Book Review: The Ministry of Special Cases
Falling For Fear
or A Review of Nathan Englander's "The Ministry of Special Cases"
Author Nathan Englander boldly establishes, within the first pages of his...
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LiveDC: Savoir Adore / Jukebox The Ghost/ Tereu Tereu @ 930 Club
Three young bands. One sold out 930 club on a Friday night....
LiveDC: 2:54 w/ Widowspeak @ Rock and Roll Hotel
It came as a total shock to see London band 2:54 headlining at the Rock and Roll Hotel. The first demoby the Thurlow sisters, (“Creeping”) showed up online 18 m...
LiveDC: The Clean @ Rock N Roll Hotel
The Clean are "Living Legends" – loved by musicians and critics, but unable to puncture the membrane of public consciousness...
PlayDC: Suicide, Incorporated @ H St Playhouse
Andrew Hinderaker’s play, Suicide, Incorporated, has its imperfections, but the No Rules Theatre Company does an excellent job of presenting the black humor and sorrow with a fine, moral sympathy.
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PlayDC: Bachelorette @ Studio Theatre
Bachelorette subverts its context and advertising by delivering a surprisingly moral and eminently satisfying story in the guise of a drug and alcohol-fueled binge of cruelty – buoyed by marvelous performances and razor-sharp writing and direction....
LiveDC: M83 w/ I Break Horses @ 930 Club
All words: William Alberque -- All photos: Katherine Gaines
M83 moved their early-late double-act show to the 930 Club, and, stunningly, played an even bette...
LiveDC: Active Child @ Black Cat
Active Child returned to the Black Cat for their seventh DC show in two years, and, while I still adore their gorgeous, enrapturing, ethereal music, it may be time for a pause that refreshes before touring again....
LiveDC: Mickey Avalon @ Rock and Roll Hotel (NSFW)
Mickey Avalon played an often-hilarious, compulsively danceable, and altogether satisfying set of raved up rap tunes to a rapt audience at the Hotel on Tuesday night.
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LiveDC: Alex Winston @ U Street Music Hall
Alex Winston put on an astonishing performance, with a booming voice filling the room, a mesmerizing stage presence (including multiple runs through the audience), and overwhelming tunes thundering out of her well-drilled six-person (!) backing band. Shame on you for missing this show – which will be remembered like the XX at DC9 or Beirut at the Warehouse Space – a great band on its way to the top....
LiveDC: School of Seven Bells & Exitmusic @ Black Cat
Exitmusic blew the School of Seven Bells so far off the stage, it’s not until about 10 songs in that I even notice that SVIIB are playing. `They should have toured with a weak opening act, especially as they’re still trying to make up the ground they lost when one-third of the band quit....
LiveDC: First Aid Kit @ The Black Cat
First Aid Kit and Peggy Sue played a beguiling set of lovely but melancholy folk...
LiveDC: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds @ Warner Theatre
Noel (the talented one out of Oasis) showcased his songwriting abilities and standup to an adoring crowd at the (surprisingly not sold-out) Warner Theater...
LiveDC: Metronomy @ the Rock N Roll Hotel
Good Friends Just Became Less Hard to Find: Metronomy and Friends at the Rock and Roll Hotel, March 27
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BYT Book Club: “Shalimar the Clown” by Salman Rushdie
that age old-story; boy meets girl, boy proposes to girl, girl runs off with diplomat, boy becomes super-terrorist and hunts down diplomat, spawn of illicit relationship between girl and diplomat seeks revenge, and everyone dies unhappy....
LiveDC: Kaiser Chiefs/ Walk The Moon @ 930 Club
Kaiser Chiefs put on an unexpectedly fabulous performance before a sold-out 930 Club, displaying the kind of confidence and verve one would expect of far more accomplished and experienced musicians....
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Raised by wolves in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, William is not acclimated to modern living. He is readily identifiable by his incredibly bushy beard and his propensity to pick nits out of the body hair of the people around him. Avoid.
