Live in L.A.

—Jonah Flicker

PARTIES, GOSSIP, STARS & SHIT Monday, April 4, was MobyDay at TheWHotel,as the ad men’s favorite beat nerd celebrated his new disc, titled — yep — Hotel,with a free-yet-exclusive acoustic performance (and actually, not so gratis after the $14 parking and $15 cocktails). Euro accents, sassy starlets JenniferTillyand AlexisArquette,and a bevy of fellow baldies (including NBC programming head JeffZucker,who blocked our view the whole night) filled the pool area to get some unplugged Play,but it was local lads TheAdored(Moby’s new V2 labelmates) who stood out like parrots in a chicken coop. The plucky punksters headlined the one-year anniversary of RubyTuesdaysthe following night at TheKeyClub,where jailbait thrashers including Hellcat signees Orangeplayed rock star, while well-wishers including Tokio/StarShoes’JohnnyNixon,DebbieHarry/Cher/Madonnadesigner MichaelSchmidtand party king BryanRabindug the multigenerational jamboree. Hopped across the street to TheViperRoom,where BalthazarGettytwiddled knobs with electro-folkpop outfit Ringside.The show brought out the trust-fund set, including booze ­heiress CarolinaBacardi(with cameraman; she’s rumored to be working on her own reality show . . . hopefully not another RichGirls);PlaymateColleenShannon;and the dudes from DaftPunk.TheKingsofLeonchilled after their U2gig at Staples in a ­decidedly cozier space — the V Room’s private downstairs grotto. La dee dah, indeed . . . In other news of the bald, how is it that Beckcould not pull off one actually secret show in L.A., while the supertall, superbald, superhot (yes) BillyCorganwas able to go virtually unnoticed at TheTroubadourMonday, April 4? Corgan graced the stage to play with legendary Pumpkinsskinsman JimmyChamberlin’snew solo project (Corgan + Chamberlin = unfuckingbelievable). One guy at the show looked eerily like TobeyMaguiredressed as Oliver Twist (no confirmation). At the March 31 Juxtapoz-sponsoredscreening of JohnRoecker’snew claymation gorefest, Live Freaky, Die Freaky (at TheVista),it was hard to tell the difference between punk and just plain offensive. Note: Naked claymate “women” engaged in graphic sex = so not hot. Voice-over star BillieJoeArmstrong,on the other hand, has a knack for quasi-Midwestern accents. Who knew? In attendance and stealthily slipping out during credits were TonyKanaland AdrianYoungof NoDoubt.Also present: GreenDay’sArmstrong and MikeDirnt,Rancid’sTimArmstrong,TheDistillers’KimChiand JenJohnsonof FMinus.The lovely, corseted JaneWiedlinhosted the after-party where DeathbyStereo’sEfremSchulzrocked the “wet underwear” contest. Finally, Fischerspoonerinvaded CinespaceTuesday, April 5 . . . thanks for the free vodka — it helped us forget the fashion and get some action!

—Lina Lecaro and Tatiana Simonian