District Lies

A showblog/journal/diary, mainly taking place in Washington, DC

Rock quotes

“I just didn’t expect an acoustic version of ‘Rock ’n’ Roll All Nite.’”
— Ace Frehley

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Reunions breakin’ out all over

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Versus are playing some shows! They played a surprise show in Brooklyn and are also opening for Yo La Tengo in a few weeks in New York. (I saw them open for YLT once around 2000 and they made a great pair.) This is one of my all-time favorite bands and I haven’t seen them [...]

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Whoah!

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Hey this blog is still alive I am just busy. I have some notes and some links for shows of the summer (July, August) and haven’t seen any bands in a few weeks. Lots of good music coming up though. So I am a little in shock as I saw that pitchfork today talked about [...]

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and then there’s this

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Just got an email from my friend/bandmate Rob, he went and saw Chris Cornell in Baltimore last night and sent some youtube links. I have been in such a sucky mood and this cheers me up a bit. Oh, grunge, how I miss thee! I almost forgot all about this song, but now I want [...]

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The ones that got away

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

I just stumbled upon a couple youtube videos of shows that I didn’t go to but thought about going to. I mean, I’m only human, and none too young these days. I’m feeling a tad defensive about missing so much great music but whatever. Here’s a nice video of the Books from a couple days [...]

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The haps

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

A few people have mentioned that I should convert my “upcoming shows” emails into more of a blog.  Well, here ya go. I kind of like the idea because it can be sort of a show diary so that I can actually remember what shows I go to, and maybe a reminder to attend them, [...]

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