A new photobook follows The Smiths on tour in 1985, and the journey started right here in Washington.
After asking readers to compete for a pair of tickets to see Morrissey by submitting suicide notes, Brightest Young Things realizes it upset lots of people and is revising the rules of the contest.
Woe Is He: Morrissey in concert. (Not at Saturday’s Warner Theatre show.) For the longest time, I saw no need to replace the caricature that popped up in my head whenever I thought (infrequently) of Morrissey with actual, first-hand observation. I’d come late to the Smiths party; like,15 years after the group broke up, and I’d never continued my investigations on into Morrissey’s by-all-accounts worthy solo output. The admittedly cartoonish impression I had of…
FRIDAY: >>Great quadruple bill comes to the Rock and Roll Hotel: Three Stars alums Jukebox the Ghost (pictured right) and tour diarists These United States join DCist fave Ra Ra Riot and Sam Champion. All that for the low, low price of $10 before, $12 at the door. Show 9 p.m. >> The Black Cat once again hosts Cryfest, everyone’s favorite dance party that pits The Smiths vs. The Cure, brought to you by DJs…
The early part of the week is looking a little light for shows, but after the Fourth things really get rolling through Sunday night. MONDAY >> After coming down with a case of “David Letterman throat” last week, Morrissey was forced to reschedule three shows, including his gig at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Right now it looks like NYC’s loss is our gain, as we just recieved an email from the staff at Wolf…
The Butterstick juggernaut rolls on today, as NBC 4 fills a content gap with a story on how the little fellow, now eight months old, has switched from merely chewing on bamboo to actually swallowing the stuff (he also tries to get ahold of his mother’s fruitsicles, which sounds dirty, but they’re really just fruitsicles). And, of course, we swallow the stuff, happily clicking on the link and receiving as our reward images of the…
FRIDAY: >> The First Ladies DJ Collective hits the Black Cat for Girl Friday: the I Love the 90s version. As their site says, join them to “go back in time to the decade that brought us the Real World, Sassy magazine, babydoll dresses, our first war in Iraq, and not one but three Amy Fisher made-for-tv movies.” Ah, Sassy magazine. How we miss it. 10 p.m., $5, backstage. >> Monopoli headlines tonight at Club…
Don’t forget to check out our music and arts agendas for other events going on this Memorial Day weekend (especially since this weekend is your last chance to see a lot of great exhibitions). FRIDAY: >> We wrote about the outdoor Shakespeare Free for All earlier in the week, and still recommend you check out the staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. and run through June 5. >> Students from…
A very chatty Stephen Patrick Morrissey took the stage at the DAR Constitution Hall at 9 p.m. last night and watched the crowd go crazy as his backing band launched into the seminal Smiths hit “How Soon is Now.” He looked particularly dapper in a red blazer and dark pants. When the band completed the song, he told the crowd “Thank You. Thank you. It’s good to be back at the 9:30 club” in…