>> A Place To Bury Strangers bring their surf rock inflected shoegaze (with just a hint of Echo and The Bunnymen) to the backstage at the Black Cat. Airiel opens. 9 p.m., only $7. >> Georgie James plays an acoustic set at DC9 tonight during the ShervinFoto Book Release Party. Shervin Lainez’ Happy Accidents documents 25 D.C. bands over the past 2 years. The book comes with a compilation CD or 12 tracks from…

>> “A federal appeals court ruled today that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff, must report to prison shortly to begin serving his 30-month sentence for lying to federal investigators about his role in leaking a CIA officer’s identity.” [WaPo] UPDATE: Man, we honestly thought that first comment was a joke for a minute! Bush has commuted Libby’s prison sentence. >> Please Add L2 to NextBus, K? Thx [The…

FRIDAY: If loving Busta Rhymes’ new album, The Big Bang, is wrong — well we sure as hell don’t want to be right. Yes, Busta has always been one of those charismatic rap superstars without much substance to back him up, and yes, there was a time when his shortcomings had become awfully grating. But now that he’s hooked up with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label, that time appears to have ended. This is what summertime…

TUESDAY: Unfortunately, the new book My Father’s Houses: Memoir of a Family is not Steve Roberts’ attempt to capitalize on all the buzz surrounding HBO’s new polygamy series Big Love by coming out with shocking revelations. Instead, Roberts recounts the story of his own life as a young man growing up in New Jersey, attending Harvard, and courting and marrying Cokie Boggs. Just when we though Steve Roberts might have actually written something interesting. At…

If anyone out there wanted to snag tickets for this evening’s screening of “Outfoxed” at the Avalon Theater, it is sold out. John Podesta of the Center for American Progress is slated to speak….