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Forgive me if it’s too early to talk about drinking—I might still be on my European vacation schedule of lager with lunch—but there’s good reason: Today is one of those moments we at City Paper relish, when someone with national recognition teams up with a local business to create something that’s totally D.C.
Earlier this week, Loudoun County craft brewery Ocelot Brewing announced the release of a brand new beer, U Want It U Got It, in collaboration with the El Kempner-led rock project Palehound ahead of the band’s Union Stage gig this Saturday, Oct. 21.
Palehound, whose local show appeared in our 2023 Fall Arts Guide last month, have been blowing up in the indie music scene. The Boston-bred band recently opened for this year’s musical dream team boygenius, and last week Kempner was named one of the 250 greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone.
Ocelot’s new brew, named for a song off Palehound’s latest album, Eye On the Bat, is a sour, described by City Paper contributor Serena Zets as “fruity and tangy…tailored to Kempner’s preference of cocktails and sour ales.”
U Want It U Got It is available for purchase starting today at Ocelot’s Dulles location. And tickets are still available for Palehound’s Saturday show at Union Stage, where you’ll also be able to drink the special release. For more on U Want It U Got It and Palehound, read the full story on our website.
—Sarah Marloff (tips? smarloff@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- Ari Roth, the D.C.-based playwright and director, was in Israel conducting research when the war began on Oct. 7. His journey back to D.C. involved multiple canceled commercial flights, chartered government flights, and plenty of anxiety. [WTOP]
- Two environmental groups, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Boating in D.C., paddle around the Potomac River and other local waterways picking up trash before it flows into the bay or, eventually, the Atlantic Ocean [Post]
- The 29-year-old man who was shot in Capitol Hill Monday night was returning home from playing basketball when he was killed, according to the man’s father. The victim had a 7-year-old daughter, who he had dropped off earlier in the evening. “We are numb right now. It was sudden, unexpected and only parents that have lost a child know the feeling,” the man’s father said. [FOX5]
- WUSA9 rode along with MPD Officer Jeremy Brady as he stopped drivers for speeding, blocking crosswalks, and tinted windows. Brady also acknowledged that police use traffic enforcement to fish for drugs and guns. “On the other side of it, the criminal side of it—drug investigations, a lot of firearm recoveries, just by kind of picking up on clues [of] people acting certain ways,” he says. “It kind of goes both ways, it’s like a two fold approach.” [WUSA9]
By City Paper staff (tips? editor@washingtoncitypaper.com)
- D.C. elections officials say a breach of a contractor’s database resulted in the leak of just under 4,000 voter records. The Board of Elections has yet to reach out to people impacted by the breach, and its website remains down, for now. [DCist]
- Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker and Council Chair Phil Mendelson are backing new legislation to give the Office of the State Superintendent of Education more power and resources to spur reforms at struggling schools. [Informer]
- Neighbors and business owners on H Street NE say they’re frustrated by the police department’s response to rising crime in the area, noting that cops often don’t show up when they call. But some are also pressing for solutions beyond just more police, like the addition of more resources for people experiencing homelessness. [WTOP, WUSA9, WJLA]
By Alex Koma (tips? akoma@washingtoncitypaper.com)
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