More star wattage, more choice, more tough choices. V-Mo Fest V. 3, Part II offered more of the same, and in this case, that’s a very good thing. In addition to the words and visuals you saw yesterday, today we’ve also got audio of several on-the-spot interviews Chris conducted at the festival. Copious sound + vision follows! 8/10/08 5:04 PM -Michelle Stafford of Headcount – Chris Klimek Ace photographer DCist Kyle kicks it off: I…

Along with ripped jeans and an appetite for destruction, a roguish stage name is a prerequisite for membership in a punk band. There’s Iggy Pop, Sid Vicious, and the frontmen for the four acts playing at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Sunday: Andy Vandal from The Riptides, not to be confused with Conley Chlamydia of The RipOuts. Then there’s Haircut (of The Heart Attacks), and Joe Queer (of The Queers). Since 1982, The Queers…

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It’s grossing millions and definitely the most quotable thing we’ve seen in ages. But Borat himself seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he’d made his way around the world on the -ist tour. In Shanghai, Borat would be observing Inane Learnings of Penis Photos for Make Benefit Glorious Flat World of Handmade Toy…

What happens when a prep couture line tries its hand at grub? Food and waifish models side by side? Only in Georgetown. The month-old Rugby is the first of Ralph Lauren’s six hip international stores (no, they don’t sell their wares online) to open a bistro next door—the oh so creatively named Rugby Café. Like the clothing, the prices are slightly steep for what’s actually presented—a scrap of tank top here, a bowl of spinach…

Bummed that you couldn’t get tickets to the sold-out Interpol show tonight? Fear no longer, intrepid concert goers, because the D.C. scene is offering up something much more interesting. Actress-turned-rocker Juliette Lewis (yes, she’s a double threat), famous from endeavors such as “Natural Born Killers,” and “The Way of the Gun,” and “Starsky & Hutch,” brings her band the Licks to the Black Cat this evening. “I live for the sweat I drip on stage,”…