May 1, 2008
About Tonight
MUSIC: Philly-based DJ and producer RJD2 released a solo project a year ago titled The Third Hand. He's on the road and will be making a stop at the 9:30 Club. $20, 8 p.m.
ART PARTY: The Phillips Collection holds its regular Artful Evening tonight, starting at 5 p.m., when the museum is open late and special tours of the Collection's French paintings available at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. Special this week is the Soirée Carte Blanch in the carriage house behind the museum from 6 to 9 p.m., which includes a DJ, performance art and cash bar. Advance tickets have sold out, but walk-ins will be let in as space allows. $12.
BENEFIT: Phoenix Bikes, a non-profit community bike shop in Arlington that works with teens to recycle quality used bikes back into the community, is hosting a Bike Show tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets cost $30, and include beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres, plus a silent auction, a raffle and a chance to check out a large collection of modified bikes. At the NRECA Conference Center at 4301 Wilson Blvd.
MUSIC: The last of National Geographic's Rhythm Road concert series takes place tonight. The Chris Byars Quartet performs at 6 p.m and the hip-hop sounds of AFAR begin at 7:15 p.m. Free.
MUSIC: Give your soul a workout with Van Hunt at the Black Cat. The James Brown-inspired singer is doing a solo acoustic set on the mainstage. $20, 8 p.m.
Photo by Pianoman75
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ohmigod...we can comment on it?!?!?!!?
Arrgggh, there be margaritas! Slobber.
celebrating Cinco de Mayo a bit early?
corolla, we turn our lonely eyes to you!
Just in case Toyota is interested in a little feedback on how that particular promotional scheme worked out: it didn't. Sponsorship of individual posts or particular types of posts on a blog is generally a bad advertising strategy, in my opinion, because it creates the appearance of content segregated between "for pay" and "regular" posts, and makes people wonder if there are different standards for the writing or the items included in those posts.
In fact, by putting the About Tonight posts in a different category (uncommentable) and a different color, -ist basically made the whole block into an ad and I scrolled past them unread 9 times out of 10. It's not that they actively annoy the reader, like the mouse-over ads or ones that make noise, it's just that they end up making almost no impression at all. And when you do finally read an item that you want to react to, and you can't, it just creates feelings of frustration.
@Nate: Very well put.