Suspicious Package Blows Up at National Press Club

Members of the band Suspicious Package

A lineup of musical media acts performed Friday night in Journopalooza III, a cutthroat – and charitable – competition for the title of “DC’s Best Media Band,” won by Suspicious Package, made up of Plumb Concepts’ Tim Burger, Washington Post’s Tom Toles, LATimes’ Josh Meyer, HUD’s Bryan Greene and USTR’s Christina Sevilla.


A repeat performance for the group, this year’s Journopalooza was the biggest yet, and marked the first that a winner was announced.

 “There were seven different bands and each sounded good and was fun in its own way, so it was a real honor to win,” said Suspicious Package heartthrob Tim Burger (center).


“You never know how something like that will turn out for one individual band, and it’s hard to know if the stage monitors reflect what the audience is hearing when you’re on. But it felt like we hit a pretty good groove and the sound guys had done a nice setup and mixing job, so overall we had a good night. But what obviously made it for us, getting us pumped up and in the pocket, were our loyal friends and fans who showed in force — and we thank them!”


And Burger shared the credit all around for Journopalooza’s winning night.  “It helped all the bands that organizer Christina Davidson ran a tight ship — and Nobody’s Business guitarist Jon Landay meticulously mapped out the staging and equipment sharing — and kept things pretty well on schedule, [which was] no easy task with the logistical quagmire such events present…Thanks to her and everyone else’s efforts, we’re told that the event raised about $34,000 for charity and NPC programs, so that makes it all worthwhile and everyone wins!”