Mmm....Cake: TBD's Sarah Godfrey goes behind the scenes at Buzz Bakery for story of Chuck Brown's birthday cake. The Godfather of Go-Go celebrated his 75th birthday Sunday night with a concert at the 9:30 Club and a custom birthday cake designed by the Arlington bakery. Head pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac, who also makes 9:30's ubiquitous [...]

It was more fun to name "worst of the year" albums when the music industry actually had a business plan. Now that the behemoths are useless and dumb, there's no joy in shitting on anything, because nobody seems to be making much money by making records.
But people still need to be warned about certain things, [...]

Friday

U.S. Air Guitar Championships: Washington D.C. Regional Competition. 9:30 club. $15. All ages.
Concrete Blues. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
Candy Dulfer. Birchmere. $39.50.
Toadies, The Willowz, Backyard Tire Fire. Black Cat. $15. All ages.
The Marquees (featuring former members of Marvin Gaye’s first band). Champions Billiards. Free.
Future, Among Criminals. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10. +21.
Britny Fox, [...]