To Do: Polanski, X, and Rooftop Danger
Friday
—The Skirball Cultural Center hosts a screening of Repulsion, Roman Polanski’s 1965 film about a schizophrenic woman who suffers from hallucinations of horrific images of rape and murder, and no, it's not about Catherine Zeta Jones. Wes Crave will be there to intro, since Mr. Polanksi wants to avoid being thrown in a jail cell for stepping on American soil.
Saturday
—All four original members of the legendary So Cal band X will be signing copies of their new double Best of Anthology (X-Make The Music Go Bang) at Tower Records on Sunset @ 3pm. More newsworthy than all original members reuniting is the fact that they managed to put together two discs worth of material for their Best Of. Can you name an X song other than that one about LA? Let punk fan hate mail begin...now.
Sunday
—Vice mag and Plant Records sponsor DJ sets by members of Elefant and Ambulance LTD and a live performance by The Fever at the Standard Downtown. Trucker hats, alcohol, the rooftop bar of a very tall building downtown...please, everybody get home in one non-splatted piece.