Pay What You Can Performance

"The Unmentionables" by Bruce Norris premiers tomorrow night at the Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company with two nights of pay-what-you-can performances. Other reviewers say its a "breezy take on Americans abroad in the Third World" that exposes their "bourgeois hypocracy." You can read a review of another company's performance in the Times.

Rock and Roll Hotel 1 Year Anniversary Party! 08.25.07

After countless shows, dj nights, photos and memories galore, it's hard to believe that RnR is only 1!!! Come on out on Saturday night to celebrate H Streets' finest.

Hosted by Andrew W.K
Sound by:
The Whips,
Earl Greyhound
The Big Sleep
The Points

Pow Wow DJs down
Disco City DJs Up

$20

RnR turns 1!

melvins tickets on sale today! 08.24.07

Yes, I've waited all year... Melvins and Big Business are back at the Cat and tickets go on sale today.

OCTOBER 6, 2007
ticketmaster

Special film screening at HOSIERY tonight! 08.24.07

The DC Premiere of the comedy short:
"MICK MEDALLION, STREET STALLION Vs. THE GREEK DISCO GANG"

and various episodes from the revolutionary as-yet-undistributed TV series:
BLOWBACK: SEASON ONE: THE RISE OF SLIPPY JIM created by Luke Wyatt with Team FILO associates

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24
8PM / $5 donation
BYOB
BYOCIUW (Bring Your Own Chair If You Want)
443 I (Eye) St. NW
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MICK MEDALLION
The Hosiery will present the DC Premiere of the comedy short "Mick Medallion, Street Stallion Vs. The Greek Disco Gang". This is the secondepisode in the Mick Medallion series in which Mick gets tangled up with a wild and hairy Greek Disco Gang...It's midnight, Mick Medallion is trying to get laid, and the Greek Disco Gang are cooking lamb outside Mick's window? Time for Mick Medallion kick these Greeks off the block. OPA! (Episode 1 and more available at www.mickmedallion.com). Produced and directed by local filmmaker Adam Krell. Starring Ian Fay as Mick Medallion, Wayne Willinger, Francis Manuel Abbey, Kimberly Klinger and Ben Cunis.12 minutes.

the Starlingtons! at DC9 tonight! 08.22.07

what am I doing tonight?? I'm so glad you asked.... After stuffing myself with sushi, I'll be riding over to DC9, where the lovely Sarah and her band, the Starlingtons will be playing for your listening pleasure. Stop by, clap hands.

DC9
9P
w/ Carrigan & Blues Hammer


dc nine

yellow fever and special guests tonight! 08.21.07

It's that time of the month again..... YELLOW FEVER GETS YOUR GROOVE ON WITH "POSSIBLE" GUEST "STARS". read on, read on....

"Yellow and Black make..... yellblckow!

NOTE: All rumours of possible special guests are true. Our special guests are backed up in the studio. Hopefully they will be able to come by. Cant legally say who they are, but it rhymes with cierra keone mefugee ball cars. You wont be disappointed if they come by and MC a little. You probably will be if it's just us.

TONIGHT!!!!! Brian, Nick & Kalani pretend to DJ reggae, dancehall, acid folk, garage, soul, groove, hip hop, and the best in adult contemporary!

>>>>> DJs YELLOW FEVER (Manila Ice & Poo Poo Platter/ToolboxDC)>>>>>
w/ their trusty manservant: THE PUNANI SOUNDSYSTEM (Gypsy Eyes Records/ESL Music)"

@ St. Ex: TUES 8/21/07 10pm-close
Tonight & every other Tuesday @ Cafe St Ex.(@ massively gentrified 14th/T
St NW DC!)
NO cover. NO weekend warriors. NO EXCUSES!

* links of the week:
SLRA*s
videOhhhh

EVIL DISCO. TONIGHT! 08.17.07

that's right. Evil Disco is back again!!! After the DD, Team Xterra is going to hit the BC for a little ED! Join DJ Hey Sailor! & DJ JOSHUA for another night of metalicious fun.

let's shred this.

black cat

DEMO-LICIOUS DERBY!!! 08.17.07

Are you excited? I am. I derby every year and tonight is going to be one of the best derby nights ever. Why? Cause this year, DC is taking on the DD by storm. Expect to see some of your favorite scenesters amongst the grandstands. Come on out, raise a fist, point a finger, scream at the top of your lungs... We'll be hittin up the Cat for the Evil Disco afterparty....

$3 discount derby tix here!

last dance.... FORT RENO tonight! 08.16.07

Tonight is the last night to get your Fort Reno on... at least until next year.

Come out and show your support!

w/
Edie Sedgewick
Sentai
Eyeball Skeleton
fort reno kisses summer 2007 goodbye

tonight! DARKEST HOUR @ 9:30!!! 08.12.07

yo dudes. DARKEST HOUR is gonna wreck the 9:30 tonight.
Doors at 7
Tix $15.

Playing w/ Job for a Cowboy, Damnation A.D., A Life Once Lost & Despised Icon

don't sleep.

9:30

tonight! The Mantras @ DC9! 08.12.07

Yo! There are two amazing shows right across the street from each other TONIGHT. We're going to do our best to see both of em.....

THE MANTRAS are back at DC9, playing with Dennis Kane, Znth & The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

8P
$8

also tonight! The Saviours benefit for John Stabb! 08.10.07

Also tonight, Friday August 10th, Velvet Lounge is hosting a benefit show to raise funds for John Stabb, the former singer of one of my all time favorite DC bands, Government Issue. John was assaulted near his home in suburban DC in July and the benefit is to help pay for surgeries that his insurance company won't cover.

The Benefit show will feature: Dave Smalley (ex-Dag Nasty/Down By Law), Marc Ganancias , The Saviors, Pup Tent , Lorelei (Slumberland), Jerry Busher (of Fugazi / French Toast/ All Scars.

There is also an Ebay Auction currently in progress which features items donated to raise money for John's medical fund. Come out and show your support!

59th ANNUAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY FAIR comes to town!!!

AUGUST 10th - 18th
It’s the return of the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. Now in it’s 59th year, all of the over priced fun and games you’ve come to know and love are back for 8 magical days… There will be pig races, a NASCAR simulator, birthing and milking parlors, a monster truck show, rides galore and my personal favorite, the DEMOLITION DERBY (next Friday and Saturday nights), and of course, all of the kettle corn, beer floats and funnel cakes you can stomach.

montgomery county fair

tonight!! The Able Birds at the Red & the Black! 08.09.07

TONIGHT!!

Come see The Able Birds tonight at the Red & the Black!
Show @ 9:30
$8 cheep, cheep!

Instrumental Analysis turns one! awww...08.10.07

THIS FRIDAY!

Our buddies at Instrumental Analysis are turing the big O-N-E!!! Come help them celebrate with the kids from Le Loup, Bellman Barker, Le Jeune and Jette Kelley!

Rock and Roll Hotel
08.10.07
Doors/ 8:30
Show/ 9:30.
It is free before 9 and $10 after.

instrumental analysis

fort reno this week! 08.09.07

THIS THURSDAY!
Fort Reno
08.09.07


BRANDON BUTLER
THE SENTIMENT
BABY KILLER ESTELLE

free!
7:15-9:30

thank yous...

despite the heat, the occassional sprinkles, the hand casualties at the grill,and our guest of honor delayed by 4 hours, Operation Jerom(an)Empire BBQ 2007 was a huge success. Thank yous to the late night table dancers, the dead baby beer garden decorators, the master chef, the air guitar voice of god, the tortilla through the wrapper eaters and the skies for not completely opening up on us. To everyone who came and who came bearing gifts, foods and drinks.... I salute you. heart.

black metal vol.1 out today! 08.07.07

"Written by Rick Spears with art by Chuck B.B. and published by Oni Press Twin brothers, Shawn and Sam, aren't your typical kids - sure, their Grim and deep dedication to metal isn't that unusual but their mysterious parentage sure is! Empowered by the legendary sword of Atoll, these kids are determined to thrash and wail on however many demons they have to in order to fulfill the ancient prophecy and regain their rightful position as Hell Baron of the Pit. Loud, fast and heavy like the music it is inspired by, Black Metal ties into the youth culture that has grown up around this ferocious sound. Then infused with a shot of ancient myth and a healthy dose of high adventure, it rises to the level of a truly epic tale."

Look for the Black Metal write-ups in Wizard, Decibel, Revolver and Publishers Weekly!

Black Metal's first awesome review:
BLACK METAL VOL 1 REVIEW

tonight! Riff Raff @ Asylum 08.07.07

Also tonight! Hit 18th for all the fist pumping, boozing and air guitar you can handle.

RIFF RAFF
08.07.07
ASYLUM
21+
no cover

tonight! DJs Yellow Fever @ St. Ex 08.07.07

The first 7 days of August have already flown by.... It's all been a blurry haze...





Q: What do you call two Asian DJs walking a poodle?
A: Gourmets!


TONIGHT!!!!! Brian, Nick & Kalani pretend to DJ reggae, dancehall, acid folk, garage, soul, groove, hip hop, and the best in adult contemporary!

>>>>> DJs YELLOW FEVER (Manila Ice & Poo Poo Platter/ToolboxDC)>>>>>
w/ their trusty manservant: THE PUNANI SOUNDSYSTEM (Gypsy Eyes Records/ESL
Music)

@ St. Ex: TUES 8/7/07 10pm-close
Tonight & every other Tuesday @ Cafe St Ex.(@ massively gentrified 14th/T St NW DC!)
NO cover. NO weekend warriors. NO EXCUSES!


** DJs Yellow Fever played Virgin Fest USA last Sat Aug 4. You missed them
backstage in our YELLOW trailer with free Gatorade ...see pic by Alison Shelley:
alison shelley washington times joint
Wait a minute... that's NOT Gatorade!

fort reno tonight! 08.02.07

Happy August!

Tonight at Fort Reno!!!

Night of 1,000 Cakes!
Benjy Feree
The Aquarium
Yell Country

always free!
7:15-9:30

fort reno