Sonic Youth at the 9:30 Club
So, we saw Sonic Youth last night at the 9:30 Club. They were good; we were at the second of two sold-out shows and I’d guess a lot of the audience was repeaters. Except for the times when we were all focused on the woman in the opposite balcony who was first leaning over the [...]
posted: July 8th, 2009 under local, music, reviews.
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A December sampling of arts in DC
December is always busy for us, and this year is no exception. If anything, our choice to celebrate the season by attending performances of various kinds has heightened the schedule-juggling. Our first event of the month was The Trumpet of the Swan, a reading of the book set to music that debuted at the Kennedy [...]
posted: December 16th, 2008 under art, food, local, music, reviews.
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music I thought I’d forgotten
One of my gifts this year was Mental Jewelry on CD. The band, Live, is one of my favorite bands, largely on the strength of this first album. I have a weakness for debut albums, believing they represent an artist’s hopes and dreams that they’ve been tweaking and polishing for years up until the point [...]
posted: January 5th, 2007 under music, reviews, travel.
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