Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! at The Dollhouse (1460 Naud Street). $5 gets you in and you'll be helping the Dolls raise cash so that they can keep on rolling and bumping the crap out of each other. Film starts promptly at 9 PM.
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Also tomorrow night, Peyote Cody is spinning his regular set at Vermont and, despite this cold, we'll actually be there. Peyote mixes hip hop, rock, and soul better than just about everybody in town and Vermont is always a good time. Drinks are pricey but it's free to get in. Thanks to flavorpill for reminding us why Saturday nights at Vermont are a good time.
And, even though critics are panning it, we're always a sucker for flicks set in Los Angeles and we laugh every time we see the trailer so we will probably be in some movie theater catching Be Cool before we settle in at home for the season premiere of Deadwood and a new episode of Arrested Development.
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