Jay Carney‘s final White House press briefing kicked off with a tune from his favorite band: Guided by Voices… [DCist]

…one of three (!) celebrities on Twitter who know who Carney is. [Post]

In Enter OpheliaTaffety Punk Theatre Company strips away all of Hamlet‘s characters but one—-who’s played by four different people. [DC Theatre Scene]

A rock photography installation is up at Hill & Dale Records; see how many acts you recognize. [BYT]

The Kennedy Center’s 2014 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will go to Jay Leno. [Post]

How Lucian Perkins, the photographer behind Hard Art, DC 1979, got into punk [INDY Week]

For the first time, one of the recipients of theater’s coveted Bradley Prize is a journalist: Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout. [DC Theatre Scene]

DJ A-Trak, who plays the 9:30 Club tonight, on freestyling half his set [BYT]