The Stranger

Bonkers! is one reason I was hell-bent on returning to Seattle. My last home, Orange County, had nothing like it. This wild weekly is the first refuge among those jonesing for strange electronic music that can also keep a dance floor pumping. Wrecking heads and provoking sweat for the event's one-year celebration are Jacob London (all-gabber set), Jerry Abstract (promising IDM and electro), DJ WD4D, Red Pony, and Power Mitten vs. Team Bonkers! (six producers wreaking havoc). Plus, vegan cupcakes! (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. 9 pm–2 am, $6 before 11 pm/$8 after, 21+.) by Dave Segal

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Every drag fan remembers the moment they fell in love with Miss Coco Peru. For many, it was her show-stopping bathroom monologue in the hit flick Trick ("It BURRRRNS!"). For me, it was the moment she laid back for the first of a couple erotic abortions in the camp classic Girls Will Be Girls. Tonight and tomorrow, Coco makes her Seattle debut at Re-bar, with a greatest-hits show culled from her decade-plus of exemplary dragging. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, www .brownpapertickets.com. 8 pm, $25, 21+.) by David Schmader

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Magic Wheels is a black motorcycle club founded in 1974 in South Los Angeles by five young men who started riding motorcycles because gas was too expensive. The Seattle chapter, based in Georgetown, was founded in 1977. For one day only, it's opening its clubhouse as a fundraiser for Hot Grits, a new rock musical about four black women who form a punk band. Hot Grits will play, along with some other bands. Wieners and grits will be served. Go. (Magic Wheels Clubhouse, 5901 Airport Way S, www.myspace.com/dirtygirlprojects. 3–7:30 pm, $10 at the door, 21+.) by Brendan Kiley

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Although he proclaims Hegel as his ultimate hero, iek, the most popular philosopher of our time, has a mode much closer to Nietzsche. Hegel's work is all about ancient labor, Nietzsche's is all about modern dancing. Žižek philosophizes like a dancer, and he writes the way he talks: fast and funny. You almost never understand how all his thoughts fit together, but you are always entertained by the way he picks up this or that thing, analyzes it, and then drops it. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255. 7:30 pm, $5.) by Charles Mudede

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Mormons are totally fascinating. To wit: the success of Jon Krakauer's true-crime book Under the Banner of Heaven and Mitt Romney's entire political career. Tonight, Ebershoff reads from his newest novel, a sweeping epic called The 19th Wife. Ebershoff will hold forth on his years of research into topics like how fucked up Brigham Young really was and what the deal is with those magical Mormon underpants. (Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way NE, 366-3333. 7 pm, free.) by Brendan Kiley

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The Juan MacLean are kind of a secret weapon for DFA Records—low profile, but responsible for killer dance 12-inches like the muscular "Give Me Every Little Thing" and this year's delirious house revival "Happy House." As a live band, the Juan MacLean dish out a floor-shaking mix of live and programmed percussion, synths, effects, and vocals (with LCD Soundsystem's Nancy Whang). MacLean may not have an "All My Friends" under his belt, but he does have an agogo (it's like a cowbell) tucked into his pants, and he's not afraid to use it. (Nectar, 412 N 36th St, 632-2020. 9 pm, $10, 21+.)

ERIC GRANDY

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