Archive for September, 2006
Tell your brother to get the M4 out of the garage
There’s an in-progress hostage situation going on in Pentagon City on 20th St. Nothing on the news about it yet but the above subject line is a quote from one cop talking to another cop. Which leaves about 14 more not participating in the conversation. Here’s hoping they didn’t really say M4. Update 8:40pm: The [...]
More »CVS 15th Street Takeover
Photo by DC Metroblogger This is another Friday stockday for the CVS at 15th and K Streets. This is not the first time it took over the street or blocked the sidewalk. Taking over the entire street and blocking the sidewalk is a new level of obstruction. What is next? Taking over all of 15th [...]
More »Papers Please
Every once in a while, and more frequently than it used to happen, I have a moment where chills run down my spine and I wonder what the fuck we’re doing to ourselves as a nation. Today’s comes courtesy of the Washington Post and the DC Housing authority: The D.C. Housing Authority began a crackdown [...]
More »Means For Dreams: Helping DC Schools
Education is at the center of the city’s malaise. For whatever reason, be it the school board, the adminstration, the poor facilities, what-have-you, DC’s Public School system is hurting. There are a lot of folks who say they want to help out, but are too busy to volunteer, too busy to sit on the board, [...]
More »Bored at the Nats Game?
Okay, folks, I’m about to make a joke so epicly bad and in such poor taste that I am apologizing before the link is even thrown down. Sorry. It’s gotta be done. Apparently the Nats aren’t the only thing at RFK that sucks. Had to be done. Had to. So yeah, not that I condone [...]
More »Let your hair down baby: This is rock and roll!
I knew the Curly and The Rocket “Electricshow” album launch party this Saturday would be different when a supermodel sent me a concert Evite that included these odd and tempting benefits of the $20 cover: Your very own copy of Electricshow, the album Unlimited intoxicating libations and fun foodstuff Photo opps for camera phones – [...]
More »Today’s Geo Challenge: A Mystery Facelift
Photo by DC Metroblogger Lucky Mr. Mystery, inventor of a now obsolete technology, is getting a good cleaning this week thanks to the National Park Service. Now here is the question I ask: Who and Where is the Mystery Man and for the bonus, what is the history behind the park? Winning Prize: A joe-cool, [...]
More »DMX: DC Woman Raped Me
By way of Circumlocutor comes today’s amazing WTF?!: Rap star DMX says he was raped by a DC woman that now has a child as a result of that encounter. I guess that’s just how tough DC women are: they can rape 6 foot angry rap stars. Is there anyone out there who believes this [...]
More »Best Vietnamese Anything in the DC Area
For those who have not visited the Eden Center shopping plaza at Seven Corners in Falls Church, you are missing out. The shopping center, at the corner of Wilson Blvd. and Route 7, boasts restaurants, gift shops, video stores, jewelers, a tofu shop and more. People who live near various ethnic neighborhoods may be thinking, [...]
More »Bad Protest Slogan of the Day
Photo by DC Metroblogger On Mass Ave there is a protest about political represson in the Philippines. Their catchy slogan: Extra Judicial Killings Must Stop! I do not want to discount thier protest. I am sure they are very ernest about the people effected. I would only humbly suggest that they pick a catchy slogan [...]
More »Southwest – DC’s Newest Asphalt Desert
Which would you rather have around the new baseball stadium in Southwest: A vibrant cityscape of mixed-use buildings with ground floor retail and reasons to spend before and after a game – or – A barren parking lot extending out around the stadium like a asphalt blast zone of heat and emptiness If you are [...]
More »Paper or Silica?
In the wake of the voting catastrophes in Maryland during the September 12th primaries, Governor Ehrlich is now calling for a return to paper ballots for the November 7th General Election. This is a bold and applaudable move. The Diebold solution that the State of Maryland paid over 100 mil for failed not only the [...]
More »Little People Urinal
Photo by DC Metroblogger Who might be using this low-slung urinal in the Westin Arlington Gateway hotel? Ballston midgets or dwarves, that’s my guess for this ankle splasher in the men’s bathroom. That or men hung low. Either way, it makes me feel grand. Remind me to frequent more places where I can tower over [...]
More »Tax That Tom!
While Tom never skips the opportunity to bitch about taxes, especially his perception that DC taxes are what keep him from living in the District, I never miss the opportunity to call “bullshit” on his whining. Today, I even have backup in my contention that his grievances are groundless. While I still contend that taxes [...]
More »Supercade = Super Sexy!
Photo by DC Metroblogger Do you listen or watch when a live band plays in a space as tight at the Velvet Lounge? As a visual person, I watch. And Saturday night, it was a feast. Up on stage was Supercade a funky cool band fronted by Devon Randolph. While my crew said her voice [...]
More »More MPD Spy Eyes in Ward One
Seems that MPD’s Crime Eye’s are expanding. Jim Graham, Councilmember for Ward 1, MPD Commander McCoy and MPD Chief Ramsey are excited to announce 4 new Ward One crime cameras. 14th & Oak; 14th & W; 14th & Columbia; and 17th & Euclid increase to seven the 24/7 surveillance cameras in Ward One. Does that [...]
More »B8 Bus Under Fire in Northeast
Two rounds were fired into a B8 Bus in Northeast DC by a youth with a revolver, according to NBC 4 News this evening. Police are looking for a male teenager around age 16 of medium build and height (could you guys really be more specific?) who is armed. No one was injured, but this [...]
More »Cabbies Fight Back
There’s a blog for everything. Really, I swear it. Enter The Blank Top Cab Chronicles. It’s a dispatcher at one of the Arlington Cab Companies, and it’s absolutely high comedy at its finest: ME: Well, ma’am, the truth is that I’m pretty sure there’s nothing the slightest bit illegal about parking a car with up [...]
More »Capitol City Fall Bar Tour
Photo by DC Metroblogger Why would anyone pay $10 to drink $2 Bud anything? Is Budweiser really worth $2, even by the pitcher? And we’ll not even get into Bud Select. On top of that, who would head to Rumors or Mackey’s on the weekend? I can see either of those bars as a happy [...]
More »Capitol of Punk
Hat tip to BoingBoing for pointing this awesome resource of DC history out. Go check out the new video podcasts and PDF maps of the punk rock tours that will highlight some of the amazing rock history here. Teen Idles. Fugazi. It’ll even give you a reason to respect Marion Barry. Seriously. Check out their [...]
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