Oct 03, 2006
The Hold Steady @ Ottobar
By DCist contributor Graham Hough-Cornwell In 1974 after watching a show at the Harvard Square theatre, rock critic Jon Landau famously wrote, “I saw rock and roll’s future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen.” Now anyone who’s spent any time with rock history knows this as a defining point in Springsteen’s career, after which he graced the covers of Time and Newsweek (simultaneously) and would never have to play another dingy bar again in his…
Feb 09, 2006
The Weekly Feed: Veritas Edition
John Harvard’s Brew House Has Dropped Out It looks like the District can’t even keep sub-par brewpubs. Already a eighth-year senior, John Harvard’s Brew House on Pennsylvania and 13th Streets NW has closed its doors. With the phone dead and its banishment from the mothersite, it looks like the Ad Board has asked it to take a loooooong leave of absence. DCist had mixed feelings about the place. I’d return for bit of post-college nostalgia,…