Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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

i'm really excited about this free upcoming series of experimental media workshops, http://www.wpadc.org/exhibitions/exhbt_upcoming.html#EM2012_Workshops

They're four separate 4 hour sessions that are going to take place over May that cover this kinda stuff

n addition to the exhibition and video screenings, Experimental Media 2012 will also include a free hands-on workshop series designed to introduce artists to the latest in open source and affordable technology being used to create interactive installations and experimental new media. Focusing on the Arduino open-source electronics prototyping platform and the open-source programming software Processing, the workshop series will give artists an introduction to these powerful and inexpensive tools. The free workshop series is organized in partnership with HacDC, a membership-supported, non-profit organization and workshop space devoted to collaboration in the creative use of technology.

Saturday, May 5, 1-4pm:
Introduction to Basic Electronics – Building a Microcontroller Shield
This workshop will speed through basic electronics with a focus on kit and prototype circuit building. Lab time will teach soldering with Sparkfun’s Danger Shield (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10570), which will be used in the subsequent Arduino and Processing workshops. Participants must provide their own materials and soldering tools.

Sunday, May 6, 1-4pm: Introduction to Arduino
This workshop will introduce the Arduino (http://arduino.cc), the most popular microcontroller board and programming environment in use by artists today. You will learn how to program this versatile device and you’ll write a program that uses the Danger Shield’s sensors and controls its LEDs. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).

Sunday, May 13, 1-4pm: Introduction to Processsing
This workshop will introduce Processing (http://processing.org), a software development platform created to teach artists how to write software (called “sketches”). You will learn how to use the built-in development environment to create a sketch that generates animated particles and sound, and introduce how an Arduino can communicate with your processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).

Sunday, May 20, 1-4pm: Working with Arduino and Processing
This workshop will expand on the previous three sessions. You’ll learn how to control the Processing sketch from Workshop 3 with the sensors and controls connected to your Arduino via the Danger Shield, and introduce how to to control external devices connected to your Arduino with a Processing sketch. Participants must buy their own materials and bring a portable computer (or share one with a friend).

this is like, EXACTLY what i need. anyone else going, by chance?

i want to make a real life cockpit panel with really weird lights

wow, thanks, that sounds really cool but I'm going to be back to jersey for weddings two of those weekends. 13th might work though.

i think they only want people that can attend all four, because the sessions build off of each other.