the upstate life, who is on top of all the motherfucking shizznit (yes, i just said that), follows up on tommy's discovery a while back and announces that the arcade fire are definitely coming to d.c. the date: january 30. the place: 9:30 club. the tickets: you can buy them here. i just purchased four - one for me, tommy, possibly my brother, and an extra for whoever might like it in case it sells out. i suggest getting them now - you can't buy tickets yet on the 930 club page (hell, it's not even announced on their site yet), so you'll be getting in ahead of the game.

update: while TUL is where i caught it, i see the ghost of gordon sumner actually reported the arcade fire date and location first this past saturday. in any case, props to everybody for being more on top of this than i, even though i tried to make a point of looking out for the date/location. i suck. except at liking the arcade fire. we liked them back in june. take that, pitchfork!

tommy was surprised that the band was playing the 9:30 club - we had definitely pegged them for a black cat show. if they can sell out the 1200+ person 9:30 club, then they are more than buzz-worthy. of course, that's contingent on the 9:30 club ever officially announcing the date. they seem to be dropping the ball lately on the calendar announcements.