MUSIC: Birmingham, Alabama's Dan Sartain, who "sounds as if Jonathan Richman wanted to be Hank Williams instead of Lou Reed or if The Voidoids were fronted by Hasil Adkins," will perform his "beautifully sparse arrangements of eloquent... despair." Leopold & His Fiction and The Twinks will also perform.

8:30 p.m. // The Hemlock Tavern (131 Polk St) // $8

FILM: Johnny Funcheap informs us of the Outdoor San Francisco Movie Series at The Cannery, which happens every Sunday in August, featuring films made in and/or about San Francisco that were handpicked by Mayor Newsom. Tonight's feature is the Eddie Murphy/Nick Nolte classic, 48 Hours.

8 p.m. // The Cannery (2801 Leavenworth St) // free

TALK: Get to know two giants of Bollywood, R.D. Burman and A.R. Rahman, at 3rd i’s 2010 Speaker Series' Battle of the Bollywood Maestros. While providing facts about how they rose through the ranks of Bollywood, speaker Robin Sukhadia will present five songs by each composer, and the audience will vote on each one.

5 p.m. // Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia St) // $8-10