Three Stars: Bake Sale...

We talked to surf pop act Bake Sale about the band’s genesis, their favorite shows thus far and their upcoming name change. [ more › ] View original here:  Three Stars: Bake...
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Overheard in D.C.: It&#...

We can accept that it is somewhat difficult for outsiders to wrap their minds around the District’s unique situation with regard to autonomy, voting rights and the such. But the physical geography of the District? [ more › ] See more here: Overheard in D.C.: It’s All Very...
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GOP Pushes to Disenfran...

Donna Brazile, CNN Read the rest here: GOP Pushes to Disenfranchise Poor, Minority...
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Permanently Unemployed ...

Howard Gold, MarketWatch View original post here: Permanently Unemployed Now...
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For Fannie & Freddi...

Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times THE mortgage business is moribund. New loans are down. New foreclosures are up. Go to your Portfolio » But why let a little sorry news get in the way of a good party? Last week, almost 3,000 people descended on the Hyatt Regency in Chicago for the...
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The Needle: How to Disa...

Everything In Its Right Place : In retrospect, the idea that one of the biggest rock bands in the world would want to do a literature drop at a random street corner in Brightwood Park should have seemed off to begin with. But that didn’t stop people from getting excited about the...
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The Needle: Beatlemania...

Next Stop, Knoxville : The recession may, officially, be over. But consumer spending hasn’t returned to normal levels—and if you needed more proof of that, the rapturous greetings with which the news of Megabus’ expanded service from D.C. should suffice. The discount bus...
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Guided By Voices @ 9:30...

Guided By Voices. Photo from www.gbv.com. From the early 1980s until their breakup in 2004, Guided By Voices built a reputation as one of the great live acts in rock-and-roll. Armed with some of the best material in all of indie rock — thanks to frontman Robert Pollard’s...
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Redskins Preview: Cutle...

Photo by keviikev . The Redskins are coming to the end of a four-week period that we pessimistically thought was going to torpedo their season. Surprisingly, the team has gone 2-1 over the last three games, taking advantage of Michael Vick’s rib injury and Green Bay’s general...
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DCist Interview: Karl H...

Best known for ” Born Slippy NUXX ,” the soundtrack for Scottish smack junkie Mark Renton Choosing Life in the seminal Danny Boyle flick Trainspotting , Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have been making sound systems and crowds pulse for over 20 years as the dance group Underworld....
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