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Changing Times for L.A. Scenesters

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Seems this has been a growth period in Clubsville in more ways than one: people, places and things shifting all about. For starters, there’s some positive fallout from the Billboard Live debacle--at least, some of the cool folks who worked there have cool plans in the wo’ks: B.L.’s former talent buyer and PR guy Greg Wadley is starting a new club on Saturdays, “Fast Times at Dragonfly”; it begins Saturday at Hollywood’s D-Fly, and Wadley and partner Dillon Jordan rounded up a pep squad, the Ridgemont High Cheerleaders (who are actually more “go-go” than “rah-rah”) and DJ AM’s spinning. . . . Tony Harris, Billboard’s erstwhile in-house promoter, has a big shindig scheduled for June 18. In time for the 15th anniversary of “Wild Style,” a rapper’s cineastic delight, Harris is inviting guests to the Hollywood Athletic Club, where they can see the film and enjoy a concert hosted by Fab Five Freddy and headlined by Grandmaster Flash. . . . L.A.’s finest 10-person ball of fire, Ozomatli, is scheduled to play tonight at Dragonfly. . . . And finally: Although clubs mourned the loss of seminal hipster Frank Sinatra, his lounge-cat spirit lives on and, you can be certain, his music will be heard through the jukejoints in Hollywood till they’re all shut down.

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