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* Three bands to see at the Red and the Black: The Bourbon Dynasty, Sugarcane Crawl, and the Captains (from Japan!). $8, 9PM, 1212 H Street NE.
* In the Shadow of the Moon @ AFI Silver Theater “combines archival material from the original NASA footage with interviews with the surviving astronauts. Featuring Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Jim Lovell, and more.” $9.75 @ 5:10, 7:20, 9:20 in Silver Spring. AFI Silver Theater
* Peter Frampton @ Birchmere, “Whether Birchmere is the right place to see Frampton’s straight up arena rock, remains to be seen. And heard. But as Jeff said: Frampton’s guitar speaks and so maybe it can whisper too.” $75, 8PM. Brightest Young Things

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* Live music and free hot dogs? What’s not to love? Del Ray celebrates Independence Day with a neighborhood festival, 6-9 p.m. [City Guide]
* It’s official: brother/sister duos (pretend or not) make the best music. The Fiery Furnaces bring their psychedelic rock to DC. $15 at 8 p.m. [Black Cat]
* If you’re finished celebrating the 4th of July already, you might be a communist. The musical “1776″ has extended its run through July 7th. $30, 8 p.m. [Keegan Theatre]
* Continue getting your theater on with “The Importance of Being Earnest,” one of two Oscar Wilde works you’ve heard of. [Keegan Theatre]
* As long as you’re being cultured, enjoy the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. This year, it celebrates the Mekong River, Northern Ireland, and Virginia. 11 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. [Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage]

* Like your good times to include a little exploitation? Check out Asylum’s “Star Spangled Slam-Her”, a night of amateur female jello wrestling and $2 Miller High-Lifes. Show starts promptly at 7 p.m. [Asylum]
* The annual Firecracker party at Fur guarantees that you will dance with 14 DJs and rooms filled with house, drum ‘n’ bass, and techno. $25 (in advance), 9 p.m. [Fur]
* “Humble Mennonite beginnings”? Check. Accusations of doping? Check. Floyd Landis, winner of the Tour de France, tells his side of the story. 7 p.m. [Politics and Prose]
* That song from “Donnie Darko” give you goosebumps? See the man responsible, Gary Jules, tonight at 8 p.m. for $12. [Jammin Java]

* The “creepy and awe-inspiring” Philly band A Sunny Day in Glasgow brings their indie-pop sound to DC9. $8, 9 p.m. [DC9]
* An “All-American Beer Picnic”? So what if it happens in a windowless basement? Eight hard-to-find American beers and a lot of pizza. $60, 6:30-10:30 p.m. [City Guide]
* Remember Morrissey and all those tears you cried while listening to “Suedehead”? Now’s your chance to relive that feeling — though hopefully with better hair. Tickets start at $30, show at 8 p.m. [Wolf Trap]
* 50 Years of Janus Films has almost reached its end. Catch the final movie, “High and Low” tonight at 7 p.m. [AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center]

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* Roll a j (wait, don’t — it is illegal) and get your jam on with Basshound. $10, 9 p.m. [930]
* Like ska? Funk? How about rumba? Get your fix tonight with Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, a 14-member ensemble that mixes all three with African influences. $10, 9 p.m. [Black Cat]
* The idea of voting for the “person you’d most like to have a beer with” is apparently not a new phenomenon. Drew Westen, a neuroscientist, psychology professor, AND commentator on NPR’s “All Things Considered” (get over it, he’s smarter than you are) will discuss the emotional responses that have determined our leaders. [Politics and Prose]

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* Can’t wait to see John Travolta in drag? Actually feel revolted by the possibility, but enjoy free movies? Free screening of “Hairspray” with Tracy Turnblad and John Waters look-alike contests starts tonight at 6:30. [Arlington Cinema N Drafthouse]
* Free food, Caribbean music, and beer will be the mainstay of the Gordon Biersch Sommerfest Tapping Party. Free from 5:30-7:30 — and did we mention the new summer beer? [City
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* Go, Red Racer, go! Red Racer, The Mishaps, and Spit Hot Fire on the backstage. Tickets are $8, show’s at 9:00. [Black Cat]
* If you’re as obsessed with Venezuela as the intern is, or even if you’re not, Venezuelan Sounds ‘07 (it’s free!) will force you to dance. The Venezuelan group Eleggua and New York-based The Brother Ah Ensemble will perform, 7:30. [Lincoln Theatre]

* Antigone Rising, the all-female, surprisingly heavy band will rock the Birchmere tonight. $17.50, 7:30 p.m. [Birchmere]
* “Polite indie rock”? Not Cataract Camp, performing with Narrator. $8, 9:00 p.m. [Black Cat]
* From the “Can I Keep Him?” files: R.D. Rosen discusses the connection between a young couple and a buffalo while simultaneously telling the history of buffalo extermination. 7:00 p.m. [Politics and Prose]
* Like comedy? San Francisco? Assuaging your guilty conscience? Hotel Palomar hosts an event to benefit Food & Friends. $65, 6:30-9:30 p.m. [City Guide]

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* Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia decided that his conscience couldn’t permit him to return to Iraq; he was subsequently found guilty of desertion. Listen to his story, 7:00 p.m. [Politics and Prose]
* Brazilian party music? Sounds like it goes well with a drink. Forro in the Dark provides the beats. $12, 9:00 p.m. [Iota]
* “A soca-filled rooftop fete with DJs”, and an Editor’s Pick? And free? 7:30 p.m. [City Guide]
* Wilco’s at the Merriweather tonight. Enough said, because who doesn’t love Wilco? Actually, don’t answer that. Tickets start at $25, show at 7:30 p.m. [Merriweather Post Pavilion]