Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

On our Friday house nights, we've got Neurotic Drum Band, Paul Johnson, Timmy Regisford, Tony Humphries, King Britt, and Francios K coming up. There's also Tim Sweeney, Tensnake, Annie Mac, and more.

There's a lot of really amazing stuff for Oct-Dec we don't have quite confirmed yet, but I'll post a follow up when we do.

The Washington City Paper is putting together a fall arts preview supplement now. You should e-mail a list of stuff to Jonathan Fischer and Erin Petty of the CP. I'm always bugging them to improve their listings and that would help.

x-post to myself--Lida Husik's website says she's recording her first album in years, in Portland shortly (but not sure where she is living--she had gotten married and was out in California for awhile). If you don't know her, old Liz Phair and Beth Orton and Lois might be reference points

Italians Do It Better DJs worth seeing? Might head along if I can master the transport.

Last time Mike Simonetti was here he definitely played harder & housier than the IDIB sound. What I'm really looking forward to in that lineup is Victor Simonelli, who did a lot great 90's NY house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI6ka-OPP6I

I'm looking for DC industrial/Dark Wave or punk nights or any good upcoming electronica. Apparently there used to be something at Little Miss Whiskey's but it's been put on hold.

I wonder if there's a DC industrial/dark wave e-mail list or something? Not my thing, but I am guessing somebody should know...

Otherwise I guess you've just gotta google DC goth or something or see if the listings for DC 9 or Velvet lounge or something seem to show an industrial genre dj

Anybody know anything about Subterranean A, a new club featuring indie-rock bands (at 13th and R NW maybe? not sure)

Nope...here's the building according to Google Maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1432+R+St+NW&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1432+R+St+NW,+Washington,+District+of+Columbia,+20009&gl=us&ei=ZHR2TJvOAoWClAehyKTsCw&ved=0CBQQ8gEwAA&ll=38.912608,-77.033665&spn=0.009183,0.016544&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=38.912613,-77.033773&panoid=P2hg4JtZnqtayUQm73nedw&cbp=12,172.82,,0,-16.94

From what I can find it sounds like a basement apartment.

BYT mentioned a Friday 3 band show with Tennis, Family Portrait and Andrew Cedarmark there

http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/event/tennis-family-portrait-andrew-cedermark.htm?utm_source=Best+Weekend+Bets&utm_campaign=7935291951-bwb_8_26_20108_26_2010&utm_medium=email

I'm interested in East LA rock band Los Fabulocos making their first area appearance Friday for free at 7 at the Wheaton Triangle

Maybe it's just a house basement gig and they've given the room a name.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/09/20/all-week-spend-your-lunchtime-watching-classic-d-c-rb/

Old-school DC r'n'b plus Chuck Brown for free all week

woah, that's a great week of lineups

19 twitter specialists!

TBD Night will attempt to demystify the evening. Say you're in one bar, and you're thinking of going to another. Yes, you could laboriously search Twitter to see if anyone's microblogged that your intended destination was packed, but by the time you figure out how to do that with your stubby, drinky fingers, your date will have given up on you and you might as well have just gone yourself.

Then there are questions of lines. Special deals. Exactly how much sensation you may lose in your butt as you watch 10 hours worth of plays about Afghanistan. And is it worth checking out the talent at Dodge City?

On Saturday, starting at 4 p.m, our 19 Twitter specialists are going to aggregate as much information as we can from people out and about in the Washington area, including TBD staffers. Wanna help?

RIP John Hansen, longtime DC punk scene regular, soundman, roadie and Slickees Boys guitarist for a few years

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/09/21/john-hansen%e2%80%94longtime-d-c-punk-fixture-roadie-soundman-guitarist-of-the-slickee-boys%e2%80%94is-dead/

So many events at certain clubs get announced at the last minute: Only recently saw that reggaeton guy Don Omar would be at Ibiza tonight and Brazilian dj Tudo would be at Liv. In an ideal world these clubs would provide as much heads up notice as the 930 Club.

Merzbow and Richard Pinhas at the House of France/French Embassy tonight.

Hope you brought earplugs.

I went to Chuck Brown. Fun--lots of guests, lots of covers, and future mayor Vincent Grey dancing awkwardly.

Then I headed over to the Freer and saw the movie doc Sleepwalking through the Mekong. It's the story of Los Angeles band Dengue Fever and their Cambodian singer going to Cambodia in 2005. You see them play on a stage set up in a shantytown, and traveling the country. Some people discuss how the Khmer Rouge brutally murdered millions there including countless musicians and artists. The director and 2 members of the band were there. Cambodian 60s rock is cool--surf with Asian vocal melodies.

They made $30 tickets available for VirginFest if you never got a free one or spent $125 for a pavilion seat.

A music packed weekend. Improv, Virgin Fest, metal at Patriot Center, country-pop at Jiffy lube, Latin fest today in Mt. Pleasant, soul music great Clarence Carter at the free Bluebird Fest at PG Community College to name a few. I'm probably leaving out some great dj events.

So the whole Wash. Post arts section today is about the new Arena Stage in SW. There is also a side-piece re planned SW development. I know it is a big deal architecturally. Noticeably absent to me: any mention of Zanzibar OTW, or Hogates/H2O in any of the sidebars. As much as I dislike how those places were and are managed, the arts they have presented (i.e., Latin, Caribbean, African, RnB, Go-go) are as worthy as uh, Arena's upcoming revival of "Oklahoma."

Suprised noone in the media got a pic of Grey dancing with Chuck Brown. Or maybe not--Virgin Freefest was this weekend and the Redskins were playing.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/performance-and-dance/2010/10/07/art-nova-who-gains-from-the-massive-new-artisphere/

la casa shelter in columbia heights closing

Wow. Complicated stuff. I did volunteer work a long time ago for the Washington legal Clinic for the Homeless. Uh, I (sheepishly admit) never saw anything at the music space there or went to any of the benefits.

So Artisphere is ok. Maybe a little more than ok.

Interesting Post magazine article on Sunday re Fight Club in Blagden Alley.

I don't see how Artisphere is possibly going to get the 250,000 visitors a year they're expecting. I wonder if the company that did the projections for that was the same one that did them for the City Museum?

Wow is that what they're expecting. You're right. While I hear the BYT party was crowded, Sunday afternoon (admittedly during a Redskin game) was not that crowded at the 1st day of the open house, and the CP blog post re yesterday says it was not that crowded either.

They've got a top NY salsa band, La Excelencia, there tonight but I'm not sure how well they've gotten the word out to the local Hispanic community. Some of the Saturday night at 11 events will draw a decent indie-rock crowd, but nothing huge. The local salsa bands on upcoming Tuesdays and the swing dance bands on Wednesdays probably won't draw huge crowds. It's a nice big sprawling space, but it's in desolate Rosslyn.

1800+ through the door made for a magical night and vibe. Chris Burns e-mail re BYT party at Artisphere. Nothing else currently scheduled is gonna draw that kind of crowd.

Hmmmm, thinking out loud here--I see they're charging $15 for local salsa bands and dance lessons on most Tuesdays and the same for swing dance bands on Wednesdays, I wonder what Glen Echo charges for the same?

And other places? They're also charging $15 for most of the indie-rock Saturday at 11 gigs (a mixture of local, national and international artists)

chris richards mentioned that la excelencia was doing pretty well on stage but that the crowd vibe was "weird"

Was that a tweet? Wonder what he meant. I was not able to make it to either the Monday night demo or the Tuesday night gig.

I don't think the Post has had a review of a salsa gig since um, they dropped me and others when they cut back on the number of reviews (for financial reasons).

yeah, 'twas a tweet

Not sure if the La Excelecia gig was advertised in DC's Spanish newspapers or on radio. It was added the day before to the kesta concert list. Eileen Torres mentioned it in her mailings of course, and I did a CP blogpost. It was a $20 show. So, I still wonder what was "weird" about the crowd vibe?

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/10/in_concert_la_excelencia_at_ar_1.html

Ah, Jenkins reviewed La Excelencia and Richards tweeted it. Not sure why Richards was surprised by salsa dance lessons beforehand. That's often done (just like at zydeco shows). By the looks of the photos, there were not many people there. The Salsa Room gets much bigger crowds. I'm guessing Artisphere did not get the word out to the local Latin community.

I just learned what ILM was (is?) which explains why I don't know anybody. -Chris Richards Sept. 29 tweet

Wish I had been able to make the U Hall gig with Wale's pals, the Board Administration and UCB.

François Kevorkian at U St. Music Hall tomorrow (Friday) night. Anyone going?

want to, but no. also desperate to go to Tim Sweeney, but probably won't do that either.

woah, apparently a guy threw a brick through the window of DC9 after the Agnostic Front show last night and several people came out and beat him to death (at least according to preliminary reports):

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/crime-and-public-safety/man-shot-killed-near-9th-and-u.html?hpid=newswell

bad news

Jesus Christ, that's awful.

Statement from Graham's office:

Dear Friends, there was tragedy last night in the vicinity of 9th and Florida.

I have spoken to various people this morning and there are questions unanswered.

But, according to MPD information, here are what appear to be the basic facts:

An intoxicated person was put out of DC-9 at 1940 9th St. He returned and somehow managed to gain admittance. And was put out again. He then returned and threw two bricks (perhaps at one of the employees?) which broke the window. (Earlier that night, another patron had punched and broken a window, he was arrested for that again earlier in the evening.)

Bar employees chased the man down to the 2000 block, caught him and beat him. MPD arrived and he was transported to the hospital where he died.

Five DC 9 employees have been arrested and charged, some—at this hour-- with homicide. Arraignment is this afternoon.

There are questions unresolved in this matter. But MPD is now considering using the emergency police powers of the MPD Chief to shut the establishment for up to 96 hours, allowing the ABC board hold a hearing to consider possible suspension of the alcohol license.

More as additional information is released. Bests Councilmember Jim Graham

REALLY fucked up

ugh, there's a few people that work there i'm hoping this wasn't

http://www.tbd.com/articles/2010/10/man-found-dead-in-northwest-21726.html

But DC9 manager KT Robeson says that the victim was not in fact beaten, but merely restrained. "Whatever he died from had to do with something pre-existing," Robeson says. "He was not beaten, that is a lie." Another DC9 employee told ABC 7 a similar tale, saying DC9 employees were holding down the man, waited for police to arrive, and watched police put him into the back of a cop car.

He deserved it. DC9 is a great place to hang out, good music, easy going people. I can see why they beat him. I mean, it's apparent this thug had no respect for other people or property. And it wasn't the bouncers, they don't have bouncers. They have a guy at the door that checks ID's. It appears that it was the patrons sticking up for the place---- One less welfare recipient not getting my taxes if you ask me.

Posted by: Aimhigh2000 | October 15, 2010 8:22 AM

someone also posted this on that tbd site (are they tabloid?)

Photo from intersection of 9th & U St shows blood on the crosswalk (via @rkearney)
http://yfrog.com/j1guurj

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/homicide/club-owner-employees-charged-i.html

Details slowly filling in now with different stories from the police and those affiliated w/ DC9. Whatever the true story, it's tragic at best, nearly unimaginable at worst.

is the stage upstairs? i think i saw om & six organs of admittance play here