Results tagged “meta”

Today we bring you a Photo of the Photo of the Day, a little meta-action, if you will. Flickr user akkleis took this shot of the viewfinder image of the World War II Memorial on her friend's Rollei. The developing "mistake" that caused the film strip impression on the right only adds to the feel. EXIF.

The phrase “review-proof” usually denotes some property so universally recognizable and demonstrably saleable that no amount of critical huffing and puffing can possibly derail its commercial invincibility.

It can be difficult to jumpstart a motionless crowd of D.C. concert goers, but one Baltimore band has found a way literally to bring life to the lifeless. In fact, in a very meta sort of way, Yeveto formed their group a few years ago for the sole purpose of adding a modernized sound to a classic horror film. They wrote and recorded a new score to the 1920s Paul Wegener movie, Der Golem, about...

Happy Father's Day! For those of you who have dads, are dads, or know dads, this one's for you, from all of us at the Gothamist network. It was a week of bizarre, embarassing headlines at DCist. The trial of the local administrative law judge who sued his cleaners for $54 million over a pair of missing pants left everyone shaking their heads. Then the capital city was nearly brought to its knees, twice, by...

MONDAY As a part of its ongoing “Face It: We Are Probably All Going To Die or at the Very Least, Suffer Immeasurably” Series, Politics and Prose kicks off the week with a visit from Stephen Flynn, author of The Edge of Disaster, which, apparently, we are teetering on (cf. “all going to die,” “suffer immeasurably”). Also: CSI: Miami is on tonight! 5015 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 7 p.m. TUESDAY The art of letter writing is...

>> Your major opening this weekend is brought to you by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The nearly 120 piece Saul Steinberg retrospective, Illuminations, features the artist's witty and deeply observant take on world events throughout his 60 year history with The New Yorker, as well as the many other sculpture, painting, and various artworks that get a little meta in their parsing of creative methods. DCist is going to check out the show this weekend, but we have no doubt it will be filled to the brim with dead-on jabs at our sometimes narrow national perspective and, you know, amusing cat cartoons. Go take advantage of your tax dollars and see the show starting Friday; SAAM is open daily (including Easter) from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Last January, as my girlfriend and I were making our way down towards U Street en route to see some Unbuckled alumni play the 9:30 Club, she talked me into checking out Nethers, the opening band, instead of grabbing a few drinks at DC9. "You never know, they might become your new favorite band." Little did she know how right she would be. I was immediately smitten with the laid back, psychedelic folk rock...

The Labor Day weekend is just around the corner, and with summer vacation heaving its last gasp, we've got slim pickings as far as area author events go. MONDAY Jennifer Egan's latest novel, The Keep, blends meta-fiction, intimations of revenge, high-tech weirdness and claustrophobic creeps in a story of two cousins who reunite in Eastern Europe to refurbish an ancient castle. One of the characters in the book can apparently detect the presence of Wi-Fi...

It's been a chaotic month for AOL employees. First came news that the Dulles-based online giant would be cutting 5000 jobs. Today, another shoe is dropping: the company's accidental release of customer search data has finally reached the fall guy phase, resulting in the departure of CTO Maureen Govern and, presumably, others. Here's hoping that those previously laid-off can at least extract a little schadenfreude from the fiasco. Macaca Misstep Takes Toll In Poll: Yesterday WUSA released a new poll, and the news it brings is not good for George Allen. The numbers show that the senator's lead over Democratic challenger James Webb has evaporated from nineteen percentage points to a mere three. Perhaps most stunningly (if not importantly, given their generally low turnout rates), Allen has suffered a 40-point swing among young people. The poll also brings great news for Virginia homophobes: the fall ballot's marriage amendment is poised to pass by a 2:1 margin. Post Mayoral Endorsement Looms: How's this for meta-journalism: we're about to note another news outlet's story about yet another news outlet's potential endorsement in the mayoral race. Pretty ridiculous, we know. Still, there's no denying that the Post's endorsement could be a big deal in the election, and NBC4 does a fine job laying out the case. As you might expect, they identify the middle of the pack — and Marie Johns in particular — as the biggest potential beneficiaries. But it's anyone's guess who'll actually get the nod. Blacksburg Manhunt Starts And Ends Tragically: WTOP reports on yesterday's fugitive spree near Virginia Tech. William Morva escaped from Montgomery Regional Hospital, allegedly killing security guard Derrick McFarland in the process and prompting the nearby university to cancel classes for the day. Morva was recaptured around 3:30 p.m., but not before Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Sutphin's life had also been lost. The suspect is now being held at an unnamed regional facility. Traffic Study Prompts Controversy: The Post reports on a spat between Va. Governor Tim Kaine's administration and pro-growth forces in Loudoun. At the center of the dispute is a study conducted by VDOT and released last month that predicts traffic problems if the Dulles South development is allowed to proceed. The newly-formed Right Growth Policy Institute has now released a set of emails between the Kaine administration and study engineers demonstrating a hands-on approach aimed at enhancing the political consequences of the study. However, although the arrangement may have been shady, no one seems to be questioning the validity of the study's conclusions. Briefly Noted: Cropp releases another aggressively anti-Fenty flyer... Deadlock in Richmond over sentence for Arlington man... K-9 unit deployed to identify exact location of Wone murder... Virginia police handed out thousands of tickets last weekend... Georgetown jewelry store robbers were caught on tape... This Day In DCist: One year ago we profiled a jumbo slice alternative, nursed foolish dreams of a Nats playoff appearance, and penned a gloriously immature headline. Image posted to DCist Photos by Flickr user andertho

You're pretty angry, D.C. Pissy, opinionated and infuriated. Good job. We asked you to provide your best Lewis Black-style rants about life in Washington, and you came through. We heard about sour CVS employees, transit woes and the city government — and of course there was an entry or two about us (we love you guys, too). But in the end there can be only three winners, because that's how many Lewis Black DVDs we...

Today's photo, taken by Flickr user edwardaggie98, is so meta it hurts. A picture of a tourist taking a picture of the monuments! OK, so maybe that's an overstatement, but work with me here -- it's not easy writing this day in and day out. Flickr says this shot was taken on an OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. FE100,X710, whatever that is. You can see the EXIF data here.

DCist Editor Emeritus Mike Grass draws our attention to the following blurb on page 40 of today's Express:

If you're a DCist regular, you know that we've posted once or twice or thrice or more times about Warren Brown and CakeLove. We find ourselves here yet again, with Warren stepping up to washingtonpost.com's chatters to discuss the local furor that is his refrigerated cake. We thought about live-blogging the chat, but decided that was too meta for us; we're opting for the post-incident run down instead.

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We thought it was cool when Merriam-Webster named "blog" its word of the year. But now TIME notes that 2004 was the Golden Age of the Blog. Well, we guess it was quite a year for "the blogosphere" (this DCist hates that word with a distinct passion). Popular celebrity blogs gave way to numerous blogs-to-riches stories, including some from our own stomping grounds. Blogs even got a nice little mention on The West Wing.

Yes, we are a blog commenting on articles about blogs, but we haven't yet had our coffee this morning and we're feeling a little meta. Plus, it's a slow Sunday in the blogosphere.

If you can't stomach the debate this evening, but are still in the mood for some TV viewing in a political vein, catch Robert Altman's "Tanner on Tanner." The first of the four-part series airs tonight at 9 p.m. on the Sundance Channel.