The cool, crisp autumn air blows through pumpkin fields. The calendar reads “October”, and the days are getting shorter. Lucky baseball fans are afflicted by the phenomenon known as Pennant Fever. Or, if you’re like us (and fans of about 5 other teams), you’ve got Managerial Vacancy Fever. The only prescription? More rumors! Independent of non-news, there are some area sports teams playing actual games this weekend. Caps Open Season With Low Expectations, Booze…

(Review and photo by DCist guest reviewer Ryan Avent) Dostoyevsky once said, “The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.” Devoted followers of British Sea Power no doubt expected the follow up to indie sleeper “The Decline of British Sea Power” to be as arrestingly unique as its predecessor, just as crowd after crowd on their more recent tours has…