Archive for July, 2012
REVIEW: The Return of Mike Daisey
Mike Daisey opened his newest monologue, a workshop performance of work-in-progress The Orient Express (Or, the Value of Failure), Sunday night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre by sharing a secret with the audience: all audiences are the same, in that each audience member brings their own unique experiences and beliefs to a performance, whether it’s experienced in [...]
REVIEW: More Humans, Grammar at Fort Reno
Back in 2005, Dischord’s Q And Not U played their last Fort Reno show, the twice-weekly concert series in the summer months of NW DC. After a minute-long between-song game of “Find and Kill That Feedback Coming Through the PA”, singer Chris Richards shrugged from the stage, “It wouldn’t be Fort Reno if there weren’t [...]
REVIEW: Wilco at Wolftrap
Wilco, one of the most beloved American rock bands by both critics and fans, completed a two-night stand at Wolftrap last night with a career spanning set that pulled from almost every album in the discography. The current 6-member iteration has been together now since 2004, making it the longest tenured lineup in the band’s [...]
BBP PODCAST: Sonya Renee (Ep 1)
Sonya Renee joins the podcast to talk about getting her start as a poet and touring the world doing what she loves. As the Director of Poetry Events for Busboys & Poets, she also discusses her observations of other poets just starting out and the local scene for performers. – – – The Busboys and [...]
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