Earlimart, Boyle, Black Chrome

· Earlimart, Afternoons, Red Cortez, Dazzler at The Echoplex, The Soul of John Black, Katie Costello, Shane Alexander are at The Hotel Café, and Travis play The Troubadour. · TC Boyle performs a reading of his own work—maybe something from his upcoming novel, The Women, perhaps? (Don't worry—it has nothing to do with Meg Ryan.) At the Hammer Museum. · Black Chrome, at the California African American Museum, explores "African-American motorcycle culture's little-known contributions to automotive history—such as the chopper bike."