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The mayor of Richmond pronounced yesterday “Foo Fighters Day” in honor of the band’s crowdfunded concert. [SPIN]

Watch Olivia Neutron-John‘s music video for “Death/Tango,” a tribute to Anna Nasty‘s late friend, Richie Terrific. [Bandwidth]

Gene Weingarten wrote his first children’s book. [Post]

Photos of Ty Segall at the 9:30 Club [BYT]

At his Echostage concert, Sam Smith‘s songs didn’t meet the high standards of classic soul and R&B. [Post]

Actors Michael Patrick Thornton and Joseph Carlson of Olney Theatre Center’s Colossal, on playing younger and older versions of the same character in one play [DC Theatre Scene]