Sculptor Ron Mueck, whose work you may recognize, once made creatures for the movies.
FRIDAY: >> The fun, free funk and soul dance party, Moneytown at Rock and Roll Hotel, is featuring a special guest DJ named Harry Hotter, which is reason enough in itself to check to it out just to see if he’ll be dressing the part. DJ Nitekrawler will also be there as usual. 9:30 p.m. to close. And don’t forget to check out our full preview of 1990s, who play downstairs with Red Romance and…
DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: Labyrinth Jim Henson continued to indulge the darker doors of his mind that he’d thrown wide open with The Dark Crystal in this, regrettably his last feature film. How a film made by Jim Henson and George Lucas, and starring David Bowie managed to tank as badly as this did upon release is a mystery,…
Steadfast friendships, a taste for whiskey, and a penchant for Iron Maiden and Fugazi. These are the driving forces behind New Rock Church of Fire. The band is made up of bassist Mitchell West – who works with political advertising by day and brews his own beer (Mitchale) by night, guitarist and lead vocalist Floyd York – who pays the bills with a slew of odd jobs from catering to real estate photography, and drummer…
We get a lot of CDs here at DCist, and at least 90 percent of them are nothing more than DJ mix tapes. So it was a bit of a pleasant surprise when Beau Tand’s self-titled debut album arrived and we heard what sounded like David Bowie crooning about French model and actress Francoise Hardy over programmed beats. Sure it’s more 1980s Bowie than Ziggy Stardust, and that might be enough to drive some listeners…
By DCist contributor Abby Lavin Darlings of Oklahoma City’s glam rock scene (yes, apparently there is one), The Stock Market Crash have earned comparisons to David Bowie, Franz Ferdinand, and The Strokes. As much as we love those acts, being so ripe for comparison can be a red flag that the band is a rip-off. We showed up at TSMC’s show at DC9 last night looking to find out what sets them apart from, say,…
David Bowie reference aside, perhaps you too, as a way of sticking it to the man for subjecting you to the indoors on a gorgeous day, start coming up with inane ideas, looking for good Family Guy quotes online, and doing other pointless things. Essentially, anything to make the time go faster and to avoid the work you really need to be doing. I’ve been staring at this pile of pennies that has managed to…
Londonist prepares a Happy Birthday bath for Buddah this week and then things get all cliched. A madman goes on a rampage while axe-weidling and London’s mayor warns an American diplomat to avoid the kitchen if the heat bothers him so much. LAist has finally come around to purchasing tickets for Clipper Train. Hyper local dating sites are spamming L.A. neighborhoods and the fascinating Dame Darcy talks with LAist about art, the city and earthquakes….
This DCist must admit we are something of a casual fan of Moby, having only seen him perform live once before, at the Area 1 tour at Merriwether in 2001. That said, Moby played a tight and professional show at last night’s sold-out show at the 9:30 Club. We were happy to find some of the things we remembered from the 2001 tour hadn’t changed: a well choreographed light show and Moby’s confident and energetic…
From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: Hopelessly cynical hipster kids can get a dose of feel-good, irony-free music tonight with the Polyphonic Spree concert, going on at the 9:30 Club (815 V St. NW). Twenty-five bandmates, dressed in technicolor floor-length robes, indoctrinate audience members into their wonderful world of musical puppies and rainbows. The Texas-based group, building on the success of their first album, “The Beginning Stages of …”, has found some critical success with…