Weekend Roundup

After seemingly going out every night last week, I was looking forward to some serious couch time this weekend, but first I had to hit the late show at the 9:30 Club on Friday night. Unbuckled alumni Middle Distance Runner got the rare opportunity to headline a show at the city's premier rock club so I had to go and snap a few photos.

Energetic pop rockers The Dance Party (above) opened the show and while their music, sharp and shouty with choruses like "Yeah Motherfucker Go!," doesn't do a whole lot for me, they were fun to watch and very photogenic.

The lads in MDR put on a great show, at least for the bit I stuck around for. They went on a little after midnight, and I am an old man, so I didn't stay for their entire set. But they broke out a few new tunes that were great, and like I told the band in an email yesterday, at least they can say with a straight face that they drew the same size crowd at the 9:30 as Scott Stapp. Rock.

See all my Middle Distance Runner photos here.
See all my Dance Party photos here.

Saturday I finally got some down time and caught up on most of the TV I missed during the week, went out to a nice dinner with Ms. Smith in Crystal City at Bebo and met up with some family who were in town. Sunday I watched the snow fall and cooked some pasta. Ms. Smith and I finally watched Hustle and Flow (better than 8 Mile) and the Oscars. Let me go on record saying the Academy isn't doing me any favors when they're still doing interpretive dance pieces and are only at the Best Editing award at 11:45 in the p.m.

I have a less hectic week coming up, but on slightly. Heat @ Wiz on Wednesday, D.C. United v. Olimpia on Thursday (very much looking forward to the start of soccer season!), Hawks @ Wiz on Friday and The Thermals at the Black Cat and on Sunday the Golden State Warriors are in town in the afternoon and the Scissor Sisters play the 9:30 later that night. They were amazing at V Fest over the summer so I'm looking forward to seeing them again and not having to run around and take photos of other bands.