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Gotham Girls Roller Derby. Season opening grudge match, Bronx Gridlock vs. the Queens of Pain. Hunter College, B3 Gym. Lexington Ave. (at 68th St.), 646-405-9803; 7; 8:30 whistle, $20-$30. Robin Thicke. Good Morning America Summer Concert Series. Bryant Park (41st St. & 6th Ave.); 7am, free. Freak Show. Comedy by Poykpac, music by Riah/tr33soul, Argyle
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Bloc Party, The Noisettes, The Maccabees. They haven’t saved rock ’n’ roll yet, but according to NME, they’re still working on it. Asbury Park Convention Hall, 1300 Ocean Ave, Asbury, NJ, 732-775-0959; 7, $30. The Miss Lez Pageant. Beauty pageant for seven hot queer women. Luna Lounge, 361 Metropolitan Ave. (at Havemeyer St.), B’klyn, 718-384
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Great Lake Swimmers. Rockin’ out, glockenspiel-style. Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St. (betw. Astor Pl. & E. 4th St.), 212-967-7555; 11:30, $14. Reading For Filth: Queer Writers Read About Queer Sex. Celebrate Gay Pride month and hear raunchy dirt hosted by scandalous performer/promoter/sex-blogger Dean Johnson with Mike Albo, Joey Arias, Hedda Lettuce. Rapture Café & Books,
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Rufus Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche. One Louden short of a family reunion. Blender Theatre at Gramercy, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington Ave. & Park Ave. S.), 212-777-6800; 7, $40. Monterey Pop. 40th anniversary of 1968 groovy D.A. Pennebaker documentary. IFC Center, 323 6th Ave. (at W. 3rd St.), 212-924-7771; 7:30, $5-$15. Romeo and Juliet.
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Sebastian Junger. Macho hunk writer/journalist reads/signs. The Explorer’s Club, 46 E. 70th St. (betw. 5th & Madison Aves.), 212-628-8383; 6, $5-$20. O’Debbie Awards Ceremony! The O’Debra Twins welcome Langhorne Slim, Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players, Rev. Jen, Mike Amato and more. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (betw. Houston & Bleecker), 212-612-0505; 10, $5. Unlearn! Because Life
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Delta Dreambox. Music your great-grandmother probably sang to… the band specializes on material by the likes of Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey – you know the first-ever recorded blues artist? Barbès, 376 9th St. (at 6th Ave.), B’klyn, 718-965-9177; 8, $10 donation. CSS, Yo Majesty. Rockin’ it, Web code-style. The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza,
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The Comas, The Broken West, Nethers. Fresh out of the Intensive Care Unit, The Comas are awake and mostly coherent. Maxwell’s, 1039 Washington St. (at 11th St.), Hoboken, 201-653-1703; 8, $10. New Fest. 19th NY Lesbian Gay Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival. AMC Loews 34th St. Theater, 312 W. 34th St. (at 8th Ave.), 212-571-2170;
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The Bravery, The Cinematics, The Photo Atlas. New York’s only post-punk disco dance band. We kid, we kid. The Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl. (at 15th St.), 212-777-6800; 8, $20. Postopolis! Architectural bloggers, architects & designers talk architecture and more. Storefront for Art & Architecture, 97 Kenmare St. (betw. Mulberry & Lafayette
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Brand New, Anathallo, Colour Revolt. Might want to get around to changing that name, finally. Blender Theatre at Gramercy, 127 E. 23rd St. (betw. Lexington Ave. & Park Ave. S.), 212-777-6800; 6:30, $21/$24. The Bravery, The Cinematics, The Photo Atlas. The whole retro new wave thing is cute, and then next thing you know, you’re
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Bright Eyes, Gillian Welch. It’s not so much the eyes as those long, lovely eyelashes that we love. Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St. (betw. 6th Ave. & B’way), 212-997-1003; 7:30, $33.50. Taylor Mead. Octogenarian, actor & poet laureate of Andy Warhol’s Factory reads from his new book, Taylor Mead, a Simple Country Girl. Bowery
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