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Friday
 · Music round-up: 400 Blows and The Bronx play Safari Sams, Minutes to Midnight are at Spaceland,
and Federation X at the Echo.
· Avant garde fashion photographer Wolfgang Tillmans is throwing a free bash at the Hammer Museum to celebrate the closing of his show. Don't overdo it, though, or you could find yourself passed out in a thong, looking heroin chic on the cover of his next book.
· Doug Benson (yes—THE Doug Benson) is doing stand-up at The Improv. Go shout things at him just like you do whenever Best Week Ever is on.
Saturday
 · Blake Snyder, screenwriter/producer and author of Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, will speak at the Alameda Writers Group in Glendale, where you can ask him anything you want about your third act cat-saving problems.
· Saturday night music: My Morning Jacket are at the Wiltern, Stephen Malkmus at the El Rey, and B.B. King is at the Kodak Theater.
Sunday
 · Downhill Derby at the Rose Bowl is an old fashioned boxcar race like the kind you used to have when you hung out with Spanky, Alfalfa, and the rest. All proceeds make benefit glorious Boys & Girls Club of LA.
· Get a head start on Martin Luther King Jr. day (it's next Monday) with a Musical Tribute In Honor of Dr. MLK, featuring the Southeast Symphony Orchestra and a choir of over 60. And no, they don't take requests, no matter how many times you yell "JESUS WAAALKS!!!" at the stage.