Lava Lounge Celebrates 9 Hot Years

Aloha to the Lava Lounge, which celebrates its ninth birthday tonight with its annual hot Lava Luau. Senor Amor is DJ, so you know Cupid’s gonna be in the hiz-ous.

We hear that the downtown Standard hotel’s hottest scene is Sunday afternoon, when DJs spin on its rooftop. Top that.

Punk of the Week award goes to Greg Hetson. I ran into the Bad Religion guitarist in Ventura at the Vans Warped Tour. He was cruising around on a little girl’s bicycle with pink sparkly tassels, wearing an REO Speedwagon T-shirt. Now that’s hard core.

Speaking of hard core, the New York band the Casualties shredded so hard on a Warped Tour side stage, I’m still blistering.

Hey now, it’s not too late to book a flight to Cabo San Lucas for the Labor Day weekend Mextravaganza festival, which includes performances by Jane’s Addiction, Pennywise, Ozomatli, the Vandals, Cypress Hill and many more. eforeAndale! The Lucky Duck restaurant on La Brea just debuted the Lucky Duck Bar, a lovely lounge adjacent to the restaurant. Its specialty is fresh juice cocktails. Sweet.

Speaking of sweet, the Hunns, featuring the rock ‘n’ roll dream team of Corey Parks and Duane Peters, is playing at the Viper Room on July 29. Shake it; don’t break it now.