Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

The only electronic night i have ever been to is called Matter and it is held at the Blue Room on 18th street. I am not sure if it still exists, as i havent seen it listed for a while. The Djs played a lot of techno, including all the requisite hip german stuff, but whenever i went, there were 20 people there, and everything was being played at lounge volumes. it was a bit sad really, though the bar has a good beer selection.

SALT (listed first, because it's my night, dammit)
synthfunk, indiepop, dancehall, grime, electropunk, hip hop, industrial, hits
DJ's Sad and Lonely
1st Wednesday monthly
Cafe Saint-Ex

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indiedisco and beyond
DJ Will Eastman
generally 3rd Saturday monthly
the Black Cat

Confusion
disco, new wave, funk, postpunk, hiphop
DJ's Serpico, William Alberque, Cullen Stalin, Sad
generally 4th Saturday monthly
the Black Cat

Yellow Fever
reggae, groove, soul, hip-hop, dub
DJ's Yellow Fever
Tuesdays biweekly
Cafe Saint-Ex

Spilt Milk
rock, disco, funk, mod, punk, soul
Tuesdays biweekly
Red

Blowoff
indie house?
DJ's Bob Mould and Richard Morel
Saturdays
9:30 Club

Taking the Piss
jingle-jangle indie pop & psychedelic
occasional Fridays
Marx Cafe

We Fought the Big One
UK post punk, shoegaze, guitar pop, indie dance
DJ's Brandon Grover and Rick Taylor
1st Friday monthly
Marx Cafe

The Wag
60's garage soul & trash
DJ Mark Zimin
1st Saturday monthly
the Black Cat

The Mousetrap
brit pop, indie
DJ Mark Zimin
generally 2nd Saturday monthly
the Black Cat

Cold
coldwave, darkwave
2nd Sunday monthly
the Blue Room

Atmosphere
post punk, UK indie, dream pop
3rd Sunday monthly
the Blue Room

The Melting Pot
everything, 1964-1980
DJ Neville Chamberlain
Thursday biweekly
Cafe Saint-Ex

UH-HUH!
rock and roll
DJ Johnny
Sundays
Cafe Saint-Ex

Groove
soul, mod, garage
DJ Beat Neat-O
Thursdays biweekly
Cafe Saint-Ex

I'll work on a whole separate list of the club/hip hop/EDM events...

24 Hour Access: 24 Hour Psycho

February 28, 2004 at 5:30 p.m.
A first for the Hirshhorn---the Museum will open the Douglas Gordon exhibition for twenty-four consecutive hours. 24 Hour Psycho (1993), the artist's video installation that stretches the Hitchcock classic into a twenty-four-hour experience, is the inspiration for this all-night happening. Launch the leap year with this unique, drop-in event, which will also include music, gallery discussions, and a "Meet the Artist" interview with Douglas Gordon conducted by Hirshhorn Director of Art and Programs and Chief Curator Kerry Brougher on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Ring Auditorium. "24 Hour Access: 24 Hour Psycho" is made possible through the generosity of Aaron and Barbara Levine.

http://hirshhorn.si.edu

The following music (presented by Signal 66) will be played:
5:30 ˆ 7:00pm DJ Sandwich Man
7:00 ˆ 8:00pm Band Chessie
8:00 ˆ 8:30pm DJ Debut
8:30 ˆ 9:15pm Band The Hipnotix
9:15 ˆ 9:45pm DJ Beat Neat-o of Groove
9:45 ˆ 10:30pm Band Rose
10:30 ˆ 11:00pm DJ Neville Chamberlain
11:00 ˆ 11:45pm Band The Phobes
11:45 ˆ 12:15am DJ Neville Chamberlain
12:15 ˆ 1:00am Band Sounds of Kaleidoscope
1:00 ˆ 1:30am DJ Happy Family
1:30 ˆ 2:15am Band Sons of Disobedience
2:15 ˆ 2:45am DJ Neville Chamberlain (tentative)
2:45 ˆ 3:30am Band Gully Jimson

Habib Koite from Mali at the National Geographic Grosvenor
Hall--Habib's got a nice live cd out--He trys to meld styles from
different parts of Mali, and while he's not a big fave of mine he's
definately not bad

Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Ache at the K. Ctr. Eisenhower Theater--A
wonderful percussionist, bandleader, and sideman (not to mention a
college professor) who is very charismatic and entertaining with his band

Los Hombres Calientes from New Orleans at the Clarice Smith Center-An
interesting bunch from New Orleans who blend that city's jazz with
flavors from throughout the Caribbean. I believe WPFW's Jim Byers is
hosting and leading a chat with them as well.

Muzsikas at the Freer-Hungarian vocal combo
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Sat. 2-14

Sanchez and Richie Stephens at the Crossroads-Jamaican lovers rock for
Valentines Day
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Sun. 2-15

Haj Youness, Casablanca, Moroccan oud player and the Voice of Wisdom
Orchestra at 2 p.m. at the Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley Center
Lecture Hall

La India and Sonora Caruseles at the Washington Hilton, 1919
Connecticut Ave. NW salsa
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Tues. 2-17

Peru Negro at the Kenn. Ctr- Excellent Afro-Peruvian veteran combo--if
you like Eva Aylon or Susanna Baca this outfit's blend of soaring
melodies, strumming, and funky drumming (on instruments including
wooden boxes and donkey jawbones) will be up your alley
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Other cool stuff:2-11-Super Furry Animals
from Wales at 930;2-12( & 2-13) jazz singer Jane Monheit at the
Birchmere; 2-13-Atmosphere at 930;2-14 Black Dice at Ottobar;Jazz
singer Dee Dee Bridgewater at K. Ctr.;Carmaig De Forest at Roots Cafe;

To get on my DC African/Latin/World whatever events ocassional e-mail thing, contact me at ritmika@hotmail.com The above comes from that...

Which reminds me...any news regarding a new location for the Metro Cafe?

dc-improv-announce-owner@yahoogroups.com

salsanews@aol.com

the blow_up@hotmail.com

bw_zydeco@yahoo.com

Dizzee's supposedly coming back for a bigger tour in the summer, but I'm not sure if he'll hit DC or not. I don't know of anything regarding Dear or Mayer, but if they came I imagine it would be at 5ive, unless it was a one-off somewhere else.

What's odd it that it seems to be only the EDM scene that really tries to escape the city - the most successful go-go and indie artists are, if anything, too tied to DC.

Is it odd that the most interesting and boosterish electronic dance DJ in DC over the last year has been Bob Mould?

The DC go-go artists have seemingly given up on being national and international acts (go-go hasn't crossed over) although Chuck Brown gets flown to Japan periodically to play.

Dischord indie rockers are always playing worldwide but such gigs just never get much local press here. Q and Not U are also booked to play that big fest coming up in California over the summer(Coachatella or something). Black Eyes toured Europe awhile back.

Why did they locate it in Georgetown? You can only make so much money from selling prog to white hats from GW. Better to be on U st with a big deep house section. They never seemed to have their shit together anyways. They cheated me out of $40 once but totally inadvertantly. I had my revenge during their clearance sale I guess.

As for Q and not U, I tried to see their last show at the Black Cat and ended up waiting in line for an hour by myself. As I was waiting, the show sold out. That is all. They need to play here more often.

I always wanted to check out the Grits & Gravy dj night at Bar Nun... Years ago I saw DC rappers Opus Okuben playing with a live band at the now defunct Metro Cafe. Wow, they were great. Now they just mostly play Europe, sometimes with Ny jazz guy Steve Coleman. They were at Black Cat around New Years Eve but I missed them.

anyways, wednesday night P Brotzmann is playing with Hamid Drake and William Parker. Its at Twins on U st (btw 13th and 14th?) at 8pm.

DC 9 is in the original Asylum space, I'm not sure what it was between then and now. Half the music I've heard played there has been great indie/hip hop/disco, the other half has been too much midrange compressed guitar and singers that sound like they're in beer commercials. Which is a better hit rate than most places, but the DJs seriously can't mix or sequence their tracks.

List of EDM events is not so good. Seems like no place is doing well with regular nights and lineups are changing like crazy. And Cubik is filling the main room at Nation with the level of talent that would have played the front room at Buzz.

how long have you been in DC? what is the reason for the instability?

Is the below show which is at the Ottobar coming to DC?

Thursday March 25th
DEFINITIVE JUX PRESENTS:
Murs
The Perceptionists
(Feat. Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, DJ Fakts One)
RJD2, C Rayz Walz
Hangar 18, SA Smash and more
Doorsat 8pm/ Show at 9pm- ALL AGES

3 years! I want stuff NOW ;)

I've been complaining to friends for 2 or so years that I wish someone would book all of the Afropop and Latin acts that play for free in Central Park in NY each summer, in DC... So I'll have to form my own group to do this...

There's the once.twice festival coming up in Baltimore next month-

April 15th - 17th, 2004
Baltimore's 4th Annual
once.twice:festival of sound and video art feat.
AKUFEN . DIMBIMAN . AGF . CHRISTOPHER WILLITS .
DABRYE . SUE COSTABILE . MATTHEW DEAR .
GHISLAIN POIRIER. NAUTICAL ALMANAC.JIMMY EDGAR
MYLENA BERGERON . CAROLINE HAYEUR .
SCOTT PAGANO + more TBA

once.twice also runs the occasional Treatment night at Sonar, the last one in November featured Magda and Sammy Dee.

On a different note, any musicians (d.j.'s?) who wanna perform for free outdoors or maybe at Carter Barron or other locations during the June 18-21st 2nd annual Fete de la Musique DC should call 202-724-5614 or e-mail jose.dominguez@dc.gov . There will also be meetings at the DC Arts Commission, 410 8th St. NW , 5th Fl. on Mon. 3-15 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 and on Thurs. 3-18 from noon to 1.

I'm trying to encourage them to expand the musical horizons of this event...

Five is a great venue, nearly perfect, but the different promoters that do nights there only really book house, d+b, and reggae. There was the electroclash/breaks night there, too, but that's over and has turned into a retro night.

9:30 Club, as you mentioned, is a live music venue. They'll have the occasional DJ, but it always comes off as a bit out of place.

It costs a lot of money to run a club in DC due to the scarcity of suitable spaces. In a town with 8-foot ceilings in 95% of all buildings, there’s going to be a lot of competition for the remaining few with large open spaces. Permitting, safety codes, and accessibility standards are pretty tightly enforced, which means you have to sink a lot of money into a space before you can do anything with it. This goes for bars, dance clubs, live music clubs, and pretty much everything. And don't even get me started on ANC's and "voluntary agreements".

"After over 4 years in business, the owners of Now! Music and Fashion
have decided to close permanently, so we can move on and pursue
other opportunities. We've had a blast talking to you about music,
putting on instore performances, and participating in the local
community. But the best thing about running a record store has been
the opportunity to meet you. Many thanks to our loyal customers and
friends we've made along the way.

We will be having a going-out-of-business sale beginning this
weekend. All clothing and music (except consignments and bargain bin
stuff) will be on sale for 30% off the regular price."

So I don't think DC's gone utterly down the pan. Close, but not gone yet.

They're also stocking the Ellen Allien album and remixes, Coloma's Finery. I think I even saw that Damon Album demo double 10" there, too!

Melody on Conn. Ave. is very underrated - I always thought they were better than DCCD for keeping up with current releases and pointing customers in the right direction. Good international and classical sections, too.

I also have given them a list of stuff I'd like. They have an account with Forced Exposure, so I'll soon have the Lawrence album I've been gasping to hear for ages.

Re: Melody: While they're matchless on international, classical and jazz, their electronic section is showing conspicuous gaps since Joel, who used to buy for the electronic section left for Baltimore at the end of last year. CD Warehouse deserve to clean up!

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities invites musicians to participate in the 2nd Annual Fête de la Musique DC. The Fête is an internationally recognized music festival that marks the first days of summer. Festival dates are June 18-21, 2004 with performances throughout the afternoon and evening. The Arts Commission is sponsoring special workshops for area musicians interested in participating in the Fete and conducting live auditions for “acoustic” and “acapella” musicians and performers.

All types of musicians and bands interested in learning more can attend one of two special festival workshops. The workshops will provide valuable information on how musicians can participate and receive promotional assistance from the Arts Commission. The workshop dates are:

Dates and Times: Monday, March 15, 2004 at 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 12 Noon – 1 PM

P Place: DC Arts Commission, 410 8th Street NW, 5th floor

Please call (202) 724-5614 or send an email to jose.dominguez@dc.gov with any questions that you may have.

st ex has chimay, stella and delerium and a few more that i cant remember on draft. really nice people there. the barback, by mistake, bussed my last cigarette and matches when i went up to the bar to get another beer. when i mentioned this to the bartender, he gave me matches, a regular hooked me up with a cigarette, and a woman who was with the DJ said she was going out a cigarette run, and asked me what i wanted. i was actually confused by kindess.

My attempts to get the DC Arts Commisssion to add more indie-rock, Latin, African, go-go and hiphop to the upcoming June 20th Free Music Fete seem to have run into bureacratical walls and lack of money. Oh well, I tried.

didnt mix, just having some fun. am going to see Ken Mcintyre of AACM fame tonight I think.

6/11 is Richie Hawtin and Magda at Cubik

here's the day-by-day linup for the once.twice festival in Baltimore...

>>>>>>>>>

avant hip-hop + twisted rhythms
THURSDAY APRIL 15TH
2549 N Howard Street
www.theottobar.com
All ages / Doors open @ 9pm / ADMISSION $10

DABRYE [ DETROIT - Ghostly International ]
GHISLAIN POIRIER [ MONTREAL - 12k / Chocolate Industries ]
JIMMY EDGAR [ DETROIT - Warp / M3rck / Audio.NL ]
NAUTICAL ALMANAC [ BALTIMORE - Heresee ]
MARC LUSSIER [ BALTIMORE ]

>>>>>>>>>

PERLON LABEL FOCUS
FRIDAY APRIL 16th
THE SUPREME IMPERIAL
223 Pearl STREET
http://www.thehush.net/supreme.htm
All ages / Doors open @ 9pm / ADMISSION $10

AKUFEN [ MONTREAL - Perlon / Force-Inc / Musique Risquee ]
DIMBIMAN aka ZIP [ BERLIN - Perlon ]
MATTHEW DEAR aka JABBERJAW [ DETROIT - Perlon / Plus8 / Ghostly ]
SOMEONE ELSE [ PHILADELPHIA - Foundsound / Musik Krause ]
BEN PARRIS dj set [ Baltimore - Once.Twice / Foundsound ]
MISKATE dj set [ PHILADELPHIA - Foundsound ]

>>>>>>>

SATURDAY APRIL 17th JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
MATTIN CENTER ROSS JONES BUILDING, SDS ROOM
3400 N CHARLES ST,BALTIMORE MD
All ages / Doors open @ 8pm / ADMISSION $10

AGF [ BERLIN - Orthlorng Musork / Kitty Yo ]
+ SUE.C [ SAN FRANCISCO - Orthlorng Musork ]
CHRISTOHPER WILLITS [ SAN FRANCISCO - 12k / Fallt ]
+SCOTT PAGANO [ SAN FRANCISCO - Reline ]
MYLENA BERGERON [ MONTREAL - Oral ]
+ CAROLINE HAYEUR [ MONTREAL ]
LOADBANG [ BALTIMORE ]

I've been really pleased with the ridiculous amount of good music available to us in the last month or so. Bummed about missing TV on the Radio, but Xiu Xiu were great, and the prospect of seeing Sunburned Hand of the Man + Four Tet (again, in Baltimore, Tuesday the 20th) = more excitement. Add CocoRosie on to that, and I'll be near broke.

resident DJ's Milo & Daedau

every Friday starting tonight

at Saveur
2218 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Glover Park, DC
10ish-2ish
NO COVER CHARGE

What's happening this summer? I don't think the Fort Reno schedule has been announced yet. I'm excited about the D.C. Caribbean Carnival and the related shows happening in a few weeks. Also, the Smithsonian Folklife Fest is gonna be featuring Latin and Haitian music. Anything new folks to tell me about dancehall, electronica, hiphop and go-go wise?

I'm excited about a few DC-area shows coming up in the month of June. MF Doom w/Talib Kweli at the 9:30 Club, Sunday June 13. Madvillain has finally clicked for me, you have to listen to it as a series of vignettes ... looking forward to the show. I've seen Decembrists and Neko Case before, so I'll probably skip their shows the next two nights in order to check out Acid Mothers Temple at the Ottobar in Baltimore, Thursday the 17th. Two good acoustic shows at Iota in Virginia the next week: Iron & Wine, Tuesday the 22nd, and Devendra Banhart Thursday the 24th. I'm from Florida orig., and really looking forward to hearing Sam Beam(Iron & Wine)'s voice live.

the fall
early superchunk
unrest
the wedding present (fast strummy guitar)
pavement
the strokes

and theyre all TOTALLY nice awesome kids. and this hardcore band, kudzu wish is opening.

ALL FOR $5!!!

so, if you wanna party like its 1995, come to the black cat backstage tonight.

bubblecrunk, grime, ragga, favela funk, 2step, neukÖln, soca, ardkore jungle, lover's rock +

Also, anyone been out to the Crossroads or other joints that feature dancehall?

I've listened to that latest Q and Not U cd and imho their punk-funk w/ falsetto vocals pales compared to the circa '81 stuff, and even to the best DFA singles.

At my night at Saint-Ex, SALT (1st Wednesdays monthly), I generally play a fair amount of grime, dancehall, crunk, and german goodness. But that's only around half the playlist, and we vary quite a bit month to month. We've going to have another grime focus night coming up (our 4th!), this summer Dizzee and Wonder were there after their DC show.

Matthew Dear was very disappointing. Tracky techno with little personality, and the bass was a little overwhelming (and not in a good way). It had nothing on the Jake Fairley live set at Andalu a couple of months ago.

I'm pretty happy with the new Q & Not U, but I haven't heard The Medications yet.

And in case anyone doesn't know, Kingpin burned down. It's maybe the only place in the city I'd ever been where you knew anyone could have a great time anytime. There were a lot of good DJs that played there, too, though not as recently.

Thanks for the other stuff.

There are a couple other D.C. threads floating around right now.

washington dc record stores?

Please get in touch with me before Monday. I need to talk to you about a City Paper thing...-Steve

much luv dc massiv

DC is small, but I like it - and there's a ton of folks who go to shows and do nifty stuff that aren't part of the scene per se. It could use some fuckin record stores though - we've got some sorta OK ones but seriously, for a city of this size it's ridiculous. Luckily the gf lives in Bmore so I'm there all the time, powering the capitalistic engine that drives this great country.

Zack:

What do "Fake Accents" sound like?

Aaron:

I listened to Raheen DeVaughn's finally released cd in Tower and was impressed. I wonder if he'll get any national r'n'b exposure.

I haven't made it to Fort Reno this summer. What have been some fave shows?

I did make it to Fort Dupont for the first time in ages. I saw old-school soul act the Dramatics.

Has anyone been to any of those dance clubs opening up on NY Avenue--'Avenue' and I forget the name of the other ones. The "Going Out Gurus" on Washington Post.com write about such places...

I don't worry about appearances like I used to, but I worry about encountering bad attitudes and bad vibes when I move back to DC. I am going to try hard to keep an open mind, though. Also to see different kinds of shows, not just whoever's at Black Cat, Fort Reno, etc.

The most complete go-go listings are at the Take Me Out to the Go-go website. Uh, various go-go clubs have have had violence take place in or near them, and the shows start real real late at night. Sometimes go-go bands play at non-go-go clubs. Chuck Brown has done shows at the Warner Theatre and he's playing a birthday party for himself at the 930 Club on Aug. 27th.

!

It's maybe the only place in the city I'd ever been where you knew anyone could have a great time anytime

yes. has it reopened?

Dischord News and DC band and label updates:

We'd like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the many
people who have written us to express their support and outrage over
Nike's misappropriation of the Minor Threat Imagery for their
skateboarding demo. We would also like to acknowledge the people at
Nike skateboarding for their apology and prompt removal of all
offending posters and web-ads. The members of Minor Threat continue
to work on a creative resolution to this matter and will have more to
say when an agreement is finalized.

French Toast have returned home from a very successful European tour
in support of their debut album, "In A Cave."
Medications are heading to Europe in November. The Evens are headed to Japan to play shows in September and will
head to Europe in October.

Kingpin, which caught fire on Christmas Day, remains closed while its owners deal with insurance issues. In the meantime, members of the Kingpin staff are taking over the top floor of Wonderland in Columbia Heights on Sunday nights and resurrecting a bit of the old Kingpin vibe.

(And in answer to steve-k's question, the Franchise is mostly geeky rock with an 80s flavor, more They Might Be Giants than Gang of Four. For more information than you could really ever want, see http://www.listentothefranchise.com or http://www.cdbaby.com/thefranchise.)

"HIS LOVE IS REAL BUT HE ISN'T!! HIS LOVE IS REAL BUT HE ISN'T!!" I couldn't name a high-concept act that I genuinely like.

This year at Fort Reno I saw the Evens and Q and Not U. There's a note on my calendar for Mary Timony and Medications on the 15th, but we'll see if I make the effort to actually go there.

What do "Fake Accents" sound like?

you should listen to a madonna interview, that oughta give you a pretty good idea.

bandwise though, people have told me at various points that we reminded them of the fall, unrest, archers of loaf, pavement, the pixies, the stones, polvo, superchunk, the stooges and the velvet underground. i agree with some of those more than others, but overall i would say that i tend to write spiky, strummy, distorted pop songs, and dave usually goes for rocking fall/velvets-worshipping one riff wonders. thanks for asking, by the way.

in any case, as pete noted, if you're interested you should come see us at the warehouse the 22nd. if you can't, we're also gonna be at the black cat sept 9. if you make it to either, please say hi, it'd be rad to meet some dc-area ilxors. i'd actually been debating proposing a dc-area FAP, but you know, apathy and all that, so this'd be an acceptable substitute.

"HIS LOVE IS REAL BUT HE ISN'T!! HIS LOVE IS REAL BUT HE ISN'T!!" I couldn't name a high-concept act that I genuinely like.

I saw these guys at a basement show back in my college days. They're quite worth seeing. I remember during that song ("HIS LOVE IS REAL BUT HE IS NOT!") I turned to my friend and said, without irony, "Is this supposed to be about Jesus?"

anyone going to bmore to see zombi?

Zombi?

Kevin Costner's Russian's Rusty: Washington DC Metropolitan Area Thread II

Robert Redford Is A Republican. DC Metro Area Thread 3.

http://www.dc-rock-and-roll.org

Richard Harrington who presented the WAMA lifetime achievement award to Link Wray will also speak.
Rare film footage of Link from the 1950's!
Musical guests for the evening will include:
Former Link Wray side Men: Ricky Mitchell, Ed Cynar, Johnny Sneed

Jack Casady & the Triumphs - The Triumphs are the group Jack & Jorma Kaukonen played with when they were youngsters in DC, prior to playing moving to California and founding the Jefferson Airplane. The Triumphs opened for Link Wray in the local DC clubs in the early 1960's. The band will be comprised of Jack Casady,Ron McDonald, Johnny Sneed, and Joe Stanley.
It has to be some 45 years since a Triumphs performance has taken place.

Robert Gordon (played with Link Wray in the late 1970's early 1980's)

Eddie Angel (Tex Rubinowitz, Switchblade, Billy Hancock, the Planet Rockers, the Neanderthals, Eddie Angels Guitar Party, Los Straitjackets, etc.)

Billy Hancock (Saxtons, Fallen Angels, Roy Buchanan and the Snake Stretchers, Danny and the Fat Boys, Billy Hancock and the Tennessee Rockets etc....) w/Dave Chappell, Steve Wolf & Barry Hart

Joe Stanley (Saxtons, Roy Clark, the Orioles, Big Joe Turner, Sam Cooke, Little Anthony, Lloyd Price, The Drifters, Jackie Wilson, Dion and the Belmont’s, Freddie Cannon, Dale Hawkins, The Rainbows with Don Covay Marvin Gay and Billy Stewart, Charlie Daniels, Danny and the Fat Boys, the Dynaflows and Big four Combo, etc..)

Ratso & Switchblade

The A-Bones

Daryl Davis (Muddy Waters, The Jordanaires, The Coasters Pinetop Perkins, Johnny Johnson, Chuck Berry etc..)
Billy Miller

Jerry Dallman
and numerous others local acts

We will also feature a song from the Wray Children, a group that consists of Link Wray's children and grandchildren.

All of these musicians played at one time or the other with Link Wray in Washington DC.
***

Other news--Joe Lally from Fugazi is according to the Dischord website working with Discord producer (and performer) Don Zientara on something. Last time I spoke with Lally he and his family had moved to Los Angeles.

tonight i am playing underground techno/technohouse/ketaminimal/whatever at the Reef in Adams Morgan.
1030 to close, no code or cover.

it should be fun. the monday night drink special is 1/2 price mixed drinks for ladies, and the bartender is one of the coolest in the city.

this is my first time playing out in a few months and i might be a bit rusty BUT the records will be good!

Cheers!

Turntables:
1. Belt-driven.
2. Set up in a hip-hop/sideways style, with the pitch adjust furthest away.
3. Screwed into place.
4. Mounted unevenly.
5. Mounted too high - I had to stand on a crate and I am 5'9".
6. Shoddy pitch adjust.
7. No torque to speak off. Simply touching the record was enough to throw it off at least two beats.
8. No strobe light.
9. Did not hold its speed even without touching, adjusting, etc.
Mixer:
1. No meters.
2. 2-band EQ.
3. Meant for scratching with no fader curve at all.
4. Faulty grounding posts.
5. The worst cue system ever. There was never any sensical relationship between the volume of the record itself, the level of gain, the level in the headphones, and the actualy output.
The Booth:
1. Small as hell, no place for records.
2. Turntables too high.
3. An earpad fell off my headphones and fell underneath the platform because nothing is sealed off.
4. No isolation at all.

Even when I was able to overcome the deficiencies of the turntable itself to get the next record in line, the combination of the uneven mounting, the lack of proper grounding, and the lack of isolation from the bass, meant that almost every record (even new ones) skipped or sounded crackly. I couldnt hold a mix because both records were randomly jumping. It was all so disorienting because my style is based upon the fact that I can hold mixes for a fair amount of time. I dont pack my bag full of minimal techno assuming that I am going to play all 10 minutes of every track unmixed.

On a positive note, my programming was really solid. I really played a nice spectrum of tracks, and paced them very well. Everyone complimented me on a job well done. They want me back. I am confused.

Maybe there are djs out there who can play just as well on the equipment I used tonight as on a pair of 1200s and a Pioneer/AllenHeath/Vestax mixer... First off, I would like to meet them, second off, I would like to know their secrets, and thirdly, well, actually I dont give a shit. I have never been, and will never be, a prima donna, regardless of the success I may or may not achieve in this field but, from now on, I only play on direct-drive turntables.

I would still love for anyone to come down to my next gig, and I will make sure to announce it ahead of time. There are only a handful of us buying the sort of records I play in all of DC...

... which reminds me. DJ Milo on Tuesdays and Saturday at Science Club around 19th and M NW is one of the surest bets in all of DC for everything from downtempo to electro to house to techno. Respect!

I forgot to mention that one of the channels on the amp was blown so only the left channel was playing. There was no "mono" button on the mixer, of course.

Lastly...
I truly, and very deeply, love the Reef. It has always been one of my favorite bars in DC. The dj booth is new, the equiptment is old, but I am sure they are totally committed to working out the bugs I described above. I honstly think that in a few months, it will be one of the best places to hear DJs in an intimate setting in all of DC.

* ELECTRONICA
VOCALIST
Anousheh Khalili
Jen Lasher
LouLou
Rachel Panay (winner)

ARTIST/PRODUCER
Arthur Loves Plastic (winner)
Deep Dish
Fort Knox Five
Holmes Ives
Human Factor
Thievery Corporation

DJ
Bev Stanton (winner)
Bobby Jae
Charles Feelgood
Jen Lasher
Kidgusto
Rob Harris
Scott Henry
Simon
Yiannis

RECORDING
George Is On/Deep Dish
Movin' On/Kidgusto
Radio Free DC/Fort Knox Five
The Cosmic Game/ Thievery Corporation (winner)
Untie Me/Holmes Ives

http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal05.html#ELECTRONICA

* ELECTRONICA
VOCALIST
Anousheh Khalili
Jen Lasher
LouLou
Rachel Panay (winner)

ARTIST/PRODUCER
Arthur Loves Plastic (winner)
Deep Dish
Fort Knox Five
Holmes Ives
Human Factor
Thievery Corporation

DJ
Bev Stanton (winner)
Bobby Jae
Charles Feelgood
Jen Lasher
Kidgusto
Rob Harris
Scott Henry
Simon
Yiannis

RECORDING
George Is On/Deep Dish
Movin' On/Kidgusto
Radio Free DC/Fort Knox Five
The Cosmic Game/ Thievery Corporation (winner)
Untie Me/Holmes Ives

http://www.wamadc.com/wama/wammies/wbal05.html#ELECTRONICA

Anyone know if Chief Ike's Mambo Room still exists?

WYPR, with headquarters on Baltimore's North Charles Street, also is planning to transmit to the Washington suburbs. The station has gotten permission from the Federal Communications Commission to push aside a low-wattage student station at the University of Maryland, College Park that already occupies WYPR's signal on 88.1 FM. (Brandon and Bienstock both said they would help the college station move its signal to the Internet.)

Still, becoming Maryland's pre-eminent public-radio voice may be difficult. "It's a lofty and noble goal," said Sue Kopen Katcef, an instructor at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, "but I don't know how you're going to grow that younger 18-plus audience, the audience you need, when it isn't listening to radio, whether it's commercial or public." http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/lifestyle/bal-to.wypr22feb22,0,2542376.story?page=2

I remember when WMUC was the only station at 88.1. It was there before Johns Hopkins set up the Baltimore station. The WMUC signal used to carry farther then (in the early 80s)--to Northwest and Northeast DC, Arlington, Bowie, parts of Montgomery County...

I think WYPR is nearly all news and public affairs. As if the DC area does not have enough such stations. Ugh.

But the good news is that WMUC may not be dead yet. The station GM says the reporter misquoted the WYPR people and it's not a done deal(yet).

you can still get MUC as far as columbia heights, and rte. 29 in silver spring.

i think that a lot of this is WYPR trying to make the impression that this is a done deal, when the real situation is far murkier. while WYPR did receive approval to redirect their signal to a degree and up its strength from 10 kw to 15.5 kw, how this is going to play out is hard to say. in any case, the FCC renewed MUC's license in 2003, and it's valid until 2010.

i also can't imagine WAMU being particularly happy about this - another NPR station to cut into their listener/contributor base.

I found this U of Md Diamondback article-
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/28/440437c2b42e4

http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/24/43feddabaad83

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-md.radio24feb24,0,7952970.story?coll=bal-education-top

as an aside, the fake accents are playing at DCAC this saturday night for free! people can definitely afford that.

"To all:

We had scheduled a reunion planning meeting for March 14 at 7pm on
campus. However, we are going use that time, instead, to focus on the
current situation for the station. Steve Gnadt, the Administration's
rep on the WMUC Appointments and Advisory Board, will be in attendance
to fill us in on what's happening and where things stand. We will, of
course, also be asking station reps to attend as well."

Re your aside--I've gotta get out and see the Accents sometime. Maybe Saturday.

DUST CONGRESS PRESENTS..
A night of live music
March 4 9pm
Admission: free!

lineup:
the fake accents
the foreign press
the caribbean
the plums

I will try to make it(must convince gf and friend visiting from NY to go).

Our next WMUC meeting will be held next Tuesday, May 2, at 7:30 in the UMTV conference room in the basement of the Tawes building.

We hope to has an update on the latest discussions with WYPR and the University over the fate of WMUC and discuss further options.

We also want to make some plans for our participation in this fall's combined WMUC 70th anniversary and the University of Maryland 150th anniversary.

Please do your best to be there. We need as much input as possible.

(Drop Sue Kopen Katcef an email at sussiekk@ aol.com and let her know if you're coming and/or can help!)

Hope to see you next Tuesday!! And don't forget to check out our WMUC Yahoo page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wmucalumni . "

July 2.

Sneak Preview.

Washington DC.

Residents: Milo, Grossman.

Guest: Aaron Hedges (District of Corruption/DC/Berlin)

lovedose.
house. stripped to the bone.
bohemian caverns
11th+U St.
9pm-close
$3 all night
21+
lovedose.dc@gmail.com

Not only are we able to hold this party at a historic venue, we also
get to stage it in the legendary basement space, custom designed to
resemble an underground cavern. This is certainly one of DC's unique
music spaces, and will undoubtedly contribute to the underground atmosphere
of this night.

With lovedose, Aaron and I are creating a resident-driven party. We will
have the occasional guest of course, but this event is really an outlet to allow
us to pay homage to our inspirations while simultaneously breaking new sounds
in this city. In this age of the superstar DJ, we are bucking the trend by presenting
an intimate, reliable venue for new sounds, operated by locals for locals.
This is for you, DC.

So, if you want to hear the absolute cutting edge of contemporary dance music
with a healthy dose of past influences mixed in, lovedose is your only option.
The future of this party depends equally on the family we are able to build for this.
This is an opportunity for you to create something with us, together.

For our sneak preview night, we have secured the talents of former DC resident
Aaron Hedges. Since making the move to Berlin, Aaron's label, District of Corruption,
has steadily grown in both quality and quantity, with releases from another local fave,
Jambi, as well as techno superstar Dan Curtin. Aaron will be kicking this night off right
with a range of tracks currently burning up dancefloors in Berlin.

[url]www.districtofcorruption.com[/url]

Lastly, please be sure to add us as your friend to your myspace profiles!
This will be a key part of our promotion and communication plan!

[url]www.myspace.com/lovedose[/url]

lovedose: underground house...underground.

bohemian caverns
11th+U St.
9pm-close
$3 all night
21+
[email]lovedose.dc@gmail.com[/email]

[img]http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j70/milothedj/a6e34301.jpg[/img]

we are really excited about this one. this is really our party, from concept to exectution, and we think it will make a difference becuase there will be none of that "you must play X amount of 80s records" or whatever coming from the promoter (because its us) or owner. as long as people come and dance, we can go on forever.

we really want this party to be about the people. we specifically picked a place with no bottle service, no vapid post-ideological "luxurious" modernist architecture. its not a party for passive receivers of entertainment. come dance and make the party yourself!

I see that another ILXer has something going on on Sunday:

12 Noon-4 PM
Inventing Electronic Music Workshop
"Invention on the Mall" Family Festival

National Museum of American History
Location: 1st floor, Center, Reception Suite

Free
Learn about the birth of electronic music and see some early electronic musical instruments, including vintage drum machines, a circa 1929 Theremin (the first synthesizer), and Herbie Hancock's 1983 MemoryMoog synthesizer. Then electronic music producer Brian Miller (a.k.a. SAD) will help participants create their own electronic music with state-of-the-art music production software.
This program is part of the "Invention on the Mall" Family Festival, designed to examine the breadth and diversity of invention and innovation from a variety of artistic, scientific, and historic perspectives. It is sponsored by the National Museum of American History's Lemelson Center for Invention and Innovation.
See related Invention on the Mall programs today
Related Exhibition: Case: Hip Hop Won't Stop: The Beat, the Rhymes, The Life

Zach, when do the Fake Accents play again? Were you pleased with the Fort Reno show?

I missed Mary Timony and Garland of Hours last night at Fort Reno. Anyone go?

Friday, Oct. 20
- WMUC Open House: 11a-4p (You'll be able to sign up in advance to sit in on current shows....talk with current staff on air...maybe even play a few songs from "back then")
- Friday seminars for students
To be held in Room 0147 in the Tawes Fine Arts Building
Seminar #1 runs from 1:30p-3p
Seminar #2 runs from 3:15-4:30
- Friday alumni reception: Studios of UMTV in the basement of the Tawes Fine Arts Building, 5:30-7:30p

Saturday, Oct. 21
- WMUC Open House: 10a-4p (You'll be able to sign up in advance to sit in on current shows....talk with current staff on air...maybe even play a few songs from "back then")
- Football (Order tickets for the game separately....call the main ticket office (1-800-IM-A-TERP) and mention you're with the WMUC Alumni to get the group rate of $25. Limited number available and orders must be placed BY Oct. 6.)
- Tailgate (You don't need a ticket to the game to tailgate!) Working out the details for the tailgate. We could really use some help from alums in coordinating this - there's an enthusiastic current WMUC staff member helping out, but really could use the additional help from alums. Tailgate will take place in the parking lot of the Merrill College of Journalism (It's a permit only lot - alums will have to park elsewhere). Plan on bringing a side dish/dessert of your choice. More details to come via this website.
- After game party (catered) at Chet's home in University Park. Directions to come)

WMUC/WYPR engineering study
The results are back, and, as anticipated, the planned WYPR changes would have an impact on the limited WMUC broadcast area.

The engineer study recommends two options:
One, looking a a switch to alternative channels - not very likely as spaces are extremely limited and what spaces there are would require mulitiple waivers from other stations.
Two, looking at a change to the station's tower and power - which would likely, at the very least, require some cooperation and a new waiver from WAMU.

WMUC's staff board and advisory board will now look at the report options, accept comments from WMUC alumni and present the report, with some recommendations to the University's Vice President of Student affairs for further action.

Stay tuned for more news.

WMUC-FM
3130 South Campus Dining Hall
College Park, MD 20742
www.wmucradio.com

SALT

april 2003 – november 2006

Next Wednesday's SALT is it (November 1).

Big time party with us and a few of our favorite past guest DJs:

The Cricklewood Massive
Vincent Farquharson
Will Eastman
Glenn Dixon

Last night theme set by Lonely
UK hardcore rave set by Sad

more SALT pint glasses to give away

Thanks to Neal and Mike for the venue, to Benjy and Amanda and Chaim
for the drinks, and to all of our guest DJs for the music.

- Sad and Lonely

I've been really excited about spinning harder dance music lately - if I start a new DJ night it will probably be a weekend night in a very small venue. Beatport has really been a kick in the ass for staying on top of new releases. Also working on some production stuff. DJing in Stockholm and Berlin in December.

BUT they'll be doing other events including one called "The Gathering" on November 22nd at Love. BIG BIG BIG house night:

TODD TERRY
CAJMERE aka Green Velet
CJ MACKINTOSH
MICHEAL GRAY
ROY DAVIS JR.
ROBBIER RIVERA
TIMMY VEGAS
OJI
SAM BURNS
THOMAS BLONDET
RICARDO SANTAMARIA
SHANE CAMP

like WOAH Thanksgiving weekend event making me flash back to the Ultraworld parties at the armory! And when else are you going to see a night at Love with no dress code?

Ableton? Beatport? Hmmm, various products...

Ah, now I see (on Wikipedia):

"Ableton Live is a loop-based software music sequencer for Macintosh and Windows by Ableton. The latest major release of Live, Version 6, was released in September 2006. Relative to other software sequencers, Live is designed around the notion of being as much an instrument for live performances as a tool for composing and arranging."

"Beatport is the first authentic digital music store designed to service the evolution of the digital music culture"

According to bios I've read, Stanley was a cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley and in the segregated '50s, he was part of the Rainbows with Marvin Gaye, Don Covay and Billy Stewart, and played in Black clubs on U Street, and also in white clubs with Link Wray and with Roy Clark.

The D.C. Council's reaction to the shooting death of a teenager at a go-go show is to propose banning teenagers from clubs. Hmmm, not sure if that's the answer.

"Due to the death of a 17 year old this past weekend in a club in DC, Rep. Jim Graham is proposing emergency legislation to ban minors from clubs that serve alcohol.

there will be a hearing about the proposed law THIS THURSDAY at 2:00 p.m.

This could affect many readers of this list. Nobody under the age of 21 could go to most of the shows listed. Think no black cat, 9:30 club, Rock & Roll Hotel, Warehouse Nextdoor, etc.

People should contact Jim Graham (jim@grahamwone.com) and Adrian Fenty (you have to use e-mail form at dc.gov) and if it all possible attend the hearing on Thursday. Make it known that while you sympathize with the victim and her family, that banning minors is not the answer. "

On a different subject, are you gonna be doing any dj'ing out and about (or online) soon ...Are there any regular dj nights you (or others) like around here these days..

I'm opening next Friday at the Juan MacLean DJ set at the Black Cat, and the Saturday after that at the Rock & Roll Hotel with Flosstradamus.

There's been some major realignment in the DJ scene here over the past few months, let's see...

There have been a few nights starting at the Rock and Roll Hotel, but although they have great booth equipment their soundsystem is really set up for live acts, not DJs. They also added an upstairs DJ booth, we'll see how that changes the space. Buzzlife has greatly increased the frequency of their events at different locations, but they're still looking for a long term venue. There aren't any more big house nights aside from what you see on the schedule at Five.

Oh Snap! at Wonderland ended but Tittsworth is starting a new monthly there that should be a lot of fun and without a lot of the VA crowd that Oh Snap! was drawing.

More upscale lounges opening, still no Red-style dance clubs (I don't know why someone hasn't tried that on H St - Sanctuary is great but it's tiny).

There are a LOT of new nights at Selam (little Ethiopian bar at 15th & U) - there's something (leaning toward classic house/disco/older dancehall/funk) over there almost every Friday and Saturday night now, the place may become sort of a launch pad/incubator for new nights.

What DC is missing for dance nights:
- a 100-150 capacity venue with great sound and DJs every night
- a 300 capacity venue to take the place of Red
- a big room venue to take the place of Nation

Instead all we may get is a House of Blues (that will compete with 930/black Cat/Birchmere) for live acts and push ticket prices higher. Although that article I read suggested that the existing clubs will be trying to prevent the HOB from coming in.

DC also needs a 4-5000 person concert venue.

The city is to blame with both the Lincoln and the Howard theaters. The Lincoln Theater seemingly has no budget for promoting shows there; some events there I'd only know about if I happened to be walking by and noticed something on the announcement board they have outside (they may have ocassionally had promoters who advertised stuff on radio; but never in any print media that I saw). Why they have not tried to have more outside promoters regularly do things there, I wish I knew. Now the folks who run it are pleading poor. Years ago 930 club/IMP did a show there, but nothing since. I wonder why.

Who knows when and if the Howard will finally be renovated, and will it be run by the same folks who ran the Lincoln (into the ground)?

I'd love to see the Uline arena turned back into a concert hall.

DC is so screwy with the old theaters - they want a private rganization to come in and assume all the risk of running them but with heavy restrictions on what they're allowed to do. With nobody clamoring for the Lincoln Theater DC seriously needs to look at relaxing the usage restrictions on the Howard Theater. There's just no incentive for a promoter to shoehorn themselves into DC's economic model when they could open another place without it.

"The Howard Theatre was the nation’s first full-sized theater for African-American audiences and entertainers. Designed by J. Edward Stock and opened in 1910, the 1,200 seat theater was a prominent performing arts center .... to an Offeror that will satisfy the following policy and programmatic objectives through a redevelopment of the Property:

The District envisions the Property as a “mixed-use entertainment facility.” The Offeror is expected to renovate the building into a 500-600 person live entertainment venue with dining and beverages amenities and a museum or gift shop. The Offeror will also be asked to consider making certain commitments to the local community once the Property is redeveloped, such as making the Property available for local arts and entertainment events and providing discounted ticketing for students and seniors. The redeveloped facility should meet (or exceed) the following programmatic and usetargets: 1.Medium size stage for concerts and solo performances with flexible seating (500-600 person) to enable sit-down or dancing formats; 2.Upscale, full-service food and beverage offerings to meeting ongoing operating revenue needs; 3.Designed to accommodate a broad range of special events; 4.Intermittent programming to celebrate the Theatre’s heritage (e.g., annual jazz weekend, summer jazz series, etc.); 5.Restoration of Howard Theatre’s facade to approximate its 1910 appearance."

Also in the W. Post today, The Fake Accents (with several ILXers) are reviewed in the Weekend section. A Gig on Thursday.

Brian, Joe Englert is gonna open 2 more places on H. St Ne. One is gonna be called the H St Country Club and feature indoor miniature golf and stuff. Maybe you can get him and his fellow investors to branch out and try to open one of the above items with you doing the programmming!!!...

hey!

In my car I can pick up 92 Q out of Baltimore which I find to be a superior commercial rap/r'n'b outlet to KYS and PGC most of the time.

Woah, that's alot of research and crate-digging. I've never heard Coombes spin at St Ex on Thursdays

from the Lisner site:
"Alpha Phi Alpha presents

Step Show 2007: Step Your Game Up

The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will host their 10th annual charity step show Feb. 3 to benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Fund and the Black Genesis Scholarship Fund.
The show, Step Your Game Up, will feature "traditional step dancing" and hip-hop dance performances by GW's Capital Funk and Georgetown University's Groove Theory, said junior Eric Woodard, president of Alpha Phi Alpha. The chapter will also host an after party in the Continental Ballroom of the Marvin Center."

Performers Include: (in Alpha Order)
Ruth Brown Remembrance
featuring Daryl Davis, Ruby Hayes, Melanie Mason,
Mavis Waters, & Cha Chi Goyette
Fools & Horses
Wil Harris Band
Shane Hines & the Trance
Hoag, Kelley & Pilzer
The Howling Mad
Robert Lighthouse
Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen

Host:
Bob Schieffer
Neal Augenstein

Keynote:

Fred Cannon
SVP, Government Relations
BMI

Pit Band:
Tommy Lepson Band

After Event Party:
Ireland's Four Provences

Scythian

Tickets:
$25 Non WAMA Members
$15 WAMA Members (up to 4)
$10 Nominees (up to 10 per nominated group). .
$550 Corporate Table of 8 (includes full page ad in souvenir program, admission to pre-reception)(Camera-ready ad deadline Feb 3)
$300 Corporate Table of 4 (includes half page ad in souvenir program, admission to pre-reception)(Camera-ready ad deadline Feb 3)
$100 Patron Table of 2 (includes recognition in souvenir program, admission to pre-reception)(program deadline Feb 3)

Check out the electronica and other nominees (it looks like they left alot of folks out)... No local dancehall artists under reggae I see. I forget what category I saw them under, but is Basehead still together and performing locally?

No Aquarium, Evens or Joe Lally, and several go-go bands absent as well.

Any District club, bar or restaurant with entertainment that serves alcohol after 11 p.m. would be required to have a special license to admit anyone younger than 21, under a D.C. Council proposal.

Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) said he would introduce a bill today requiring that establishments present a detailed, written security plan before obtaining the annual license, which would cost $375 and be in addition to the regular alcohol license.

The nightspots would have to assure the city that they have a certain level of security and maintain logs of violent incidents. They would have to train employees to handle unruly crowds and specify procedures for checking identification and searching customers. And if the measures weren't enough to maintain order and prevent underage drinking in the city's entertainment spots, the proposal would reserve the right of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration to tighten the measures.
.... His colleagues had not seen his proposal yesterday, so it was difficult to asses the bill's chances for approval. But D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) said he was worried that the bill could make it "onerous" for businesses to operate.

"We don't want to interfere with parents going out with their children. We want to encourage parents to have that experience with their children," Gray said.

Restaurant executives worry that the bill could reduce revenue and burden restaurants with more paperwork. Andrew J. Kline, general counsel for the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, called the plan "overly broad" and added that an 11 p.m. curfew at restaurants could inconvenience businesses and patrons.

"I would hate to walk into a restaurant after the theater and be told that I cannot dine there [with my children] because they don't have a permit," he said.

Parents often take their children for late-night dinners or a show at a club such as Blues Alley, Kline said. "I am troubled that there is no exemption for a minor accompanied by a parent or guardian," he said. "If I want to take my daughter to Blues Alley, I should be able to do so without an impediment."
....Nightclubs that cater to younger crowds also would have to implement a $1 surcharge on all under-21 admissions at the door. That fee, Graham said, would be used to fund the expansion of the city's underage-inspection unit, part of the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. "

DEPECHE MODE DANCE PARTY w/ DJs Steve EP, Killa K, Krasty McNasty
Blact Cat mainstage $10

IT'S NO GOOD: The music of Depeche Mode spun all night long

Friday 25 May 2007
@ THE ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL
1353 H Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.
9 p.m. - 2.30 a.m.
$10 cover - 18+

Friday 27 April 2007
@ THE ROCK AND ROLL HOTEL
1353 H Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.
9 p.m. - 2.30 a.m.
$10 cover - 18+

NO NO NO NO

Reason there's no provision in the bill for admittance when accompanied by a parent or legal guardian: who's going to serve as the legal guardian of someone who's over 18?

Might you interested in DM party, by any chance? I love single-artist theme nights!

Sigh.

i read your babbling dude!

i'd post here more but most of my contributions would be bitter sniping at mediocre/terrible local bands

Who writes about local bands worth checking out? Your bandmate at Going Out Gurus? Blogs I do not know about?

So did anybody join Wonkette and hordes of others at the $10 lets you see art and photos you could otherwise see for free at the Hirshhorn? You can buy beer too I hear and they had a NY dj...The Tillmans photo exhibit sounds like it might be worth seeing.

Jeff Nelson's new Toledo band (with some goofy name) just got an A in the W. Post Sunday Source section.

the gog blog is all right, but i get the impression my bro's a little restrained by editorial policy.

actually, i did see a pretty rad show @ kansas house in arlington on saturday. the points (caught them w/the black lips a few months ago but didn't really get too much of a chance to listen), and my friend's new band the sons of guns.

sons of guns is dudes from the twats, measles mumps rubella, thee snuff project and another band i can't remember at the moment. they were mostly heavy mid-tempo stoogey groove (really nice motowny bass and swinging drums in particular), sometimes a little more spacemen 3ish but much more anchored. i dug em.

the points were great too - keys/guitar/drums, reminded me of something like times new viking with a more explicitly punk, less indie aesthetic. hip-shakin spiky spiky spiky catchy short songs.

from the Post's Nightlife Agenda, this struck me as kind of amazing...

Hip-hop music continues to have a problem with homophobia, from Camron's "No Homo" comments to the endless anti-gay putdowns found on diss records, but you'd never know it from tonight's Black Pride party. Chart-topping rapper/producer Unk's gonna "Walk It Out" as part of Strictly Hip-Hop With a Twist, the annual Black Pride hip-hop club night at the 9:30 club. In addition to Unk's 2-Steppin', the place will be filled with male go-go dancers. There's a $25 cover at the door.

Shhhhh, don't tell Unk or others about the sponsor.

There are so many upscale go-go shows now--

"An All Linen Affair"-Suttle with DJ Ezzy on the Spirit of Washington for $65 (in advance)($75 closer to boarding time for the boat) Saturday June 2.

more go-go stuff:

That new Chuck Brown single "Chuck Baby Don't give a " (or whatever the actual title is) is getting lots of local radio play. I wasn't crazy about it at first but now it's really growing on me.

Great. 2 guys get in a fight at H20's Boxing match party, get thrown out and one of 'em goes to his car and gets a gun and kills the other guy outside, before being shot and wounded by a cop who he had then pointed his gun at.

Too many local sites whining about when the Fort Reno schedule will be posted. Um, I was curious and anxious too, but now the overkill just has me not caring about when Amanda Mackaye will finally get around to it. Plus, I guess I'm the only one who cares that the Fort Dupont schedule gets shorter every year. There's only one soul oldies gig there that interests me this summer. Hmmmm, I wonder who's gonna be at Carter Barron.

Some good oldies soul at Carter Barron in June and August, but there's virtually nothing booked there in July. Weird.

Hey Brian, any special late-night summer outdoor dj'ing events you know about?

Fairly new local band Julie Ocean kinda interests me (cuz of the various pop bands the participants were previously in)

I don't really know of anything. Hirshhorn might do some more stuff, but I'm not really into that. There's always Starscape up in Baltimore:

http://starscapefestival.com/

Is that Silver Spring place that was doing house music still around?

gah, i hope we get a ft. reno date after being rained out last year but i've got a premonition that we won't.

friends tell me that j. ocean was pretty good at their black cat date a few weeks back, but that the room didn't do much to help them (lots of vocal harmonies, which don't really come across well on the backstage). more rocking than the saturday people were, apparently.

Gallery in Silver Spring is still around but the promoters aren't doing events there and haven't been in some time - the typical owner/management/promoter rift.

There are some interesting things shaping up around town, though. The 88 crew is throwing a monthly techno night at Be Bar. Some new venues on the way, too.

Pretzel man, I saw some complaints in the comment section of a posting about Fort Reno at dcist.com (I think) that Amanda Mackaye has put an out-of-town (Louisville, KY)band on the bill for the 1st Fort Reno show, rather than just sticking with locals.

Here's what David Malitz posted at GOG for Fort Reno at http://blog.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2007/05/fort_reno_dates_trickling_in.html

June 18 -- Deleted Scenes
June 21 -- Let's French
June 25 -- The Engine Room
June 28 -- Julie Ocean
July 9 -- Statehood, Greenland
July 16 -- Beauty Pill, Len Bias
July 19 -- Carol Bui
July 26 -- Antelope
Aug. 2 -- Yell County

Buzzlife promotions is back in force now:

6/1 - White Party @ Five
6/9 - Buzz tent @ Starscape Festival
6/14 - Paul van Dyk @ 9:30 Club
6/30 - Steve Lawler @ 9:30 Club
7/3 - Firecracker @ FUR (DJ Dan, DJ Icey, Starkillers, Scott Henry, DJ Marky, Aphrodite, Markus Intalex, Bobby Jae, Tittsworth, Matt Nordstrom, Bob Jong III, Section 8, Mink Room, Ramiro, Catalyst and Charly C)
7/21 - Planet of the Drums tour (Dara, AK1200, Dieselboy) @ 9:30 Club
8/4 - Virgin Festival Dance Tent (Sasha & John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Felix Da Housecat, Sander Van Doorn, Miguel Migs, Booka Shade, Shout Out Out Out Out)
8/5 - Virgin Festival Dance Tent (Deep Dish, The Crystal Method, Infected Mushroom, Dieselboy and Andy C w/MC GQ and MC Messinian, James Zabiela, CSS, Girl Talk)

Huge lineup especially for the Firecracker, which used to be a traditional July 3rd party at Nation with amazing talent every year.

Aren't those mostly though just the same ol' same ol' names they always bring to town (except for a few of the ones at Virgin fest and the Firecracker).

Driving on South Capitol a few weeks back it was kinda weird seeing the partially standing, wide open at one end, sun streaming in Nation club. The wrecking ball had smashed some of it, but not knocked it all down at that point.

mostly, yes (except it's kind of a shock they outbid GLOW for Paul van Dyk). It's more interesting that they're putting on this number of events - I feel like they're ramping up to some sort of regular night again but I'm not sure what or where.

The nice thing about the Firecracker lineup is that it's got a depth of talent that they haven't really put on for years - there are going to be four rooms going with great stuff in each.

Also interesting to see the 9:30 club putting on more late night DJ events.

(I don't even want to tal about Nation getting demolished ;_;)

aslo, I *really* hope Booka Shade plays some virgin festival afterparty night.

Oh, I forgot to correct my earlier post about Amanda M. supposedly booking an out-of-town band for Fort Reno. Wrong band name it seems. She seems to have stuck with locals. There are plenty of tba's still on the schedule, so maybe Fake Accents still have a shot.

The Post Weekend section highlights summer events today (I'll be listing some more stuff on my yahoo group whirrled music e-mail thing next week)

Mingering Mike is at the Hemphill Gallery now! The Imaginary Soul Superstar in the flesh, along with his book and the record collector who found him and his lp and 7 inch sleeves.

I missed it, was getting ready to go review Aventura at the Patriot Center.

But Jeff Heavy Metal Parking Lot Krulik was there as was Ian Mackaye and Alec Mackaye. Other than my little mention of the event on last Monday's Dcist.com "weekly music agenda" (and my mentions of it on ilx and on my e-mail newsletter) it got little attention. The Hemphill gallery did not even list it for awhile (the details were on the mingering mike site though).

Finally bought the Critical Condition band go-go cd, the one with "Classy." I still need to order their p.a. tape cd with their Green Day cover.

Oh is that who does "Classy"? I hear that on the radio all the time, it's grown on me

Another correction from me--the City Paper did a late Friday afternoon plug for Mingering Mike online on their blog last week (so I wasn't the only one who plugged it). Whatever.

i'm thinkin i may hit up the black cat tonight to see kitty hawk, really good moody gauzy cass mccombs-type stuff and one of the few federal re$erve bands worth listening to

http://www.myspace.com/kittyhawkrock

Yea, the song on their myspace site has a nice folky-pop feel to it.

As for a completely different genre, I see that dj stereo faith is in Fader magazine. He may have remixed Matt Nordstrom and someone else whose name I forgot. I forget what it said in the Fader issue I was glancing at in Borders. They all have myspace sites I'm guessing. Stereo Faith seems to be both into spankrock hybrid dance stuff, as well as old dc hardcore punk and current rock.

kitty hawk were pretty great last night - they were all electric (i don't believe i've seen them do a totally electric set before) and the backstage's not-so-great acoustics actually helped them out by playing up the haziness and blurred edges of their newer jams. they're getting more psychey, which is a good thing as far as i'm concerned.

I wimped out. I saw that they were one of 3 bands playing and after running errands and stuff decided a late weeknight at Black Cat was not in my cards. Yea, I'm guessing a more psychey approach is better than a more twee one for them.

Maybe I will see Kitty Hawk at Fort Reno

yeah, i think i'm gonna go to that - also i'm planning on hitting dc9 (ugh) for the points and the hall monitors this evening.

so that was pretty fun - a ton of people there but i guess that's what national syndication'll do for you (the woggles, little steven's new signing, were headlining).

the hall monitors i hadn't seen before and i thought they were rather enjoyable. i sorta knew the gal in the band from her old group, federal city five, who my band played a rock 'n' romp with last summer.

they had an r&b/garage revivalist thing going on - i feel like maybe some of crypt's 90's stuff is a close parallel if you thrown in juuuuuuust a bit more slickness. definitely an 80's/90's garage revival slant, as opposed to an 00's one, if that makes any sense. their drummer kicked ass.

points were quality as always. they pretty much ARE times new viking as a punk band. confrontational, too - some bottle throwing, beer spitting etc. a pit broke out at one juncture, which was entertaining.

left two songs into the woggles. corny over-reverential "wild" revivalist stuff.

dc9 is quite possibly my least favorite club in this city. you're constantly getting hassled when you stand outside, they've got iffy sound, charge $3.50 for a fucking can of SCHLITZ and they always do that dumb "so who are you here to see?" thing at the door - tacky tacky tacky. oh well.

I guess that "so who are you here to see thing" is so they know which band is pulling in a crowd. I will have to check out the Points sometime.

I see that Jem Cohen's movie doc on Dutch band the Ex is showing Saturday night at 11 at the AFI as part of Silverdocs. There are a few other musc docs showing as well (in the newsprint supplement I found a listing for all the music ones, but the website is trickier to negotiate)

And DC9 has a TERRIBLE layout - the upstairs holds a couple hundred people but only half of them can be anywhere near the stage and you can't make it from the stairs to the bar to the restrooms when it's packed.

the "who are you here to see?" crap is actually the basis for how they divvy up money at the end of the evening. lame and a half, especially when they don't accept "i'm here to see everyone" as a response.

brian OTM re: dc9's layout

Anybody go to the Fort Reno opening show?

DC Caribbean Carnival parade on Saturday with bright feathery
costumes and booming sound systems down Georgia Avenue NW at noon
And ending at Banneker Park near Howard U.

who knew NBC tv 4 had a music blog-

http://www.nbc4.com/dcscene/10266002/detail.html

and a video thing-

Hear them plug Fort Reno, Bar Nun, Manu Chao and the Unsane

http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=121721

"The Music Snob" on the channel 4 video thing on their site....it's like public access. Multicultural me likes that he mentions a few non-rock shows, though he could have mentioned more. He said there was nothing going on Friday night when in fact there were numerous DC Caribbean Carnival related gigs, Seu Jorge at Wolf Trap, Bhanghra basement dj Rekkha at Black Cat.

Ran errands and did other stuff and missed the Carribean Carnival parade this year. Saw Thievery and Manu Chao at Merriweather Post. A much bigger turnout than I expected.

I've got mixed thoughts on Thievery--at times I liked them but at other times it seemed like bland worldbeat (and kinda exploitive at that--although Eric Hilton did mention the names of the various singers, dancers, and dancehall toasters at the end).

Oh boy, Washingtonian's Best and Worst issue is coming out in July.

Warehouse Theater r.i.p. shortly

I wonder how many people watch "The Music Snob" on the dc channel 4 tv site? Just a couple of guys sitting around chatting. He should open up a brew sometime I think

It's Folklife Fest time. Under the "Roots of Virginia" theme there's a good Latin show coming up Sunday, and a gospel Brass band before that on Friday I think. Don't know much about the Irish or Mekong River artists.
Food should be good (if overpriced with small portions).

I'd like to see Julie Ocean tonight at Fort Reno. Not sure I'll make it though.

Correction--Folklife Fest Virginia brass band gospel and a cappella gospel show is next Friday. This Friday is Louisiana Cajun folks

Missed Julie Ocean at Fort Reno. Evens and Joe Lally there next week. Free Latin stuff at Carter Barron tonight. I've got Orioles tickets though.

CCB "Classy" and Chuck Brown "Don't Give a" still getting lots of radio airplay. Go-go lives.

i haven't been to a single ft. reno show this year - gotta remedy that next week, maybe.

I finally made it to Fort Reno this summer. It was Dischord old home week at the Joe Lally/Evens show: Henry Rollins, Sassy Ian Sev (however you spell his last name), Eddie Janney, Guy P., Brendan Canty, Jerry Busher, & Alec Mackaye were all there. Plus a guy from old Dc garage rock group Beatnik Flies. Joe and the The Evens were ok. Just ok.

I wonder how Chicago's Dells were at Carter Barron Saturday night(speaking of outdoor places where it's nice to see a show)?

A Capitol Fourth
Independence Day Concert at the U. S. Capitol
Tony Danza - Host of A Capitol Fourth
Elliott Yamin(from American Idol)
National Symphony Orchestra
Dierks Bentley(country star)
Bebe Neuwirth
Hayden Panettiere
Yolanda Adams(gospel star)
Fireworks Over the Washington Monument

I watched the DC fireworks from Iwo Jima.

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I missed Kitty Hawk again. I bet last night's Fort Reno show was nice.

yeah, it was fun - kind of unbearably hot @ first, especially b/c 69 and i had the genius idea to try and walk from dupont. we made it to adams morgan before conceding and taking the metro.

tons of people there (i guess statehood [ex d-plan] and greenland draw pretty well?). made me wish i'd gone to more shows there this year. didn't stay for any of the other bands because i had business to attend to at home, but khawk were very good.

69 and i had the genius idea to try and walk from dupont

i always knew you were mentalists

anyone know of any noise/experimental/avant/weird stuff going on in dc? i figure this stuff wouldn't be advertised in the usual places, and it'd be great to see if dc has anything going on with these types of music.

scott verrastro is a local treasure as far as booking that sorta stuff (and is in a few acts making music along the lines yr interested in, kohoutek for one). he used to do a bunch @ the warehouse next door, but has since moved over to booking pretty much every worthwhile show at the velvet lounge. he also hosts stuff at his place, 611 florida.

http://claviusproductions.alkem.org/

he's a totally awesome, nice, friendly dude who is really, really into music.

baltimore has a lot of what you're after, as well.

nice, thanks a lot.

So there was apparently a big turnout on a weeknight for the Dcist.com show with Le Loup from DC and Brooklyn band XYZ Affair. Le Loup seem to be going for that Broken Social Scene/Arcade Fire big band pop thang.

http://www.dcrockclub.com/

July 11th posting at this blog re Fake Accents covering "Jonathon Richmond" [Considering my hurried typing and spelling here I guess I should not mock this mistake, though it seems more likely done from lack of knowledge than a typo]

woah the comments on that are hysterical

It bothers me that this band rejects any possibility of fame. We should step in and manage them and subject them to a strict regimen of threats and abuse, interspersed with frequent beatings. Soon their mansions would fill with Gold Records, and we could act all modest and say shit like, no man, they did all the work, they deserve the credit.

yeah, that was a very nice review. the confusion's probably our fault since we said the song was by jonathan reatard.

however, no mention of mr. que's impeccable slide whistle contributions to the flipper cover = no cred

"impeccable"

"bands such as Flipper, Jonathon Richmond, Jay Reatard, and Psychedelic"

Moneytown ( myspace.com/moneytowndc )

THE DEEPEST Funk, Soul, Afrobeat Dance party in the Washington Metro Area, is BACK

Friday, April 27th @ Rock and Roll Hotel, 2nd Floor

Shake your assets to HARD grooves, (think James Brown), provided by:
DJ Nitekrawler & DJ LunchMoney

please come out and support!

Oops, strike the date. Moneytown is this Friday, JULY 20TH. Thanks guys!

Anybody read some of the comments from the Late Night Shots Georgetown preppy Republican folks on the City Paper website in response to the cover story? Scary.

Moneytown looks like much more fun. But I'll be out of town for this one.

LNS stuff is pretty entertaining, if only because some of the early outraged comments misuse "hippies" in place of "hipsters."

went to soulfuck last weekend at the black cat and had a blast; i've only been twice but both evenings have been killer fun.

my roommate's band (impossible hair) is playing @ galaxy hut on saturday and i will probably attend. quirky catchy indie jams from the baltimore/dc axis.

also a bro of mine is promoting the sugar and gold (from sf) show saturday at selam. smooth funky 70's/80's electro disco band. never seen a band at selam before; wonder how they'll work that.

finally got around to listening to le loup. um...why the fuss?

Are you gonna be around on Friday, August 3rd? That's the next Moneytown date at R&R Hotel.

I went to one of the soul fucks and definitely had fun. The only thing I might suggest to the DJs is that if they play one song which is slower...maybe 94 BPMs, it might not be such a good idea to play something that's 120 next and so forth. I was trying to dance and sometimes that made it difficult. Music's great though!

Maybe on the 3rd.

Sugar & Gold are playing Selam? OH SNAP! I'll definitely be there.

I thought Selam's DJ nights were on hiatus until their ANC stuff got worked out, but maybe it's a different classification for a band.

sooooooooo if any DC dudes are lookin for something to do on thursday, my band's gonna be playing the rock & roll hotel w/benni hemm hemm and get him eat him. it should be fun; we're debuting our new bass player and a slew of new stuff.

also the john stabb assault as recounted here is some lame, lame, lame bullshit

That's terrible.

In more mundane news: Baltimore rules over DC (says theez folkz sorta)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072201244.html

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=77

Jason Cherkis' 7-19 blog posting about Dan Deacon

All of this makes me nostalgic for the days when D.C. musicians had such ambition. Maybe they still do? But shit, Baltimore’s music scene is pretty damn stacked.

dc space reunion thang from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the 930 club tonight--footage of bands that played at space showing at the 930 downstairs while upstairs tons of folks for brief sets:

4:ish-5:00 Jeff Krulik –Heavy Metal Picnic + Parking Lot

5:10-5:15 Mark Nickens

5:15-5:25 Traciana Graves

5:25-5:30 Juliana Luecking

5:30-5:40 Luci Murphy

5:45-5:55 Avery Steck

6:00-6:10 Virginia & the Blue Dots

6:15-6:25 Sylvana Straw

6:30-6:40 Charles Blume

6:45-6:55 2 Jens & Some Guy

6:55-7:00 Girl Loves Distortion

7:00-7:10 Hamiet Bluiett

7:15-7:25 I Am Eye

7:30-7:40 Rambling Shadows

7:45-7:55 E. Ethelbert Miller

7:55-8:00 Eric Brace

8:00-8:10 Heavy Metal Picnic

8:15-8:25 The Pietasters

8:30-8:40 Joyce Lacovara

8:40-8:45 Alain Nu

8:45-8:55 The Beatnik Flies

8:55-9:00 Mark Noone

9:00-9:10 Myrrh

9:10-9:15 w/ The Jazz Trio

9:15-9:25 Chuck Brown w/ The Jazz Quintet

9:30-9:40 Reuben Jackson

9:45-9:55 Karl Straub

10:00-10:10 Ruthie & the Wranglers

10:15-10:25 Rustbuckit

10:30-10:40 Oliver Lake

10:45-10:55 Tiny Desk Unit

11:00-11:10 Esmirelda

11:15-11:25 Robert Goldstein

11:30-11:40 The Howling Mad

11:45-11:55 Ajax

12:00-12:10 9353

12:15-12:25 Ottley

12:30-12:40 Morley

12:45-12:55 King Giant

yeah that lineup, crazy.

yeah honestly bmore's music scene kicks dc's ass so hard right now it isn't even funny

Saw part of the dc space thang--Eric Brace sang a country tune in which he mentioned names of bands who had played space--rapeman, big black, manifesto, 9353, 9353, 9353. One of those if you were there it was funny and clever moments...Heavy Metal Picnic was something else. Some guy filmed it a few months before Jeff Krulik & John Heyn did Heavy Metal Parking Lot in 1985. Awesome footage of women heckling crude guys, two dudes getting ready to throw punches until one picks up a beer botel and starts waving it at which point a crowd leaps on him, and some some footage of a band!
Chuck Brown did a nice little set. Hammiet Bluiett squonked. Boyd Farrell, from Black Market Baby, is still a charismatic frontman even if I do not like Rustbuckit's metal-punk sound...

Oh, and on the Baltimore v. DC thing, I see that Jessica Hopper wrote a Baltimore scene report thing for Spin magazine...

Hey guys, just a reminder that this Friday is "Moneytown" at Rock and Roll Hotel. If you like funk, James Brown-ish material, and like dancing, then please come out! It'll be myself and DJ Harry Hotter this month. All 45s.
I'll be dropping quite a few local funk recordings from the early 70s, so for those of you interested in that kind of thing, please support! Here's our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/moneytowndc

-Kevin / DJ Nitekrawler

Ah, so it is still on. I had not seen it mentioned in the RnR Hotel ad or the Washington City Paper dj listings so I thought it might have been cancelled. But I see it is posted at the RnR Hotel website --9:30 p.m. on for free.

And the night before is that Chris Richards Crowd Control dj thing at DC 9.

so not to play negative nancy here but if anyone would like to hear exactly what is wrong with the majority of the dc rokk scene in the mid-aughts, the blog 1n$trum3nt4l 4n4ly$1$ has an mp3 mix up that summarizes the case nicely. 40 bands/songs! no more than five or six good ones! many of those only good considering their peers!

if i hear another band pulling that overenunciated, overserious, draaaaaaaaaaawn out vowel "yearning" big big big phoney baloney bullshit vocal style i'm going to scream. there are a few good bands around here and things aren't actually as bad as that thing makes it look but...yeesh.