Kevin Costner's Russian's Rusty: Washington DC Metropolitan Area Thread II

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The main building of the Library of Congress was evacuated for several hours on Wednesday because of a "suspicious odor," but the building reopened early in the afternoon, a library spokeswoman said.

Quincie, it wasn't me! None of my odors are at all suspicious, unfortunately.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I got your address before by using the web based shiot here on ILX.
All I have for you in my gmail book is the old m-train thing that doesn't work.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 5 December 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link

You and I are definitely in the right career field.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 5 December 2005 15:45 (eighteen years ago) link

There.

― Spink, Monday, 5 December 2005 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Where's my goddamn snowstorm?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 5 December 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

HERE IT IS (it's 2:18 p.m. Rockville time).

― quincie, Monday, 5 December 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link

We're getting it here, too. Please close the city now.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link

snowstorm behavior clearly visible from JEH roof cams at the intersections of 9th & 10th and Pennsylvania, big time. Unclear whether it's sticking. remarkably the cable feed from the roof cams is accompanied by some kind of christmas music comp. tax dollars @ work etc. etc.

― TOMBOT, Monday, 5 December 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Bostonians in my office are unimpressed by the snowfall, say it won't stick. I'm keeping hope alive.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link

Not that this isn't fascinating but I need some help from music oriented ILXors. I need to find out where to make a demo and how much it would cost, if anyone knows any deals, etc. I emailed Pete but now I"m getting impatient.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Monday, 5 December 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link

what quality are you looking for? what kinda music/instrumentation? how much are you comfortable paying, what hours, etc.? it can be super easy or super complex depending on what you want out of it.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Decent quality (personal reasons rather than an actual demo tape to be sent out), it is for a single singer so I guess recorded backing music would be necessary probably more gospel or R&B type music, I'm not sure how much we're comfortable paying for it, and only enough time to record 1-3 songs.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link

i'll just email you - hold on a sec

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:07 (eighteen years ago) link

anyway, snow is outstanding

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link

ally - i never got yr email!

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:18 (eighteen years ago) link

Seriously????I will resend!

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link

got it! i think zack has the right idea, by the way - i endorse his suggestions - maybe call higher heights anyway, just to see what theyre all about...

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link

by the way, good luck/congrats on yr move, tom and ally! lets get a drink near yr new place sometime next week (this week is a wash for me)?

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I am now trying to picture Ally belting out gospel songs and the image just isn't coming.

― quincie, Monday, 5 December 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link

OH NO SNOW STOPPED (4:08 p.m. Rockville time)

― quincie, Monday, 5 December 2005 21:08 (eighteen years ago) link

aw fuck, really? weather.com said itd persist lightly through the evening!

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link

still a-snowin here in loverly farragut square

― ZR (teenagequiet), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link

my window looks out on the back/inside of my building, so i cant see if its still snowing...

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

How is it still snowing at Farragut but not Metro Center? I smell shenanegans.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:20 (eighteen years ago) link

still snowing up at Van Ness. but the roads are clear.

Now reading the Post review of Annie. What in God's name is a "faux-hipster"? Please to explain! . That is just a nonsense word, I think. I liked the show. It was fun. The sound wasn't so great, I suppose, but I was dancing and it didn't bother me much.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

They now administer a test to a sample of the audience at Black Cat to determine the number of hipsters and "faux-hipsters."

― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 December 2005 23:07 (eighteen years ago) link

How can you become a faux-hipster though? Isn't that kind of redundant? Or is this just the DC inferiority complex rearing its ugly head again? If NYC has a lot of hipsters therefore hipsters in DC must be fake.. uh.. somehow.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 5 December 2005 23:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Real DC hipsters only attend concerts and dance nights that are Ian Svenonious-affiliated.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Monday, 5 December 2005 23:43 (eighteen years ago) link

i wanna say "Who the fuck is Ian Svenonious?" in the same vein Dave Chapelle asked "Who the fuck is Renee Zellweger?" So I will, I guess.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:22 (eighteen years ago) link

and fuck this hipster test. but i did feel the hate when i saw the good life at the black cat a few months ago, so many glares. boy, i can't even faux-hipster it up.

Annie rules tho. shes my greatest hit.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link

The Black Cat, unfriendly as ever. I was hanging out in the Red Room beforehand & got quite annoyed at the numerous FAUX HIPSTERS shoving past to get to the bar who couldn't even be bothered to say "excuse me." sheesh, people! Could you just say a few words instead of physically moving me out of the way please? thanks!

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Maybe writer Patrick Foster's (full disclosure: I have met him and have liked his writing for years) use of the term "shaggy faux-hipsters" was to dismiss the stereotypical unfriendly Black Cat types. He also mentioned "Pitchfork readers."

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Do faux-hipsters wear faux-faux-hawks?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah, these people are just flat out unfriendly. i could do without em.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:36 (eighteen years ago) link

when they came for the faux-hipsters, i was silent, for i was not a faux-hipster

― ZR (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Sc00ter L1bby just held open an elevator door for me!

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Zack, you magnificent bastard. I see the error in my ways.

― JD from CDepot, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Jesus, Brian! Did you thank him, then kick his crutch away?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link

No more crutches. He was playing with his new Blackberry since he doesn't have the government-issue one anymore.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link

I hope it doubles as an ankle bracelet.

Were you going into a courthouse or something?

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I was leaving (LAW FIRM X), which is a client of my employer.

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:14 (eighteen years ago) link

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c174/karateexplosions/PPBush.jpg

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

More frowny faces, please.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Back to the faux-hipsters: Are the unfriendly Black Cat denizens any different than indie-rock fans elsewhere? Maybe they're just shy or insecure (but why?) or they are so afraid that they will look like jambanders or something if they loosened up?

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 December 2005 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link

after spending nine hours at the dc superior court today, i just got selected for a jury.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link

i mean, ive hung out with a lot of "jambanders", and ive heard them say enough STUPID shit to fill a Thomas Paine (im so sure ive spelled this wrong) style pamphlet, but at least those kids weren't mean, like "faux hipsters" seem to be. but who knows.

― JD from CDepot, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link

i dunno, i just find it so hard to take those folks seriously. they don't offend me because it's like, eh, ok, you're trying to pull the snobby asshole card, but look at you! you're not cool at all! you're a fucking dork.

i do think there's a difference between the indie rock crowds in dc and those in, say, bmore or philly though. why? good question.

― ZR (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Ooh, sorry mookie; should've worn that Romulan battle armor.

Re indie kids, I dunno why they're more prickly here; think it's because they're so thin on the ground? But then the local hippies, goths, etc., don't seem to be so assholish. Hm.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link

SMOKING BAN. FUCK YOU. SMOKING BAN. FUCK YOU.

How the fuck does the city council get off? Let's act super pissy about baseball and smoking!! Faux hipsters indeed.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link

You know what smoking bans do? Sell a lot of these, that's what they do.
And propane to fuel them. Welcome to motherfucking California.

http://store1.yimg.com/I/rewilliams_1871_27842427

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 7 December 2005 15:38 (eighteen years ago) link

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