MONDAY >> You cannot avoid Toots Hibbert on TV these days. Well actually, it is just that Nissan car commercial with the Clash’s version of Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” The guy who penned that song, “Reggae Got Soul,” and numerous other R&B flavored Jamaican numbers is at the 930 Club with the latest version of the Maytals. Hot D.C. go-go combo Mambo Sauce were just added as openers. $26 >> If solo indie…
The pattern has become almost predictable — if violence breaks out somewhere in Ward 1, you can bet D.C. Council member Jim Graham will find the closest bar or restaurant, call it a “magnet for ——— (enter violent incident here)” and try to shut it down. Sometimes Graham’s crusades are welcome, other times they are excessive. Graham last focused his energies on Joe’s Steak ’N Eggs, an eatery on 9th Street NW that was the…
>> Now fellas, we know circumcision is a serious issue, and everyone is pleased to learn that the procedure could protect millions from contracting HIV, but our inner ten-year-old also delighted in the Post’s coverage today. Speaking about the foreskin research on behalf of the World Health Organization was none other than Kevin De Cock. Seriously. We’re happy to see he has taken the problem firmly in hand and cut through social issues surrounding the…
According to D.C. Wire, the Post’s new blog on local politics, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams and his wife set off yesterday for a four-day vacation to…Iceland. Huh? After the bruising battle he waged to get the D.C. Council to endorse the long-awaited stadium lease, wouldn’t he want to escape to a Caribbean island and drink fruit-themed cocktails all day? It seems not: Food. Iceland. End of Feburary. Plug it all into Google and you get…
Good morning, Washington. Today will be mostly cloudy and chilly – highs in the 60s. Matthew Bradley posted this photo to DCist photos, taken at the Dalai Lama’s talk yesterday at the MCI Center. The W. Times has a short story about the talk where they report the 1-hour talk was on “compassion”. Did you attend? What else did the Tibetan leader speak on? Changes on 14th Street: The Post today explores in depth the…
When we posted about popped collars in October 2004, the people were divided. While some decried the practice as a “pointless fashion trend” reliving a short reprise from its heyday in the 1980s, other readers (and at least one DCist) defended it as a harmless variation in the otherwise bleak world of men’s fashion. The whole issue had slipped from our consciousness until we noticed this sign outside of Cafe Saint-Ex last Friday. After a…
Good morning. If you’re looking for something to do tonight, today is the date of the monthly iPod DJ night at Cafe Saint-Ex. Yeah, yeah, after being featured in the Post, USA Today and WUSA’s 11 o’clock news, it doesn’t quite have the same cachet as the early days, although we have heard attendance has declined to reasonable levels after a peak. Tonight at 12:01 they’ll be asking DJ’s to switch to French music to…
This post is from DCist intern Maureen Miller. If conservative interns get a dorm and fitness room to enjoy at the Hertiage Foundation while they’re cranking out reports on privatization, what sort of extra-curricular perks do interns for lefty groups get? While they might not live adjacent their offices, a project of the new Center for American Progress has been working hard to plan a smattering of events for interns for left-leaning groups. This week,…
When the Post covered Cricklewood Massive’s iPod Jukebox night with a cover story in February we thought the night had surely hit a pinnacle of publicity. Last night we were proven wrong: D.C.’s WUSA 9 sent intrepid reporter Nancy Yamada “in the District” to Cafe Saint-Ex to see just what all the fuss was about. The resulting story “iPod Nights” explains the premise of the event and attempts to liven up what appears to be…
We here at DCist love happy hours. After all, we’ve thrown a few ourselves (at The Reef, Big Hunt, Biddy Mulligan’s, and Chief Ike’s Mambo Room), and we try to emerge from behind our computers now and then to attend those put on by fellow bloggers, residents, and activists. Today DC Vote, the organization that has single-mindedly championed District voting rights since 1998, is sponsoring the first of what are to become monthly happy hours….