The Ramones’ debut album, Dark Side of the Moon, “The Twist,” and many other recorders are deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress.

In all honesty, it’s tough to wholeheartedly recommend going out on New Year’s Eve at all. We love the spirit of the holiday, but paying around $100 a person for a regular night of dancing dressed up with champagne is enough to make anyone feel like a schmuck. It’s a safe bet most of us at DCist will be hitting various house parties to ring in the new year with friends at a more reasonable…

Back when Death by Sexy first appeared in D.C.–showcasing music that resembled a bizarre mixture of The Ramones during their gutsier anthems, Motorhead and The Misfits, if they had sung about traveling the universe impregnating groupies with their rock–the band started out playing the smaller D.C. venues, like Staccato and Velvet Lounge, and during their shows you might have heard some hipsters laugh. The laughs were usually uneasy because they weren’t sure if they…