TUESDAY >> DCist favorites the Vita Ruins are playing this very night at DC9 for $8. You’re tired of barbequing and sitting around on your back porch by now, aren’t ya? >> Love them? Hate them? Secretly listen to them while you take a nice warm bath and have a good cry? Keane performs to a sold out crowd at the 9:30 Club tonight. WEDNESDAY >> DCist’s own Sriram Gopal will be playing some…

>> Metro police have arrested a 17-year-old from PG County in connection with the now 8 sexual assault incidents that have been reported in the past two weeks in and around Shaw and Howard University. For those detectives and officers involved in the arrest, allow us to say Thank You! You all get a lot of grief in this city, so here’s to a job well done. [WUSA] >> Dude, Pareene, next time you crash…

So, The United States is preparing to develop methods for generating fuel from switch grass. I don’t know what switch grass is, but my gut tells me it’s a lot like brush, and Bush stands to make a killing off this whole arrangement. There is a Better Way: So, Washington was host once more to the State of the Union. We continue to marvel at the fact that once a year, at a predictable time…

Okay, so D.C. may not be very sexy, but we certainly are wired. Our streets, cafes, and metro cars are replete with Blackberries, WiFi, iPods, and countless other icons of 21st century high-tech culture. While such electronic services and devices may have the ability to both enrich our lives and boost our productivity, let us never forget that behind any scientific or technological advance is the ever-present promise of profit. Steve Jobs may be a…