Last night, satirical D.C. newcomers The Onion threw themselves a little D.C. fete to celebrate their recent local launch. Editor Joe Garden prefaced his welcoming remarks by relating that he had, on the previous evening, attended an event with “people from… Reuters and Bloomberg News” but that he was much happier spending his time with a few hundred of his new friends at the Black Cat. Well, of course he is! We all know what happens when the people from organizations like the two aforementioned news factories get together: Rich Little bombs, Chris Hitchens gets wasted, and by the time the weekend is over, the New York Times is haughtily declaring they’ll never party in your town again.

What a mess! Instead, The Onion got to bask in the warm embrace of the assembled horn-rimoisie, who came specially kitted-out in only their very most ironical of tee-shirts. In return, the Onion provided the music and the comedy in an evening that felt more homey-casual than blowout.