There have been many great performers in Music Land, for example Bono, Freddie Mercury, and Madonna, just to name a few. There are also many folks who go out of their way to exude cool via ironic t-shirts purchased at Urban Outfitters and meticulously unkempt hair. It’s one thing to dance with a pretty girl in the audience, but how many rock stars put a guitar in her hands and then proceed to wrap their…

The Sketches have dealt with all of the uncertainties of a new artist. Even with a name that does nothing to dispell this notion of transition, they’ve defined themselves and their place among the D.C. area’s finest upcoming musicians. Front man Charlie Bernardo’s voice is strikingly similar to Freddie Mercury, with melodies heavily influenced from The Beatles days of his youth. Bassist Greg Watkins and drummer Anthony Allen support the vocally driven alt-rock with their…

It’s another light week here at Overheard in DC headquarters, so we’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that holidays revolving around the consumption of alcohol can make for some very amusing eavesdropping. So, keep your ears open today, and next week we can discover whether green beer makes people even more stupid than regular beer. Of course, this is what is likely to be overheard at Irish Times this afternoon: Person #1:…

In Roman mythology, Mercury is the god of commerce; here in the District, he seems to be the god of school closures. And he’s back — yes, for the third time in two weeks, Cardozo High School on 13th St. NW above U is the scene of a mercury spillage. At this point it would seem almost plausible that Cardozo was built on a natural mercury spring, or excretes it as a natural byproduct. In…