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The Ten Best Concerts In And Around DC For 2011
“The Foo Fighters” by Andrew Markowitz
Time once again to calculate and list the ten best musical performances I saw in the past year in and around Washington DC.* This ‘best of’ article is one of my favorite activities as a music writer because it embodies the very essence of why I take the time out [...]
District Karaoke at Policy: An Excuse to Get Social & Sing
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I don’t know about you but I’ve been searching for an excuse to get my karaoke on for quite some time. There’s Japone in Dupont where I went a few times in college and Hill Country Texas BBQ has country karaoke once a week, but now there’s a whole new karaoke game [...]
Boston’s Big Four Puts The Hurt On Wizards
If you have been referring to Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett as Boston’s “Big Three”- you need to think again.
Rajon Rondo is out to prove this season that it’s actually Boston’s “Big Four”. The Wizards were the latest victim to the Boston Point Guard that started the season with back-to-back double-double performances and unleashed terror [...]
Top Tunes of 2011 According to The Torches
Here at We Love DC we were asked to do a roundup of the year in some way, and so I decided to ask my bandmates in The Torches for some help picking some favorite tunes from 2011. The Torches are Stephen Guidry on vocals/banjo, Joe Barbee on accordion, harmonica and hollering, Jocelyn Frank on [...]
More »The 2011 We Love DC NYE Guide
New Years Evecourtesy of InspirationDC
New Year’s Eve can be a trying holiday. There is so much pressure put on this one night – one moment really – that builds up for weeks prior. You can start to feel so much like you must go out and you absolutely must have fun that you panic [...]
Best Of: Theater 2011
2011 07 16 – 6398 – Washington DC – Redrum at Fort Fringe
courtesy of thisisbossi
We Love DC authors Don, Patrick, Rachel and I may have different backgrounds in criticism and performance, and varying preferences for theatrical style, but we share a goal – to bring you our thoughtful, honest opinions on the passionate, challenging [...]
Should DC Really “Shut Up” About Andray Blatche?
Nick Young and Andray Blatche
courtesy of Keith Allison
For most of the country the main headline coming out of the Washington Wizards’ first game of the season was the boos directed towards ex-Kardashian Kris Humphries. I feel bad for NBA fans and coaches who probably have no idea why Humphries is the most hated person [...]
Sunday Sketchbook 12/18/11
Sunday Sketchbook is a new series by Lauren of My Closet in Sketches. Peer into her notes on “Style by Hood”…
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The Wizards Post-Lockout FAQ
It is going to be a Happy Holidays for the Washington Wizards.
Not only does December 25th mark the return of NBA across the country- the Wizards will open up 2012 with a New Years Day game against the Boston Celtics in the Verizon Center- a game that maybe closer than you think considering the Wizards’ [...]
We Love Arts: You, Nero
Photo by Scott Suchman
Nero is perhaps most well known as the Emperor of Rome who let the city burn as he played the fiddle. A widely known piece of history that isn’t entirely true yet perfectly paints a portrait of a ruler who cared more about himself than his people. The vanity of Nero could easily [...]
We Love Arts: Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies
Photo by Michael Brosilow
In my previous job I analyzed the prevalence of fear and risk in current events and news. So if I know anything about society, it’s that we love to worry.
We are afraid of a lot of things: invasion of privacy, food contamination, and deadly diseases. West Nile, Cancer, and Swine Flu are just some [...]
Pro-Boxing Returns
Freddie Roach/Amir Khan
courtesy of SportsAngle.com
Tonight the nation’s capital will host its first major prizefight in over a decade as Amir Khan looks to retain his WBA and IBF light welterweight titles against local Lamont Peterson. Amir Khan comes in ranked as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world with an [...]
We Love Music: Tori Amos at D.A.R. Constitution Hall, 12/5/2011
Ruby-tressed siren Tori Amos brought a breathtakingly beautiful evening of music to DC’s D.A.R. Constitution Hall on Monday night. She is in the midst of a world tour in support of her latest album, Night of Hunters, released in September on Deutsche Grammophon Records. The album is described by Amos as “a 21st century song cycle inspired by classical [...]
More »We Love Arts: Krapp’s Last Tape
There are moments when economy, especially in words, must suffice.
(Shakes head. Backspace, backspace. Types.)
John Hurt. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Produced by Dublin’s Gate Theatre, at Shakespeare Theatre Company this weekend only. 55 minutes.
55 minutes of your life spent watching a master actor perform a master playwright’s reflection on the absurdity of life, memory [...]
Q&A with The War on Drugs
Philadelphia’s The War on Drugs is the brainchild of Adam Granduciel- singer, guitarist, writer, Kurt Vile-collaborator. Their first full-length album, Wagonwheel Blues was released on Secretly Canadian in 2008, and they have toured extensively since then. Over the years the band’s members have changed, but Granduciel remains front and center. Their latest LP is Slave Ambient, released on [...]
More »We Love Arts: Equivocation
A lawyer in love with a Shakespearean scholar might find the perfect date night with Equivocation. Or a politician whose best friend is a Jesuit. Bill Cain’s play is a thicket of ideas about theater, politics and morality. His language manages to be natural, almost casual, despite the rich quotations of Shakespearean text and the [...]
More »We Love Arts: Beertown
Photo by Clinton Brandhagen
When I asked a friend of mine if he wanted to come see Dog and Pony DC’s production of Beertown with me he replied, “No thanks- it doesn’t look like my type of thing.”
He’s right- if you expect to simply sit quietly through a show then Beertown isn’t for you.
However if you [...]
We Love Music: The Foo Fighters @ Verizon Center, 11/11/11
photos by Andrew Markowitz.
When We Love DC was invited to cover The Foo Fighters on Friday night at the Verizon Center I offered it up to one of our other music writers because, frankly, I just don’t listen to their music too much. I have much respect for Dave Grohl and all of the interesting [...]
We Love Music: Girl In A Coma @ DC9, 11/9/2011
San Antonio rock trio Girl In A Coma played a power-charged set to a crowded DC9 Wednesday night. They are currently in the middle of their US tour in support of their latest album Exits & All The Rest, released November 1st on Blackheart Records. They were joined by punky openers Brothers of Brazil and The Coathangers.
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