Music is Bulletproof

For those of you who haven't been following the story, there is a great 3 minute video of Quike Morales, the bartender at the Argonaut on H Street who got shot in the head walking home from work last year. He's recovered well, and is thankful for all of the H Street patrons who raised money for his medical bills. As an aside, he's in need of a new skull, which you can find out about at Frozen Tropics.

Post video by DeNeen Brown

Also, I've added two feeds to the front page from my Google Reader (which is TIGHT), so you can see what I'm reading and what I think all of you should be reading. Get smart.

Jeremy Enigk in D.C.

Jeremy Enigk 1, originally uploaded by whiteknuckled.

I have to remind myself to check venue listings each week to make sure I'm not missing a show that I should be seeing here in D.C. After two years spent living in Arkansas in a town so far off the live music radar map — unless you like crappy college-town cover bands or amateur bluegrass — I forget that nearly all the bands I like will make stops here in D.C., whether at the Verizon Center or at a tiny club on H Street.

Like where I saw Jeremy Enigk just two weeks ago. Just three months after playing D.C. (I missed it because I was still in "Arkansas mode" and didn't hear about it), Jeremy Enigk came back to support his newly-released solo album, World Waits.

The Rock and Roll Hotel is one of a handful of venues in the very happening H Street NE area that some call the Atlas District, though I'm not sure how all the locals feel about that. I should ask Elise from Frozen Tropics about that. Anyway, very cool place, first time I had beeen there. Reminded me of a bunch of the kinds of venues I hung out in high school going to various hardcore and punk rock shows. Except very clean and well-managed.

I went with my friend Taylor and it was a good show all around. Not only did he not play a single Sunny Day Real Estate song (not all that surprising), he didn't play a single Fire Theft song either, which was kind of suprising and a little bit disappointing, though all of his solo stuff is great.

We saw Copeland (from Atlanta) just a few days later, and I just found out that Explosions in the Sky are coming in March for $10! Sick of it All and Hatebreed are playing around Christmas, but we will be in Atlanta and it's $25 anyway.

Actual decent live music. One of the perks of being back in the city. Ahhhhh.....