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I’m reminded of a line from The Hunt for Red October, where the KGB agent aboard the eponymous sub was reading from Capt. Ramius’ Bible:

And the seventh angel poured forth his bowl, and a loud voice cried out from heaven: “It is done.”

So the 9:30 club gets the big Heisman from the County Council. That’s fine. Ike Leggett sent a letter to several people, the contents of which were posted on the listserv. Here’s an excerpt:

For obvious reasons, it would be inappropriate for the County to enter into an agreement with one operator only to subsequently decide to engage in simultaneous negotiations with a second proposed operator that has the benefit of seeing and undercutting the signed terms of its competitor’s agreement. This would be unacceptable. Had the County originally signed a Letter of Intent with the 9:30 Club, or any other operator, and a third party inserted itself into the negotiations at the last minute by cherry-picking an existing proposal, my attitude would be the same.

And this is something I can totally be on board with. So Live Nation is coming in? Great. Building a Fillmore? Excellent. Now get the details done and give me some live music. How long will that take? Are we still looking at 2010? Hurry it up, already!

On a different note…
It looks like the rumors of a Matchbox or some other restaurant at the old Fire Station #1 were bogus. VERY excited about Hook & Ladder coming to the neighborhood, and as Silver Spring Scene reports, we’re looking at June 1 plus 45 days. Just what that means, I’m not sure, but the sooner the better.

Anything I can do to speed up the process, gentlemen? I have several growlers at the ready, itching to be filled with that hoppy, yeasty goodness.