FRIDAY:
>> It’s the DAM! Festival, son. We’ve already written a blue streak about it, so check out our recent music archives for some great interviews and MP3s from participating artists, and weigh your options between The Red and the Black, the Rock and Roll Hotel, or Velvet Lounge, full schedule with too many bands to list here. Of course, the non-DAM! show of the night is clearly Baltimore’s Spank Rock, who’ll be bringing their old school hip-hop beats with an electronic twist to Black Cat. Why oh why are there always too many great shows on the same night?
>> One of the scariest vampires in cinematic history does not even speak a word on screen, the ghastly creature in F. W. Murnau’s utterly creepy Nosferatu. Tonight, you can watch a special screening of this 1922 silent classic at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Spring, with music by a duo called Silent Orchestra, keyboardist Carlos Garza and percussionist Rich O’Meara, playing an original score described as “by turns dreamlike, ambient, thundering and hell bent.” 7 and 9:30 p.m., $20 ($5, age 12 and under). (Charles Downey)
SATURDAY:
>> Tonight looks to be the official Halloween for adults, so after you bust out the fake blood and fangs for various house parties all over town, you’re gonna feel like doing some ghoulish dancing. Good options include the Will Eastman/GIRL TALK throwdown at Black Cat’s backstage, and DJs Scott Henry, John Tab and DB spinning an old-school Bit ‘O Halloween party on the actual Woolly Mammoth stage (hott), with $1000 up for grabs for best costume (double hott).
>> If you’d prefer to kick it Vienna-styzz, Jammin’ Java is having a big party to celebrate their 5th anniversary. It starts damn early, with children’s entertainment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a measly $5, then switches to a more grown-up (albeit all-ages) rock show at 7 p.m., with The Getaway Car, Shane Hines, The Echoes, Brindley Brothers, Brainfang, and Welbilt, all for $10.
SUNDAY:
>> The Decemberists will play the first of two shows with Lavender Diamond at 9:30 Club. But unless you planned for this well in advance or are willing to pay an enormous sum to craigslist jackals, you ain’t going.
>> Don’t forget to get up early and cheer on your favorite runner in the Marine Corps Marathon. And be mindful of the various changes to Metro service for the day.
