Stories from the November 17, 2005, Print Edition
There are a handful of residents in the D.C. metro area who claim that the hip-hop scene here is rather hard to find, or that it hardly even exists. While scores of rap and hip-hop artists travel into D.C. every month, playing shows at venues such as the 9:30 Club and the Black Cat, the local, "underground" artists are often left in the shadow of the mainstream touring acts.
The audience of Forbidden Planet's last production, Rocky Horror Picture Show, came expecting the sacrilegious. Perhaps not so for their most recent, Guys and Dolls. But it fits in with company Artistic Director Roxanne Orkin's philosophy. "There's nothing sacred about scripts, we just do what we feel like," she said.
My ongoing search for live music and good booze in the District took me this week to one of my favorite bars in the city, Staccato. But as much as I love Staccato, its one downfall is its not-so-cheap drinks. I was tipped off about the bar right across the street: The Common Share, also located at the base of the dreaded 18th Street hill in Adams Morgan.
If you watch as much VH1 as I do, then you are probably familiar with the story involving the members of Led Zeppelin, a red snapper and a groupie. After performing at the 1969 Seattle Pop Festival, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer, and Richard Cole, the band's road manager, caught a red snapper while fishing out the window of their room at the Edgewater Inn.
"What's with the black? Looks like you're going to a funeral." "Maybe I am." It's this bleak attitude that characterizes the self-destructive behavior of the Man in Black in the new film "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox). Everyone is familiar with Johnny Cash - his black wardrobe, aching songs and steely voice; but what drove him to create this dark persona? The movie attempts to explain a man who touched so many lives, yet had a deeply troubled life of his own.
Most people know Albert Einstein as that guy who developed the theory of relativity, or the formula E = mc2. When associating Einstein with the academic world, he is most closely linked to mathematics and physics rather than any right-side-of-the-brain subjects, such as fine arts.
When the house lights dimmed on Arena Stage's world-premiere performance of Cuttin' Up, the audience heard a familiar radio personality telling them how to be an appropriate theatre audience. The voice told everyone not to eat, crinkle candy wrappers or talk during the performance - common sense to most of the audience who had probably been to many performances in their lifetimes, but it might have been new information to a specific part of the audience.
New Orleans-based funk outfit Galactic is bringing its unique brand of party music to D.C. in what is being dubbed "a NOLA style blowout." Two shows at the 9:30 Club will round out the band's "10 Year Invasion" tour, and will be littered with special guests, pumping improv and classic covers.
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