The folks at the Rock and Roll Hotel sure know how to get us interested in something. They sent out an email last night saying tickets will go on sale July 20th for a “blog favorite” band who will be playing two nights at H Street venue. The email added “Hint: The name of the band is has something to do with applauding and a greeting.” While “Yeah” isn’t really a greeting, our guess is…

>> We still haven’t reached the end of the fire hydrant fiasco, it seems. Turns out that when WASA completed an inventory of more than 9,000 fire hydrants, they realized the city’s hydrants are made by nine to ten different manufacturers — a situation which could mean that if neighboring fire departments like Montgomery, Prince George’s and Fairfax counties, which all use a standard hydrant, are dispatched to help fight a blaze, they could…