Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

Wow, Prince Paul is free before 11 at U St. Music Hall tonight.

THAT IS SO WRONG xp

nice video

W. Post loved Yelawolf live but I missed him Monday and Prince Paul last night. Tonight's producer/60s and 70s rock memoirist Joe Boyd with Robyn Hitchcock or the Pogues with Titus or other things I am sure . March is a busy month. See my rock list posted above. Other stuff that interests me-Maximum India events and
Thurs. March 10th:

Eileen Torres in the Artisphere Dome Theater presents from 7 to 9 a multi media presentation punctuated with vintage film and music clips of 15 women that broke the gender barrier in salsa. Anacaona-10 Cuban sisters; Myrta Silva, lead singer for Sonora Matancera; La Lupe, Celia Cruz, Yolanda Rivera and La India are a few. This is session two of a three session block towards the certificate of completion. $5.

Jowell & Randy (Puerto Rico) at Ibiza(reggaeton)

Tyondai Braxton (Anthony's son and member of art-tech-synth-prog band Battles) with the 30-member Wordless Music Orchestra, a New York–based ensemble that melds instrumental rock,electronica and classical music, at the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building Contact: (202) 707-5502. 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.Conversation with Ronen Givony, Wordless Music founder and artistic director, and composer Tyondai Braxton.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Lisner (South African singers)

Eli Paperboy Reed (blue-eyed soul) at RnR Hotel

________________________________________________________________ Fri. Mar. 11

Shubhendra Rao (sitarist) and Saskia Rao-De Haas(cello) create avante-garde sounds with Indian and European classical and folk influences Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition (jazz with Indian Carnatic influences) at 7:30 & 9:30 at the Monsoon Club _________________________________________________
Sat. Mar. 12

Pan American Symphony Orchestra as part of Flamenco Weekend: Concierto Andalouse & Gala Flamenca with Marcel Khalifé ( Great Lebanese oud player), Carmela Greco (flamenco dance), and more at Lisner Aud.

WPFW DJ the Gator's Birthday party at Lamonts in Pomonkey, MD with Southern soul singer Chick Willis and more

Ashford & Simpson at the Birchmere

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2011/03/local_news_dmv_town_hall_meeti.html

Oh! The guy from the Points runs Windian Records who are doing that showcase at U St. M Hall today

some psychy krautrock bands at velvet lounge tonight. not really my thing for live shows generally speaking--i prefer krautrock as background music, not live shows--but Luger is kinda rad

Kohoutek, Luger (spain), P.J.B., Caves Caverns @ velvet lounge
--http://luger.bandcamp.com/

also tonight's that big grind show at st stephens

can't decide :/

The Ex and Dj Rupture at the Cat

I see that John Murph liked that Robert Glasper gig at Bohemian Caverns over the weekend. But does every hipster jazz or classical act have to cover Radiohead? I like the Busta Rhymes one better.

That's the Washington Post Style section review I'm referring to.

Little Royal, longtime obscure Southern soul singer and James Brown imitator, is gonna be at Westminster Chruch's Blues Monday series tonight from 6 to 9. Westminster is near Arena Stage, metro accessible and the gigs are just $5. Plus their cafeteria sells great southern meals. The have jazz gigs there Fridays from 6 to 9.

http://www.westminsterdc.org/blues/

U St. Music Hall one year birthday on Thursday. Congrats

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/03/16/a-tale-of-two-warehouses-life-in-eckington-is-harder-for-a-go-go-space-than-a-punk-venue/

“Go-go is still seen as a threat to some sort of establishment or order maybe, and punk is a fashion,”

interesting piece

The two flyers in that piece are amazing for how many graphic design and content signifiers of each genre they carry, might gotta do a remix where I reverse them.

yooooooooo

Saturday, March 19 at La Casa

Healer (FL, members of Torche playing all their hits)
Post Teens (FL, members of Asshole Parade)
Birds and Wires
Einzurigiri (WV Isis-worship)
Unfair Roots

8 PM, $7

Should be a good time!!!
Post by thelonelyrock on Mar 1, 2011, 11:19pm

so what is the deal with this side band? not all of torche i assume? i can dig some torche songs tonight
Post by colindammit on Today at 12:42pm

Well....it is all of Torche....and if you are a Torche fan, you might say they're playing all your favorite songs......hopefully you can take the hint and we can avoid the booking agent.
Post by thelonelyrock on Today at 12:48pm

lol lol this community center venue is apparently also the home of the dc branch of the international socialist organization...this is gonna feel like college all over again

is anybody else down for this cause i am definitely going, post teens are fun & when i saw einzurigiri once i wasn't real bored

where is this? going to the soccer game but i'd be down afterward

its at 'la casa' a few blocks from the columbia heights metro

3166 Mt. Pleasant St NW

damn OFF! this thursday and los mountain goats friday, its gonna be a busy week

I know it's not DC but back when I lived there, I made the trek to Hammerjack's. Anyway, I will be at Sonar for Agalloch tomorrow night.

If anyone is going, email me yer cell phone and we can have an ILM drink.

For those not going, wtf? It's Agalloch!!

"Hammerjacks". Wow, that brings back memories. That huge Baltimore metal establishment near Camden Yards is long gone, right?

Yeah. Parking lot for the football stadium, I believe.

Saw Ozzy there back in the day. Surprise show billed as Blizzard Of Oz.

Good times...

got roped into godspeed tonight, was mostly worth it for the punishing volume

I like buying used CDs for metal, alternative and the like.
A friend suggested Crooked Beat. Good idea?

not much good for CDs as far as I saw. seems like a great stop for vinyl though.

Oh noes! Well where is a boy to go for his used CD needs in DC (say CD needs in DC 10x fast, I dare ya) if metal is the main (but not only) thing on the shopping list?

After some Googling, this place looks amazing:

www.myspace.com/viennamusicexchange

http://a3.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/38/d57f24e13acf9e24f3d4e15928d84a74/l.jpg

However not open until around the weekends... Also not sure if open at all as the site has not been updated in some time.

I would go even if it was all vinyl just because!!

Stumped me on that store. Hmmmmm, Smash is pricey. The Fairfax Record Exchange has cds and vinyl. Not sure how their metal selection is.

I guess most of the info on these other threads is out of date:

washington dc record stores?

Huge list of DC record stores...can someone glance over it and tell me which are worth stopping at?

Got a couple things at Rooked Beat but yeah, mostly wax, no metal.

Gonna hit Smash while I am in the area.

Tryst coffeehouse is pretty amazing, incidentally!

Yeah!!

Hey is anybody going to OFF! Thursday? I'm gonna meet up w/some friends I think.

Nice smattering of used CDs at Smash for under $60. Best was the remastered Bloodrock CD and Prince "Dirty Minds."

yeah, i'm going to both off! and mtn goats

And now I am in Baltimore for the mighty Agalloch. I envy me.

i am v glad to hear this my friend! both xp and not xp!

Wish you were here...

I saw some great music from India the other day by musicians stacked up in rooms 9 across and 4 levels high on the stage:

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/03/21/maximum-indias-manganiyar-squares/

it's vinyl but just wanted to make sure all the DC relative newcomers knew about http://www.joesrecordparadise.com/

Wish a place other than the Park at 14th would be bringing in r'n'b singers every week. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place but the Teedra Moses one, the Angie Stone one last week, and Jaguar Wright next week have been done on little advance word. I still haven't read that big W. Post profile of the club owner, the guy who went bankrupt running the Love/Dream club.

Nice, Joe's is just off the red line. Worth a trip?

Haven't been to Joe's since they moved most recently but it's a great shop.

i was there the other day for the first time. it's massive!

Some of the vinyl is a little pricey but there's lots to choose from (cds also).

I have gone almost 100% Amazon after getting serious sticker shock at Melody Record Shop (blocks from my apartment). will give them a shot though.