Archive for February, 2011
We Love Music: Kid Congo Powers & The Pink Monkey Birds @ Comet Ping Pong, 2/18/11
all photos by author.
If you were not at Comet Ping Pong on Friday night, then I am sorry to say that you missed it: the first great set of 2011.
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DC Mythbusting: The Washington Monument
‘Washington Monument, Washington, DC’
courtesy of ‘NeonGods’
George Washington was born 279 years ago today, and for the past 126 years our city’s skyline has been dominated by a tribute to him. The Washington Monument is an iconic piece of architecture, but there are so many myths and legends about it that it could be one of [...]
Comedy in DC: Don’t Block the Box Comedy Show Fire
Reggie Melbrough and Ahmed Huidobro are hosting the fourth Don’t Block the Box Comedy Show at the Wonderland Ballroom, 1101 Kenyon St. NW, on Friday, Feb. 25, from 7:00 PM to 10 o’clock in the evening. The show costs three dollars and is cash only. I know that cash is very medieval, but get some [...]
More »Metro Announces March Work Weekend on Orange/Blue Lines, 5 stations closed
Fresh off a 3-day closure of two stations in the heart of the city, WMATA announced this morning that they’ll be closing five stations at the end of the Orange Line, as well as splitting the Blue Line, to perform NTSB-mandated maintenance over the weekend of March 4th through 6th.
The Orange Line will not operate between [...]
First Look: PORCmobile
‘PORC Mobile’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
I can’t yet claim to be a BBQ expert. But I do know good food, and I have tried many a food truck. For your next lunch stop at the food trucks, I suggest you briskly head out for some brisket and try the PORC Mobile.
Back in the summer, We Love DC [...]
Hot Ticket: Weedeater @ SONAR, TONIGHT!
If you are a fan of ultra-heavy, sludge guitar; slow-churning, reverb-effected bass; and swampy, primal drum patterns then this show is a must see.
In the late 90’s, stoner doom metal band, Weedeater rose from the ashes that spilled out of “Dixie” Dave Collins’ bowl when his former noise-rock band Buzzov*en called it quits. Active [...]
We Love Music: The Avett Brothers @ DAR Constitution Hall, 2/18/11
All photos by Erin McCann
I didn’t much like the Avett Brothers when I first heard them. The banjo was too much, the vocal harmonies sometimes too off-key, the melodies sometimes just on the other side of pleasant. That changed a little bit for me one day when “Ballad of Love and Hate” from 2007’s “Emotionalism” [...]
Running For President
‘Dave and his alter ego 3′
courtesy of ‘tbridge’
For about 15 minutes this President’s Day Weekend, I managed to fulfill one of my Kindergarten aspirations – I was one of the Presidents of the United States.
You know, kind of.
Background: it’s become a bit of a President’s Day tradition that the Nationals host their annual mascot auditions [...]
Food & Friends 15th Annual Dining out for Life
Courtesy of Gold Standard PR on behalf of Food & Friends
The 15th Annual Dining out for Life on March 10th is right around the corner. More than 150 restaurants across the DC-area will donate portions of the day’s proceeds to Food & Friends. And all you have to do is eat at one of the restaurants.
For [...]
We Love Music: The Drive-By Truckers @ 9:30 Club, 2/18/11
all photos by Andrew Markowitz.
Drive-by Truckers, one of the most accurately named bands, have been working the road over a little over a decade. They have worked it hard and have built a huge fan base as a result. However, you have to also give them credit for several outstanding albums showcasing their quality songwriting, [...]
A Presidents Day Tribute
In honor of Presidents Day, we present this tribute to our 6′10″, quadriballed, 2000-lb namesake for our city, George Washington. He saved the little children. But not the British children.
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Hot Ticket: Thursday & Underoath @ 9:30 Club, 2/22/11
It might be easy to lump the group Thursday, playing tomorrow at the 9:30 Club, in with other aging emo bands such as the Get Up Kids. But Thursday have come a long way since they first cracked the scene in 2001 – their full-length debut “Full Collapse” spawning the hit singles “Cross Out The [...]
More »Weekend Flashback: 2/19 – 2/20/11
‘Metro â�� 2.20.11′
courtesy of ‘rpmaxwell’
For those of you on an extended weekend, enjoy! For those not, well, hopefully this week’s selection will soothe the sting of Monday.
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From hockey to basketball at Verizon: A familiar routine
‘Verizon Center change over’
courtesy of Max Cook
Last Saturday was a busy day for the bull gang at Verizon Center.
Then again, the operations crew working in the hub of Chinatown is always busy.
Yet, last Saturday was a little bit different. Verizon Center makes multiple switches every week from a hockey arena for the Capitals to basketball [...]
National Christmas Tree felled by high winds
Photo by Brownpau
The National Christmas Tree, a 48-foot Colorado blue spruce from York, PA planted during the Carter Administration in 1978, was a casualty to the very high winds in the District today. The tree was split near its base, and felled without injury or structural damage, according to DC Fire EMS and the National [...]
