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The Empire Strikes Back

Keep the spirit of Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day going, all weekend long. There’s this band called “Bombaye”—see?—and then Britpop night, which, again, European oppression. And of course another Oktoberfest, this time with Professional Germans.

Friday:

  • Attend the album release party of famous DC experimental punk band the Cassettes at the Black Cat. $10; 9 PM. Later, at 9:30, there’s a free Soulfuck dance party. [Black Cat]
  • Bombaye will be at the Velvet Lounge tonight. Show up and impress the crowd with your knowledge of postcolonial theory and make a topical joke about “Mumbaie.”  [Velvet Lounge]
  • All weekend the noir classic Double Indemnity will be playing at the AFI Silver. Starring Barbara Stanwyck and some other people of lesser attractiveness. [AFI Silver]
  • Here is an Oktoberfest at the German Embassy. Professional Germans—German diplomats, even!—will be there, at their most German-y outside of Germany. Dear god. 8 PM - Midnight; $149 (3 Euros). [Things To Do DC]
  • Little Feat, in their third incarnation, are performing at the 9:30 Club. $35; 6:30 PM. [9:30 Club]
  • You have 24 hours to memorize the lyrics to “Rapper’s Delight”: Sugarhill Gang is performing at Zanzibar on the Waterfront. 8 PM. [Washington Post]

Saturday:

  • There’s Britpop at the Black Cat tonight. $10; 9:30 PM. [Black Cat]
  • Use pleasure or pain to convince a friend into taking you as their plus-one to the sold out Cold War Kids show at the 9:30 Club. [9:30 Club]
  • See Lewis Black at George Mason University. He will be angry, for such is his schtick. $30; 8 PM. [Washington Post]

Sunday:

  • James Traub will be at Politics and Prose reading from his book The Freedom Agenda. 5 PM. [Politics and Prose]
  • Cunninlynguists are performing at Carpool tonight. 9 PM. [Washignton Post]


4:38 PM on Thu October 16 2008
By Juli Weiner
2069 Views

  1. Sabre_Justice says at 4:45 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Translation: BEER AND TITS

  2. InKnockYouUs says at 4:46 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Are you trying to get us to, like, actually turn off our computers and go outside? I think there is a hidden message here.

  3. bitchincamaro says at 4:59 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Speaking of European brotherhood, I spotted this in Prague last week.

    http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm114/bitchincamaro222/IMG_3752.jpg

  4. dasNeonlicht says at 5:27 pm, October 16th, 2008

    This is actually a great feature. I am twice as likely to go out and do something if Wonkette recommends it.

  5. I feel like Lewis Black was way more expensive when he played here. This makes me want to yell and point my finger in a hilarious manner.

  6. loquaciousmusic says at 5:38 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Speaking of Britpop night, I can’t wait for Sarah Palin to re-record this tune when she returns to Alaska in disgrace!

  7. Cogito Ergo Bibo says at 5:51 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Double Indemnity ROCKS. One of my all-time favorite movies.

  8. Inadequate Blackmail says at 6:10 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Michelle Bernard is hot as hell. That is all.

  9. messickc says at 6:19 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Oktoberfest: Because the promotion of German nationalism worked so well last time!

  10. shortsshortsshorts says at 6:46 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Have fun in D.C. this weekend….. suckas. If anyone is in SF this weekend, there’s gonna sodomy on Friday, bible burning on Saturday and liberal mediaz on Sunday.

  11. tunamelt says at 7:09 pm, October 16th, 2008

    shortsshortsshorts: When are you aborting babies?

  12. Scandalabra says at 7:35 pm, October 16th, 2008

    Washington DC sounds so scintillating!

  13. “I can remember lying awake in a hotel in downtown Washington listening to the sounds of an August night wash in through the open window: sirens, car horns, the thrum of neon from the hotel sign, the swish of traffic, people laughing, people yelling, people being shot.”
    -The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson

  14. shortsshortsshorts:
    Does Golden Boy Pizza in the North Beach area still exist?

  15. These things all sound scary. I’d only go if Juli went with me to hold my hand and whatnot. Also..the old wheelchair..you know…needs pushing.

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