Just last week, I walked by a man with a small Tom Petty cardboard cut-out and video camera in Mt. Pleasant. My journalistic curiosity must have been particularly dull that day, because I didn’t think twice about it and simply went on my merry way. Big mistake.
FRIDAY: >> Potty Fest? Not really, but it’s called POONanza. It’s actually a comic variety show named after the host, Larry Poon. A Washington native, Poon grew up in the tough “CrackLand” housing projects in Southeast. Debuting on stage back in 1999, he’s haunted countless area-comedy shows, and will perform POONanza III tonight at Warehouse Theatre. We’re not really sure what the roman numerals signify, but he promises POONification. We’re intrigued. Check out the man’s…
Monday: Long before its Starship iteration, with all its associated abominable number one hits, the band called Jefferson Airplane (pictured) released some of the greatest psychedelic rock anthems of the late 1960s, fueled in part by the guitar and bass work of D.C. natives Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. The two left the Jefferson collective to work on their blues side project, Hot Tuna, full-time, an undertaking they’ve continued to today. The duo play an…
As the Hot Ticket turns into the pleasantly, autumnally cool ticket, there are certain hot items that will go without saying from now on, so don’t ask why we haven’t mentioned them. These are: 1) You should all be ashamed for not going to Nats games while there are a few left in this inaugural season, but we’re not going to mention this anymore. 2) There is, apparently, a professional football team in the area,…
MONDAY: >>Lucinda Williams brings her raspy voice to the D.C. tonight. Her Tom Petty-inspired brand of roots rock can be heard on her latest album, Live At The Fillmore. Or you can catch the real thing tonight at the 9:30 Club. $35, 7:30. >>Grab your Coke, gel your hair, and spend the evening with the man who made teenagers and soccer moms wear out their voting fingers in 2003. Clay Aiken at Wolf Trap, $25…
Thunderstorms swept across the region late yesterday afternoon, drenching the sold-out crowd that came to see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Merriweather Post Pavillion, delaying the start of openers The Black Crowes, and stranding Petty himself on a plane in New York that arrived a mere 20 minutes before he was set to hit the stage. But that didn’t stop the show, much less put a damper on the spirit of the audience….
(From DCist contributor Amanda Mattos) To play in D.C. this week, you apparently have to have played at Bonnaroo, been involved with a movie star, or started your career here. MONDAY: >>After a 2004 tour with the Blind Boys of Alabama, and countless appearances on mix CDs burned in dorm rooms, Ben Harper (at right) alights the 9:30 Club with friend and cohort, Tom Freund. The two recorded the album Pleasure & Pain together in…
Spring has sprung (well, sort of), and concerts in the D.C. area are in full bloom. We thought we had enough on our plate with the upcoming April and May line ups, but with some concert announcements in the past week, there’s even more than we expected. >> Bright Eyes sold out quickly the last time he came around, but apparently he can’t get enough of the District – dreamboat Conor Oberst (at right) is…
