Destruction and Creation
Dear Capitalists:
Melody Record Store, Penn Cameras, Bloomingdales in White Flint,
Borders Books, Barnes and Noble in Georgetown, Loehmann’s, Filenes
Basement. Capitalism mandates creative destruction, the closing of
stores and companies, sometimes the disappearance of entire economic
sectors, so that other economic actives can take their place. But
sometimes the destruction seems to come at a faster pace, and the stores
and companies that are lost are those to which we have a greater
sentimental attachment, than usual.
Gary Imhoff
themail@dcwatch.com
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How I’m Celebrating the Cold Snap
Bryce Suderow, streetstories@juno.com
I’ve decided to celebrate the drop in temperature by watching
movies about people in cold climates. For instance, I’ve watched John
Carpenter’s movie The Thing three times. It’s set in Antarctica. Now
I’m watching Whiteout, which also takes place in that setting. I may
follow up with Death Hunt, which takes place in Canada. I need more
movies. Can anyone suggest some titles for me?
What’s everyone else doing?
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Audiobooks Make Me Homesick for DC
Star Lawrence, jkellaw@aol.com
I must listen to my fiction now, due to failed eye surgeries, and
enjoyed George Pelecanos’ The Cut, with a new character, Spero
Lucas, Iraq vet and investigator for a defense lawyer downtown.
Pelecanos describes every block, every street, every landmark of the
city— and mentioned The Crossroads music venue twice. I saw Roy
Buchanan there several times. In another audio, I forget which, someone
casually threw out Chief Ike’s Mambo Room and I almost jumped off the
bed!
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Turn around [themail, January 1]? DC government, Gary, that’s what
euthanasia is for. A government that is so hazardous to your health
needs to be exterminated before it kills us!
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CLASSIFIEDS — EVENTS
DC Statehood Benefit Party, January 7
Johnny Barnes, johnny.barnes@aclu-nca.org
Join us this Saturday, January 7, for an evening of entertainment and
education benefit party. Live performance by Glenn Leonard, Joe Coleman,
and Joe Blun, legendary members of the Temptations, Platters, and
Drifters, with their band, Legacy, featuring Ayanna Gregory. A brand new
DC Statehood song will also be released. Two shows, at 8:00 p.m. and
10:00 p.m. $50 per show; $100 for one show, and a private reception;
$1,500 for a table for ten. Reserve your tickets at http://aclu-nca.org/store/products/dc-statehood-benefit-party.
Please note, there are no physical tickets for this event. One or
more seats (as appropriate) will be reserved in the name of the
purchaser and/or guest names at registration. Please provide the guest’s
full name when registering on the Internet or by E-mail to johnny.barnes@aclu-nca.org.
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The Infamous Life and Monumental Times of
Cissy Patterson
Patricia Bitondo, pbitondo@aol.com
Amanda Smith was born and raised in New York City. She graduated
magna cum laude from Harvard College. She is the editor of Hostage to
Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy. Smith lives in
Washington, DC, with her husband and two children.
Richard Norton Smith of the Weekly Standard states that, “Amanda
makes clear in this vast, hugely readable saga of five generations with
printer’s ink in their veins and a sixth sense for what sells
newspapers. . . . Widely praised for her skillful editing of the
correspondence of her grandfather, Joseph P. Kennedy, here Smith gives
us the fullest, fairest portrait we are ever likely to have of Cissy
Patterson. . . .“ The biography, Newspaper Titan: The Infamous Life
and Monumental Times of Cissy Patterson, will be available for
purchase and signing.
Bar opens at 11:30 a.m., lunch at 12:15 p.m.; lecture and question
and answer session at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Members $25, nonmembers $30,
lecture only $10. For more information, call 232-7963 or E-mail pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org.
Event location: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW.
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The Leadership Muse
Book Launch, January 25
Dana Unkle, dunkle236@verizon.net
Author Linda Y. Cureton will be hosting a reception to launch her new
book The Leadership Muse and to charitably support the DC Youth
Orchestra Program and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts on January
25 at 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Carnegie Science Center, 1530 P Street, NW.
Admission fees vary. register at .http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2660677157/efblike
For more information, call Dana Unkle, 410-320-8356.
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