Five ingredients for a tasty weekend stew:
5. Sour Patch Kids: It’s only been an hour since the sugary sweet new three-song EP from the Sometime Favorites hit my inbox, and I already feel like my tongue has been thrashed by a big box of Sour Patch Kids. If this isn’t music for a Friday, I don’t know what is.
The Sometime Favorites’ "I Was Wrong This Time"
4. Narwhal: Who’da guessed that a band named after a sea creature that’s half whale, half unicorn, would have some of the best rock musicians in town? Bride of the Narwhal plays tonight at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar tonight with D.C.-based banjo-thrashers of Torches.
3. Fat Lady (not singing): So it’s said among serious opera fans, "It’s not over until the fat lady sings." Same is true of the Ash Lawn Opera’s production of the Mozart classic Don Giovanni, among the most popular operas ever performed. The schedule’s about to get mixed up with Ash Lawn’s production with Brigadoon; get your foot in the opera door with this classic Saturday at the Paramount.
Mozart directs his masterpiece Don Giovanni in Amadeus.
2. Genesee: A ubiquitous guitarist and onetime member of King Wilkie, the uber-talented Ted Pitney makes good with his own EP, The Genesee released tomorrow night this weekend at the Southern tonight. Fans of the Kings of Convenience, take note.
Hear tracks from Pitney’s The Genesee EP.
1. Vuvuzela: While the vuvuzela is only fun for the person who’s blowing on it, soccer is more of a spectator-friendly activity. The Paramount opens its doors to hooligans Sunday for the World Cup Finals—for free.
A reporter’s exposé on the world’s most annoying—and popular—noisemaker.
What’re you up to this weekend?