[pantophobia]

i am doing only local stuff now, since i need to get about 4 hours rest, saw Slayer and am beat, will do the rest tomorrow

DC - first off depends on what road you enter from "ie Montgomery Co. Maryland into Northwest" = (Wisconsin Ave., super ritzy, heads down to Georgetown, super rich yuppies and diplomats) (Connecticut Ave., old residential area, My dad grewup down there, heads toward Ft Reno and the Zoo) both of those are east of Rock Creek Park, west of the park (Georgia Ave. lower class residential, some tough spots until you reach Howard University and the Hospital, then the hipster area blossoms in the U Street Corridor/Cardoza "The Black Cat, DC9, 611 Florida, The Warehouse Nextdoor, and the 930 Club", after that the museums are nice, very scenic, despite the foul air of politics, they have a new mayor now so we'll see what occurs now, it's a good city, just either too rough or too ritzy, but there are spots that are nice

Baltimore - don't go down much(i say down despite the fact balto is clearly northeast from where i am,weird), the Talking Head club is closed now, i am not sure where the really experimental bands will go, Ottobar north near John Hopkins hospital is a good club, been told it can be rougher then DC, but i haven't experienced anything yet, the Inner Harbor is beautiful, they have the Aquarium, some good eateries, and a not too bad salt water fishy smell

The Beaches of Delaware and Maryland - will mention as a whole city cause i have spent a long time there during the summers, and it gets crowded
Williamsville (very redneck, but secluded, where i have stayed for many summers)
Fenwick Island (small, quiet, great subs, pizza, and mexican seafood, the old Music Emporium closed 5 years ago, but they were quite cool, they got my copy of Murray Street about 2 weeks before the official release, and when they folded got a bunch of promo cds cheap from them including a promo copy of Experimental Jet Set)
Ocean City (busiest, can get a population of 320k plus during the peak season months, lots of good food and really the only reason to go, other wise it's rather boring, too many getaway weekenders, even the super long boardwalk isn't exciting anymore, with the exception of putt-putt golf, there really isn't much too do)
Bethany Beach (small beach boardwalk, some good food, toooooooo many catholics, i am not kidding, it's really a super family friendly beach where there are too many kids running around, (me when i was younger, and all my mom's friends {read 4} and their kids, like about 30 of them, they need to learn about birth control fast)
Dewey Beach (college hangout, frat stuff, but they have two music clubs that get mostly southern rock, one time though fucking Steve Shelley came down with Two Dollar Guitar and played the Rusty Rudder, and i didn't know about it until months after)
Rehoboth Beach (great main street, great little villas on the side streets, most varied food on the Del-Mar coastline "French, German, Russian, Thai, fusion", large Gay population, so a lot of antique shop, art stores, and some heavy drinks and karaoke at the Purple Parrot bar, the old Kemp Mill records is gone but i bought most of my first SY albums there, as well as my first Sleater-Kinney ones as well, best all around town of all mentioned, even if the beach itself is always packed)