>> The Blow, Saturday Looks Good to Me and Karl Blau are all at the Black Cat. 8 p.m., $12. >> The songs of Neil Young will be honored by the collective of local musicians known as Ragged Glory at the Velvet Lounge. Check out our full preview here. >> The aforementioned DieYuppieKickball.com is hosting its first initiation meeting tonight at Cosmos, the upstairs of Chief Ike’s, at 7 p.m. Reads the email: “What?!…

You know what they say — better one scandal too late than never at all. We’ve received word from the office of Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) that tomorrow afternoon he’ll be hosting a public roundtable on the Water and Sewer Agency, which has had something of a rough year so far. Reads an email from Graham: I will be holding a public roundtable on the status of the public water main system in…

Just when we’d started to forget the entire rigamarole about getting the new stadium for the Nationals, we get today’s Post article on the lucrative sale of its naming rights. It’s not so much that we should be surprised that the stadium may be named after a corporation — it’s that the District won’t see a penny of the money that the chosen corporation splashes all over the publicly financed $611 million project. Reads the…

After last week, and especially yesterday and today, probably the busiest weekend in October for classical music, things slow down a little this week. Not to worry, there are concerts for you to hear and some good ones at that. TOP PICKS: >> A week from today (October 22, 7 p.m.), there are still tickets for the recital by Croatian piano virtuoso Ivo Pogorelich at the George Mason University Center for the Arts, way out…

The Examiner has a story today that kind of boggles our noggins. It seems A. Scott Bolden, candidate for the At-Large seat on the D.C. Council, is upset with his opponent, current councilmember Phil Mendelson, for emailing a newsletter to about 1,000 consituents last week. Bolden argued that the emails constitute a violation of D.C. election laws, which prohibit councilmembers from mailing more than 99 newsletters or press releases at a time within 90 days…

Ah yes, the double-parking churchgoers are once again the news. But this time, it looks like they may have their way. The Washington Times is reporting that a taskforce appointed by D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams to consider solutions to the controversial problem may just end up legalizing the practice. Reads the article: A D.C. task force is considering a plan that would make double parking legal at churches on Sundays. “One of the things they…

If there is one thing that the U.S. can learn from Europe, it’s how to best balance urban living, transportation needs, and environmental consciousness. If there is one car that can best make that point, it’s the Smart Car. Smaller even than the popular Mini Cooper, the Smart Car has become all the rage in many European cities where parking is scarce and gasoline expensive, and according to the New York Times, the Smart Car…

And it was just beginning to look like the hopes and dreams of District bloggers and commenters everywhere were going to come true. Yesterday, the Examiner reported that the D.C. Taxicab Commission would release a report in the next few weeks expected to support ditching D.C.’s zone system in favor of regular old meters. The six-month study was conducted by George Washington University and pulls data from over 30,000 cab rides, comparing metered and…

Well, not really. But the former Playboy model and current gold digger could probably find a wealthy and willing suitor if she wanted to. According to an article in the Washington Business Journal, the Washington region ranks fourth in the nation in terms of the number of wealthy residents it has. Reads the article: Metropolitan Washington has 247,219 residents with a net worth of more than $1 million, and 356,430 folks with a net worth…

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams seems to have been taken aback by “An Inconvenient Truth,” the new movie detailing Al Gore’s tireless fight against global warming. In a press release dated June 2, Williams mentions the movie alongside a plea for residents to do whatever they can to prevent global warming. Reads the release: “The best time to act is now,” said Mayor Williams. “Global warming is one of the most dire threats we face. Everyone…