Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

Saturday July 16 cd, dvd, book, records(maybe?) and more sale at WPFW on Champlain Street in Adams Morgan in the City Paper bldg. Mostly cheap I think

I bet going to Artisphere to watch the Beauty Pill recording session would be pretty cool

So if I understood Sasha Lord's e-mail correctly, if Fort Reno gigs get rained out, the bands will head over to Comet Ping Pong and play (at least some of the gigs)

god i love comet

i think its my favorite venue in town, is that weird?

Nope. Small, friendly...

pizza's totally dope too

i haven't even eaten there! only drank & danced.

gotta try it soon.

I have never tried it either--figured it was upscale and overpriced even if it was good. May try it though.

nah, no pricier than redrocks or wherever - i lived in boston before, so i'm in no position to go off on a tangent about the ONE TRU PIZZA, but comet's pretty great by dc standards

the raincoats (!) and ty segall are playing there a couple weeks apart in september

Both of those September gigs are promising

Fugazi covers...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/2011-the-year-of-the-fugazi-cover/2011/07/18/gIQAl5P4NI_blog.html

Good shows at Comet have a really amazing energy, I've has some of my best nights out there for sure. I'd take a chance on a lot more shows there if it wasn't such a pain to get to.

Huh - that TV on the Radio cover is way more faithful than I would've guessed (x-post):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUD2pSW_95o

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236958383001193

actually, hume/dope body/buildings at comet august 12 might be the best show coming up there - dope body and buildings in particular are just killer live

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/41240/state-of-the-reunion/

Long City Paper story out today on DC hardcore & indie band reunions

yeah great shit

IMP vs Live Nation battles over scalping and the new 2,000 capacity Fillmore club opening in Silver Spring in September

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/07/22/the-live-nationi-m-p-wars-are-not-over/#more-51588

If I was not heading to the beach I'd go see exiled Zimbabwean Thomas Mapfumo and his Blacks Unlimited Band play their chimurenga(music of struggle) Saturday night at the Millennium Stage. It's kinda like old-school South African music

anything goin on tonight? lookin hard. noon:30 at velvet lounge, might do that. somebody shout at me on twitter (@hoosteen) or elsewise if you're out & wanna catch somethin!

August rock-related events that look kinda interesting to me:

8/3-From the Back of the Room (riot grrl movie doc) @ E. St.

Cinema; 8/4-The Evens @ Fort Reno; 8/5-M.O.T.O. @ Smash Records;

8/7 –F. of Wayne @ Birchmere (8/8 also); 8/10-Bakesale @ DC9; Kurt Vile @ RnR Hotel; 8/12- Hume, Buildings, Dope Body @ Comet Ping Pong ;

8/13- Ice Age @ Golden West in Baltimore; 8/19-Love Language @ RnR Hotel; 8/20-Marginal Man reunion @ Black Cat; 8-25- David Kilgour (New Zealand pop-rocker from The Clean) at Iota with Richard Buckner;

8-26 Warchild @ RnR Hotel; Tim Kasher (from Cursive) @ Red Palace; Joe Pernice @ Jammin Java; 8/27-Pentagram @ Sonar;

Some non-rock August events:

8-4-Kassav at the Crossroads(zouk)8-5-Magnolia Sisters at Blobs Park (Cajun);

8-5-(Un)Lock It: the Percussive People in the Go-Go Pocket photo exhibit by Thomas Sayers Ellis Opening Reception from 6-8pm and Exhibition Dates August 5 - October 7 at The Gallery at Vivid Solutions, 2208 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE

8-8-Debo Band (Boston based Ethiopian) at Kennedy Ctr.;

Wed. 8-10 Richard Carlin, Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways (National Portrait Gallery) book reading; Red Baraat (bhangra with go-go, soca and jazz) outdoors show at Strathmore Music Center Bethesda, MD

8-12 –Soul Rebels Brass Band at State Theatre (New Orleans)8-12 to 8-14-Jerry Gonzalez & Fort Apache at Blues Alley (Latin jazz)

8-13 Mandrill at 8 at Fort Dupont Park for free, Minnesota Ave and Randall Circle SE

8-21 Drunken Master (Jackie Chan movie classic) at 2 pm at the Freer/Sackler Meyer Auditorium followed by The Hip-hop/Kung Fu/Afro-Asian Connection: A Panel Discussion at 4 pm. Following the screening of Drunken Master, join a panel of experts for a lively discussion of the long-running relationship between martial-arts movies and rap music. Panelists:Barry Cole, member, Hop FuNelson George, author of Hip Hop AmericaKonrad Ng, director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program

Wed. Aug. 24 Johnny Rawls (soulful bluesman) at JVs in Falls Church

Sat. Aug. 27 Chuck Brown (75th birthday party) at 930 Club

Tues. Aug. 30-
BB King and Buddy Guy at DAR Constitution Hall

Vieuw Farka Toure (Malian guitarist) at 930 Club

I don't know club dance music

rocknroll

all night, and party everyday

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/08/01/why-godsillas-blend-tape-is-important-for-dmv-hip-hop/

Forgot to mention that these folks are gonna be at U Hall Sunday August 7th

i'll be at the kurt vile show

hanging out and whatnot

rad

Shhhh, don't tell anyone but I was kinda bored the last time I saw the Evens and may skip them tomorrow at Fort Reno.

8/13- Ice Age @ Golden West in Baltimore

still kind of mad that i'd have to go to baltimore for this

anybody want to go to archers of loaf on friday? i have an extra ticket

Wish I could go, but another commitment alas

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/41307/an-oral-history-of-fort-reno/

He didn't ask me for my story about seeing Alec Mackaye and the Untouchables open for new wavers Tru Fax & the Insaniacs in 1979 I think. Alec leaped off the stage and his pals were trying to keep him from getting back on. He got frustrated but eventually made it back up. The rest of the crowd was sitting back further. I guess you had to be there. It was kind of funny. Now get off of my lawn kid, no more stories for you.

http://www.gazette.net/article/20110719/NEWS/707199971/1029/prince-georges-county-council-tightens-regulations-to-curb-club&template=gazette

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Blaming music, clubs and halls for the county's crime problems

going to kurt vile wednesday, dope body/buildings friday, and the girls rock dc benefit saturday morning

if anybody reading this happens to be volunteering for girls rock and eats some of the 25 pounds of coleslaw i'm helping make tomorrow, i'm potentially very sorry in advance

hahaha

my friend emi is the DJ instructor at girlsrock!

or one of them? is there more than one?

haha i dunno! this is my friend sh4r4 making the coleslaw, but i'm gonna roast the bell peppers/etc (i have no idea what cookbook the recipe's out of, but i'm the one with the big kitchen and cooking supplies)

More PG County crime-related stories

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pr-georges-bill-cracks-down-on-dance-halls/2011/07/19/gIQAoWZpOI_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/prince-georges-shuts-msg-nightclub-site-of-fatal-shooting/2011/08/10/gIQA5c2P7I_story.html

Just got an e-mail about a monthly Francophone dance night dedicated to zouk music at Red Lounge, 2013 14th Street. Hmmmm, interesting.

a friend just moved into the brookland artspace lofts

ahhhhh jeal

But didn't John Davis of Title Tracks complain about being kicked out of the predecessor building there (which allowed for him to make loud music) while the new one may be more expensive and less musician friendly?

I know it says it includes musicians but I vaguely remember him being picky about it in something I read

hmm, dunno about the musician situation. my friend's a dancer.

the girls rock show at the 930 looks like it's going well ; i need to remember to get my sister to apply next year.