We’re frankly mostly of the mind that New Year’s Eve is best spent at a house party with good friends — going out to a club is almost always overpriced and often a big letdown. But in the event you don’t have a party to attend, are new in town, or for any other reason are facing tonight without a firm plan, here’s a few of our suggestions on how to have a fun and…

Thanks to Christmas and days off and such, it was a bit of a slower week for comments, but there are still plenty of gems worth sharing. OldPosterKnownAsCranky gets the nod for comment of the week: Hello? Hello? [thump, thump] Is this thing on? Man, it royally sucks ass to have to work on Christmas Eve. After the jump, cranky Catania, drive through booze, cougars, and the esteemed best avatar and username awards. Photo by…

FRIDAY: >> Local comic book store Fantom Comics is celebrating the grand opening of their new Union Station store tonight with a party from 6 to 10:30 p.m. They’ll be serving up free pizza on the early side and the comedy stylings of the Geek Comedy Tour during the second half of the night. There will also be a trivia contest with $500 gift certificates up for grabs. The party is inside the Union…

As usual, you said a lot of funny and thought-provoking stuff last week. But like LeVar Burton, don’t take our word for it, and read on for Georgetown protests, monkeyrotica running a museum, and GMU fraternities, among other things. —— monkeyrotica would be an awesome director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine: The disorganized state of the Army Medical Museum is an example of vicious circle funding: hardly anybody visits the place because…

>> Akron/Family’s folk-influenced jams will pour out of the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight, with Greg Davies, Raleigh’s Megafaun, and Stamen and Pistils. $12, 8 p.m. doors. >> The awards have already been announced, so it’s a good time to check out the end of the D.C. Shorts Film Festival now that they’re offering one of several “Best-Of” collections screening at 10 p.m. tonight — odds are good you won’t have to sit through…

>> Don’t miss our full preview and interview with Bonde do Role, playing tonight at the Black Cat with Plastic Little and local experimental audio/visual artist Edie Sedgwick. $10, 8 p.m. >> >> DC9’s got The Daybreak Line and The Beanstalk Library, who we recently profiled in a Three Stars piece, and Athens, GA’s The Winter Sounds. $8, 9:30 p.m. >> I have vivid memories of watching the significantly creepy 1960 TV version of…

>> A Place To Bury Strangers bring their surf rock inflected shoegaze (with just a hint of Echo and The Bunnymen) to the backstage at the Black Cat. Airiel opens. 9 p.m., only $7. >> Georgie James plays an acoustic set at DC9 tonight during the ShervinFoto Book Release Party. Shervin Lainez’ Happy Accidents documents 25 D.C. bands over the past 2 years. The book comes with a compilation CD or 12 tracks from…

>> Buzzworthy singer/guitarist Marnie Stern will be at the Rock and Roll Hotel with openers Zulu Pearls. 9p.m., $10. >> DDOT and ANCs 1B, 1C and 2B are hosting a public meeting on the future of the U Street corridor tonight, with an aim to discuss existing and proposed conditions of the neighborhood as well as address transportation concerns for the corridor. 6:30-8:30 p.m. in DDOT’s second floor community room in the Reeves Building…

>> So, there’s some old band playing at 9:30 Club tonight, and you don’t have tickets. Head over to DC9 to catch Hej Hej, D.C.’s only Scandinavian pop and rock dance night (normally at Saint-Ex), as it heads to 9th Street to host Sweden’s The Lovekevins in a special performance. Plus drink specials on Vikingfjord vodka. 9 p.m., $8 >> One of the crucial Bogart films, Treasure of the Sierra Madre is also the…

Late on Friday, MPD issued a statement urging all District residents who stop to fill up their gas tanks to exercise caution, as a recent spate of thefts out of cars have occurred while customers are paying for their gas. Nine of these thefts happened in the MPD’s Sixth District, so extra vigilance in that area of the city is a good idea. From the release: Suspects wait for a motorist to leave their vehicle…