October 9, 2003

Oh, those Red Sox. With their shaved heads, ‘Cowboy Up’ T-shirts and late nights out at the bar together. So cute, aren’t they? I mean, aren’t they just the most lovable thing about baseball since Harry Carey? And their offense, my goodness, their offense – every batter is a threat. Add Pedro and Lowe to […]

A line stretched to the corner outside Washington’s 9:30 Club last Thursday as Super Furry Animals began their hour-long opening set for Grandaddy. The lights dimmed and an absurd, sonic assault began against a video-projected background of colors, psychedelic shapes and old newsreel footage. At one point, a looping video clip of Vladimir Lenin was […]

The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear GW’s case against a city housing order prohibiting the University from building nonresidential facilities. While the decision brings an end to GW’s three-year battle against the order in federal court, University officials said they would continue to seek the order’s reversal in the D.C. Court of Appeals. […]

Softball wins three in D.C. Challenge The GW softball team took three of four games over the weekend in the D.C. Challenge, beating Catholic twice and splitting two games with Howard at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex. Freshman pitcher Jennifer Hrycyna led the Colonials (5-2 in exhibition play), recording one victory as a starter and […]

The Hatchet caught up with Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild before the show last Thursday at Washington’s 9:30 Club to talk about the road, the new album and the state of the music industry. Hatchet: First off, how’s the tour going? Jim Fairchild: Good. It’s a joy to be with the Super Furry Animals … and […]

Presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich and Green Party leader Ralph Nader berated politicians for neglecting issues affecting District residents at a rally in northwest D.C. Tuesday night. More than 500 people rallied for issues affecting D.C., including voting rights, health care and funding for public libraries. The rally, held at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church […]

Is “CATS” the worst show in Broadway history? Loaded question, I know. It’s difficult to gauge, and even more so to qualify, what the masses crave in any given era, but during his reign over the New York and London box offices, Andrew Lloyd Webber managed to release one show after another, each assembled out […]

All that is romantic about falling in love is soon dispersed in the passionate opening scene of “Dopamine” (Sundance Film Series). As Rand (John Livingston, TV’s “CSI” and “JAG”) and Sarah (Sabrina Lloyd, TV’s “Sports Night”) begin kissing intensely, Rand doesn’t describe the butterflies in his stomach or his weak knees, but rather, the chemical […]

Posted 12:47pm October 11 by Ilana Weinberg U-WIRE Washington Bureau The Bush administration is under fire recently, after two senior administration officials allegedly revealed the identity of a covert CIA agent to syndicated columnist Robert Novak and five other journalists in July. The Justice Department has begun an investigation to track down the White House […]

Where: 1927 Florida Ave. N.W. Cover: None Carded: At the bar Dress: Casual Specials: $10 “kick the keg” midnight movie; happy hour specials 5-7 p.m., 10:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Back home in the suburbs, where strip malls and fast food joints rule the land, 25-screen, stadium-seating movie theater megaplexes have been popping up like crazy. While […]