Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

He's fun. Was going to go see the DC Brazilian bill at Artisphere-Alma Tropicalia, all female percusshion orchestra Batala, and DJ Neville, but this cold or something bug I somehow caught may keep me home

Is it worth a late night before an early Sunday start to see Shortstaxx at Comet?

Maybe Hoos or others know, I saw the following in an e-mail I got but have never seen burleque act Short Staxx

Saturday May 14th, Satan’s Youth Ministers, Shortstaxx (Sticky Buns Burlesque) and The Drains
All Ages, Doors 10:30pm & $10

Satan's Youth Ministers (Psychedelic/Garage/Gospel, Kill Shaman, Tuscumbia AL)
http://www.facebook.com/satansyouthministers
These deep south Alabama natives bring their twisted take on growing up in bible belt to DC. This show promises to be all brimstone and fire!

Shortstaxx (Sticky Buns Burlesque, Washington D.C.)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Short-Staxx/1250551351
Our very special guest, the outrageous Shortstaxx, will bring her unique stye of burlesque, blending comedy and rock'n'roll attitude.

The Drains (80's influenced hardcore/punk, Washington D.C.)
If the Ramones and The Circle Jerks threw up in a gutter, The Drains are what would crawl out.

Lotsa interesting music coming to town this summer at both big places and small. But can I complain again that I can't persuade any promoter (or at least their underlings) to bring the Louisiana based Ponderosa Stomp to town. The Stomp folks dig up obscure soul, rockabilly, Louisiana swamp romp, and blues and have done events at Lincoln Center in NYC in addition to SxSW and their annual gatherings in New Orleans. I'm gonna have to win the lottery and do it myself.

^ saw that at Lincoln Center last year and was really great

Anybody seen Texas music at Hill Country bbq yet?

waht

Rootsy acts like the Derailers have been playing there for free. The gigs are only mentioned on their website.

Hill Country BBQ (http://hillcountrywdc.com/) opened around 7th & E Sts NW a month or so ago. Hill Country refers
to the Hill Country of Texas. The original one of
these places is in New York City(the owner's father is from Texas but he grew up in the DC suburbs). It has a
basement bar where they have bands. Most of the gigs are for
veteran local bands; the Grandsons, Oklahoma Twisters, Honky Tonk
Confidential,etc. My friend noted " And since this places is a BBQ joint first and a
venue second, I think it's useful explain how things work for the
uninitiated. You've got a choice to make as soon as you walk in the
door: seated at a table or at the bar. They are treated differently.
For table seating each person gets a meal card which tracks your
purchases (don't loose it). Service is cafeteria style; there are a
few meal options, but you pick what you want like a deli... 1/4 lb of
brisket, sausage, or whatever. The food is quite good, even if they do
follow that strange Texas emphasis for barbecuing cows. When I arrived
on Friday the wait for tables was significant, 45 minutes maybe. But
you can call ahead and reserve a table, which is particularly
important if you want one downstairs."

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhht <3 the derailers

You have to get tickets for some of them-- Heybale, Slaid Cleves...

Are they worth seeing?

man heybale...they're really really great austin-style country-roots-rock, but their lead singer/songwriter killed himself back in january--i don't understand how they can tour without him in front, let alone if they're worth seeing without him. well hell, they're worth seeing, but it won't be the same.

slaid cleaves is alright enough. i'd see him if tix were 10-15.

$15 it is for the Cleves show and $15 for Heybale. $10 for someone named Carolyn Wonderland

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/05/16/humes-britton-powell-eyes-a-less-agrarian-diy-scene/

This sounds really cool: Diane Cluck/etc on Friday "in the parking lot behind Million Man Tires."

oh man so hard to pick between this and the director q&a at westend for HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

^ posts that should be self-parody but aren't

ha ha

Bringing my car in for repair at a Honda dealer down on Route 1 south of Alexandria, I noticed flyers in the window of a Hispanic grocery store for gigs at Maxwell's in Manassas and Mexico Lindo in Alexandria. None of the online sites I look at list these shows, and I haven't found them through googling yet. Maybe someone also tweets about 'em, or they're advertised on AM radio, but they seem pretty under the radar to me.

I'm thinking Maxwell's in Manassas could be as cool as uncapped LIVE, the vitaminwater-sponsored, Brightest Young Things-curated temporary arts space on 14th Street NW (& W).

Hey I Died, haven't seen or heard anything about knuckleheads under 21s going into UHall on weekends and acting dumb; did the buy ticket in advance policy for youngins' take care of the problem?

I think he's on vacation or away

This November 2010 article periodically gets new comments (I guess people googling Zanzibar on the Waterfront)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/11/04/zanzibar-on-the-waterfront-closes-down/#comments

I hate to be like this, but it seems D.C. is hell bent on getting rid of all it's successful hip hop/r&b clubs in the name of redevelopment, Funny how these white or gay clubs never get shut down, adams morgan is a drunk fools paradise, georgetown is for the whites, you gotta play for the redskins or the wizards to go to the park on 14th street, I remember going to the ritz, dc live, vip, when white people would'nt dare hang around after dark, it was just us, the bums & the rats.

November 2010 article periodically gets new comments

how can you possibly know this

Um, uh as the author of the article, the Cp sends me the comments automatically when they're posted. They used to also post all their comments when received, on the Arts Desk home page, but stopped doing so.

ahaha ok

i just never cease to be amazed at the things you know about, but "people keep posting comments on this article from 6 months ago" was next-level shit

Ha. Thanks

Funny how these white or gay clubs never get shut down

funnier since the important gay clubs of the city were first to get shut down, years ago

("first" applying to the waterfront area specifically)

Yea, both the gay clubs in Southeast near the baseball stadium that got shut down and the clubs on the SW waterfront as well.

The clubs that commenter mentions where white people wouldn't hang around after dark were actually all on the same block as the old 9:30 club and Fifth Column, which were open years and years before them.

and Curmudgeon, changing U Hall's under-21weekend ticketing policy eliminated the problems we were having instantly.

Thanks. And of course you're correct about F Street back then.

http://dcist.com/2011/05/three_stars_protect-u.php

Anybody like Protect-U's electronica whatever sound? Just curious, have never heard them.

Protect-U is great live!

i saw the article mention one of them was in a day and black and white (! saw them a few times, wore the lp out, had a shirt) and assumed they were doing italo disco stuff which is the default edm sound a lot of noise/punk kids gravitate to (and lot of my strictly-edm-edm heads love even) but i've never really liked. aannnnd i was right. makes sense though since they're doing stuff with the future times (with maximillian dunbar... who does stuff in food for animals... which also put something out on hoss records... started by nina walia... who i used to work with at pbs hq in alexandia... and just left to work at nike hq in oregon... that i had lunch with in manhattan during her flight stopover yesterday... QED!?)

I met Leitko as he has done freelance writing for the City Paper and the W. Post. He's currently at the W. Post helping on the Reliable Source gossip column at Style (while still doing some freelance writing here and there-- Pitchfork and W. Post)

hey im in dc this wk for work etc & thinking abt going 2 the guy left in aeroplane at uhall on wed...will that sell out? anyone else thinking of going?

probably won't sell out and I probably will be there

word thx

Sunday May 29th:
DAYTIME AMERICA EFF YEAH MEMORIAL DAY EXTRAVAGANZA feat. Warchild (members of Rattler), Death by Sexy + DJ Beeronimo of Windian Records and DJ Jourdan of Funbags. Dress like a member of Rolling Thunder and win (something). Hell, BE A MEMBER OF ROLLING THUNDER and win (something)

Good ol' BYT -at brandname for water at
2217 14th street NW (14th and Florida)

Pharoah Sanders at Bohemian Caverns Thurs-Sat. Can't wait.

Also, there's a record fair this Sunday in Vienna. Kind of odd timing, as the DC Record Fair is the very next weekend.

oh man pharoah sanders why u play deathfest weekend

Carter Barron just e-mailed me the pdf of their summer schedule

ChiLites and Dramatics June 25! Cameo coming. Washington Post sponsored local salsa bands. Raheem DeVaughn

It's nice place to see a summer gig (nestled among the trees) although I guess it's not that metro-accessible (just by bus)

it's like a 10-minute walk from where i live, so i'm stoked at least - i'd go to that chi-lites show for sure

2 of the Chi-Lites who made the group great are now dead, but the current incarnation is not bad. I saw them in recent years at Showplace Arena and DAR. Unlike Fort Reno and Fort Dupont, most Carter Barron shows are not free, but they're not that expensive.

http://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarronschedule.htm

July 9
Lakeside
Brick
BT Express

man, I would totally go to this if I wasn't going to be in a wedding that day

I DIED say hi if u end up @ aeroplane..ill b the goofy lookin wite dude in cargo shorts + flip flops

they said 11~1130 for aeroplane, im around the corner chillin out

Ticket Alternative has seriously jacked up their middle-man rate - they are now charging a $4 fee on top of a $12 ticket to White Denim at Rock & Roll Hotel. I would love to lock in a ticket to this show without trudging over to H Street but give me a break. I was under the impression that exorbitant fees were the reason for an "Alternative" in the first place.

Hey johnny crunch I'm at the show but there are a ton of guys that match your description! I'm wearing a black shirt that says BLISS and I'm running in and out of the booth. Vito's on late due to equipment miscoordination that's neither his nor our fault.