FRIDAY: >> We told you all about the Buzzlife White Party at Five yesterday, so follow the link for more details. >> ArtOutlet presents its first ever Flash animation film festival, called Flick, at Warehouse. Tim Bracken opens the event with an alt-country set at 7 p.m., with screenings from selected artists beginning at 8. $5 suggested donation, also Saturday. SATURDAY: >> Like we mentioned in this week's music agenda, the artwork of Mingering Mike,......

MONDAY >> Swedish indie popsters Peter Bjorn and John will play a sold out show at the 9:30 Club, accompanied by the "triple keyboard action" of Brooklyn's Au Revoir Simone. Honestly, if they promised triple "keytar" action, we would sell our souls for tickets. >> The Alphabetical Order and Summerbirds in the Cellar bring on the rock at DC9. $8 TUESDAY >> Embarrassing secret #12. An ex-girlfriend once dragged us to a Third Eye Blind......

MONDAY >> Anthony Pirog's (one of our recent Three Stars artists) many music outlets are coming together tonight at Iota. Head to Arlington's cozy club to hear rock music from The Bang. With Le Loup. $10, 8:30 p.m. >> Mark Mallman, Twin Cities veteran and spastic-rock-showman-turned-synth-pop-afficianado, plays DC9 with fellow Minneapolis rockers the Honeydogs in one of the week's best bargains. 8 bucks gets you a whole lot of rock and probably some ringing eardrums......

What does the term "garage rock" conjure up for you? Perhaps it's the wave of young upstarts in the 1960s who comprise the genre's original incarnation. The Wailers, The Pretty Things, and countless other groups of rebellious youngsters making primitive, minimally-produced noise in American suburbia. These bands became a-dime-a-dozen, and would sparkle and fade -- or not sparkle at all -- before dying out. If they were lucky, they racked up a small fanbase. And......