He’s a little embarrassed that I’m pimping his article here, but I thought our readers might like to know that our esteemed jazz critic, Sriram Gopal, has his first article published in Modern Drummer magazine today. That a DCist writer got a freelance piece published is hardly a big deal — that happens all the time. But Sriram’s story is too good not to share. See, he’s a really big music geek, and a drummer,…

TUESDAY >> DCist favorites the Vita Ruins are playing this very night at DC9 for $8. You’re tired of barbequing and sitting around on your back porch by now, aren’t ya? >> Love them? Hate them? Secretly listen to them while you take a nice warm bath and have a good cry? Keane performs to a sold out crowd at the 9:30 Club tonight. WEDNESDAY >> DCist’s own Sriram Gopal will be playing some…

Preservation of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is something we’ve discussed on DCist a number of times before — usually in reference to the library and street that share his name. One thing the city’s still missing is a memorial to the civil rights hero. The memorial’s design was approved in 2005, with the remaining hurdle that plagues so many projects of this nature: money. Fundraisers have been hard at work…

Written by DCist contributor Sriram Gopal There is some great jazz coming up in the area. Make some time to check out these upcoming shows: >> On Thursday, guitar great John Abercrombie brings his quiet intensity to Blues Alley for 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. sets. Accompanying him are Masada alumnus Joey Baron on drums, bass maestro Marc Johnson, and Mark Feldman on violin. This is a lineup of wonderful musicians who are all band…

This post was written by new DCist contributor Sriram Gopal Unlike its cinema, music, dance, and literature, India’s dramatic arts have made very few inroads in garnering any international exposure. So it was a pleasant surprise to learn that Jana Natya Manch (The People’s Theater Forum), or JANAM, one of India’s most active street theater groups, would be stopping in DC for a week as part of its U.S. tour. The political theater group…