In all honesty, it’s tough to wholeheartedly recommend going out on New Year’s Eve at all. We love the spirit of the holiday, but paying around $100 a person for a regular night of dancing dressed up with champagne is enough to make anyone feel like a schmuck. It’s a safe bet most of us at DCist will be hitting various house parties to ring in the new year with friends at a more reasonable…

Last thing we’ll say about it, until tomorrow when we post the link to all the badass pictures and the NBC4 story on the knife fight that broke out between Tony Kornheiser and Sally Jenkins, both of which wanted the ping-pong table (yeah, did we mention the ping-pong table?). Closest Metro station is U Street/Cardozo, for which you’ll want to use the 10th Street exit. Cue Bar is on the north side of U,…

The headline may lean a bit towards the dramatic, but we’re bummed. For those of you who are, like us, stoked for the very cool 3-band line up at DC9 this Saturday, the bill just lost one degree of awesome. Don’t worry DCist Ryan, Greenland is still playing. However, The Hard Tomorrows have had to pull out of the show because guitarist Rishi Chakrabarty (pictured at right) injured his hand. Certainly a bummer, but Greenland…

Smoking real estate market. Budget surpluses. New baseball stadium. Revitalized neighborhoods. Really makes the District sound idyllic, doesn’t it? Maybe not. A study released by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute yesterday may well throw some cold water on the city’s celebration of its good fortune, though. According to the study, which analyzed census data to determine economic changes in District neighborhoods from 1990 to 2000, income inequality in the city continues to grow, with top…

In an article that reminds us a little bit of USA Today’s recent shocking discovery that iPods are popular, a Post front-page article today delves into the underbelly of Saint-Ex’s regular iPod DJ Night. We kid, we kid. We’re glad the iPod DJ nights got some good press — we’re totally a fan of the monthly events, and couldn’t be more pleased that local bloggers Seeking Irony and WeirdCurves got quoted. But at the same…

Happy Friday, folks. Like we’ve said, enjoy the weather this weekend, eventhough there will be some rain tomorrow. FRIDAY: >> Since we were shamed about omitting them in our January music round-up, let’s make sure to tell you: punk rockers Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are playing the Black Cat. Except, oops — looks like it’s sold out. Sorry. We suck. >> MCCXXIII is donating 100 percent of the proceeds raised at a benefit…

Don’t get yourselves down about the gloomy weather, fellow DC-ites. Capital Weather suggests that it’ll get sunny by tomorrow afternoon, and there are plenty of goodies to keep you occupied this weekend. FRIDAY: >> Local band Full Minute of Mercury (pictured here) plays the Velvet Lounge tonight. Read a review and see pictures over at Seeking Irony. She calls them “fun girl-fronted powerpop with a smile.” Plus, we think they’re hot. >> The Fraser Gallery…

Thanks to everyone who came to our launch party last night; we here at DCist had a blast. Attendees included editors Rob and Mike and contributors Catherine, Kyle, Rebecca, Hemal, and Kanishka. Bloggers in attendance included Weirdcurves, DC SOB, Articulatory Loop, Seeking Irony, Due Torre, C-130, a representative from MemeFirst and a whole lot more. If you couldn’t make it, stay tuned for our next event! Also, we’ll post more photos soon. If you…