Hanging out with the drama club - That's how Brian described Feint, the monthly alternative party organized by Queers Against the Laughable Mainstream (QALM) at Staccato in south Adams Morgan. While the premise sounds pretty pretentious, in fact it was laid-back and enjoyable. It was fun to pick out songs in the mix by groups like Echo & the Bunnymen, and the volume was just right to permit conversation without wearing out your vocal chords by the end of the night. The crowd was mixed with a fair number of attractive guys, as long as you go in for the chin-bearded indie look. Ruggers Brian and Jamie struck up a conversation with a guy wearing a New Zealand All-Blacks jersey, and we come to find out he's there with his boyfriend Bob Mould. That's a pretty nice vote of confidence for a couple of young, up-and-coming party producers. (This being DC, you don't expect to meet celebrity rockers when you go out for a drink.) So they gave us tickets to come see Bob spin next weekend at Velvet Lounge.

Yes Ben, the DC boys are becoming urban hipsters. Compare and contrast with your experiences this MLK weekend.