Wonkette
All your friends who’ve been in places like Denver and St. Paul for the last nineteen weeks will be back in town tomorrow, hurrah! They will want to drink, heavily. Here are some means to that end, and an elitist movie or two.
Friday:
- See some movies about pre-Beatles British musicians: Ring-a-Ding Rhythm and Play it Cool are both playing at 6:30 PM at the Mary Pickford Theater. [Library of Congress]
- Hear Honor By August at the 9:30 Club along with Kill the Alarm, Zelos and the Dreamscapes Project. This thing doubles as a nonpartisan voter registration drive. $12, doors: 7 PM. [9:30 Club]
- At the Black Cat, there’s Eighties Mayhem, featuring music from that very decade. Hear DJ Steve EP, Missguided, Killa K, Krasty McNasty. It’s $10 and starts at 9:30 PM. [Black Cat]
- Although, at the same time and also at the Black Cat, there will be Britpop, sound and indie pop with DJ Stereo Faith and Hurrah DJs and Mikhail Z. Choose wisely. [Black Cat]
- Listen to jazz violin at the National Gallery’s sculpture garden. It’s from 5 - 8:30 PM. [National Gallery]
- All weekend, you can see Vanessa Redgrave naked and shark terrorism at the AFI Silver. Yes, you guessed it, it’s Blow-Up and Jaws, respectively. [AFI Silver]
- See the terrific 60s-ish Philly band Dr. Dog at Iota at 9 PM. $15. [Iota]
- Attend a magical night of baby-boomer nostalgia at Bob Newhart’s show at the Warner Theater. Tickets are $50+ (depending on how close you want to be to Bob), and it’s at 8 PM. [Warner Theater]
- Idiosyncratic Microsoft spokesperson Jerry Seinfeld will be at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, he will be there through Sunday. Tickets are $50+. 9:30 PM. [Washington Post]
Saturday:
- The Walkmen are playing at the 9:30 Club. For a sneak preview of the concert, watch the band perform on The OC. $15, doors: 6:30 PM. [9:30 Club]
- Stick around at the 9:30 Club to check out Tricky with Telepathique. It is a late show, with doors opening at 11 PM. $25. [9:30 Club]
- There’s a CD release party for Gist at the Black Cat. US Royalty and the Dance Party will be there, too ($10, doors: 9 PM). Then a half hour later, hang around for 60s garage and soul ($5, 9:30 PM) . [Black Cat]
- Earth and Ashes is playing at the National Gallery’s East Building Concourse. It is about a mysterious journey, in Afghanistan! 2:30 PM. [National Gallery]
- Attend the 18th Annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival, in Rossyln’s Gateway Park. 12:30 - 7 PM. [Washington Post]
Sunday:
- John Wayne Hero and the Auxes will be at the Black Cat. $8, 9 PM. [Black Cat]
- A double-feature of Belle de Jour and its sequel Belle Toujours. Those titles are French puns and it doesn’t get more elitist than that. 4 PM at the National Gallery’s East Building Concourse. [National Gallery]
- See the Clash-y reggae/ska band the Slackers at the State Theater, they’re performing at 8 PM for $13. [The State Theater]
Hey, has anyone trademarked “Sarahcuda” yet? I didn’t coin it, but I saw it on some obscure blog and doubt the person reads Wonkette.
Takes care of her southern enemy, now the death star for her Russkie interlopers to the west! Charge!!!!
I’m always jealous of all the kewl stuff DC-ites get to choose from. I’ll just be drinking umbrella drinks in my hurricane shelter. Damn you, no final-H Hanna.
Except for the Walkmen, I’m glad I’m stuck in Queens.
Actually, French puns aren’t elitist enough for me. I prefer that the language is translated into formal Edo-period Japanese, which I then have to translate to French to get the joke.
French puns. That’s so 1960s cinema verite, you philistines.
How much did our wonkettes get paid for advertising for those events? Is it enough to let them get rid of that hid background and/or stop posting advertisements movies instead of legitimate news stories?
*Le sigh*
Is Jerry Seinfeld selling copies of the plagiarized cookbook in the lobby? If so, pick one up for me and try to get it autographed by his lawyer. I’ll pay ya later.
not only does Blow Up have Vanessa’s nude scene, it also has the Yardbirds with Page and Beck.
Strictly for the Tardcore: Shitagi-cha ga suki desu ka?
Well, it’s not Edo period, but it is an old one.
Don’t get me wrong here, all of that sounds nice and all…but , you know…I was just hoping to get laid like an Alaskan teenaged hockey player.