Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

<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

how is banned in dc?

It might be out of print now--It's a mostly all photo history of Dischord related punk from 1979 to 1983. It's good. If my brother's negatives (ah pre-digital photo era)had not disappeared it might have been even better! Leslie Clague, Cynthia Connolly and Sharon Cheslow put it together. I helped them get photos as I had a DC fanzine out then.

Actually it goes to 1985 and Amazon still has copies.

http://www.outlawjam.com/event-details.htm

Check out this wacky festival in Frederick, MD this summer--New York Dolls, Andrew Dice Clay, Motley Crue, Elvin Bishop and others...

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

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someone needs to be hooking up the presale code.

for real

Anybody been to Public House # 7, 6315 Leesburg Pike (near 7 corners at the intersection with 50 and Wilson)? It's now a Brit pub type place and used to be called Brinkley's. Free rockabilly tonight with local act Jumpin Jupiter

I work at the BBT building nearby and pass that pub every day. Can't get a read on what it's like from a drive-by though. Report back if you make it.

more biker fest wackiness - Thunder Festival - featuring Jackyl and Little Ozzy:

http://i56.tinypic.com/2nsuc1i.jpg

I went with friends to Public House #7 in Falls Church last night. At 10pm the front room was closed up but the upstairs room was pretty crowded as great local rockabilly band Jumpin Jupiter played in a corner. The place is covered with various types of Brit memorabilia --Who and Beatles posters, etc. We came from having eaten Ethiopian over at Meaza on Columbia Pike so we did not try the Brit pub food. A nice selection of beer and alcohol. Oh, the music was free. So that was good too. I think they only have bands play on Saturday nights.

What are your favorite DC Hardcore Bands?

I forgot about this thread that some folks just posted on...

oh, don't think it matters anymore but the dc archers presale was hardcoreloaf. got my tixxxx

I always wait too long re sales of tickets for rock shows as I 'm not sure if I will have a conflict, and then the shows are sold out. I should buy and then try to sell the ticket later if I can't go.

I haven't listened to Archers of L. in ages but did like them once upon a time.

Oh boy. I'm not a fan but if you are:

From Malitz at W. Post Click Tracks

Baltimore-bred indie rock superstars Animal Collective will finally perform at Merriweather Post Pavilion, the Columbia, Md., venue that provided the name for the band’s 2009 breakthrough album. The show will be on Saturday, July 9. Tickets go on sale Friday.

haha I was wondering when that was going to happen

Falls Church has actual live music options now?!?!?!?!
things have changed since my youth

well i hadn't bought my titus tickets for the black cat yet and now they're sold out

lol

sorry i was just in shock over that falls church post
but yeah figgered the merriweather post thing was just a matter of time

H, I saw a great Ethiopian woman singer accompanied by a keyboard player at Meaza's on Columbia Pike, just off of Route 7 Leesburg Pike earlier in the evening before seeing the rockabilly band. I need to find out her name. She sings there every Friday and Saturday. She was better than the guy who followed her (dressed like an Ethiopian Tom Jones but not as flamboyant).

x-post-

I was gonna go to Titus and didn't get a ticket yet either. Oh well.

i'm gonna see em next month in ny and they'll be back in dc again in june, i'd just been lookin forward to this a lot

criaglist maybe

some of the acts from argentina's tropical/cumbia/etc outfit zzk records playing judy restaurant next thursday
(article curiously doesn't mention zzk)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40743/chancha-via-circuito-at-restaurant-judy-april-28/

damn i fuckin love that clip on the wcp page

i guess my thursday is booked

also got a nice targeted ad one of the times i hit that link for the impresarios (dunno them) with fort knox five (latin funk / breakbeat dj set, sometimes live drums, longstanding part of the dmv edm community) at artisphere tonight

I keep meaning to look into the Impressarios (some sort of local Latin funk band that are pals with Fort Knox 5 and possible associated with Theivery Corp.) but haven't yet really--part of a youtube video is all I have seen

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/04/21/wmuc-fights-to-stay-on-air/

WMUC 88.1, low watt station, at the U. of MD. in big financial problems. Old man me was involved in the station in the early 80s, before there was a Baltimore station at 88.1 that cut heavily into its signal range. I should listen to it on the internet more and send 'em a buck or 2.

more than a few friends that went to umcp worked there

likewise, hope they pull through

a few other ilxors have worked there in addition to me.

BTW, made it to the National Portrait Gallery last week to hear the Miles Davis author speak. Thanks for mentioning that a few weeks back, curmudgeon. Anyways, it was brief but worthwhile. I picked up the author's book focusing on the studio albums of the second great quintet. Looks like a fun, if at times challenging to non-musos such as myself, read.

BlackCatDC
One week from today, we'll be showing Ab Fab on the big screen & serving up $5 Stoli drinks. Yes, we went there.

BTW, made it to the National Portrait Gallery last week to hear the Miles Davis author speak

fuuuuuuuuuuuuu forgot abt this. it was good? let me know how the book is!

It wasn't AMAZING or anything, but it was enjoyable. He played some studio tracks and chat of the band working up Freedom Jazz Dance. That was pretty cool. Only presented for about 45 minutes. Prior to the talk, there was a trio performance in the book store that I missed. But for a newb such as myself, it was somewhat illuminating.

I have a feeling you'd get more out of the book than me. I'm gonna read it and take in as much knowledge & history as I can, but I'm suspecting there will be large sections that I will just kinda gloss over.

http://www.amazon.com/Recordings-Quintet-1965-68-Studies-Recorded/dp/019539383X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1303755985&sr=1-3-fkmr0

Woah...btw, I did NOT pay anywhere near $99 for this book! ;)

Hey jazz folks, I think this free 7 pm screening at the Library of Congress Pickform Theatre is still on for tonight:

April 25
David Amram: The First 80 Years (2011) Directed by Lawrence Kraman (90 mins)
The subject of Lawrence Kraman’s documentary (seen here as a sneak preview/work-in-progress) is composer and multi-instrumentalist David Amram, who at age 80 continues to be break ground in the worlds of jazz, classical, and world music. As a jazz French horn player, Amram worked with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Miles Davis and many others. In the classical work he has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber music works and has written many scores for theater and film, including the original The Manchurian Candidate, Splendor in the Grass, and the legendary beat generation film Pull My Daisy. Special guests David Amram and Lawrence Kraman will introduce the film and take questions following the screening.

Pickford

wmuc a little safer for now

"What the exec board had voted on was to take $10,141 from this contact and put that toward the groups that needed funding and did not receive it at Wednesday's meeting," SGA Director of Communications Staci Armezzani told Arts Desk. "All voted in favor. They decided funding student groups was more important than replacing computers."

But it's still a close call. WMUC music director Chris Palardy says, "It's enough for us to keep our phone and Internet and continue broadcasting online. We're still underfunded by about 50 percent, but can still keep the lights on for the time being."

The station is moving at full speed with its fundraising campaign, which has included a social media-fueled donation drive of somewhat epic proportions. Palardy says "the response from the community has pretty great," noting that over the weekend, station alumni had donated around $5,000, and a show hosted by one of its DJs brought in around $600. A fundraiser is also planned for Thursday evening at Mamma Lucia's.

Nonetheless, it's not clear what will happen this time next year.

30th anniversary of 1st Wilson Center show (with countless DC hardcore bands) event Saturday there(it's now a school) with bands at night, Ian Mackaye talking at 5, and other stuff earlier. I missed that first one but saw a number of shows there shortly afterwards...

This might be interesting for Beatles fans.

30th anniversary of 1st Wilson Center show

!! anyone know where i can find a lineup, want to come down for this

aw nevermind, it's more of a benefit with five bands, i thought maybe a lot of bands were coming through or something.

Are the Max Levine Ensemble who are headlining, worth seeing?

i recall seeing their name around a decade ago and probably saw them a few times but i wouldn't go out of my way if there's anything else to do. of course they were in highschool then, ha i'm sure things have changed.

I have seen that band name around for awhile but was never inspired to check them out.