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MUSIC: As we mentioned earlier, the legendary Robyn Hitchcock is at the Birchmere tonight, and tickets are still available. 7:30 p.m., $25.
BOOKS: Don't forget about the National Press Club Book Fair, where you can get books signed by a slew of famous authors like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, illustrator Wendell Minor and local celebrity chef José Andrés. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., $5 to get in.
MUSIC: Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls plays an early show at 9:30 Club, with Vermillion Lies and The Builders and The Butchers. 6 p.m., $20.
READING: So, um, was I the only one whose first crush was Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music? Could Christopher Plummer have been any dreamier as the closed-off, brooding patriarch just waiting for his heart to be melted by the power of a pretty girl who could really carry a tune? Yeah yeah, that was a long time ago, and now Plummer is an old man who makes a living playing other old men. But he still has those eyes! He's also written a memoir, and will be at Politics and Prose tonight for a reading/signing. 7 p.m.
MUSIC: Buzzband/The Strokes offshoot Little Joy are at the The Black Cat, with openers The Dead Trees. 9 p.m., $15.
MOVIE: (late addition) Anyone who says it's hard out here for a pimp just isn't cut out for the job. In Dolemite, the late, great Rudy Ray Moore makes it look easy, no matter what the man throws his way. As we mentioned last month, The Washington Psychotronic Film Society is making its return to the District tonight with a screening of this cult classic at The Meeting Place. 8 p.m., free ($2 donation suggested).
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wow, sommer, thanks for opening up and letting us learn a lot about the young ms. mathis!
have a thing for eye patches?
Now that you mention it...
"...where you can get books signed by a slew of famous authors like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia..."
Is his signature a poo stain on a cheap tourists replica of the Constitution?
Captain Von Plummer was soooooooo dreamy.
Ha, oops! I totally f'd up his name, I was so distracted.
I would not flip over Captain Von Trapp anytime. Rowar.
"Edelweiss" is about as cheesy a song as they come, but when Christopher Plummer sang it....
Dolemite! Dolemite! Dolemite!
That Little Joy MySpace page goes to a woman in England named Joy. I think that's probably not the bands page, unless they are being really, really vague hipsters (not completely out of the realm of possibility).
Oh thanks Kev29, I'm switching it out for the right MySpace page right now. I bet Little Joy the band was bummed someone else already had their MySpace name locked up.
Never understood how Captain Von Trapp served in the navy of landlocked country. Plot holes you could drive a tank through.
excuse my hijacking:
The District of Sound, a site promoting local bands, is holding their launch party tonight at dc9. 4 bands, doors open at 8. Check it out!
www.districtofsound.com
boondoggle,
You do realize that The Sound of Music was based on a true story, right?
From Georg Ludwig von Trapp's Wikipedia page:
His exploits at sea in World War I earned him numerous decorations, including elevation to the Austrian nobility.
Even if von Trapp hadn't gotten his seafaring out of the way before the empire lost its coastline, Austria still had a residual navy (for patrolling the Danube) up until 2006.
Hmm. The real von Trapp, not really a hottie. That's okay, though. He's dead so it's not like I will be flipping him over anytime soon.
Maybe!