The classic sweet and spicy sauce will be available in stores across the U.S.
Wale, activist Tony Lewis Jr., and more appear in a Complex series’ episode called “Why Mumbo Sauce Is the Key to D.C.’s Subculture.”
The D.C.-centric slippers will be sold at Bucketfeet in December.
MONDAY >> Not really into the whole Christmas Eve thing? Jewmongous is Sean Altman from Rockapella (of “Carmen Sandiego” fame) and “What I Like about Jew” who will be offering humorous Christmas Eve odes including “They Tried To Kill Us (We Survived, Let’s Eat),” and “Taller Than Jesus,” at Jammin Java in Vienna. $20, 7 p.m. and 9:30 (two shows). >> The music played by the DJs at the South African Christmas Eve party…
Like half-smokes, go-go and taxation without representation, mumbo sauce is something that’s uniquely D.C. And suddenly, it’s getting bandied about all over the radio. We’re not talking about the group Mambo Sauce, who have their own ode to the District. We’re talking about DJ Flexx (of WPGC)’s “Chicken Wings & Fried Rice”, a song that is — seriously — entirely about mumbo sauce. You can listen to a partial clip here, or tune your radio…
FRIDAY: >> Local comic book store Fantom Comics is celebrating the grand opening of their new Union Station store tonight with a party from 6 to 10:30 p.m. They’ll be serving up free pizza on the early side and the comedy stylings of the Geek Comedy Tour during the second half of the night. There will also be a trivia contest with $500 gift certificates up for grabs. The party is inside the Union…
MONDAY >> You cannot avoid Toots Hibbert on TV these days. Well actually, it is just that Nissan car commercial with the Clash’s version of Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” The guy who penned that song, “Reggae Got Soul,” and numerous other R&B flavored Jamaican numbers is at the 930 Club with the latest version of the Maytals. Hot D.C. go-go combo Mambo Sauce were just added as openers. $26 >> If solo indie…
