Archive for October, 2011
ChurchKey and Eat Wonky Bring You Wonky Tots
‘wonky dog @ Eat Wonky truck- Washington, DC’
courtesy of ‘Plantains & Kimchi’
Sometimes you find yourself remembering two different dishes you’ve eaten and think to yourself, “If only there was a way to combine both of these dishes.” Wanting the flavors of two dishes to dance upon your tongue doesn’t necessarily make you greedy. So I [...]
DC Mourns Steve Jobs At Apple Store
If you walk by the Georgetown Apple Store, you’ll find that to left of the store’s entrance, DC Apple lovers have created an impromptu memorial to Steve Jobs filled with posters, letters, flowers and many apples. Personally, I found these tributes to be the purest and most genuine expressions of how Mr. Jobs and his [...]
More »Friday Happy Hour: Blackened Gold at Toki Underground
I love Toki Underground. Super cute, great location, delicious vegan ramen, and they keep hours that suit me – which is to say, I can sit and eat a totally respectable dinner at ten on Tuesday and it is no big deal. Should you want something to drink with your ramen and dumplings (or to [...]
More »Mike Daisy talks about Steve Jobs’ legacy, good and bad
‘apple cinnamon’
courtesy of ‘ekelly80′
We praised The Agony and Esctacy of Steve Jobs when it played at Woolly Mammoth – Patrick saw it in March and l saw a preview when it was in development late last year. We were both fond of it.
Well, Daisey has an op-ed in the NYT today about Jobs that I [...]
The Meaning or Lack Thereof of the Redskins 3-1 Start
‘Fred Davis’
courtesy of ‘Keith Allison’
I have spent this past week digging through so many football stats I started to dream of numbers spiraling through an immense blackness. I am filled with confusion at what all these numbers mean, what story they tell. A stat is useless unless it tells a story, contains meaning. The numbers I have looked [...]
Hot Ticket: The Lemonheads @ Black Cat
Take a trip back to 1992 tonight at Black Cat when The Lemonheads perform It’s A Shame About Ray in its entirety on the mainstage. To me this album was one of the handful of good memories I have during my middle school years, and played a part in the beginning of my love affair [...]
More »We Love Weekends – October 7 to 9
‘Clowns to the Left of Me’
courtesy of ‘dc-hulls’
Started out more like OctoBRR, amirite?
*crickets*
Woo, tough crowd. Anyway, if you’re still wrestling with what to do with yourself on this weekend’s predicted warm days and cool nights… well, just cyber-stalk us whydontcha?
Alexia: This weekend is going to be a busy one! Friday night the 7th-grade-me will freak out [...]
Q&A with Debbi Peterson of The Bangles
courtesy of MSO PR.
The Bangles are performing at the 9:30 Club tonight so we asked our 80’s/New Wave correspondent Mickey McCarter if he’d like to have a little chat with Debbi Peterson about the band’s past, present, and future.
The Bangles, founded by sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson along with Susanna Hoffs, have returned with a [...]
The Winning Ticket: Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav by fotojokko
This week we are giving away a pair of tickets to see Les Savy Fav featuring
Trans Am & The Psychic Paramount perform at the 9:30 Club on October 7th at 8pm.
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Poster Design for 2012 Cherry Blossom Festival promises Lucy, in the Sky, with Diamonds.
The poster for the 2012 Cherry Blossom Festival is out today, and aside from the fact that it’s beautiful, it looks like it was heavily influenced by the Beatles Yellow Submarine. The poster is for sale, at $100, at the National Cherry Blossom Festival store, and was designed by Peter Max.
Hm. Cherry Blossom Festival + [...]
Georgetown: Bieber Fever
‘Spot the difference’courtesy of ‘Undertow851′
Oh Georgetown, I’m so very sorry. The teen heartthrob was seen in Brazil with his girlfriend Selena Gomez sporting a Georgetown Hoyas cap and so it seems that we’re going to contend with a whole other generation of bandwagon Hoyas fans, thanks to the kid who can’t keep his pants up, [...]
We Love Music: The Horrors @ Black Cat, 9/30
photo courtesy of The Horrors.
Our friend Ali Lieberman covered The Horrors concert at The Black Cat for us on Friday night.
It’s incredible what three years can do. In 2009, the British band The Horrors opened for the Kills at the 9:30 Club with a presence that could barely fill the stage. They had a unique, [...]
Capitals Season Preview
‘ovi en fuego…’
courtesy of ‘choofly’
Saturday night it all begins again: 30 teams, 1 cup. After a crushing four-games-to-none defeat in the second round of the playoffs at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning this spring, the retooled Washington Capitals return to the Verizon Center to rock the red against the Carolina Hurricanes and [...]
Juliet and the Demon Fish
A first glance at the title “Demon Fish: Travels Through the Hidden World of Sharks” would probably invoke visions of bloody feeding frenzies, mouths full of razor-sharp teeth, and the sleek arrow-shaped bodies of deadly sharks. With, of course, the appropriate Jaws theme rolling around in our heads. And we couldn’t be more wrong with [...]
More »Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar
‘Yelp Elite Event at Sonoma, Washington, D.C.’
courtesy of ‘Yelp.com’
So I have this thing for Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar. It is the perfect place to go to on a date, out with friends, or even for alone time at the bar with a glass of wine -though the latter is easier to do when Congress [...]
We Love Arts: Lungs
With British playwright Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs, Studio Theatre begins The Studio Lab Series – new plays produced bare bones for $20 a ticket. It’s an admirable venture that I’m excited to watch develop.
However, this first play out of the gate isn’t particularly innovative – though if the playwright’s intention is to resurrect the existential crises [...]
