By DCist Contributor Valerie Paschall By the time Northern State came into existence in 2000, the term “girl power” had become a sort of joke, referring to acts that spent as much time undercutting this “power” of theirs with shameless self-promotion and dubious costume choices as they did with cultivating any actual vocal or lyrical talent. As such, using this term (or any ambiguous feminist term) to describe these three ladies from Brooklyn seems…

Just two days left in our V Fest ticket giveaway video contest. Make your best entry that includes some form of a song by a V Fest artist, load it to YouTube, tag it with “DCist,” and send an email to amanda (at) dcist (dot) com with the link and your contact information to put your hat in the ring. All entries must come in by 5 p.m. this Sunday night. Don’t miss your…

DCist got a report that the Beastie Boys are right now (2:45 p.m.) at the Asylum Wake Skate Snow store on Seventh Street downtown. While it is unclear if they are giving an impromptu performance, apparently there is a lot of “wooo hoo”ing. The Beastie Boys are set to perform at the Patriot Center at George Mason University this evening. Can anyone else fill us in with details?…