DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Major Release: No Country for Old Men We’ll be covering the latest release from the Coen Brothers in more depth tomorrow, but in the time being, we’ll tell you this: not only have the filmmakers recovered from the mediocre doldrums of their last couple of outings, but they have returned with a bloody vengeance with a…
If you were traveling over the holiday weekend, you would have easily missed the announcement that popular local NPR affiliate WAMU 88.5 FM will be making big changes to their broadcast schedule — most notably moving the entirety of their popular weekend bluegrass programming to an HD Radio channel, leaving many listeners upset and confused as to how the station could abandon their signature music programs on the regular FM dial. Here’s what’s going to…
This DCist is in the process of moving to a new apartment, but we couldn’t help but bring our camera along with us when we were running errands, including a quick stop at the Soviet Giant near the National Cathedral. (Next to the grocery store is the abandoned G.C. Murphy, where we took this photo.) Through sleet, rain, snow and high water, the blogging never stops. — The anarchists defend their actions. — She’s…
(Interview done by DCist contributor Amadie Hart) Many fans mourned when the venerable Bob Edwards was demoted from his long-running National Public Radio gig as the host of “Morning Edition.” But never fear — the voice that drew so many listeners has been hosting his own show on XM radio since October. He sits down with DCist to talk about his satellite radio experience and his book, “Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast…
Can you believe it’s December already, DCists? Neither can we. Crap. We should use these weeks before the holidays to buy our friends and family thoughtful, meaningful presents. Hmm. Or, we can go out and do fun stuff! >> More than 40 authors including Cokie Roberts, William Rehnquist (though we suspect the Chief Justice may sit this one out), Bob Edwards, and John Feinstein will be at the 15th annual Meet the Authors Night &…
National Public Radio’s beloved deposed elder statesman, Bob Edwards, has a new assignment. Edwards will leave NPR to compete against his old radio show, “Morning Edition” on XM Satellite Radio starting in October. Edwards tells the Post the he will “be a pioneer again,” much like when he joined NPR in 1974 when the radio network was just three years old. Edwards has always seemed to be at the forefront of D.C. commercial development. For…