Metro Weekly

Clublife

  • White's Nights

    By on October 20, 2004

    Is dance music losing its groove? Is it, in fact, dying? Randy White thinks it's tracking that way. ''If it continues the way it's going...

  • Mass Appeal

    By on June 23, 2004

    What's the difference between an after-hours party and a morning party at a club? It's not meant as a joke, though living in D.C. makes...

  • Going Once, Going Twice …

    By on June 2, 2004

    There are an abundance of activities and events taking place during the week of Capital Pride. So why would anyone care about a Bachelor's Auction...

  • Dance Inspiration

    By on April 14, 2004

    She wasn't diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia until 2001, but just four years prior Kristine W actually wrote a hit song that captured her battle...

  • Greek Chronicle

    By on April 7, 2004

    Yiannis Elia was a budding D.C. remixer four years ago when he got a call from Junior Vasquez. '''Listen to them, they're screaming, the whole...

  • Plush Life

    By on March 24, 2004

    Who would have thought that 1999 would ever seem so far away? But time passes, history is made, and this Saturday night Velvet Nation turns...

  • Music Master

    By on January 14, 2004

    Photography by Todd Franson When Jean-Philippe Aviance lined up his first DJ gig at Lizard Lounge, a friend remarked, ''Oh, I can't go there. It's...

  • Primal Urges

    By on November 5, 2003

    DJ Victor Calderone's most recent visit to Washington, this past July at Velvet Nation, turned out to be a ''weird'' night for him. ''I was...

  • Ribbit Revolution

    By on October 22, 2003

    During the extremely short-lived Time of Napster, Jesse Houk was one music lover among millions downloading whatever songs struck his fancy, with nary a glance...

  • Electro Magnetism

    By on October 1, 2003

    Cassidy Karakorn and Coby George have made it their mission to revive Tracks. Like many devotees of the former nightclub, Karakorn and George, along with...

  • Electro's Generator

    By on February 12, 2003

    Danny Hunt offers an uncharacteristically simple explanation for electro's elevation as our era's most creative dance style. Electro -- or electroclash if you prefer --...

  • Feeling Feint

    By on January 15, 2003

    Photography by Michael Wichita If P Street is where the roots were planted, the family tree has since branched out to Connecticut Avenue, 17th and...

  • Higher Things

    By on December 25, 2002

    Kim English's neighbors were chatting the other day when the conversation turned to Ce Ce Peniston's ten-year-old anthem ''Finally.'' ''Didn't Kim sing that?'' one asked....

  • Getting ”Naked” with Amber

    By on September 11, 2002

    The thanks to ''all my fantastic fans! You're my inspiration!'' dispatched by almost every pop star in their album booklets is usually meaningless blather and...

  • Truly Yours

    By on June 5, 2002

    Dear Lena, I'm white, but I only date Asian men. My friends call me racist. I say it's just personal preference. What do you think?...