So now you know who we loved locally this year. Here’s our list of the live shows that came through town and left a lasting impression in ’07. Dismemberment Plan Reunion Shows @ Black Cat DCist Ian says: The Plan’s much anticipated reunion to benefit Cal Robbins, the son of Jawbox/Burning Airlines frontman and recording engineer J. Robbins, sold out in under five minutes. So Travis Morrison & co. added a second show. In all…
>> The Senate might have to work all weekend, in advance of a possible vote on Sunday on whether to take up a $50 billion war funding bill that calls for a troop withdrawal from Iraq in 12 months, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned. Be prepared to hear all your Senate staffer friends complain about this at happy hour tonight. [The Hill] >> Foxhall Road will be closed to traffic between MacArthur Boulevard…
Run for your lives, Washington. Rats have taken over our fair city, and there is no hope of escaping their evil, rat-like ways. We shall flee to the suburbs and their clean, plastic, rat-free lifestyle. But wait! Inside Edition, long-time bastion of quality broadcast news, is here to save us. Thank God for Inside Edition’s Rat Patrol. Let me start out by saying that Inside Edition is possibly the greatest news show on television. Not…
Chinatown may have a new movie theater, a bowling alley, the Verizon Center, Hooters and a lot of new stylish apartment buildings, but it doesn’t have a supermarket. And given the news today, that won’t change anytime soon. WJLA is reporting that gourmet grocery store Balducci’s has decided not to locate a store in the popular neighborhood, opting instead to improve their existing locations. The article notes that Safeway is planning a store at Fifth…
When some Maryland counties passed one, many shrugged and said, “There’s always D.C.” When the District followed suit, those many seemed rattled, but not defeated, saying, “Thank God there’s Virginia.” But is Virginia now going down the same road Maryland and D.C. did? It looks like it. We are, of course, speaking of the ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. WJLA is reporting that the Virginia State Senate today endorsed a ban on smoking…
It may be a first, but it’s a first that District voting rights activists have been waiting for and one which they are sure to celebrate — an international endorsement of their cause. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a 55-member regional security organization, is holding its annual meeting in Washington starting tomorrow, during which they plan on considering a resolution that expressly calls for the U.S. government to grant residents of the…