>> Tragedy strikes the best little bar in Arlington! According to a MySpace bulletin, some miscreant has run off with Galaxy Hut’s kareoke equipment, effectively squashing DCist Amanda’s favorite way to spend a Thursday night. Why would someone do such a thing? Especially since wherever they take it is sure to have an inferior beer selection to the equipment’s original home. Do your part and go spend some money at G Hut so they can…
>> The actor who plays Jim Halpert on NBC’s The Office, John Krasinski, otherwise known as the boyfriend of every female staff writer at DCist, was apparently onstage with Ben Gibbard at the 9:30 Club last night. Krasinski, who met Gibbard on the set of the upcoming film adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, reportedly got a bit drunk, came on the stage and provided a little witty musical banter…
There’s no doubt Naomi Klein would shake her head in disgust were she to stumble upon this. Earlier on ye olde DCist staff email list, DCist Amanda related a conversation she had with friends recently about how much they love it when a truck bearing the Metropolitan Meat Seafood & Poultry logo rolls by, for the sole reason that they have such an adorable logo. It’s just so friendly, and optimistic, the way the lobster…
For all our snark here at DCist, you have to know we’re big fans of the Internet. So on this gray and gloomy day, we thought we’d bring you a short but sweet tale of the power of the Internet to save puppies. Because, really, what else is it good for if it can’t save helpless, adorable animals? Nothing, that’s what. Wednesday night, a friend of DCist Amanda’s was driving along in Falls Church when…
MONDAY >> Indie rock heroes Built to Spill and Camper Van Beethoven will be headlining the 9:30 Club for two nights in a row. Show up early and check out a band with a name only graphic designers could love. $20. >> No joke: The members of The Station Myth are all named Daniel. Well, that’s what their Web site says, anyway. You can ask them about it at the Velvet Lounge tonight, where they’ll…
By now, you and your entire network of friends, acquaintances and enemies have made plans to meet at DC9 tonight to take in the glory that will be Unbuckled 4: DCist’s Official 2nd Anniversary party. Right? Well, just in case you haven’t been sold by our lineup alone (and don’t forget to check out our reviews of Middle Distance Runner and The Vita Ruins), let us give you 5 more reasons that Unbuckled is the…
Massive deluges, flooded out streets, crime emergencies. The Washington region has been hit with some extreme elements already this summer, and, according to our friends over at Capital Weather, we are about to enter a “dangerous, excessive heat event.” How dangerous and excessive? Just peep their graphic, which indicates there will be a gradual elevation of the temperature, followed by the sky turning red and the rivers running with blood. CW states that the coming…
Monday: Halloween on a Monday is a bit of a let down. You’ve already donned your costume and bobbed your fill of apples, and all that’s left is to egg a few motorcades and hit the discount candy bins at CVS. It’s damned anticlimactic. Much like the two orchestral “Want” albums Rufus Wainwright put together after enticing us all with two strong opening efforts (on Dreamworks, natch; pays to be a legacy). Nevertheless, Rufus is…
