Blondie’s Chris Stein spoke with DCist about the band’s latest album, the importance of bee populations, and the members’ unwillingness to retire.

So should we all be intimidated that our garbage cans are smarter than we are?

“The show is an escape, and life is so hard for so many people right now that an escape might be good.”

“I love playing this club,” said Shirley Manson. “It’s a part of Garbage’s history at this point. And we get to do it all over again tomorrow night.”

What’s the matter with D.C. United? After losing to New York, they’ve fallen into the Eastern Conference basement.

More recycling, less garbage: D.C. could soon increase the size of recycling cans while shrinking down traditional garbage cans.

Attention inauguration visitors: Please clean up after yourselves better.

With another heat wave coming in, Metro will allow passengers to drink water aboard buses and trains. But it’s going to be hot all summer. Why not make it permanent? Don’t count on that, Metro says.

With the temperatures rising, the D.C. Department of Public Works has announced that trash pickups will start an hour earlier tomorrow through Friday.

It turns out Washington isn’t that dirty, despite certain commentariats’ insistence that the city is overrun with pooping hobos.