Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

john hammond!!

Levine School of Music has brought him to town

Saw local jazz singer Lena Seikaly and band do their final set for the evening last night at the fairly new place, Melody Tavern at Route 1 and Glebe Road(Arlington near a Harris Teeter just north of Potomac Yard Shopping Ctr in Alexandria). It's basically a spors bar; so it was a tough crowd to win over--loud, chattering, drinking...She's got a great voice btw

But due to family committments missed Amiri Baraka and all the zillions of Saturday night events--the ones mentioned above plus Haitian band Djakout Mizik in Hyattville and Colombian salsa band Fruko y Sus Tejos in Rockville , and more including Guns n Roses-- at Fillmore (maybe that was Thursday)

I bet this was cool too:
The Fortune's Bones cantata, performed by a full symphony, two choirs, seven soloists and a chorus of African bells featuring creator Dr. Y. Barnswell from Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Clarice Smith Center

and maybe even Blake Shelton at Patriot Center. really

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/02/27/photos-noon30-and-priests/

i've seen noon30 like 3 times now and i am not gonna see them again until they have more than the same damn EP's worth of songs

Y'all were hanging with Trey Songz and members of the Wizards Saturday, right? After Songz DAR gig. Sax lounge is on 11th St NW between G and H. looks pretty snazzy

http://www.revamp.com/story.php?StoryID=1671

Saturday’s guest list-only party saw some 200 revelers pack both floors of SAX’s sleekly lit entertainment space, with the upstairs bar area serving as an exclusive ‘vVIP’ space for Liles, Songz, fellow ‘2our’ performer Big Sean, rapper Young Jeezy, and Washington Wizards point guard John Wall, among others.

http://saxwdc.com/

Jeezy was gigging at the same time out at the Fillmore

And soul godfather Smokey Robinson was doing a Duke Ellington School benefit at the Kennedy Center, and I missed all of them. I am ashamed.

I only hang out in places with vVIP sections

going to Korallreven at Black Cat tonight (despite no vVIP area).

Ha. They're Swedish right? And synth-pop influenced by Catholic choirs in Samoa? Interesting. Plus likely no mediocre Wizards players.

I've been really not excited at the movies playing in the area lately (especially E street, seems like it hasn't rotated in a while) but an animated musical "Chico + Rita" is playing for a week starting the 16th, set across cuba, the us and france, might be ok

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxz9HFPd64

Oh, that's the one I mentioned on the Afro-latino thread. I think it's directed by the guy who did the Latin-Jazz documentary Calle 54.

I think it won awards during its earlier European/Uk release

ah i was going to check the a-l thread.

also the "5x5" project is about to start, 25 public art installations across the city, starts the 10th i think then a public reception at the skyline on the 24th

http://www.the5x5project.com/

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3064880139/efblike

was nominated for best animated feature at the oscars

gonna be a good couple weeks for robble robble punk

tomorrow night hole in the sky reopens for shows!!! cool serbia (loveable mbv wannabes) from austin are playing!

3/9 it's The Screws, Dead Face, & (the awesome) Booze Riot at La Casa
3/16 it's coke bust, sick fix & history repeated (ex-Gov Issue) at La Casa
3/18 it's walk the plank & thick skin at ras hall

i'm so goddamn glad it's spring

ps hole in the sky is thursday, not tomorrow, my whoops

Posted at 11:16 AM ET, 03/09/2012
Washington Post Pop music coverage moves from Click Track to the Style blog
By Click Track

I wanna see the Mick Rock photos, presumably of Iggy, David Bowie, lou Reed at the W Hotel

You have between now and March 31st to lay your eyes on this exhibit. Don’t miss, because then it’s off to San Francisco.

The W Hotel is located at 555 15th Street, NW.

Did not get an invite to the opening bash last week

http://www.pamelaspunch.com/you-too-can-get-rocked-with-mick-rock-at-the-w-hotel-washington-dc/

http://ghostsofdc.org/2012/01/08/hendrix-plays-the-washington-hilton-1968/

$4.50 at the door

4.50!

Big deal, only 50 cents cheaper than Fugazi, a few decades later!

it's the .50 that gets me tbh

Ha. More history:

Rauschenberg dancing at DC event in 1963 or something (plus brief mention about Velvets early appearance)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/03/12/what-happened-in-washington/

Love community radio? Help yourself to a slice of pie: Today is Pi Day, of course, and Emily Hilliard of Nothing In the House is seizing the opportunity to host a sweet benefit for Mt. Pleasant-based station Radio CPR. Grab a sliver, a cup of coffee, walk the Pi(e) Walk to win a tasty prize, and enjoy live old-time music and sets from Radio CPR DJs. Oh, and bring your own fork and plate, please. 6 p.m. at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church, 1525 Newton St. NW. $5 suggested donation.

Wednesday March 14

cpr's mothershiester will be bringing an avocado pie.

i just joined them, doing fridays 9-11 starting this week, will be switching up between contempish latin dance, spanish hip-hop, and uk bass, maybe a little house.

also: derrick carter (!!!) + alan braxe + juan zapata (formerly of the east coast boogiemen!!!) at u street music hall this friday.

I thought you had moved to NYC? I guess you're back.

Congrats on the radio gig.

thanks, yeah been back since late dec

anybody coming out to Maceo Plex/Catz n Dogz/Eats Everything at U Hall tonight? Should be very very very good.

http://events.georgetown.edu/events/index.cfm?Action=View&CalendarID=251&EventID=93709

Free "Instrument" screening/Q&A with Ian MacKaye and Jem Cohen tonight at the Georgetown ICC

Haven't seen that in ages.

Watched a trailer on Facebook last night of "Salad Days," Scott Crawf*rd's doc on DC hardcore. Crawf*rd was a young zine editor back then, and currently edits the Blurt (and used to do Harp) website.

Another guy, James J. Schneider is also doing a doc on that period.

I wonder how much these docs will add to what has already been conveyed in print in Dance of Days and Banned in DC?

biased put personally i'm a bit over the earlier focus, would be interested if someone got into the mid-late 90's era (majority rule, pg. 99, darkest hour, etc) - the last point at which we had current bands internationally recognized, and not to mention a strong local scene before the gentrification hit hard and a lot of the notable affordable and diy-type venues started fading out

Someone else will have to make that doc (maybe in 10 years!).

So along the lines of the new Hamilton club in DC pushing blues via an upscale supper club approach, I see that someone is trying to turn an old Bethesda movie theatre into a fancy jazz and blues restaurant/club

http://www.bethesdabluesjazz.com/index.cfm

http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2012/03/dear-popville-looking-for-affordable-musicians/

Dear PoPville,

We are looking for someone who can, at a very affordable price, perform for a few hours (singing, piano, and/or guitar) contemporary pop / alt-rock songs (Radiohead, Ben Folds, The National, Deer Tick, Wilco, that sort of thing) at a DC area event. Someone who doesn’t mind performing songs from a list of possibilities selected by the event host?

comment section predictably full of dudes trying to lowball one another for this primo gig

Good money

tbf they're gonna take a huge cut of t-shirt sales

So I went to the Fillmore for the first time this past weekend(saw the-Dream)--they attach huge "convenience fees" to advance tickets, and their beer is real pricey too. Other than that, it's a nice enough club (owned by the evil empire)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/documenting-dcs-punk-past--with-your-help/2012/03/21/gIQAmlvXSS_story.html plus the Friday April 13 discussion of PG County rock through the years

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2012/03/23/heat-wave-edie-sedgwick-goes-to-sxsw-day-14-i-think/

So this is what it is like to be a little-known touring DC rock band

those have been great. the one about playing a show with the dude from june of 44's bar band!

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/arts/music/ital-and-kindness-indie-acts-moving-to-a-disco-beat.html?_r=1

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-03-14/music/Daniel-Martin-McCormick-spin-control/ penned by onetime ilxor Matos

Mi-Ami member, Daniel Martin-McCormick, now in Brooklyn makes the Village Voice cover and gets in the NY Times for his latest dance music project Ital

The board inspired new Chevrolet colors, like “techno pink,” “lemonade” and “denim,” aimed at “a 23-year-old who shops at H&M and Target and listens to Wale with Beats headphones,” said Rebecca Waldmeir, a color and trim designer for Chevrolet. This rainbow of youthful hues will be available on the Spark this summer

Wale, name-dropped by a Chevy employee working with MTV offshoot company employees on making some of Chevy's cars hip for young people. This is from a NY Times article