Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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!"

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

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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. ;)

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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...

Fri. April 1

Swappi (From Trinidad) plus DJ's Sprang Intl & Super Slice
10PM at Karma Lounge, 800 G Shoppers Way, Largo, MD

Senegal Pre-Independence Party with DJ Chick at the Lux Lounge
649 New York Ave.,

Electrafrique dj night featuring current African programmed beat styles like zouglou, kwaito, kaduro and coupe decale with DJs Kimozaki, Underdog, i:Wah and Cortega at Sutra, 2406 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan, DC

Baby Cham (reggae dancehaller) "hosting" (but not performing?) at Oxygen, 2122 24th Place NE

Slick Rick (early show) at Liv, 11th & U St.

Slick Rick (late show) at Love, 1350 Okie St NE (old-school rap)

Ryan Leslie at the Park at 14th Street (modern r'n'b)

Roger McGuinn at the Barns of Wolf Trap

Frankie Beverly and Maze at DAR Const. Hall

Pain of having a Stupid Name (but an ok twee pop sound) is sold out at Black Cat tonight

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

not on that - I can't even tell you the last time I went out in Adams Morgan.

I had never heard of that event before and I think Sutra used to be Felix.

But yea, going to Adams Morgan on Friday night is not that appealing but...

Googling tells me that Underdog is an afrobeat dj, Kimozaki is also into house, and Cortega was recently in Mali

I didn't go.

And I missed the Marvin Gaye day special panel. Shame on me.

http://dcist.com/2011/04/artisphere_revenue_falls_short_of_e.php#

I DIED predicted this.

Their booking of indie bands on Saturday nights wasn't very strong and they seem to have discontinued that instead of changing the focus and adding locals to the bills. After packing the place with a tbd party they haven't done anything with them since. They originally only marketed their salsa gigs and salsa dj nights to crossover crowds and not also to Spanish speaking locals.

The good--some of the salsa and zydeco gigs; Bluebrain booked events; Jeff Krulik panel event; Cynthia Connolly curated exhibits

I mean byt party

good but not mind-blowing Destroyer show last night. Very mellow crowd appropriate for the music. As usual for Black Cat, it was obnoxiously loud--can't remember ever going to a show there that wasn't ear-splitting. I was wearing plugs and had to put my hands over my ears a couple times.

Was curious about that show but parental duties kept me home. I'm guessing your reference to a "very mellow crowd" meant that they did not talk loudly through the whole gig.

i loved the show, but yeah the black cat's sound has never been the best.

Mark Jenkins review in the W. Post was kinda critical. He liked some aspects but suggested Bejar was not charismatic enough.

In my experience, Bejar's schtick is generally seeming bored/over it/disengaged/can't be bothered. I think it gets discussed in one of those epic 9 million post Destroyer threads from a couple of years ago.

yeah that annoyed me when he was touring for Rubies w/ a 4 piece band, but for the Kaputt sound and vibe it wasn't a problem at all imo.

i would like to arrange a real meetup this coming week, a happy hour type thing, preferably downtown, preferably monday or wednesday. and if that won't work, sometime next week.

and it would be cool if it at least 5 people came! :)

DC represent!

monday today monday?

I guess that's way too short of notice! Maybe next Monday? The 18th?

i travel for work monday - thursday, so weekdays are kinda weird for me (although i'm actually in town right now owing to jeopardy tomorrow, cf. the other thread)

Old guy me is busy parenting most Monday and Tuesday nights (and every other weekend), maybe some of the others here can do so

i am down for this obv

z_s u may also want to post this in the other dc thread?

BlackCatDC Oh hey! Archers of Loaf are playing here on Fri Aug 5. Tickets on sale Fri.

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new Red Palace web site: http://redpalacedc.com/events/

<3 red palace v much

never been but probably going to head over there for Woodsman on Monday. Wonder what the new and un-improved Pipettes will sound like.

I was wondering about Pipettes too

Mostly unpublicized new Jazz book talks on Wednesdays at the national Portrait Gallery. The Will Friedwald one on his new jazz vocalists book is going on right now. He was on with Kojo Nnamdi (spelling?) on WAMU today.

A Miles Davis book is next week. http://www.npg.si.edu/shop/bookshop.html

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/short-takes-tv-on-the-radio-chalk-circle/Content?oid=3555221

Here's a Jessica Hopper review of a just-issued retrospective release of DC band Chalk Circle. They played 4 gigs in the early 80s and included Sharon Cheslow who was one of the folks who put together the book Banned in DC. I met her at the U of Md where she was a WMUC dj for awhile like me. I saw one of the Chalk Cirle gigs. I never knew that in 1980 or so they wanted Henry Rollins to be their drummer.

gonna def go to that davis book thing xp