To Do: Muddle Through Somehow

Friday

* A Happy FK Christmas at the Rock & Roll Hotel. Thunderball Soundsystem, Ursual 1000 and Fort Knox Five. $10 at 9PM. [ R&R Hotel ]

* Taking the Jingle Piss at Marx Cafe. Free at 10PM. [ Brightest Young Things ]

Saturday

* Holiday Vaudville at the Kennedy Center with Cajun cellist Sean Grissom, rhythmic tap dancer and physical comedian Rod Ferrone and modern-Klezmer quartet Alexandria Kleztet. Free at 6PM. [ Kennedy Center ]

* Soccer Team, Statehood (dudes from Dismemberment Plan) and The Bow Shock at the Black Cat. $9 at 9PM. Or go backstage for Reach Up, "a night of classic body music." Free at 9: 30PM [ Black Cat ]

Sunday

*It's a Wonderful Lifeat AFI. "Hey look, mister -- we serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint atmosphere. Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?" $9.50 at 7PM. [ AFI ]

Monday

*Meet Me in St. Louisat AFI. Enjoy the most depressing Christmas song ever after popping a couple barbituates. $9.50 at 4: 10PM. [ AFI ]

* Hickory Dave's 3rd Annual Honky Tonk Christmas at the Black Cat. "Honky Tonk, Old Timey, Outlaw Country, & other Hillbilly Favorites." Music to get drunk and cry to. Free at 9PM. [ Black Cat ]