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(04/23/09 4:00am)
Anyone who's tried making the move to independent living knows that it can be stressful and confusing, testing one's patience, finances and knowledge of D.C.'s many neighborhoods. Eagle staffers and students share their experiences about taking that next step off campus and into adulthood.
(11/10/08 5:00am)
Roland Williams' salt-and-peppered head bobs from bookshelf to bookshelf. He thumbs crumbling spines and raised text until, finally, he settles on a coffee table tome of Duke Ellington's life in pictures. He cracks his back upright and groans.
(09/29/08 4:00am)
Shakespeare may have been a literary genius, but Taffety Punk's brilliant all-female production of "Romeo and Juliet" exposes the playwright for what he truly is: the dirtiest old man English teachers in middle schools across America have ever exalted.
(09/04/08 4:00am)
When Ian Mackaye and his Teen Idles released "Dischord #1"("Minor Disturbance") in 1980, the heart of one of the nation's most revered music scenes skipped a beat and went into overdrive. Youth out of step with the world and seeing red led a renaissance of resistance, with Dischord Records the vanguard of Beltway beat making. Since then, Fugazi's "Repeater" has become just that, and Minor Threat is now no threat at all.
(08/28/08 4:00am)
It's no secret that the roots of rock are African, but Ghanaian and Togolese Afrobeat band Elikeh is bringing it all back home and, with the aid of Amnesty International, to the forefront of D.C.'s consciousness.
(08/14/08 4:00am)
After a decade of bloodletting and licking the wounds of intra-band conflict, Shudder to Think resumed the work of being friends and fantastic showmen this past Saturday. At the Virgin Mobile Fest, alongside industry icons Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry and the Stooges, the band reclaimed their title as the most sonically independent band to rise and fall - and rise again - out of the Dischord Records catalog.
(11/29/07 5:00am)
Before Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, there was delta-bred rhythm and blues. And before John Travolta yakked about Big Macs with Samuel L. Jackson and twisted with Uma Thurman, there was surf guitar and rockabilly fusion. These guitarists have influenced everyone from The Cramps to Quentin Tarantino, and while Hendrix and Eric Clapton may reign supreme on others' lists, neither would have a leg or amp to stand on without the following influential trailblazers.
(09/27/07 4:00am)
After whiling away this spring recording and carousing in Topanga Canyon - the lush landscape and former home of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Charles Manson - Devendra Banhart has emerged with a new album as fertile as the environment and imagination that gave it life. Pried from his beloved California mountainside to tour in support of his best work yet, Banhart's gypsy-folk bandwagon will take a brief sojourn to the District this Monday night to fill Sixth & I Historic Synagogue with his haunting vocals and the exotic filigree of the charango.
(09/13/07 4:00am)
The ferocious foursome that is the Black Lips has been touring relentlessly for the past seven years, stopping at the Black Cat this Saturday. But don't be surprised if you haven't heard of the band - only recently has the band received attention from major media outlets.
(09/10/07 4:00am)
Tonight, the Black Cat will party like it's 1993 as the staff and friends of what could easily be called the District's most beloved venue celebrate its 14th birthday.
(09/06/07 4:00am)
The gospel of converging media plays like a coma-inducing broken record in many a journalism class at AU. But when music is the medium of interest, it's a different story altogether. As much a visual as an audio experience, music offers consumers more than an iTunes file and a place in the crowd. Courtesy of a sonically-charged shutterbug, digitally deft punks and big beats from Baghdad, here are three treats for your eyes and ears this September.
(08/30/07 4:00am)
Music has always held an exalted position in houses of worship. For some, venues like the Black Cat and the 9:30 club are home to many nontraditional spiritual awakenings. So when representatives of the Live Nation public relations company and the Rock and Roll Hotel came knocking on Sixth and I Historic Synagogue's newly restored temple door, it was not as much of a shock as one might think.
(08/16/07 4:00am)
When Revolution Records closed its doors last September just two months after Capital City Records' demise, it seemed as though small stores with big personality were dropping like flies in the summer heat. Though the ever-shrinking D.C. independent record store community has suffered yet another loss, there are still a few tiny indie shops left for perusing. While Best Buy may have all the new releases and the Internet all the variety in the world, there's nothing like the feeling of plucking that great lost session by your favorite obscure band from the cluttered racks of a storefront stashed among some of the District's most vibrant communities. Besides, you can't buy the satisfaction of exercising your purchasing power where it really counts.
(08/16/07 4:00am)
Sure, AU is a great school; practically a filter-feeder into all those low-ranking, underpaid government jobs some freshmen were probably dreaming of during those 10-minute breaks during five-hour standardized tests. But for others, the dream lives in the bowels of the District, far from the marbled Mall and Capitol's shadows, among the throbbing throng of musty, music fanatics hitting U Street under the stars, governed by a force other than a parent-imposed curfew. A few of the unofficial music leaders of the District, the literal movers and shakers, are briefly introduced here. By no means an all-inclusive guide, consider this an aid to those first few steps off the beaten path and into this city's soul.
(06/21/07 4:00am)
After lookouts at Fort Reno saved the nation's capital from Confederate siege more than 150 years ago, it currently hosts the past, present and future of what really put D.C. on the map: music. The highest point in the city (taller than the Washington Monument) is home to the musical highlight of the summer - the Fort Reno Concert Series. Established in 1967, this summer marks the event's 40th year of celebrating local music and fostering community both on and off the stage.
(04/05/07 4:00am)
While AU boasts a location in the District just a few Metro stops from the Smithsonian Institution's cultural fortresses on the Mall, few students are aware that not only is the Katzen Arts Center home to its own art museum; it also features traveling exhibits by artists from the AU community and beyond. If fighting blossom-seeking crowds on the Mall seems daunting, or if a quiet place to escape the bustling springtime quad and encroaching summer heat is in order, take a short walk to Katzen. Make sure to check these exhibits out before they're gone!
(03/26/07 4:00am)
For having brought D.C. bands as lauded as The Ponys and The Black Lips onstage Saturday, the Black Cat seemed all too empty. But after music devolutionists and professional pansies Panthers finally vacated the stage, more of the District filed in to see the Lips' kiss-off to decency and The Ponys take on reviving punk.
(03/08/07 5:00am)
District hipsters lumbered out of hibernation Sunday night as Grizzly Bear helped the Black Cat tune in to its animal roots. The line stretched nearly a block beyond the door despite the ferociously frigid weather, but the highly praised acts were motivation enough, and for the most part proved well worth the wait.
(03/01/07 5:00am)
When The One AM Radio formed eight years ago, it was primarily a solo effort. Hrishikesh Hirway recorded his first tape while at Yale, using just his voice, acoustic strumming and raw emotion.
(02/26/07 5:00am)
The punks have reclaimed Georgetown - at least temporarily. Until March 3, Govinda Gallery's hole-in-the-wall, 34th Street location offers punk enthusiasts a nostalgic sanctuary from the District's snow-covered sidewalks.