Hey I live in DC too, and I have to agree the electronic music scene here blows. There used to be Nation, but that was all kids (the kids!) and got shut down by the man anyway. And ESL is the same ol' preppy "we're downtempto not chillout and you cant get in cuz your pants aint leather and you dont have 15 euro models on your arm" crap that seems to follow any music other then southern rock around here, I call it "New York Envy". I saw Orb at 9:30, they suprise with a good act every once in a while and I also like club 5 <when i can drag my friends to go>. If you know somewhere cool to go, lemme know.
PS Glad to hear other ppl agree you dont have to do drugs to enjoy the Orb