Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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I guess most of the info on these other threads is out of date: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

I know this is further off what most of the DCers on this thread dig, but the new Title Tracks album is really awesome (and quite different from the first album). Insanely catchy melodies with some power this time around; all recorded mono and lo-fi (without it being at all gimmicky)

aw melody! that was one place i enjoyed living in dupont, great random dvd + cd selections, but yeah it was expensive

"All Tricks" sounds like a lost Sloan track, thanks for the tip.

Sounds fun.

Re Melody records near Dupont--I used to like going in there to see all the African cds they have, but then I'd rarely buy them because of the price.

got a bunch of stickers at smash! yesterday

v happy

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There is a DJ named HOOSTEEN playing in DC in a couple weeks. I forget where but will try to find the flyer.

haha um, that's me

yall should come out and whatnot, for com truise

http://www.parley.co/blog/2011/3/22/parley-presents-com-truise-of-ghostly-international-in-colla.html

I will come out for that! I was kind of hoping it was someone else just for the O_o's.

ah shit I won't be able to make it as I'm spinning at the 9:30 club.

That's gonna be a crazy night - in addition to those there's Toddla T at U Hall, Falty DL at Warehouse, Thugfucker/Life & Death showcase at Sweet Spot. Forward Festival is really making moves this year.

yeah looking at the list for the whole thing kind of makes my head spin

lol paul wharton voted as best drag queen in dc - not a drag queen, how embarrassing

off!/trash talk was fucking great

"this next song goes out to our bassist! he couldn't make this tour because he got stabbed by some fucking nazi in bakersfield! 1,2,3,4!"

^^^^^

Pharoah Sanders at Bohemian Caverns, Thurs May 5th - Saturday May 7th. Immensely excited for this. My first visit to the Caverns too!

!

caverns is dope

This dovetails insanely well with how musical 2011 has been shaping up! IE, the year I fall discover and fall hard for jazz. I feel like I'm 14 years old and am about to see my favorite band at the old 9:30 Club or something. ;)

^^^^^
So excited, I can't form articulate sentences, in fact!

Potentially trainspotter Caverns question: if I bring one of my PS vinyls with me, is there any chance at all I rub elbows with the man and get him to sign? How cool would it be to get his signature on OM for example? "So were you really on acid when you and Trane did this?!" ha.