MONDAY As we’ve said before: F.W. Thomas Performances rock, but credit curator and MC Adam Mazmanian—he aims to prove it. Tonight, it’s the Rock and Roll Edition of DC’s premiere reading series, featuring John Sellers reading from his new book (Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life), Glenn Dixon discussing the secret porn of Christian rock, artist Mike Lowery emitting delightful odors, and Mazmanian himself, who’ll give rock gestures the Francois Delsarte…

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…

By DCist contributor Graham Hough-Cornwell Perhaps you recall the scene from the questionably credible but always engrossing rock doc Dig! where Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols starts talking about how touring – with its requisite marathon drives, partying, and gas station food – can kill a band. He’s talking about the ever-so fragile Brian Jonestown Massacre specifically, but their perpetual demise in the film isn’t exactly new territory in the topsy-turvy world of rock…