July 9The Indonesian Embassy’s cultural festival showcases dance, music and martial arts. See a performance by Grammy-nominated singer Raheem DeVaughn and witness an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest “angklung” (a traditional instrument) ensemble in history. The first 5,000 receive a free anklung!
From the Going Out Gurus. But what connection does DeVaughn have to Indonesia?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Eric Hilton of Thievery Corp. did not like Ally S.'s City Paper review of their latest album. The battle is in the comments section
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/06/29/the-empire-of-chill-thievery-corporation-helped-build-u-street-but-sounds-homeless/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it was some #shotsfired
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
friend of mine that works for TC shares a first name w/the writer of the piece
it has been a very confusing week of discussing this thing
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
To be honest, I never liked Thievery's music that much, and it always used to bug me that in the past they had a doorman who would decide who could enter their club. I will leave the discussion of the article itself and the comments to others, due to my writing for the newspaper at issue.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
they do have some defining albums for me but that was late 90's, 2000 - they were great selectors and producers before getting so steeped into the reggae and funk - but it's been that way for a long while now, pressing the issue feels dated.
it always used to bug me that in the past they had a doorman who would decide who could enter their club
which one? the 18th street lounge was always low-key but i'd only been sundays, since sam burn's underground soul solution got moved there after red, then dragonfly closed. i had heard rumours about tackiness like the door thing mentioned and had made it a point to avoid going for a decade but ended up loving it (sundays at least).
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 7 July 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
also i don't know much i'd directly credit them for management of a spot vs just owning it, (i think) they were hardly ever around esl at least
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 7 July 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
I thought ESL was once that way
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 July 2011 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
ESL opened with four owners before Thievery Corporation started. One of the owners (Eric) later started Thievery Corporation with another person (Rob) who isn't part of the ownership or management of any of their places. So there's overlap but looking at ESL as "Thievery Corporation's club" is pretty off target.
― I DIED, Thursday, 7 July 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ok. Hilton's reaction has probably gotten the piece more attention than it would have received otherwise.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 July 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
So should I give Wugazi another chance?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
its nicely chilled, nothing earth-shattering.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
harvey milk's playing in baltimore on Sunday if anybody's interested
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 7 July 2011 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
So do the folks into danceclub sounds here like NW DC club Sweet Spot? Was reading about several events there including a South African house dj called Black Coffee who's there Saturday and German Kassem Mosse who is there tonight.
There's also more old-school r'n'b at the Folklife Fest including a Gamble & Huff event Sunday night. I missed Stax singer William Bell down there last week with the Stax Music Academy but found a 20 minute video of the appearance on Youtube. Nice. I want to see the Dixie Cups. And yes that is Ian M. and his kid in a Smithsonian Folklife Fest audience shot in another Youtube video. on the Colombia portion of the fest.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 July 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
Was seeing theatre last night so missed what sounded promising at Fort Reno
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 July 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
are fred wesley and the new jbs worth seeing at this point?
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 8 July 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
I watched their recent Kennedy Center Mill. Stage show on video archive on the center's website. It started off dull--jazz fusion boring--but later in the gig (much later) they did some James Brown stuff that was way better. I was disappointed for the most part.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 July 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that's what i was afraid of
might go to the gamble and huff thing if my sunday afternoon plans wrap up early though
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 8 July 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
This Saturday event at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum should be nice. However, I've been to event there, and alas all the museum has for events like this is a rectangular 75 or so seat room with folding chairs. It may get crowded. The parking lot is small. I don't know how often buses run from the Anacostia metro.
9 Saturday, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.DISCUSSION AND PERFORMANCEEvolution of the Go-Go Beat in Washington, D.C.
Charles Stephenson and Kip Lornell, co-authors of The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, DC, present the history of Go-Go music in the nation’s capital. Gregory “Sugar Bear” Elliot of EU discusses his story and tells how Go-Go led him to the band that was started when he was a teenager. Sweet Cherie of Bela Dona, a graduate of Howard University, talks about Go-Go music’s influence on other forms of music, including jazz and gospel. Faycez U Know, a popular Go-Go band, concludes the program with a live performance. Books and DVDs are available for purchase.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
events there
http://anacostia.si.edu/News_Events/Current_Programs.htm
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
that looks great!
― I DIED, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
Was wondering how the 6 to 8 pm event with producer songwriters Gamble & Huff Sunday night at the Folklife Fest would go and I just noticed this:
An Evening with Mr. Kenneth Gamble and Mr. Leon Huff begins with a conversation moderated by National Museum of African American History and Culture, Director for Curatorial Affairs, Rex Ellis, exploring their work as producers and writers of some of the most well-known and classic songs in the Great American Songbook.
The evening concludes with performances to pay tribute to the 40th Anniversary of Philadelphia International Records. The PIR legend performers include:
· Soul Survivors
· Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes
· And special guest, Amazing Grace Little
― curmudgeon, Friday, 8 July 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Missed the go-go and the Gamble & Huff thing. Did see the Dixie Cups do Big Easy r'n'b standards, a bit of Fred Wesley, and an awesome New Orleans style horn and snare drum band with vocals from--Colombia. Who'd have guessed. Packed dancefloor with soccer style chants and flag waving and the women vocalists off the stage and moving through the dancefloor crowd.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 July 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
Today's the last day of the fest.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 July 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
clitfest was pretty good
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 11 July 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
didn't really feel comfortable buying a t-shirt tho
Ha. Any fave band there?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
probably TIT FIT
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
whose shirts were clearly designed to be worn by people with mammaries
there was another band who were sort of Isis w/grindy wheedly breakdowns, they ruled pretty hard and were kind of charmingly amateurish given the technical demands of the stuff they were playing--they kept fucking up hard parts and just grinning sheepishly at each other
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
how were shoppers? syracuse's greatest!
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 11 July 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
City Paper blogger liked 'em and said they broke alot of guitar strings
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 July 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
a tribute to kristen bell + benefit for her son at u st. tomorrowhttp://djkeenan.tumblr.com/post/7506768325/in-remembrance-and-celebration-of-our-dear
we have a mutual best friend so usually ended up in drinking circles together, and i've known her husband since high school. can't say anything bad, really one of the most bright and cheerful people i've known. i can't make it down but expect a good attendance - aside from the number of people that loved her it seems to be a fairly popular lineup? tho i can't really speak for any of it save for keenan. ...which i realize isn't necessary at this point but i do have a lot of respect for him, he's one of the dancers i learned a lot from at nation/red/the edge/etc. should be a fun turnout.
― fauxmarc, Monday, 11 July 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
xp - yeah, shoppers are just great, total early sonic youth/erase errata worship, sludgy and fun. woulda gone for sure but i had plans... i grew up in syracuse, and it's so weird that they're getting a little buzz as progenitors of the syracuse "scene" - i promise the rest of the scene is bands angling to open for the bacon brothers at the taste of syracuse next year...
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 12 July 2011 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
ha. Plenty of Va bands would like that same opening gig.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
x-post- 26 years old in a motorcycle accident. Sad.
so this is tonight:U Street Music Hall hosts “Keep The Bells Raaangin’: A Tribute To Kristen Bell” featuring DJ sets from Gavin Holland, Jackie O., Keenan, Manuela, Philip Goyette, Smudge, Space Agent, William Devon and Mousky, and live performances from The Nobis, Shark Week and AAA. Local friend, supporter and mother, Kristen Bell was involved in a fatal
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
Busy with my son last night so I missed Title Tracks (again) at Fort Reno.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 July 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
I think they might have been storm-ed out? There was a tweet from Ft. Reno saying "we'll try to reschedule you guys for later..." or something.
― Walter Galt, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks. I didn't check for any public twitter tweets, but otherwise did not see anything online (although I checked rather quickly) re what happened or not.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
dcist.com said re Monday:
headliners Title Tracks had to postpone their set last night, after amps blew over from the wind, and people fled the grassy knoll. To their credit, America Hearts finished their set -- and just in time it seems, considering the lightning that started hitting the ground shortly thereafter.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
T. Tracks got added to the Office of Future Plans Reno gig on 7/25(while I'm at the beach!). Plans are at the Cat tonight.
Virgin Fest tickets available today for those with special password. But the bill doesn't interest me too much this year.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 July 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
Saturday July 16 cd, dvd, book, records(maybe?) and more sale at WPFW on Champlain Street in Adams Morgan in the City Paper bldg. Mostly cheap I think
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 16 July 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
I bet going to Artisphere to watch the Beauty Pill recording session would be pretty cool
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 July 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
So if I understood Sasha Lord's e-mail correctly, if Fort Reno gigs get rained out, the bands will head over to Comet Ping Pong and play (at least some of the gigs)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
god i love comet
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
i think its my favorite venue in town, is that weird?
Nope. Small, friendly...
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
pizza's totally dope too
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't even eaten there! only drank & danced.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link