DC RECESS

For those of you not yet in the know, DC RECESS is an e-mail newsletter chronicling "happenings" in the greater Washington, D.C. area. It's supposed to come out every Friday (although they've been slacking as of late); it's an excellent way to find some of the more interesting things to do on the weekend; plus they can't help but add pithy commentary. I spend my Friday waiting for it to pop up into my e-mail box, so I can figure out what my plans are for the next two days.

They don't have a website, but if you're interested in joining (it's free), e-mail them at DCrecess@hotmail.com -- and tell 'em DCSOB sent you.

Some of the more interesting parts from this week's DC RECESS:

• Bill Murrayfest. If you do not agree that Bill Murray is the funniest human being/ coolest guy on Earth, then stop reading Recess. SNL writer Tom Schiller had it right in describing Murray as "an itinerant monk actor," and many of Murray's film roles have proven enduring and worthy of a retrospective. Which is why the American Film Institute is screening "Bill Murray: Found in Translation" and not "Chevy Chase: Extreme Foul Play." Included are movie-stealing supporting roles in Tootsie, Caddyshack and the Royal Tenenbaums; star turns in Meatballs, Stripes, and Ghostbusters; and examples of that monkishly serious comedy in Groundhog Day, Rushmore, and Lost in Translation. Forgive the man Mad Dog and Glory when the series opens Friday, Dec. 5, at the AFI's Silver Theater, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring. $8.50. (301) 495-6700. Dec. 5-11. Use this as a chance to check out the spectacular Silver Theater.
• Weird Tunes and Power Chords. Thursday, Dec. 11 - Only in Norway could a black-metal album go Top 10. (And only in Norway could a black-metal album go Top 10 along with country-popper Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2.) That is, as long as you still consider Dimmu Borgir black metal. Despite the requisite corpse paint, the Norwegian sextet's latest, Death Cult Armageddon, often sounds more like an American nü-metal disc battling the Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack. That's because Death Cult finds Dimmu Borgir (Norwegian for "We love Cradle of Filth") pairing its chugging Vin Diesel power chords with the 46-member Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for what the band's Web site calls that "authentic feeling." Now, if by "authentic" the band means "grandiose and baroque," then it's got authentic feeling in spades. Or maybe it just means "whatever it takes to stay in the Top 10." It's got that, too. Dimmu Borgir plays with Nevermore, Children of Bodom, and Hypocrisy at 8:30 p.m. at the 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW. $20. (202) 393-0930.
• The Ragin Cajun Speaks. For those of you who hated “K Street” this is your chance to vent (We at Recess sort of enjoyed the awkwardness of the show, it was sort of like watching that Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie kiss, or even better the Liza Minelli, Christopher Guest hand-holding (before she kicked his ass). The political consultant James Carville shares his views and signs his new book on the current state of American Politics, “Had Enough? A Handbook for Fighting Back.” At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 4900 Connecticut Avenue, 7 PM, Wed. Dec. 10.

Posted by amg at December 5, 2003 1:23 PM

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