I only hang out in places with vVIP sections
― skip, Monday, 5 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
going to Korallreven at Black Cat tonight (despite no vVIP area).
― skip, Monday, 5 March 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
Ha. They're Swedish right? And synth-pop influenced by Catholic choirs in Samoa? Interesting. Plus likely no mediocre Wizards players.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 March 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
I've been really not excited at the movies playing in the area lately (especially E street, seems like it hasn't rotated in a while) but an animated musical "Chico + Rita" is playing for a week starting the 16th, set across cuba, the us and france, might be ok
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxz9HFPd64
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, that's the one I mentioned on the Afro-latino thread. I think it's directed by the guy who did the Latin-Jazz documentary Calle 54.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
I think it won awards during its earlier European/Uk release
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
ah i was going to check the a-l thread.
also the "5x5" project is about to start, 25 public art installations across the city, starts the 10th i think then a public reception at the skyline on the 24th
http://www.the5x5project.com/
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3064880139/efblike
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 6 March 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
was nominated for best animated feature at the oscars
― stay in school if you want to kiw (Gukbe), Tuesday, 6 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
gonna be a good couple weeks for robble robble punk
tomorrow night hole in the sky reopens for shows!!! cool serbia (loveable mbv wannabes) from austin are playing!
3/9 it's The Screws, Dead Face, & (the awesome) Booze Riot at La Casa3/16 it's coke bust, sick fix & history repeated (ex-Gov Issue) at La Casa3/18 it's walk the plank & thick skin at ras hall
i'm so goddamn glad it's spring
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
ps hole in the sky is thursday, not tomorrow, my whoops
Posted at 11:16 AM ET, 03/09/2012Washington Post Pop music coverage moves from Click Track to the Style blogBy Click Track
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 March 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
I wanna see the Mick Rock photos, presumably of Iggy, David Bowie, lou Reed at the W Hotel
You have between now and March 31st to lay your eyes on this exhibit. Don’t miss, because then it’s off to San Francisco.
The W Hotel is located at 555 15th Street, NW.
Did not get an invite to the opening bash last week
http://www.pamelaspunch.com/you-too-can-get-rocked-with-mick-rock-at-the-w-hotel-washington-dc/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/01/08/hendrix-plays-the-washington-hilton-1968/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
$4.50 at the door
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
4.50!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Big deal, only 50 cents cheaper than Fugazi, a few decades later!
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
it's the .50 that gets me tbh
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Ha. More history:
Rauschenberg dancing at DC event in 1963 or something (plus brief mention about Velvets early appearance)
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/03/12/what-happened-in-washington/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
Love community radio? Help yourself to a slice of pie: Today is Pi Day, of course, and Emily Hilliard of Nothing In the House is seizing the opportunity to host a sweet benefit for Mt. Pleasant-based station Radio CPR. Grab a sliver, a cup of coffee, walk the Pi(e) Walk to win a tasty prize, and enjoy live old-time music and sets from Radio CPR DJs. Oh, and bring your own fork and plate, please. 6 p.m. at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church, 1525 Newton St. NW. $5 suggested donation.
Wednesday March 14
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
cpr's mothershiester will be bringing an avocado pie.
i just joined them, doing fridays 9-11 starting this week, will be switching up between contempish latin dance, spanish hip-hop, and uk bass, maybe a little house.
also: derrick carter (!!!) + alan braxe + juan zapata (formerly of the east coast boogiemen!!!) at u street music hall this friday.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
I thought you had moved to NYC? I guess you're back.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats on the radio gig.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
thanks, yeah been back since late dec
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
anybody coming out to Maceo Plex/Catz n Dogz/Eats Everything at U Hall tonight? Should be very very very good.
― I DIED, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=251&EventID=93709
Free "Instrument" screening/Q&A with Ian MacKaye and Jem Cohen tonight at the Georgetown ICC
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 19 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't seen that in ages.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
Watched a trailer on Facebook last night of "Salad Days," Scott Crawf*rd's doc on DC hardcore. Crawf*rd was a young zine editor back then, and currently edits the Blurt (and used to do Harp) website.
Another guy, James J. Schneider is also doing a doc on that period.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder how much these docs will add to what has already been conveyed in print in Dance of Days and Banned in DC?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
biased put personally i'm a bit over the earlier focus, would be interested if someone got into the mid-late 90's era (majority rule, pg. 99, darkest hour, etc) - the last point at which we had current bands internationally recognized, and not to mention a strong local scene before the gentrification hit hard and a lot of the notable affordable and diy-type venues started fading out
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
Someone else will have to make that doc (maybe in 10 years!).
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
So along the lines of the new Hamilton club in DC pushing blues via an upscale supper club approach, I see that someone is trying to turn an old Bethesda movie theatre into a fancy jazz and blues restaurant/club
http://www.bethesdabluesjazz.com/index.cfm
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2012/03/dear-popville-looking-for-affordable-musicians/
Dear PoPville,
We are looking for someone who can, at a very affordable price, perform for a few hours (singing, piano, and/or guitar) contemporary pop / alt-rock songs (Radiohead, Ben Folds, The National, Deer Tick, Wilco, that sort of thing) at a DC area event. Someone who doesn’t mind performing songs from a list of possibilities selected by the event host?
comment section predictably full of dudes trying to lowball one another for this primo gig
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
Good money
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
tbf they're gonna take a huge cut of t-shirt sales
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
So I went to the Fillmore for the first time this past weekend(saw the-Dream)--they attach huge "convenience fees" to advance tickets, and their beer is real pricey too. Other than that, it's a nice enough club (owned by the evil empire)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 March 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/documenting-dcs-punk-past--with-your-help/2012/03/21/gIQAmlvXSS_story.html plus the Friday April 13 discussion of PG County rock through the years
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2012/03/23/heat-wave-edie-sedgwick-goes-to-sxsw-day-14-i-think/
So this is what it is like to be a little-known touring DC rock band
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
those have been great. the one about playing a show with the dude from june of 44's bar band!
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 23 March 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/arts/music/ital-and-kindness-indie-acts-moving-to-a-disco-beat.html?_r=1
http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-03-14/music/Daniel-Martin-McCormick-spin-control/ penned by onetime ilxor Matos
Mi-Ami member, Daniel Martin-McCormick, now in Brooklyn makes the Village Voice cover and gets in the NY Times for his latest dance music project Ital
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 March 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
The board inspired new Chevrolet colors, like “techno pink,” “lemonade” and “denim,” aimed at “a 23-year-old who shops at H&M and Target and listens to Wale with Beats headphones,” said Rebecca Waldmeir, a color and trim designer for Chevrolet. This rainbow of youthful hues will be available on the Spark this summer
Wale, name-dropped by a Chevy employee working with MTV offshoot company employees on making some of Chevy's cars hip for young people. This is from a NY Times article
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
i'm really excited about this free upcoming series of experimental media workshops, http://www.wpadc.org/exhibitions/exhbt_upcoming.html#EM2012_Workshops
They're four separate 4 hour sessions that are going to take place over May that cover this kinda stuff
n addition to the exhibition and video screenings, Experimental Media 2012 will also include a free hands-on workshop series designed to introduce artists to the latest in open source and affordable technology being used to create interactive installations and experimental new media. Focusing on the Arduino open-source electronics prototyping platform and the open-source programming software Processing, the workshop series will give artists an introduction to these powerful and inexpensive tools. The free workshop series is organized in partnership with HacDC, a membership-supported, non-profit organization and workshop space devoted to collaboration in the creative use of technology.Saturday, May 5, 1-4pm: Introduction to Basic Electronics – Building a Microcontroller ShieldThis workshop will speed through basic electronics with a focus on kit and prototype circuit building. Lab time will teach soldering with Sparkfun’s Danger Shield (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10570), which will be used in the subsequent Arduino and Processing workshops. Participants must provide their own materials and soldering tools.Sunday, May 6, 1-4pm: Introduction to ArduinoThis workshop will introduce the Arduino (http://arduino.cc), the most popular microcontroller board and programming environment in use by artists today. You will learn how to program this versatile device and you’ll write a program that uses the Danger Shield’s sensors and controls its LEDs. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).Sunday, May 13, 1-4pm: Introduction to ProcesssingThis workshop will introduce Processing (http://processing.org), a software development platform created to teach artists how to write software (called “sketches”). You will learn how to use the built-in development environment to create a sketch that generates animated particles and sound, and introduce how an Arduino can communicate with your processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend). Sunday, May 20, 1-4pm: Working with Arduino and Processing This workshop will expand on the previous three sessions. You’ll learn how to control the Processing sketch from Workshop 3 with the sensors and controls connected to your Arduino via the Danger Shield, and introduce how to to control external devices connected to your Arduino with a Processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
Saturday, May 5, 1-4pm: Introduction to Basic Electronics – Building a Microcontroller ShieldThis workshop will speed through basic electronics with a focus on kit and prototype circuit building. Lab time will teach soldering with Sparkfun’s Danger Shield (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10570), which will be used in the subsequent Arduino and Processing workshops. Participants must provide their own materials and soldering tools.
Sunday, May 6, 1-4pm: Introduction to ArduinoThis workshop will introduce the Arduino (http://arduino.cc), the most popular microcontroller board and programming environment in use by artists today. You will learn how to program this versatile device and you’ll write a program that uses the Danger Shield’s sensors and controls its LEDs. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
Sunday, May 13, 1-4pm: Introduction to ProcesssingThis workshop will introduce Processing (http://processing.org), a software development platform created to teach artists how to write software (called “sketches”). You will learn how to use the built-in development environment to create a sketch that generates animated particles and sound, and introduce how an Arduino can communicate with your processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
Sunday, May 20, 1-4pm: Working with Arduino and Processing This workshop will expand on the previous three sessions. You’ll learn how to control the Processing sketch from Workshop 3 with the sensors and controls connected to your Arduino via the Danger Shield, and introduce how to to control external devices connected to your Arduino with a Processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).
this is like, EXACTLY what i need. anyone else going, by chance?
― 1986 Olive Garden (Z S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
i want to make a real life cockpit panel with really weird lights
― 1986 Olive Garden (Z S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
wow, thanks, that sounds really cool but I'm going to be back to jersey for weddings two of those weekends. 13th might work though.
― 80,000 no name records (los blue jeans), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
i think they only want people that can attend all four, because the sessions build off of each other.
― 1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
at least, that's what the lady indicated to me in reply to my registration.
― 1986 tallest hair contest (Z S), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
oh never mind, i guess it wouldn't make sense to only go to one
― 80,000 no name records (los blue jeans), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
maybe I should just dig up my half-completed theremin and finish that first anyway
― 80,000 no name records (los blue jeans), Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
oh wow i wanna go to this so bad
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
i had the misfortune of getting my useless audio engineering degree the year before (iirc) they started fucking around with arduinos in labs
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 26 March 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit that looks rad
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link