MetroSongs at Iota

Jason Mendelson started writing Metro themed songs years ago and gained fame by completing 86 songs, one for each of WMATA's 86 stations at the time. A talented musicians and guitarist, Jason and his Metrosongs band are playing again this Monday, April 25 at Iota. They are debuting the new spinning WHEEL OF METRO to add some random fun to the night along with:
The Grey A
Derek Evry
Matthew James Scott
and Faith & Kendra (of "13 Men" infamy)
Music begins at 7:30pm with a $10 cover.

No Pants Sunday on the Metro

Be prepared to see some bare backsides this Sunday on the Metro! The annual No Pants Subway Ride DC is taking place in an especially cold January 11, where participants meet at L'Enfant Plaza station and ride the metro 3-5pm without pants while keeping a straight face. This cheeky event was started by Improv Everywhere in 2002 in New York and has now spread to other cities like DC. After party is at Cobalt in Dupont Circle.

Clarendon Metro Farmers Market

Tonight from 3 pm - 7 pm come down to the Metro for the Clarendon Metro Farmers Market if the weather permits. There will be a Food Demonstration by Chef Michael Kiss from Whole Foods Market from 4 pm - 7 pm. Also there will be music by
Rick Franklin.

It continues tomorrow, Thursday, in Rossyln at Wilson and Oak street.

The market will feature:
Toigo Orchards
Penn Farms
Grace's Pasries
Gonzales Produce
Hondo Coffee
C & T Produce
Middleburg Creamery
Tea Co
Terrapin Station

Merry Metro Christmas

Thanks to Unsuck DC Metro for providing interesting local Christmas photos and movies like this one:


Video credit to Stacey Viera (StaceyViera.com)

Also, if you feel you need to escape your family today and listen to some local music, IOTA is open from 7pm to 2am with no cover charge.

Merry Christmas Clarendon!

Metro Stations Closed for Labor Day Weekend

Stupid Metro.

WMATA has decided to close three stations this Labor Day weekend, starting Friday night and lasting until Tuesday morning. The stations shutting down are:

• Pentagon City
• Crystal City
• Reagan National Airport

Don't they realize the 9-11 Memorial 5k race is this Saturday in Crystal City, and many participants were planning on using the trains for it?

Oh, and Metro didn't bother to tell us about this until Sept 1st, so it will throw a wrench into all those people who were planning on using the train to get out of the airport.

Clarendon Metro Current Schedule Widget

This is a useful little widget from Metro that shows the live status of Clarendon station arrivals and departures. Other stations can be found here.

Red Line Metro Train Collision

A horrific accident on the Metro happened today at 5pm on the Red Line. Apparently two trains collided head-on between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations. Some news agencies are reporting that one train actually ended up on top of the other train.

WJLA is currently reporting 1 fatality and 9 injuries. Washington Post doesn't have any more details either.

I received this text message alert from AlertDC at 5:45:

Metro reports that 2 train collided and one train is on top of the other train.
Metro reports massive injuries at this time. The green line and the red line are
affected. Further information to follow.

As someone who rides Metro regularly, I didn't think this type of accident was possible. Very scary.

Update 6/23/2009:

The casualty count is now 9 deaths and 76 injuries. The trains did not collide head-on, but instead one train ran into the rear of the first stopped train.