WEDS WEDS. 2/26 Meshell Ndegeocello, who still makes ...

Meshell Ndegeocello, who still makes our tongue twist-it's n-day-gay-O-chello, okay-has racked up five albums and seven Grammy nominations since 1993. Her latest funk doodad, Cookie: the Anthropological Mixtape, almost gave her Grammy number eight on Sunday night. She's done so much that we won't mention the John Mellencamp thing. Tonight, she takes over the tables at Halcyon as part of the biweekly Peace Bisquit Power Hour. DJ J-Live will open the night. 227 Smith St. (betw. Butler & Douglass Sts.), Carroll Gardens , 718-260-9299; 9 p.m., free.

THURS. 2/27

In the 60s and 70s, Dario Argento and Mario Bava each directed a string of horror films that became a genre unto themselves. Richly detailed, complex and extremely stylish films like Argento's Suspiria and Deep Red and Bava's Lisa and the Devil and Blood and Black Lace remain high-water marks for Italian horror. Tonight, BAM opens "The Baron of Blood: Mario Bava," a two-month retrospective of Bava's work, beginning with his incredible 1960 take on Gogol, Black Sunday, starring Barbara Steele as a witch who returns from the grave to possess the body of a young descendant who happens to look exactly like her. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 4:30, 6:50, 9:30, $10, $7 st.

For writing Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File, Alan Levy was named Author of the Year by the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Simon Wiesenthal is the Holocaust survivor turned international detective who talks like a heavily accented hero from a Jewish James Ellroy novel. As "deputy for the dead," he helped the Mossad track down Adolf Eichmann in Argentina, chased Dr. Josef Mengele around the globe for some 30 years and played a role in bringing nearly 1200 Nazis to trial. Tonight, Levy commemorates the third printing of Nazi Hunter with a reading at the Czech Center. 1109 Madison Ave. (83rd St.), 212-288-0830, 7:00 p.m., free, RSVP recommended.

FRI. 2/28

Tonight and tomorrow at Northsix, Gogol Bordello strap on the marching drums and gear up for their month-long Gypsyficatzia of Amerikanizatzia North American tour. Keep trying to catalog the ingredients that make up Gogol's slavo-gypsie punk borscht or just jump around and spill your vodka like everyone else. Eugene Hutz and crew are rightly known for some of the most joyful stage shows in town, and this should be a full-throttle send-off. Opti-Grab's clever glam-hop thing will open. 66 N. 6th St. (betw. Kent and Wythe Aves.), Williamsburg, 718-599-5103, 9 p.m., $17 door/$15 adv.

Riding out what we consider to be-nay, what we hope to be-the last gasps of the D.O.A. rock revival craze, Detroit's Gore Gore Girls swing through town, steadfastly refusing to give up the ghost. We'll grant, though, that this three-piece is at the top of their own game, and their new album, Up All Night, is full of unexpectedly beautiful pop moments that play well to their trashy rock sound. That's important, since they sure can't get by on their fashion sense. At Maxwell's, 1039 Washington St. (11th St.), Hoboken, 201-653-1703, 9 p.m., $10. Also playing at Southpaw on March 1. 125 5th Ave. (betw. St. John's & Sterling Pls.), Park Slope, 718-230-0236,

He's a bit of a New York Press darling, but then again he's also a bit of a Voice darling. He should, simply, be everyone's darling: Reid Paley Trio plays tonight at Galapagos. Reid Paley is a corrosive bastard with an old guitar who sings about getting drunk and killing people. With Brooklyn supergroup Kings County Queens and Uncle Leon. 70 N. 6th St. (betw. Wythe & Kent Sts.), Williamsburg, 718-782-5188. 10:30 p.m., $7.

SAT. 3/1

We don't normally find our amusement in tax law, but there's a first for everything. To really lodge a protest against the impending Iraq attack, take aim at the revenuers: as a tool of revolution, tax rebellions have a long and honorable history in the United States. They may not be "serving tea" like the rebels of Boston Harbor, but the War Resisters League will be explaining how to resist war, 1040-style, at their "War Tax Resistance: Beyond the Basics" workshop. This Lafayette St. institution promises to offer low- and high-risk options for ducking out of taxes that feed the military. If nothing else, the afternoon workshop will certainly beat listening to yet another George Bush radio address on the benefits of the dividend tax repeal. 339 Lafayette St. (Bleecker St.), 718-768-7306; 12-3 p.m., free.

We've been known to remark that the only good Beatles song is a covered Beatles song, and the same goes for so much classic rock. Night Wigga might agree. Walking that line between gag band and oddball innovators, this Brooklyn-based "mash-up dance band" plays some pretty compelling "Afrobeat classic rock." Accompanied by six musicians and backup singers, the lead wigga wails and moans his way through classic rock standards such as "Layla" and "Life in the Fast Lane." Tonight, they play 237 BPM with Gaijin a Go-Go and the Spunks. 237 Kent Ave. (betw. Grand & N. 1st Sts.), Williamsburg, 9 p.m., $5.

As part of American Museum of the Moving Image's "Innovation and Influence: Movies Selected by the New York Film Critics Circle" series, New York Press film critic Armond White introduces Mikael. This 1924 silent drama revolves around a love affair between a painter, his mentor and a princess. 35 Ave. (36 St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; 2 p.m., $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.

SUN. 3/2

Remember the pukey little girl ghost in The Sixth Sense who'd been poisoned by her own mother? Mommy was suffering from Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, a peculiar mental illness that causes mothers-almost exclusively mothers-to make their children sick so that they can assume the heroic nurse or savior role. Ever hear of Capgras Syndrome? Think Invasion of the Body Snatchers: the afflicted comes to believe that everyone else has been "replaced." Or Cotard's Syndrome, which makes sufferers believe that they're the walking dead. Thanks to Dr. Oliver Sacks and his book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, we can all breathe a little easier, knowing that our little touches of OCD are small potatoes. Tonight, he reads from Uncle Tungsten, a memoir of his childhood. Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319, 6 p.m., $10. RSVP recommended.

Looking for your monthly dose of weird? This month, DJ Professor Jef's first-Sunday Terrorsex Cabaret features guest DJ OTEFSU (aka Foetus, yes, we get it) and a couple live bands. Underground mainstay Paul Wallfisch fronts Botanica-fuzz-heavy ambient rock, alternately discordant and tuneful, with the occasional riff on the Bad Seeds. Supporting act Electric Turn to Me (ex-members of The Mars Volta and Laddio Bolocko) is billed as a dark combination of The Doors, Nico-era VU and Siouxsie, with the projectionist and "freak-out" dancer to prove it. Masculine Feminine is an apt combination of recent New York low-fi postpunk and early-80s electronic pop. At Luxx, 256 Grand St., (betw. Driggs & Roebling Sts.), Williamsburg, 718-599-1000; 8 p.m., $9.

MON. 3/3

Note to Anglophiles: If you're looking for some single Brit to fuck and then forget, head over to the Bowery Ballroom tonight because the Coral are performing. These super-hyped kids from Liverpool play a messy mix of guitar rock and ska and pirate music (as in high seas) and other weird shit, and this, apparently, is supposed to be both fun and important. You should really go for the crowd, though, because the last time the Coral played in New York, the overflow room at the Mercury Lounge was full of people who looked like they had just gotten off a plane from London. Just pick any random fan with an accent, tell them about Chip Shop's deep-fried twinkies and let the loving begin. 6 Delancey St. (betw. Bowery & Chrystie St.), 212-533-2111, 9 p.m., $15.

When St. Martin's Press recalled Fortunate Son, J. H. Hatfield's biography of George W. Bush, punk rock pub godhead Soft Skull Press picked it up (and has since printed three editions). What at first seemed like a perfect match soon turned into a battle between two difficult personalities: Soft Skull's founder and then-publisher Sander Hicks and the controversial Hatfield. Filmmakers Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley captured everything, and the result is the documentary Horns and Halos. See it tonight at Cinema Village. 22 E. 12th St. (betw. 5th Ave. & University Pl.), 212-924-3363, $9, $7 st/s.c. [playing from Feb. 28-March 14].

TUES. 3/4

You wouldn't expect the sweet, melodic indie rock of Carissa's Wierd (their preferred spelling) to emanate from the hardass-looking motherfuckers who make up the band. Even stranger, this Seattle group plays with a violin, piano, accordion and two lead singers. The songs are as dainty and airy as spun sugar, but strong enough to stand on the off chance the band decides to rock out live. Like many Northwest musicians, Carissa's Wierd have friends in high places: They're produced by Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie. They play tonight at the Knitting Factory with the Prom, Hula and Illumina. 74 Leonard St. (betw. Church St. & B'way), 212-219-3055, 8:30 p.m., $8 adv./$10 door.

Contributors: Philip Henken, Jim Knipfel, Jeff Koyen, Lisa LeeKing, Don MacLeod, J.R. Taylor, Ned Vizzini, Andy Wang, Alexander Zaitchik