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Friday
 · Music round-up: Sonic Youth at the Greek; Paul Van Dyk at the Vanguard; Johnathan Rice at the Echo; The Bird and the Bee at the El Rey.
· At the Friday 40 at IO West, host Dave Holmes (credits too numerous to list here) punishes contestants' ignorance of the past week's events with endrunkening* swigs from a 40-ouncer. [*Yup, that's a word now.]
· Pottermania! Be the first adult on your block to obtain the last installment of children's literature's most successful schoolboy wizard franchise by heading out to a midnight book party to celebrate the legal selling of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Stores in on the fun: Vroman's, Borders, Duttons, Skylight, and Book Soup.

Saturday
 ·The Mods and Rockers Film Festival honors DA Pennebaker with a screening of Only the Strong Survive at the Egyptian.
· More music: Joey Altruda and Crucial Riddims at Bordello; Daft Punk at the LA Sports Arena; Veruca Salt at the Key Club.
Sunday
 · Billy Duffy, Steve "Jonesy" Jones, Anthony LaPaglia, and others members of the Hollywood United Football Club play soccer at Beverly Hills High School to benefit the Program for Torture Victims and Hollywood United Youth Soccer Association.
· Still more music: Snow Patrol and Hot Hot Heat at the Greek; Dead Meadow at Little Radio; Girls Against Boys at the El Rey.