http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2013/04/26/come-get-some-a-lit-party-without-stale-crackers/
I don't know the work of any of these DC writers. But I still need to read Edward P. Jones first I think.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.afi.com/silver/films/2013/v10i2/olivierassayas.aspx
So which one(s) should I see?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
the only advice I have is: not Demonlover
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 29 April 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
isnt that shit called AUDIDOCS now?
― 69, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Yep the AFI Silver Docs fest is now sadly called that in honor of Audi of course; I was just asking about the AFI's separate fest:
May 2–July 1 Hailed by many as the most important of contemporary French filmmakers, Olivier Assayas has made more than 20 films across a diversity of genres, including features, documentaries and shorts.
He directed Irma Vep and Carlos and others (and includes Sonic Youth, John Cale & Pixies music on the soundtrack in some--says the blurb), and that controversial one Stevie says to skip (soulds like good advice).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
sounds
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
it's not even controversial it's just boring and poorly made.
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 29 April 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
you can skip Boarding Gate too. Summer Hours/Irma Vep/Carlos essential.
― Gukbe, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
I missed the mini-golf at the National Building Museum last summer, but I see now I have a 2nd chance. It's coming back. Yay!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2013/04/30/mini-golf-returns-to-the-national-building-museum-on-may-27/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Gotta do it this summer. In other deadline-related stuff, I wanna see that Gordon Parks photo exhibit at the Adamson before it closes May 31
http://adamsongallery.com/exhibitions/2013-03-23_gordon-parks-an-american-lens/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 May 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
mini-golf opens near the end of May
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
oops, duh, says it right there in the link above.
Hoping sequester doesn't end concerts at Carter Barron and Fort Dupont this summer. National Park Service is keeping quiet about the full schedule till the end of the month, although the Washington Post shows at Carter Barron are cancelled, and the 4th of July concert at the Washington Monument is cancelled (but not the fireworks)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:23 (eleven years ago) link
last year's NBM minigolf course sucked, it reaffirmed every negative stereotype about architects caring more for aesthetics than function.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
But I'm gonna keep up my hopes for this year, since I never made it to last year's...Maybe they'll choose different folks to design them
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
Gordon Parks photos are imressive at the Adamson. For sale in the $10,000 range!
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
This year's Building Museum mini-golf opening this weekend. Wondering if I would be throwing my money away, based on I Died's take on last year's. I'm gonna try to be optimistic (although maybe I should wait and see what others think). * #Important decisions in life
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 May 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
Is anyone here going to the Cocksucker Blues screening/lecture at the National Gallery tomorrow without going to the preceding Ornette Coleman documentary?
― Word Salad Username (j.lu), Friday, 24 May 2013 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
didn't know about either of those but now i'm going to try to go to both!
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
I might just go to CS Blues, although I saw it years ago here.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 25 May 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
uuuuhhh, cs blues made me nauseous
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 25 May 2013 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, once again handheld camera work did a number on my stomach.
I liked best the lecture preceding the film screening. *toddles off to see if Performance is on DVD (legit or otherwise)*
― Word Salad Username (j.lu), Sunday, 26 May 2013 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
first time I've ever been affected like that, I wonder if it was compounded by something in my lunch.
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 26 May 2013 00:32 (eleven years ago) link
xp it is
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 26 May 2013 06:46 (eleven years ago) link
After reading the dcist.com editor tweet about seeking viewpoints from NYers on their new bikeshare system, I almost (just almost) wanna join Post columnist Courtland Milloy and his grumbling about bikepaths and what makes a world-class city, but then I take a deep breath and relax and move on.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 May 2013 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2013/06/04/14th-and-youtube/
DC-based fictional dramas that air on Youtube: Orange Juice in Bishops's Garden; Real Housewives of Benning Road, and more
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
x-post-- What I mean is that the dcist.com editor never requests NY viewpoint on anything else that both cities share: kids struggling in schools; subway and bus transportation; etc.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
to be fair, a literally insane subway system is probably doing more to keep us from being a world class city than what we do or don't do about bikes
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
That WMATA guy saying that 10 years or something of weekend work will need to be done was something else.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 03:04 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/supreme-court-justice-sonia-sotomayor-u-street_n_2612105.html
She lives in the U Street area and The Post writes that Sotomayor likes to pick up food from The Greek Spot, Chix and Tacos El Chilango, whose owner, Juan Antonio Santacruz, seems thoroughly enamored. “We love her,” he told the Post.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 03:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yes to the Greek Spot and Tacos El Chilango.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 June 2013 11:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_606w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/06/13/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/toles06142013.jpg
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 June 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
There have been vague references to 2017 as when Metro may return to normalcy, but most riders haven't heard that, and those who have don't know what it actually means. Thus, the Washington Post today published an editorial calling on WMATA to publish deadlines, so the riding public has a better idea of what to expect.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 June 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
what's been going on with the metro?
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 June 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
major track work/multiple station closings every weekend + weeknights after 10pm, "new" escalators that took months to install instantly breaking, so many elevator outages that the system becomes nigh-inaccessible to people who need elevators, plus a dude got hit by a ceiling tile recently.
"the metro becomes unusable on weekends" has become a pretty common refrain. trips that would take me 30 minutes wind up taking an hour plus.
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 14 June 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
i don't understand why they schedule maintenance on the weekends, rather than from 11pm-5am, when no one's actually using it. i mean, i know that's hard on the employees, but when has any entity ever cared about the employees, and isn't that pretty standard practice anywhere else?
― Z S, Friday, 14 June 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
i'm sure ridership figures on weekends are like a fraction of what they are on weekdays, but even so
honestly if it weren't for having to commute to arlington when i lived in dc, i probably would have taken the bus like 90% of the time - i'm familiar with the reasons why, but looking at metro's coverage map as a whole you can REALLY tell that it's a city that just had a subway system kind of sloppily grafted onto it ex post facto (ie i still don't think i've ever seen a person get on or off at judiciary square)
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 14 June 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
I read the first chapter of this once http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Society-Subway-Washington/dp/080188246X
I forget what its thesis was
― the REAL Dr Morbius (silby), Monday, 17 June 2013 04:58 (ten years ago) link
Great book, no real thesis just a history. It gets into a lot of the larger transportation planning of the region/era without getting crazy unreadable. There's such a huge difference between subway systems developed before widespread car ownership and after.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:43 (ten years ago) link
#fuckLAmetro
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 17 June 2013 05:47 (ten years ago) link
i'll have to check that out, been meaning to read it
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 17 June 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
metro service has gotten amazingly bad over the years but i gotta admit the however many long month upgrades on the south dupont station were worth it, that new escalator is amazing as far as escalators go. high walls. sturdy. good lighting.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link
Was reading "Dr. Gridlock" (I think that was the columnist) in the Washington Post Express and he was asked why couldn't Metro not have done work a recent weekend where there were 40,000 at that international soccer game at RFK. He responded when else do you think they should do the work, without mentioning weekday overnight. Would they have to pay more overtime rates to do the work on weekday nights after midnight?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 18:35 (ten years ago) link
Probably? I imagine fucking the track worker out of the overtime pay is part and parcel of their "fuck everyone until this shit is over in 10 years" strategy.
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/tom-sietsema-just-say-no-grazie-to-la-tagliatella/2013/06/18/88fbab74-ca0c-11e2-8da7-d274bc611a47_story.html?hpid=z1
Tom gets mean towards a red sauce and spaghetti place.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 June 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
“This is like Olive Garden,” I say to a friend who is not putting a dent in a mound of black ravioli under a blanket of minced salmon, tomatoes and cream. “When’s the last time you were at Olive Garden?” he asked. Fair point; I couldn’t recall. Soon after, I headed to the Falls Church outpost of the popular chain owned by Darden Restaurants to do some comparison grazing — and found myself eating my words. Among other dishes, the minestrone at Olive Garden, thick with identifiable vegetables and robust in flavor, is superior to the pallid puree at La Tagliatella.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 June 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
more food stuff
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/44476/the-food-issue/
50 dishes they like (both high-end and low)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 June 2013 22:02 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2013/06/an-astonishing-first-at-the-national-gallery/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 June 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
re: food stuff
one of the more well-written articles going around re: paula deen turns out to be written by an old pal mike twitty that lives in montgomery county
http://afroculinaria.com/2013/06/25/an-open-letter-to-paula-deen/
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 27 June 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Interesting. thanks
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 June 2013 18:28 (ten years ago) link