Wow, a band I don't talk about much, but is perfectly great, is The Bicycle Thieves. Being much more up-to-the minute than most of the heavy retro-influenced music I go see, The Thieves are hard rock without a lot psychedellia. Well, those guys have 6 Wammie noms in the rock category, yay!

Also the Washingtonian Magazine's cover story for Feb. '03 is area music. There are little pictures of area greats popping out of big alphabet letters that spell "Great Music", the likes of Duke Ellington, none other than Mr. Bill Kirchen, five other artists, but no hardcore rock or punk pics on the cover. I have not read the thing yet, I've barely even looked at the cover, but this should be interesting.