In an homage to Gawker, the Citizens Association of Georgetown has a Google Maps-based site that shows where each crime in our neighborhood went down.

In January, for example, the “crime reports mapping tool” identified 59 incidents in the area. Unlike a neighborhood newsletter with crime statistics, the map allows you to indulge your voyeuristic pleasures by highlighting apartments where you’ll lose more in burglaries than in rent, or which party just isn’t worth walking to alone. By only letting CAG cronies submit crimes, though, the “Mapping Tool” misses out on faked crime hilarity. For example, I was hoping to report a walrus assault on Prospect. No dice, according to CAG.

The map doesn’t include crimes on campus proper, presumably because CAG hasn’t heard of the Department of Public Safety blotter yet. I think if CAG started including violations of “dry” dorm status and the like, the Mapping Tool would give CAG the edge its wanted for so long over rival groups of concerned citizens.

Posted by Will Sommer

Along with the basketball royalty on hand for the Hoyas’ 100th birthday celebration (Phil Perry explained why it’s not the 100th anniversary), savvy fans might have noticed D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty seeing and being seen, particularly in front of the student section (non-pep band side) during the second half of the Marquette game.
He failed to raise his arms in the air and draw in his breath during Georgetown free throws. Shame.

Maybe he’s parsing his ability to takeover Georgetown as well.

Posted by Mike Stewart, Associate Editor

In a move that didn’t generate nearly as much excitement as it deserved to, whoever runs Gelardin New Media Center decided recently that DVDs, VHSes, and CDs can be checked out for a full 24 hours.

You’d expect Gelardin’s selection to be educational, but it’s anything but. Check out this PDF of Power for the extensive DVD list.

This is good news because it’s free, and since Movie Mayhem seems like a such a hassle. There’s no Blockbuster in Georgetown, after all.
Posted by Will Sommer

Jonathan Richman, 6:00 Friday at the 9:30 Club, $12

If you show a little hustle out there in the field, you can still make it down to 9th and V to catch an early show with the godfather of Velvet Underground-worshipping lo-fi indie pop, who has spawned a thousand adenoidal voices and snarky-yet-sweet senses of humor since his early ’70s proto-punk group the Modern Lovers defined what awkward New England college kids could do with electric guitars. Then put on your black zip-up hoodie, run over to Ben’s on U Street to grab some vegan chili, and head up 14th to catch…

Lifetime, World/Inferno Friendship Society, 8:30 Friday at the Black Cat, $15

Jersey’s best dancers (or so they would have you believe) have reunited after seeing the hardcore emo sound they pioneered in the mid-90s get its edges sanded down and sell millions thanks to the likes of All-American Rejects, Fall Out Boy and MTV, natch. World/Inferno, meanwhile, is the band every weird kid in your high school with stringy hair and too much eyeliner spent their Friday nights going to see.

Deerhoof, 8:30 Sunday at the Black Cat, $13

If Richman was a little too nice and sincere for you and Lifetime was a little too moshy and loud, Portland’s favorite art-punks will be bringing the fractured beats and manic, noisy, shape-shifting pop melodies of their new album Friend Opportunity to the Cat for you to stand impassively in your skinny jeans and pretend to ignore.

Thunderbirds are Now!, Oxford Collapse, 8:00 Monday at the Rock and Roll Hotel, $12

Now this show is where we separate all the sniffling indie kids from the clustered up clever kids and figure out who actually wants to have a good time. It’s hard to find two bands this loud, energetic, likeable and just plain fun sharing a stage these days, so make the hike out to H Street Northeast and take the edge off the beginning of the week with a few drinks, a little jumping around and a lot of the best rock you can expect from some guys who sound like they should be playing at your party in your living room.

Posted by Chris Norton, Senior Writer