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"I would imagine that [Morrissey] had just thrown some gladioli — gladioli was his favorite, favorite, favorite, flower of all time. I'm sure he had just done that. This is an early picture, one of my first pictures, probably from California '85, and I was really quite shy — you can see that I'm really quite behind the monitor. I like the photo because it shows the dynamic between Morrissey — the energy that he's giving to the crowd, and then Johnny [Marr] just being so super-cool."

‘There At A Special Time’ — A D.C. Punk On Her Teen Years Touring With The Smiths

It was 1985. Nalinee Darmrong was 17, and she had just graduated high school. Friends took her to see the legendary English rock band The Smiths at D.C.’s Warner Theatre — and the show literally changed her life.

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This 1996 image of Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim has been acquired by the Smithsonian.

Smithsonian Acquires Collection Of Classic Hip-Hop Photos

More than 400 classic photographs of hip-hop artists including Foxy Brown, Lil’ Kim, T.I., Black Sheep and N.W.A.’s Eazy-E have been acquired…

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"Strawberry Dreams" only publishes work by female-identified contributors.

‘Strawberry Dreams’ Is A New Feminist Punk Zine Out Of D.C.

When Paula Martinez and John Scharbach first told Farrah Skeiky about Strawberry Dreams — their idea for a free zine…

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"As a kid, I wanted to be a game-show host," says go-go photographer Chip Py (right), who produces a web series called "Locally Grown." (Left: show guest Claudia "Kool Keys" Rogers)

Get To Know Chip Py, The Go-Go Photographer With A DIY Talk Show About D.C. Music

While the Corcoran’s 2013 exhibit “Pump Me Up” might have conditioned some to think of the D.C. area’s homegrown funk…

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Teen Liver at Rocketship July 15, 2014

Photos: Teen Liver, Swimsuit Addition And Peoples Drug At The Rocketship

Scenes from Tuesday night’s steamy show at The Rocketship, featuring newish D.C. band Peoples Drug, Chicago’s Swimsuit Addition, and the…

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Scenes from Saturday night's In It Together Fest benefit at The Dougout

Photos: Joy Buttons, Pinkwash, The Sniffs, And Young Trynas At The Dougout

Local venues and bands have now hosted numerous benefits for the forthcoming In It Together Fest, and Saturday night brought…

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Punk band Dudes is among the subjects in a new exhibit of D.C. hardcore photography.

D.C.’s Modern-Day Punk Scene, Captured In A New Photo Exhibit

Michael Andrade is so dedicated to documenting D.C.’s hardcore scene, he gave himself nerve damage doing it. “When I first…

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Premiere: On ‘Mars And Me,’ D.C.’s Brushes Come From Mars And Venus

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