All posts by Doug Rule
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A la Mode
Has Depeche Mode, pioneers of dark electronica, seen the light? ''Just look at me,'' lead singer Dave Gahan sings on ''Peace,'' from the band's new...
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Gray's EFN Anatomy
Bill Gray is happy to have stirred up a bit of mystery surrounding the future of the bar at 1318 Ninth St. NW. ''I get...
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Puppet Master
Until just a few years ago, Joe Goode considered himself a ''puppetphobe.'' ''Puppets seemed like children's theater,'' says the innovative choreographer. ''The cuteness factor was...
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Happy Hours
''I had never bartended before in my life,'' says Eduardo Sevilla Jr. of the time five years ago when he went from being a regular...
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Stateside Arrival
''One of the things we wanted to do was bring some of the fun back to dance music,'' says James Wiltshire, referring to the impetus...
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The 2009 Metro Weekly Next Generation Awards
2009 Next Generation Awardees: (clockwise from left) Hoang, Watson, Ramirez, Bell The story of our community is a story of generations. The generation that formed...
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Eboné Bell
Last December, Eboné Bell quit her day job as the advertising manager at the Chronicle of Higher Education. She wanted to focus full time on...
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Life Before Wartime
''Berliner Kabarett is like a musical quilt,'' says the show's director Christopher Gallu. ''It's got all these songs that were never intended to be put...
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Cherry's New Taste
''People should expect a different look from what they normally see,'' says Cherry Fund co-chair Allen Sexton, talking about the nonprofit organization's annual weekend event....
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Being Boring
Neil Tennant wants to rekindle the romance. ''I'd survive with only memories, if I could change the way I feel,'' the Pet Shop Boys frontman...
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Easter Tops
Last year, JR.'s Dave Perruzza won the crown for best bonnet -- at Freddie's Beach Bar's Easter Bonnet Brunch. Perruzza, of course, knows a thing...
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Strangely Enough
Patsy Cline's is the first voice heard on the debut, solo-artist album from Sharam Tayebi, one-half of the celebrated D.C. dance duo Deep Dish. Doesn't...
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Life and Love
Bob Mould (Photo by Noah Kalina) Bob Mould sounded like he had all but given up on his last album, District Line. ''It's the same...
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The founders of Guerilla Queer Bar prepare for their final invasion
In some places it's Guerilla Gay Bar. In others, like D.C., it's Guerilla Queer Bar. Maybe it's political. Maybe it's just a fun night out....
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Broadway Bebe
A few years ago, Bebe Neuwirth created an uproarious caricature of conservative firebrand Ann Coulter on Al Franken's Air America radio show. ''I think she...
