January 2011
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“Jumiya’s arrest started with a phone call at her group home from her...”
– Jason Cherkis on Jumiya Crump’s arrest the day after she was featured on the cover of WCP in a story about D.C.’s child-welfare system.
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“Phantoms!,” Dirty Bomb
Like many...
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“If there’s any night you need 15 inches of fun, this would be the night.”
– News4’s Pat Collins in a live spot from Jersey Mike’s during last night’s THUNDERSNOW.
Punliners: Choice Wordplay in This Week's Paper
Wikileeks: From caption of a photo of leeks for this week’s Young & Hungry about this weekend’s underground farmers’ market in Petworth.
Lecter Circuit: From caption of a photo of Anthony Hopkins in The Rite.
Tears of a Crown: Photo caption for review of Cymbeline at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
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“I am writing this letter to let you know that I apologize for what I did. I am...”
– A letter sent to D.C art patron Philippa Hughes’ by her would-be mugger.
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TBD weather blogger calls thundersnow a... →
or as some are calling it, THUNDERSNOW.
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“Her previous go-to topic was a guy who sprayed semen on women. She posted three...”
– D.C. Urban Moms administrator Jeff Steele, on WCP’s very own Emily Kaiser, whose coverage of semen spraying is the most exhaustive in the District.
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“I don’t have kids, but now I’m tempted to have one just so I can...”
– A Fark commenter’s response to this week’s cover story on the horrors of D.C Urban Moms. Read our other favorite comments here.
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“Mayor Vince Gray’s 2010 Lincoln Navigator costs $1,941 a month, according...”
– Alan Suderman on the mayor’s transportation costs when city officials are trying to bridge a $600 million deficit.
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WatchThe Dismemberment Plan on Jimmy Fallon last night performing “The City”. They also played “What Do You Want Me to Say?” for the Web, which you can watch here.
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“Schwartz started reading (D.C. Urban Moms) as a guilty pleasure, ‘like...”
– One of many choice quotes from this week’s cover story on a local message board known for nasty mommy fights.
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“Libertina,” Phonic Riot
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How some people find us...
Someone came across our site this evening by searching “city paper and dc toilet and breast”. They landed here. Thanks, Google!
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“Gaitán asked me to start with a slow dribble out of my mouth. “Try to look sad,”...”
– TBD’s Maura Judkis, whose profile of photographer Victoria F. Gaitán turns soft-core once Gaitán turns her lens on the writer.
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Candidates for at-large seat jump in. Grab some...
The candidates for the D.C. Council At-Large seat are piling on! Republican Pat Mara and former Ward 1 councilmember candidate Bryan Weaver announced this morning that they’re entering the race—one that, historically, people haven’t paid all that much attention to. Other candidates include appointed incumbent Sekou Biddle, arbiter of the Fenty write-in campaign Josh Lopez, and a few...
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“Gettin to It,” RAtheMC featuring...
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The Three Kings
If some are guilty of using King as a foil on MLK Day, the holiday inspires others—usually conservatives—to trot him out like their one black friend. In an effort to not appear racist, they identify themselves with King’s message of hope, without actually identifying themselves with the anti-racism he exemplified, let alone his radical economic message (it was, after all, the Poor...
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“All I’ve Got,” Maybe, Baby
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Watch
Prince’s music is made of sex. Your first instinct might be to go with his classic ’80s repertoire, and that wouldn’t be wrong, but 2006’s “Black Sweat” is nothing to balk at either. The song is pure lust: The ultra-minimal beat and understated delivery underscore desire without going overboard.
-Ryan Little, “Three Songs for Making Moves”
