>> Following the footsteps of Beck, Middle Distance Runner sent out an e-mail announcing a secret show tonight at DC9. They’ll be playing with Cloud Cult and Hot IQs as part of the DAM! Fest Hangover party. Festivities start at 9 p.m.

>> We’ve got wood. Today the Capitol Christmas tree started its journey from Washington State to D.C. where it will be adorned with 3000 kids’ crappy hand-made ornaments. Even Mom knows when it’s time to give up on your hastily pasted reindeer.

>> Republicans are going old school on Web sites this week. With URL’s like CluelessCarol.com and FancyFred.com, looks like their best strategies are written by 8-year-olds. The party of Dick and Bush might want to watch their backs on the playground. [Yeas and Nays]

>> It’s finally here: the most wonderful time of the year for watching local news: Sweeps! Tonight ABC7 asks the question: Is your baby a ticking time bomb? If anyone watches please let us know the answer.

>> You know, the last thing you want to hear when your team is 2-5 and still has to play many of the league’s best teams is that your star running back might be spanking his jank with the help of some of Flavor Flav’s sloppy seconds. Blogger Kissing Suzy Kolber beseeches: “…get your ass over to the Anacostia Neighborhood Health Clinic, tell them you’re Dolemite Jenkins and you need some penicillin. I don’t even want to think about the fucked up shit crawling all over Flava Flav.” Nor do we want to think about it crawling all over Clinton Portis. Now, as for Mark Brunell, we can negotiate…

>> The French deigning to screen their flicks with Germans and Czechs? Who would have thought. Tonight starts the a three-week-long EU Film Festival at Silver Spring’s AFI Theater. Coverage and reviews coming soon at DCist. [Washingtonian]

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