Sep 13, 2006
Morning Roundup: Fenty Wins Edition
What a night, eh Washington? If you’re like us, you were up late listening to Kojo and Jonetta break down the election results as they came in on WAMU. Our favorite moment of the evening came just before 10 p.m., when Mayor Williams told co-host Jonetta Rose Barras she was crazy to suggest that anyone believed he had waited too long to decide if he would seek a third term. For the record Jonetta —…
Jun 16, 2006
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> Mike Doughty’s band, which we assume will in fact include Mike Doughty, are taking the 9:30 Club stage tonight for a show that as of this writing is still not sold out. If you people need a reason to go above and beyond his music, allow us to present into evidence Exhibit A and Exhibit B. Oh, and Exhibit C: DCist’s awesome interview with him back in September. With Kevin Devine, 8 p.m.,…
Sep 13, 2005
DCist Interview: Mike Doughty
Mike Doughty earned a special place in DCist’s heart at a gig by his former band, Soul Coughing. Doughty, the lead singer of the group, was introducing the members of the band to the audience in between songs, and when he got to himself, he said “And I…am human and I need to be loved, just like everyone else does.” Respect. Despite a smattering of success on “alternative radio” in the late 1990s, Soul Coughing…