D.C. Council Chair Kwame Brown’s been pretty busy lately, what with hammering out the city’s budget and all — but that doesn’t mean he’s off the public relations train. Brown’s latest attempt to connect with the city in light of the “Fully Loaded” scandal is this profile in the Washington Informer, in which Brown channels The Rock and talks about his love of hot yoga.

Photo and review by DCist contributor Valerie Paschall Atlanta psych-noise rockers Deerhunter may have built a reputation over the past year for shocking their live audiences, but last week the band seemed visibly shaken. The previous night, guitarist Colin Mee departed the group, making Thursday their first show in several years as a quartet. This shift in the band’s chemistry was the latest in a string of personal and public relations disasters in the past…

The story usually follows the same line — a night club is the scene of a violent incident, the District responds by temporarily shutting it down and it invariably loses its liquor license and goes out of business. It happened at Club U, at Kili’s Kafe and at Club 1919. And after a fatal shooting over the weekend at H20, the swanky waterfront club may be next. One man was shot and killed in an…

Hope you didn’t stay up too late debating the President’s speech with friends last night, Washington. We stayed up a bit past our bedtimes ourselves, mostly pondering the rhetorical significance of the difference between the phrases “mistakes were made”, and “where mistakes have been made”. Either way, we take full responsibility for any mistakes that were/have been made in this morning roundup, which was completed with the known unknown of the amount of sleep we…

Ramsey’s Legacy Pondered: The Post has a front page story this morning mulling over exactly how outgoing Police Chief Ramsey will be remembered as he leaves his post. Often criticized for emphasizing public relations and merely reacting to crime issues instead of thinking ahead, but undeniably praised for bringing order to a corrupt department and out-of-control crime situation, council member Kathy Patterson (D-Ward 3) probably assessed Ramsey’s overall performance most accurately: “very mixed.” Ford’s…

In case you had any doubts that Washington is little more than a swamp with marble buildings, venture outside for a quick check on your surroundings. In fact, head to the intersection of 20th and L Streets, NW for a prime example. Much like a swamp, it totally smells like ass. Literal ass. You know that buttered popcorn smell they blow all over theme parks and movie theatres? Imagine that, but with raw sewage; it’s…

Instead of just my coat rack greeting me last week, I had a letter from Borger Management, the company that manages my apartment building and dozens of others in the District. Usually, the only things that are slipped under my door are package pick-up notices and take-out menus, so I was suspicious. In a craftily-worded letter, the company gave a full-out endorsement of the D.C. City Council’s possible elimination of the current rent ceiling…

Washington being the government town that it is, it’s almost inevitable that political adversaries would live in the same neighborhood, sharing in the duties of civic life while battling in the marketplace of ideas and policies during the work week. Most famous for being out of his element may be Karl Rove, whose District home sits squarely in a city that overwhelmingly voted against the man for whom he campaigned and advised. But when do…

Good morning, Washington. Today will be mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Stadium Planning Process Contentious: What do you get when you mix the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission, Major League Baseball, the fragil egos D.C. government, and a red-hot real estate market in Near Southeast? The answer is a convoluted planning process described by the Post in an article today where the architect has conflicting instructions and city leaders can’t seem…

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams isn’t one to be left behind — he’s started his own official blog. Currently boasting only one entry dated August 15, Williams admits he’s not trying to undermine his communications staff more than connect with the citizens he serves. He writes: As I welcome you to my blog I’m asking myself the question: What is a blog anyway? Is it a modern high-tech version of the diary logging the experiences and…