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ON THE TOWN: Get out those beehive...

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ON THE TOWN: Get out those beehive wigs and Continental suits. The ‘60s are back this Friday at the Music Machine, which will be transformed into the Blue Haze Room. Topping the bill will be a bunch of local rockers performing under the pseudonym of Cabana 22, featuring Anthony Fontaine with Johnny Rome and His Orchestra. The show is designed as a raucous musical tribute to the Rat Pack, with Cabana 22 performing such martini-music faves as “Come Fly With Me,” “Witchcraft” and “Everybody Loves Somebody.”

Also appearing: ‘60s spoofsters the Perrines, Rotondi (the world’s first new-wave polka band) and El Grupo Sexo. The timing is especially perfect for Rotondi, who’ll be guest-starring the same night on NBC’s ‘60s underworld saga, “Crime Story.” The group, which will perform “Polka Changed My Life Today” (the title song of their current album), will appear on the show as a polka act in a mob-run Las Vegas hotel lounge. . . . Meanwhile, Firehose will appear on Rene Engel’s “Coming Attractions” Wednesday at 10 p.m., where the band will play an hourlong live radio concert.

. . . And rock’s favorite exiles--the recently fired KMET deejays--will host a “Night at the MET” concert Monday night at the Hollywood Palladium, with all proceeds going to local charitable organizations for the homeless of Los Angeles. Produced by Avalon Attractions (which has given the deejays the Palladium rent-free) the show will feature performances by REO Speedwagon, Ossy Osbourne and the Heartbreakers, as well as several special guest appearances by other pop figures.

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