Possum Kingdom: Surprisingly little to do with possums.

Surprising Amount of Decent Music Week ’09 continues at Wasted Space inside the Hard Rock Hotel tonight with mid-’90s alt-rock radio staple The Toadies. True story: We got dragged to a wedding once where the groom insisted during the reception that the DJ play “Possum Kingdom.” We never found out if he had no idea the song was about a guy murdering his “wife” or if he knew, and he insisted on it anyway. Either way it’s completely awesome, but we really, really hope it’s the latter. Because if that dude ever snaps and kills his wife, there is no way in hell she can act like she never saw it coming.

Not only is the band’s first album, Rubberneck mostly about stalking and murdering women, it’s chock full of surprisingly catchy jams about stalking and murdering women. We haven’t seen that kind of commitment to the genre since Ted Bundy.

• Pure moves to its own private Idaho with the B-52s, and will also have reality show … um … vixen? we guess? Daisy de la Hoya.
• The Dan Band (of Hangover fame) is at LAX inside Luxor.
• Ratt and Extreme ’80s metal it up at the Hard Rock Hotel pool. See what we mean about Surprising Amount of Decent Music Week?
• Prive at Planet Hollywood Resort has Dustin Milligan’s birthday.
• Jet at The Mirage holds The Roonie G Show.
• Body English at the Hard Rock Hotel has Smashtime.
• Ovation inside Green Valley Ranch has the Sin City Sinners with Phil Varone of Skid Row and Saigon Kick.
• Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto is at Rain inside the Palms with Digital Boy, Matt Darey, DJ Icey and JES.
• Kieth Urban is at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
• Limp Bizkit does that free show at The Pearl. So much for Surprising Amount of Decent Music. Laughing With Samoans go on earlier.
• Demi Lovato, David Archuleta and KSM are at The Orleans.
• Tears for Fears are at the Green Valley Ranch Backyard.
• Jewel plays the Access Showroom at Aliante Station.
• Bonkerz at Palace Station has comics Ian Gutoskie and Doug Stark.
• Brand inside Monte Carlo features Sharon Paquette.
• Obsession at The Playground has The Residents and Left Standing, Red 5 and Slow Children are in the Rock Room.
• Krave brings has the Flashlight Underwear Party.
• Lavo inside Palazzo has DJ Reach.
• Risque at Paris holds Stress-Free Saturdays.
• Red Room (3101 W. Sahara Ave.) does Atomic Saturday.
• Beauty Bar (517 Fremont St.) has the Rawkerz Anniversary with Depeche Mode tribute band Blasphemous Rumors.
• Bunkhouse (124 S. 11th St.) has The Yeller Bellies, The Lucky Cheats and Thrown Clear.
• The Double Down (4640 Paradise Road) welcomes Shotguns & Gasoline, Militia’s Mischief, Jenn & the Gerbils, Plan A, Driven Out and Nothing Yet.
• Cheyenne Saloon has the Facedown CD Release Party with Autumn’s End and Substance at 9 p.m.
• Dive Bomber, Sprockets and Losers of the Year are at the Freakin’ Frog.
• The Aruba has Reggae Club with DJ Handgun.
• Divebar has The Scoundrels, Screamin’ Yeehaws, Luck of the Draw and Ditch Diggers

By Jason Scavone

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