As a result of yesterday’s forecasted storm that had the potential to cancel Screen on the Green (it didn’t — weather.com doesn’t know shit), we’ve got a new rule: unless the sky is pure blue, we’re advocating for indoor activities only.  A great indoor activity that you can’t go wrong with? Drinking. And in these trying times, one must be able to get the most bang for one’s buck.  Enter the open bar. MORE »

What happens when some twee accordion-indie band from Portland, Oregon, plays a NW bar on a dead Monday night before Thanksgiving? Nothing, really, but the group in question (Norfolk & Western) were unhappy enough to share their story on some Internet board. And then it ended up on DCist. And then 7,000 people left comments either dismissing Washington as a dangerous Third World crimeland filled with dangerous black people or dismissing the haters as racists who should all move to the Pacific Northwest where everybody is white and plays in a twee accordion-indie band.

We’ve collected a few highlights, which you’ll find after the jump.

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