LA Weekly from Los Angeles, California • 75

CALENDAR ROCK POP THE NATURAL FUDGE COMPANY, 5224 Fountain Ave Hlywd. This restaurant features natural foods in a truly unique, laid-back atmosphere. Music ranges from rock and pop to and jazz, plus comedy A kinda swell, very small, yet really different place. Great desserts; beer and wine. Cover varies.

(213) 669-8003. Fri. -Sun. Call for info. Mon.

Open mike with Brenda Roberts, singers and comics. Wed. The John Roberts Talk Show; and more TBA. Thurs. Call for info.

THE PALOMINO, 6907 Lankershim N. Hlywd. This venerable venue for country music is also a showcase for rock and blues acts. This is a dark, rambling type of joint whose walls are crowded with photos of staggeringly LIVE BANDS! DJs! GREAT FOOD! THE SUNSET STRIPS ONE AND ONLY BEERS TILL 10 PMi 85 7 NITES clubs, and their eclectic booking policy has attracted the likes of Tom Waits, Billy Idol and others for impromptu jamming onstage. Cover varies.

(213) 934-5418. Fri. Hook and the Hitchhikers, featuring Dave Alvin. Sat. The Royal Crown Revea.

Sun. Ray Bailey and the South-Central Blues System, featuring Joe Houston. Mon. From gutbucket blues to jump they get it low, they ride it high, Blue Shadows. Tues.

The Afro Cuban Sessions, now featuring three trumpet players and some special arrangements by Tupelo Joe. Wed. Mr. Tupelo Joe's swingin' combo, Jump With Joey Thurs. A new four-piece blues, swing'and band with a tendency toward big, street-beat grooves.

The Roadhouse Rhythm Kings, featuring Steve Hodges and Blasters guitarist Smokey Hormel, and whose "special guest" appearances over the last couple of months have included Tony Gilkyson, Julie Christensen, Lee Allen, Dave and Phil Alvin, David Lindley, and many more. MADAME WONG'S WEST, 2900 Wilshire Santa Monica. In the world of mainstream pop, this club operates like the Mississippi, boasting more bands signed to recording contracts than any other club in L.A. "Big Muddy" West offers two floors of entertainment, featuring simultaneous shows seven nights a week, with live bands, DJ and dancing. And when the levee breaks, blame the three full bars.

Video games, lots of elbow room, and discount tickets to lure you back. Cover $5, $8, over 21 (21 3) 829-7361 or 828-4444. Fri. Anti Anti, Dust and Bones, Strange Behaviour, Vinyl Romance Sat. A 's favorite goofy World Beat-offs, The Bonedaddys; plus Rat Bat Blue, le Row Sun.

Life; Sex and Death, Off-White, Slumlord, Lol- lypop Factory, Kamikaze Saloon Mon The Vince and Earl Trio; plus your last chance in a while to see Homegrown, a fine rockin' blues band who're heading out on tour to Canada; also Woifbtitzer, Skippy's Hot Heaven, T. Cane Honey Tues. The Twigs, Big Bang; a new major-label hard- rock band album out now called Napoleon, plus Blue Baron, The Stretch Cub, Perfect Crime Wed. Shawn Jones, Route 66, Dream Frontier, The Bell Monks, Earthmen, Jordan Blaquera Grding Sky, The Wrens, Body and Soul, James and the Acumen McCABE'S, 3101 Pico Santa Monica. See Country Folk.

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