Quiet down, rumor mill, ’cause it’s official: The Make-Up will play Black Cat Sept. 20. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon. [Black Cat]

Katherine Goldstein, who’s engaged to Dismemberment Plan singer Travis Morrison, writes a column about how she unwittingly walked into a relationship with a rock star. The comments, predictably, are brutal. [Slate]

A scene piece from the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar [Post]

Five thoughts about the Everclear/Sugar Ray/Gin Blossoms concert at Wolf Trap [Post]

Weezer belongs in the mall! [Huffington Post D.C.]

“Unfortunately, where Agony and Ecstasy is concerned, watching Mike Daisey be Mike Daisey is now a chore and a two-hour exercise in vanity.” [DCist]

Fiesta D.C. will move to Pennsylvania Avenue NW this year, but it aims to return to Mt. Pleasant in 2013 [DCist]