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Friday
 · Dueling book events: Eastsiders can check out Advocate editor Alonso Duralde signing 101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men at Skylight Books, while those farther west have Saul Williams showing off The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop at Book Soup.
· Music round-up: Bob Mould at the Troubadour; Meat Beat Manifesto at Knitting Factory.
Saturday
 More music: Stars with the Elected at Avalon; or back to the Knitting Factory for some Nashville Pussy.
· McSweeney's Presents The World, Explained (at the Redcat) features illuminating looks at presidential prosthetic hooks and Sasquatch obsessions, comedy, slideshows, John Hodgman, David Rees, Mike Colton, the editorial staff of Yeti Researcher, Eli Horowitz, Patton Oswalt, and Jon Brion. That about covers it, we think.
· The Silverlake Conservatory of Music is holding a "swanky" fundraising event at the Diane von Furstenberg store on Melrose to benefit the Conservatory’s scholarship program. Drink cocktails, eat hors d’oeuvres, and listen to the live acoustic stylings of Flea.
Sunday
 · The Jeff Tweedy solo show at the Henry Fonda looks sold out, but if you love Wilco enough, you'll find a way. Or try again on Monday.
· And if you feel the hours you've lost trying to get Paul Walker's horny virtual wife off hasn't really increased your real-life skills, Babeland on Melrose is having a seminar on how to please your woman.