MONDAY >> You may not be able to pronounce their name, but !!! (chk, chk, chk)’s disco enfused indie pop will leave you speechless. The former band members from The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers are on tour promoting their recent release Myth Takes. Catch them at the 9:30 Club tonight with Canadian experimental rockers, Holy Fuck. $18. TUESDAY >> Velvet Revolver kicked off their Re-evolution tour on May 3rd the same way they…

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — If it weren’t that this DCist ran across additional snow flakes yesterday driving through the unseasonably cold spring weather, Lake Michigan looked down-right enticing when we went to the beach. Calm water, some sun, and the summer tourists from Chicagoland were nowhere in sight. And for $1.50, a bag of chocolate-covered peanuts from Fortino’s on Washington Street was welcome treat. But we should have gotten a Pronto Pup, which is “a…

It seems like the area has a new invasive species to worry about. Just when local anglers are getting used to reeling in the occasional snakehead from the Potomac, the AP, via WTOP, is reporting that a local diver has discovered zebra mussels in the watery depths of a Haymarket quarry. Virginia officials have confirmed the presence of the destructive mollusks, whose presence came as a complete surprise. “I was only down 10 feet, and…