D.C. Water wants to know if your toilet is wasting water, because if it is, you’ll probably end up with a staggeringly steep water bill. In a new YouTube video, the utility has some pointers.

The 10th edition of Silverdocs, the annual documentary film festival sponsored by the American Film Institute and the Discovery Channel, announced its opening and closing films yesterday.

It’s fair to say that Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros brought a few things to the 9:30 Club on Tuesday night that few would have expected. Pianist Aaron Embry kicked off the sold-out show by admitting that no one had a clue as to the whereabouts of vocalist Jade Castrinos. Frontman Alex Ebert rounded out the night, but only after making his way into the pit and inviting about 800 of his newest friends to have a seat on the floor with him for the second song of the encore. Embry did give fair warning from the get-go: they’re just a bunch of hippies.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have been labeled with descriptions as varied as the ten people on their roster. Call them “cultish,” “Nashville-meets-LSD,” “existing in a blissed-out alternate universe” or whatever else. This is a band that wants to make good-time folk-rock music and have fun doing it, Polyphonic Spree comparisons be damned. It’s a strategy that’s working. Their 2009 debut, Up From Below, continues to garner…