Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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I guess most of the info on these other threads is out of date: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

How about this event!

TERRY FRASIER

PRESENTS

"THE COSMOPOLITAN"

A NEW MONTHLY ENTERTAINMENT EVENT, CATERING TO MATURE PROFESSIONAL DC SOCIALITES, POLITICIANS, CELEBRITIES & MORE. THIS MONTHLY EVENT WILL FEATURE THEME EVENTS, PERFORMANCES BY NATIONAL RECORDING ARTISTS, CELEBRITY GUESTS HOSTS & MORE.
WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US!

FRIDAY APRIL 8, 2011
9:00PM - 3:00AM

EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
900 10TH STREET
WASHINGTON DC

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.

Get there early to grab a prime seat (viewing angles from some seats in that basement room are not the best). Not sure where the dressing room is?

haha yeah when i saw william parker i was literally staring at a support beam for most of the set

"saw" william parker

Sunday 4 to 6pm WPFW 89.3 jazz dj and Library of Congress employee Larry Appelbaum is presenting 3 jazz related films for free at the the Library of Congress Pickford Theatre in April on Monday nights:

April 4
The Anatomy of Vince Guaraldi (2010) Directed by Andrew Thomas (116 mins)
In 1963, Vince Guaraldi and Ralph J. Gleason (co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine and the Monterey Jazz Festival) collaborated on a film that offered a unique perspective on how Vince’s classic song “Cast Your Fate To The Wind” crossed over from the jazz world to the pop charts. This rare footage, unavailable for more than 40 years, has been restored in high definition and fully expanded to continue Vince’s story through the 1960s and 70s – from his well known scores for the Charlie Brown animated TV specials, to the groundbreaking Jazz Mass at Grace Cathedral, and his legendary appearances at the Hungry i, the Trident, El Matador and the Monterey Jazz Festival.

April 18

El Trombone de Bomba, William Cepeda’s Jazz (2002) Directed by Louise Ernst (65 mins)

April 25
David Amram: The First 80 Years (2011) Directed by Lawrence Kraman (90 mins)

rad

Click Tracks and DJ Rupture link to old BBC doc on '80s DC go-go now on youtube apparently. I figured Rupture would know more about go-go than this posting shows (but he means well and is curious)--

http://www.negrophonic.com/2011/go-go-washington-d-c-vhs-flashbacks/

read it yesterday, did find it funny that RUPTURE doesn't seem to know too much about it but on the same note it's not like i can expect it of him or anyone outside of the area

yep. Wonder if he bought any of those 12"s

Anybody know anything about this (first Friday? I think) dj night called Electrafrique that I just read about in the Going Out Gurus blog (see below). I'm trying to find African dj nights and mostly I have found vague mentions of one-off events in Hyattsville and elsewhere in PG County, and I think there might be an afrobeat night at Bossa. I don't think Forward Fest includes anything like this.

Zouglou, kwaito, kaduro and coupe decale mix old beats with modern production and pop sheen to generate tidal waves of high energy dance sounds. Party with DJs Kimozaki, Underdog, i:Wah and Cortega as they mix these sounds at Sutra for their Electrafrique night.

I was sure "I Died" might have insight on the above for me...