Johnny Knoxville Has Taken to Saddle Ranch’s Mechanical Bull

We hear Johnny Knoxville’s been hanging out at the Saddle Ranch Chop House. Knoxville, an underground icon known for self-inflicting tremendous bodily harm, has an affection for the Ranch’s mechanical bull. It’s a bit gentler than the live one he recently tried to tame: As part of his sick shtick, he picked the meanest dang beast he could find and nearly got trounced. . . . Speaking of beasts, we saw some ghoulish creatures at last week’s Pretty Ugly club, the Wednesday night glam scene at Dragonfly. Among the made-up denizens, however, who came to check out stellar performances by Coyote Shivers and Motochrist, were some pretty un-ugly chics, wearing muy fabuloso vintage threads. Big on the scene right now is tighter-than-tight Vidal Sassoon satin pants. (Lordy, those brought back memories. I gotta lotta play wearing my friend’s satin Sass-ers to a sophomore dance in high school.) Also big are classic new wave hairdos and black roots with bleached-out ends--on women and men. I don’t know why, but I keep getting this creepy feeling that Nagel paintings are gonna be hip again. . . .

And while we’re yapping about hip, just how righteous is Dave Grohl? The way-cool Foo just keeps outdoing himself video-wise, and for his latest silly opus, “Learn to Fly,” he plucked Tenacious D from our very own clubland and cast the duo (Jack Black and Kyle G.) as suspect airline personnel. If there’s one thing we know for sure about T.D., it’s that they’re very, very suspect. . . . Coupla cool openings to let you know about: The Voodoo Night Club makes its glitzy, Vegas-style debut Friday, with a private shindig. Located at Olympic Boulevard and Bronson Avenue--just east of Crenshaw Boulevard--the late-night dancing and dining spot will be open Fridays and Saturdays, with the latter dedicated to mambo.

Also at long last, Chris Breed and Brad Johnson’s Sunset Room is officially opening Oct. 31, but don’t be surprised to see a few lines before that, as three big-wig, invite-only parties are scheduled, including a Halloween masquerade ball Oct. 30. Even according to our jaded sources, the Sunset Room is truly eye-poppingly fresh. . . . And speaking of fresh, TSOL’s sold-out doubleheader at the Troubadour this weekend (featuring all original members performing songs from their first two records) left little doubt we’ll be hearing more from the O.G. punk band in the future. Perhaps an Epitaph reunion album? Sign me up.