Widespread Panic, the preeminent Southern blues-driven rock and roll band in America, is coming to D.C. this weekend. Tickets sold out within hours of the concert's announcement weeks ago, but they're available on eBay for $100 a pop if you're lucky. Founded in 1986 by four students out of the University of Georgia and joined by percussionist Sunny Ortiz and key man JoJo Hermann, Widespread Panic is named after its original lead guitarist Michael Houser.
Love him or hate him, Pete Wentz really doesn't give a damn. Better known than his platinum-selling band Fall Out Boy, Wentz's face (and other body parts...) have been plastered all over the media since the band shot to the top of the Billboard Charts with "Sugar, We're Going Down," bringing their emo-pop sound to the masses.
IMDB describes the plot of the 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire": "A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood. Their main problem is that they're all self-centered and obnoxious." It's no surprise, then, that the film was set in Georgetown.
If you have $5 Go to Politics and Prose at 5015 Connecticut Ave., N.W. today at 7 p.m. to see Christopher Buckley promote his new book, "Boomsday." The son of conservative icon William F. Buckley and the author of "Thank You For Smoking," Buckley has written his new book about generational conflict between the young and the old.
In 2006, the record label had to push and cajole Alexisonfire to attend the Juno Awards; the band was nominated for and won New Group of the Year. This year, Alexisonfire received three nominations, appeared at the award show by choice, and went home with nothing.
Two student organizations, the WRGW radio station and Epsilon Sigma Alpha, hosted two unrelated "battle of the bands" concerts last weekend, both marked by lively audiences and musically striking performances. WRGW's Rock the Bottom concert featured a variety of hard-hitting and highly original sets with an audience turnout of over 200.
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