Six months from now you'll be kicking yourself in the head, if you don't attend, because they are about to be grabbed by a terrible, huge record company and the usual horrors will follow. The record will be something special and dangerous, if the just-finished Preview CD is any indication. I've seen this filthy band about 20 times, and each show is better, meaner, shocking. Plus, it's Ladies' Night. Will Ferrell's not as interesting as his Dubya act.
LA has a gorgeous, insane downtown.
Not many lifelong LA people have seen it. Crazy Central American markets and food up and down Broadway. The Staples Center. Lots of shady bars and pawn shops. Some dude's trying to swank it up, as the NYT story can tell you.