Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 11:14 p.m.
Yes, it’s true. The GW-affiliated, D.C. band Exit Clov has a new music video out for their song, “MKUltra”. For those of you that don’t know what MK Ultra was, Wikipedia has a nice little description:
Project MKULTRA, or MK-ULTRA, was the code name for a CIA mind-control research program that began in 1950, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. There is much published evidence that the project involved the use of many types of drugs, as well as other methodology, to manipulate individual mental states and to alter brain function
In the music video, a group of scary government officials wearing gas masks kidnap the two Exit Clov front girls (Emily and Susan Hsu), bring them to their secret laboratory in the middle of nowhere, and conduct weird mind-control experiments on them. Ouch. Not to fear, though– the girls get away in the end…(OR DO THEY!?) It’s pretty weird, but pretty awesome at the same time. Plus, the song rocks.
Exit Clov will play at the Rock and Roll Hotel Friday, February 1st with Army of Me, The Dance Party, Good Night, States, and DJ Cale.
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 8:47 a.m.
Your to-do list this week: Live Lupe Fiasco, Nina Nastasia, investing worthy attention into the lives of teenage skater kids
Let’s face it, Music-Lovin’ Reader Baby. You’re working hard. You’ve got a tight schedule. Look at you, busy as a bee, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed…Reading, writing, learning…You’re a regular wiz kid! I think we can both agree that after all your hard work, you deserve a week o’ kickin’ back. Life is about fun, isn’t it?
Things to do (this week) while you’re not busy tossing around the old pigskin; belittling Eli Manning (hopefully…Go Patriots?); enjoying some frothy brewskies, X-Box, and, um, homework:
- Get crafty. Find some way to score tickets to hip-hop smarty Lupe Fiasco’s sold-out gig at the 9:30 Club this Wednesday, Jan 30. (Be prepared: http://www.myspace.com/lupefiasco).
- Get hip. Head to the Black Cat this Thursday, Jan. 31 to feast your ears on New York’s soulful crooner/guitarist Nina Nastasia, who is warranting some buzz among, you know, music people like yo’self. (Don’t take my word for it, let the lady’s work speak for itself: http://www.myspace.com/ninanastasia).
- Get real. Watch MTV skater dude Ryan Sheckler ruin yet another potential teenage love affair. (Is it too much Red Bull? Sigh. Those teenage Cali kids seem so particular…) Catch “Life of Ryan” this Tuesday at 10 p.m. for some MTV home cooking. Mmmmmm, spicy-salty-good teen drama.
- Get cultured. Catch Stephen Colbert’s portrait in Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, on its special six-week display by the bathrooms. Seriously.
- Call me, for a good time.
Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 8:01 a.m.
Well, it’s official. The Scene is now online, in blog form. Right now we’re a little bit psyched, a little bit scared, and also a little bit uncertain of what it is exactly that we’re doing here on this system of tubes known as the Internet Machine.
We know that we can do the following:
- Tell you about up-to-date events happening all around GW, D.C. and beyond that might be of interest to you kids.
- Post follow-up material on bands, artists and other events we cover in The Scene, including video interviews, concert footage, photos, streaming and downloadable music clips from artists we cover – the works, baby.
- Rant. (Because that’s what you’re supposed to do on these things anyway, right?)
- Rave. (Okay, that’s enough…)
We also know that:
- You now have another distraction while at work or on your laptop in class (Go GWireless!!!)
- You can post comments! Yes! You have a voice!
- While we have some idea about what we’re doing, we also have no idea what we’re doing. So please, bear with us while we learn how to do this stuff all proper-like.
For an idea of what this page might look like, check out our blog coverage from SXSW (that’s South by South West) festival in Austin, Texas last year. (http://sxsw2007.blogspot.com). We’ll be back this year, of course, so let us know in the comments if you will be, too.
