File this under “More Evidence that America has Become Way Too Litigious” — a legal battle between two D.C. kickball leagues has now gone on for over a year, and doesn’t look to be coming to a resulution anytime soon. Yes, a lawsuit. Over kickball. Early last year the World Adult Kickball Association (WAKA) filed a lawsuit against upstart DC Kickball, alleging that founder and WAKA-defector Carter Rabasa had stolen WAKA’s rules of play and…

Last October, Metro kicked off a quirky campaign to encourage commuters to travel more safely; basically, they coined new words to describe safety-enhancing practices and shine some light on those whose actions made riding the rails that much more painful a process. They started small, with four words — PlanBdextrous, referring to the ability to map out an alternate route home; Sumpnspicious, those suspicious actions and occurrences that should be reported to Metro officials;…

Last night marked the second time in the last few months that I attended a Stellastarr* show at the 9:30 Club and didn’t stick around for the headliners. Last October I caught great sets by Cedars and Giant Drag and last night I went solely to see the English quartet Editors. Despite spending most of the set with my ears pinned to the front speakers in order to snap these photos, I thought their…