JC in the DC

The brilliant songwriter and Internet legend (for his acoustic cover of "Baby Got Back") Jonathan Coulton is coming to the area for an early evening gig on Friday May 26 at Jammin Java all the way out in Vienna.

Click here for tickets, and directions to this far-flung venue.

Click here for Jonathan's site.

Click here to listen to "Baby Got Back." You will never be the same again.

I Am a Fantasy Baseball God

Not to tempt the comeuppance Fates, but just to let everyone know, in this, my rookie fantasy baseball season, I am leading my league by an outrageous margin. However, I am hindered by sportsmanship and good taste (and fear of comeuppance and other forms of reciprocity) from crowing directly to my rival managers.

But, like the barber whispering about the donkey's ears of King Midas to a hole in the ground, I feel compelled to tell someone, and damn the consequences.

Mr. Thomas Returns May 15

Second Inaugural

Thank you for your attention. It is time for the Second Inaugural Edition of the F.W. Thomas Performances, being a monthly literary variety show featuring live presentations from area writers, artists and musicians.

The event is being held in the Main Stage at the Warehouse Theater on Monday May 15 at 7:30PM. Admission is $3. The Warehouse Theater is located at 1017-1021 7th Street NW. It is a short walk from the Chinatown/Gallery Place Metro. Phone is 202 783 3933.

The May event will feature:

• Louis Bayard, author of the forthcoming novel, "The Pale Blue Eye," and a contributor of reviews and essays to New York Times, the Washington Post and the Washington City Paper, reading from his new book.
  
  
• A. Clarke Bedford, artist and art conservator at the Hirshhorn Museum, presenting excerpts from "William Tecumseh Sherman & The Venus of Willendorf: The Suburban Years."
  
  
• Frederic Frommer, reporter for the Associated Press and author of "The Washington Nationals: 1859 to Today," discussing the history of Negro League baseball in the nation's capital.
  
  
• T.M. Lowery, F.W. Thomas artist-in-residence and creator of the Skeleton Kids, presenting new work.
  
  
• James S. Rosen, Fox News Correspondent and author of the forthcoming "The Strong Man: John Mitchell, Nixon and Watergate" will reveal for the first time ever, the secret files of the Planet of the Apes.
  

The F.W. Thomas Performances will be hosted and introduced by yours truly, Adam Mazmanian, a writer living in D.C. and a contributor to the Washington City Paper.

Keep tabs on Mr. Thomas with a visit to his blog.