It appears that it’s an insiders-only event.
It’s taking place at the 9:30 Club on the day before inauguration.
For a band that outsiders see as dark, brooding, and very serious, The National‘s shows always feature a handful of light-hearted and silly moments to break up the mood a bit.
Photo by Flickr user falfa. Used by permission. Editor’s Note: We realize this show wasn’t in, or really anywhere near, D.C. But as it was My Bloody Valentine’s only show anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region, and lots of D.C. area folks traveled down for the show, we thought we’d share the experience for those who, sadly, couldn’t make it. Kevin Shields knows a thing or two about myth-making. Whether by design or not, My…
DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Major Release: There Will Be Blood We should have held our tongues on our top 10 for the year until the actual end of the year. Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film slipped in just under the 2007 wire in limited release last week, and the director channels John Huston, Stanley Kubrick, and his own wild-eyed imagination…
Good morning, Washington. It really is freezing outside, people are dropping like flies from this terrible cold going around town, and over in Iowa, we hear there’s some kind of a fake election going on that’s going to dominate the news cycle all day. It could all be enough to get us down, but yet, we carry on … until we read this story about an 11-year-old boy in Burke, VA who has been…
>> Yesterday we profiled Five Four, the hardest working all girl band in the city, with the cutest shoes, in a Three Stars piece. Tonight you can see those shoes up close and personal at DC9, $8. If that’s not the dose of local music you were hoping for tonight, how about Meredith Bragg at the Black Cat, or Gist at Iota? >> Ever thought, I’d like to get a new perspective on Scientology. A…
Good morning, Washington. With the Christmas holiday looming, things are slowing down in workplaces around the region. Well, most workplaces, anyway — D.C.’s firefighters seem to be keeping plenty busy. Yesterday, of course, there was the fire at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Since then there’s been a two alarm fire at the Chinatown Red Roof Inn, and this impressive gathering of firefighters just south of Logan around 6 p.m. last night. Here’s hoping…
FRIDAY: >> Ted Leo and the Pharmacists are at the 9:30 Club with Kristeen Young and Partyline, $15, 9 p.m. Also Saturday with Kristeen Young and Ris Paul Ric. >> DC9’s Liberation Dance Party hosts Brooklyn’s Jaguar Club. $6, 9 p.m. SATURDAY: >> The Historic Sixth and I Synagogue hosts The Eight, D.C.’s part of a “worldwide Hannukah party” featuring the LeeVees, DeLeon and D.C.’s own Black and White JohnsonsJacksons. $12/$18, all ages, 9 p.m….
Commenter Lionel M. Hutz linked to a video yesterday in our post about the 1-year jail sentence handed down to the former Metrobus driver who struck and killed two women in February. Rusty over at why.i.hate.dc also linked to it this morning, and since then, the DCist Staff email list has been filled with a lot of phrases like “Wow”, “Holy crap!” and “That’s the single most horrific piece of video I’ve seen in a…
