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When Sony Pictures was hacked, the data experts assured honchos Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin that their emails were safe, but Pascal's nagging fears of exposure turned out to be prophetic. "Because...you know what you write in emails..."

source: http://youtu.be/gTzs_jfQiIU

Imagine yourself an animal. If you could choose, what would it be? What animal represents your spirit? For this week's episode of Metro Files, we asked Washingtonians to ponder this question. And the answers we received were special.

Til, next time.

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Narrator: Andy Duke. https://twitter.com/dukeyradioshow

Host: Marina Di Marzo

Producers: Naomi Harris, Daniel Stecker

Photo Drew Snadecki

Songs uses were Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix and @odesza's Kusanagi

In celebration of the Underwood Administration assuming power in House of Cards, we offer a trio of vignettes that reveal the plot of Francis Underwood's ascent. Part 1: "0 to 100"

In celebration of the Underwood Administration assuming power in House of Cards, we offer a trio of vignettes that reveal the plot of Francis Underwood's ascent. Part 2: "Three Feet Away"

In celebration of the Underwood Administration assuming power in House of Cards, we offer a trio of vignettes that reveal the plot of Francis Underwood's ascent. Part 3: "Endgame"

The combination of presidents and sex puzzled the commuters of Washington, D.C. But with puzzlement comes intrigue, and with intrigue, comes excitement. Metro riders were caught off guard. Most of these people have never spoken about which First Lady was the best at performing oral sex or which president was horrible at pleasuring his wife. However, it was clear to us that all of them have thought about it in great detail. The combination of politics and sex is often a dangerous potion, but the people we spoke to were as jovial as President Ford waiting in his outdoor pool with a glass of wine. With every recoil, smile, and laugh, the perverted people of the Metro reminded us why we come out here every week. Commuters are amazing people who can be reading notes for an important meeting one-second, and talking about whether or not Abe Lincoln was down with the booty the next. Only in D.C.

There's just so much to say about RJD2 it's hard to even write a blog post about him. But we're sure as hell going to try. His breakout album was Deadringer which was released in 2002. Singles like “Ghostwriter,” “Work,” and sooo many others pretty much influenced a culture.

This interview went down in July at Moonrise Festival in Baltimore which was hosted by our pals at Steez Promo. What's most interesting about this episode is that we tried to arrange this with his manager and publicist a week prior but we lost contact closer to show. This was all about timing. Had we not seen this guy backstage, (by himself we should mention) this wouldn't have happened. Most artists were chauffeured to the stages they were to perform at on these golf carts in the roped off areas. RJ walked through the crowd. By himself. I imagine he may even have had to convince security that he was in fact performing when he got to his destination.

We chatted about what goes into his set and how easy things can malfunction (it's a technical ass set), Teena Marie, and the emotive responses people have to his sounds.

Please keep in mind this was recorded at a music festival, which accounts for the noisy background. But as usual, maDCap made this jam work.

More about this episode coming soon.

Narration for this episode was done by the great Andy Duke.

Adam Rosenblum is executive chef of Causwells in San Francisco. It's located on Chestnut St in the Marina District. Formerly sous chef of the renowned Flour + Water, Rosenblum pumps out a menu of bold American cuisine with European influences.

Before booking Rosenblum, we had no idea he is from the town of $ilver $pring, MD (dollar signs necessary because it's a city of kings) a place maDCap knows well. In yet another tasty edition of the Gorm Report, Laura Gorman and Rosenblum talk about his cooking philosophy, the hard lessons he learned when opening a restaurant at age 24 and the restaurant he plans to retire with.

"I just want to cure meats and drink wine," says Rosenblum. Damn straight.

www.causwells.com

@big-chocolate: https://soundcloud.com/big-chocolate/big-chocolate-and-toms-diner

To observe human conduct and to appease our senses of humor, each week maDCap interns Marina Di Marzo, Naomi Harris and Daniel Stecker interview random people on the Metro with questions we all write up each week.

This is the first edition of this experiment we shall call "Metro Files."

Narration is done by the great Andy Duke

When Stephanie Williams founded DC Music Download in 2012, she had no idea that one day she would go from covering local music events to throwing them herself, but here we are.

February 7th is the Third Anniversary Celebration of DC Music Download at the legendary 9:30 Club. The lineup features Paperhaus (celebrating their debut album release), Loud Boyz, Baby Bry Bry & The Apologists, hosted by Church Night with music all night by DJ AYESCOLD.

Tickets and information at http://DCMusicDownload.com

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