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· The intriguingly named LA Weekly Passion Party (equally intriguingly sponsored by Erotica LA) gets nasty at the Hotel Figueora downtown. Somewhat less intriguing is the $25 cover charge, but such is the price of passion.
· Two concerts for you listening and/or scenester pleasure: M.I.A. plays the Knitting Factory, while Electric Six (whom you undoubtedly know from their hits "Danger! High Voltage!" and "Gay Bar") overtake the Key Club.
· The NYT's Sharon Waxman signs Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System at Book Soup. We read that her feud with David O. Russell (one of the book's subjects) is over now, but that's no reason not to ask her all about it in excruciating detail.