Editors Note: We enjoyed the tour diaries J. Tom Hnatow wrote for us as part of These United States’ last tour, so we asked him if he wouldn’t mind doing it again as the band embark on their first ever intercontinental tour of the UK and Europe. He graciously agreed. This is the fourth and final installment of this series. The Paris entry: Thursday October 25th After our marathon, 14-hour, pre-dawn-to-post-dusk trek from Bath to…
Editors Note: We enjoyed the tour diaries J. Tom Hnatow wrote for us as part of These United States’ last tour, so we asked him if he wouldn’t mind doing it again as the band embark on their first ever intercontinental tour of the UK and Europe. He graciously agreed. This is the third installment of an ongoing series. Tuesday, October 23, 2007 A leisurely breakfast, then off to Bath. Bath is stunningly beautiful. And…
Editors Note: We enjoyed the tour diaries J. Tom Hnatow wrote for us as part of These United States’ last tour, so we asked him if he wouldn’t mind doing it again as the band embark on their first ever intercontinental tour of the UK and Europe. He graciously agreed. Look for his dispatches from the road abroad over the next few weeks. Tuesday, October 16, 2007 We walk (and walk and walk) from Baker…
Editors Note: We enjoyed the tour diaries J. Tom Hnatow wrote for us as part of These United States’ last tour, so we asked him if he wouldn’t mind doing it again as the band embark on their first ever intercontinental tour of the UK and Europe. He graciously agreed. Look for his dispatches from the road abroad over the next few weeks. Checking my pockets every ten seconds for passport, work permit, wallet, boarding…
If this piddling little excuse for a snowstorm keeps you indoors this evening, maybe you don’t deserve to go meet the crew of Road to Roubaix tonight at Warehouse for the film’s fundraiser. The century old road race is no Tour de France with its fancy paved streets and three weeks to make up for break-downs and falls. No, the one day Paris-Roubaix is for the hard core cyclists who like their jaws ringing like…
Editors Note: Yesterday afternoon a 27- year old Mason student fell to his death from the third story of the Johnson Center. This post was written yesterday afternoon, before the current facts were known, and is in no way meant to be insensitive. DCist extends every condolence to the young man’s family and the Mason community. George Mason University, located in the middle of beautiful congested Fairfax, Virginia, is, apparently, one of the unhappiest college…
Editors Note: This week’s opinion piece comes to us from the young people at Youth Action Research Group in Washington, D.C. A youth membership based organization, YARG organizes young people in the city to change policies around issues that affect the city’s under represented youth population. Currently, they are working on improving D.C.’s youth employment training and placement programs. The following editorial was written by Jose Andrade, age 19, Nancy Cruz, age 16, Adriana…
Written by Jason Linkins Editors Note: We have changed the title of the post to reflect the fact that the witness did not see the killing itself happen. The Post reported as early as Wednesday that the Metropolitan Police Department is still looking for any information that could lead to an arrest in the slaying of Damon Ward, who was shot early Sunday morning, February 26. Ward, an architect from Arlington, Virginia, was apparently an…