Friday
· Music round-up: The Noisettes at the Troubadour; The Long Blondes at the Echo; Sage Francis at the Henry Fonda.
· We may have had a laugh at the expense of the Daytime Emmy Awards a little while ago, but that's only so you wouldn't suspect the truth: that we're staying in tonight to watch on CBS, weeping like little girls when Lee Phillip Bell gets that lifetime achievement award. Is that sad? Why yes, yes it is.
· The Staples Center hosts the Toast to Downtown wine-tasting benefit, described by the LA Weekly thusly: "Ah, downtown L.A., where people defecate in the street, heroin is plentiful and the great L.A. River spews by. Come eat and drink to it all!" Sold!
Saturday
· More music: Lavender Diamond at the Troubadourat Avalon; The Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.
· Matenopolous! Dukakis! Kanarkaredes! The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival is going on all weekend, culminating in a awards ceremony Sunday night.
Sunday
· It's Father's Day! If you are a dad or have a dad, there is an exciting kite-flying opportunity awaiting you in Silver Lake.
· The fatherless can always drown their misery in the jubilant sounds of samba at Brazilian Summer Festival at the Ford Theater.

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