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FRIDAY:
>> Plenty of tickets still available to see The Flaming Lips at Merriweather Post Pavilion, accompanied by post rockers Explosions in the Sky and Stardeath and White Dwarfs. 6 p.m. doors, $40 Pavilion / $30 Lawn. Tickets available from Ticketmaster.

>> Head to Comet Ping Pong after 10 p.m. to join Panda Head Magazine, as it celebrates the release of its fifth issue. At the party, you’ll hear music from fffever, Laughing Man, New Rock Church of Fire, U.S. Royalty, and a surprise “D.C. supergroup.”

>> The Japanese Information and Culture Center at the Embassy of Japan is showing Death Note II: The Last Name at 6:30 p.m. for free. This movie, which inspired the Ring movies and was widely popular in Japan, is about a young man named Light, who finds a notebook (the “Death Note”) which has the ability to kill people he chooses. Light decides to use this notebook to rid the world of evil, but as he does, a series of twists occur where someone else is taking credit for the murders; trailer. And don’t forget to consult our other film picks of the week.

>> Twins Jazz hosts Three Stars alum and DCist fave Thad Wilson tonight and and tomorrow at 9 and 11 p.m. Tickets are $15.

>> The “AfroBeat For Your Soul” party is at Selam (1524 U Street NW) with, DJ Underdog spinning. $1 cover, 10 p.m.