> >UPDATE: As a commenter notes, The Dismemberment Plan tickets for the second show, Friday, April 27 are on sale NOW. Go, friends, go!

> > Best birthday present ever? Hmmm. Submitted for your approval: How about booking the Thievery Corporation? To play the birthday boy’s living room? Well played, ma’am. Well played. [The Upstate Life]

> > Why isn’t Butterstick playing in the snow like his parents? Maybe it’s because he doesn’t want to end up like Jack Bauer–shipped to China in a box to be subjected to the tender mercies of totalitarian rule. It’s time for the Butterstick Liberation Front to speak up! [ReadExpress]

> > The Washington Post earns some well-articulated–and much-deserved–praise for the web innovations that are making their sports features a must-go destination. [The Big Lead]

> > For seven years, The DC Kings have chucked gender identity, artistic genre, racial boundaries, and audience expectations into the blender to create avant-garde performances that combine drag, comedy, music, theatre and burlesque. Tonight they celebrate their seventh anniversary with The Best Of Show. At Chaos, 1603 17th Street NW, 10pm. (Take Red Line to Dupont Circle Station).

> > Ever wondered what a $25,000 Velvet Underground album sounded like? [Product Shop NYC]

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