Actual Iraq/national-security blogging will return soon, I promise. This is a super-substantive blog that adds a lot of value to the public discourse in addition to being unbuttoned, irreverent and fun.

But for now the music monomania continues. If you're in the DC area tonight at 10 or so, you should really come to IOTA in Arlington to see the revamped, stronger-than-ever City Veins. Orange line to Clarendon. Normally I don't go in for alt-rock, but City Veins, which contain my friend Charles, are just that good. Plus they have a drummer named Spencer who isn't me.