Its been so long

. . . since last we posted. The frenzy of the summer/schoolyear transition is upon us, and OAs are EVERYWHERE shouting the fight song. Not that we don't enjoy a little Holy Cross/Princeton- bashing every now and again, if you need a musical break as much as we do, check out a (brief) musical tour of DC, complete with mp3s, here.

It's not the generation gap

An eyewitness account of niche ignorance, in an elevator:

Middle-Aged Woman (to I-pod hipster): What are you listening to?
I-pod Hipster (without removing earbuds): The Who.
Middle-Aged Woman: No, what band are you listening to?
I-pod Hipster (Aware of trite irony): The Who.
Middle-Aged Woman: Oh is that the band? I can't keep up with all the new music these days. Must be the generation gap.

VirginFest...again

5 days, 10 hours, 27 minutes and 45 seconds until the start of the 2nd annual Virgin Music Festival, held at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, begins. I went to the one last year, and all my feelings and emotions can be portrayed better by this picture of Flea than by any descriptive adjectives I could pull out my ass.

Yes, the crowd-enthralling performances of RHCP and The Who encouraged a Mr. Richard Branson to extend the Festival totwo days.

This year's weekend has somewhat of a reunion theme, as The Smashing Pumpkins and The Police, who have both played a few shows as of late, headline the performance along with The Beastie Boys. For a full line-up, check out www.virginfestival.com/2007/index.html. Oh, and if you didn't get enough of Fountains of Wayne at last year's GPB concert, you can find them again at noon on Saturday. I regret to inform ya'll, however, that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Wu-Tang Clan overlap on Sunday, on opposite sides of the Race Course.

It's all good though, because I'm only going for Regina Spektor. Hott.

Alright, tickets are still available on http://www.ticketmaster.com/, $175 for both days, $97.50 for single day. I'll see you up there.