Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

at least that's what I usually do

heading to U Hall tonight for Damian Lazarus and tomorrow for Grimes and then Classixx later, maybe I should just spend the night.

Show of the year with Grimes yesterday, what a great venue and concert!

I guess I need to give her a few more listens.

Are there any rock bands at that Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie thang that are actually worth seeing?

Skrillex played a two hour surprise set at U Hall last night and it turns out he's a pretty great DJ!

Did he just turn up and say "I'm Skrillex and imma DJ for y'all"?

we had booked Alvin Risk for a late set after he played the Virgin FreeFest, he and Skrillex have toured together and are friends so they ended up both coming over.

Wow

so apparently the warehouse loft got evicted/electricity pulled due to non-payment and starting in november it's being rented out to sculptors

(and friday there was a shooting so the liquor license was pulled)

woah, and Omar S is supposed to be there this Saturday

Black Cat just announced!

Fri Dec 28::
SALAD DAYS PARTY
w/ short sets from:
BLACK MARKET BABY, DAG NASTY, KINGFACE

Sat Dec 29::
SALAD DAYS PARTY
w/ short sets from:
SCREAM, GOVERNMENT ISSUE

That's the right time of year to do nostalgia shows. Folks who moved away may be visiting from elsewhere. BMB, Scream and GI, nice. Don't tell anyone but I was never a big Kingface fan. They were ok, just ok.

least surprising story since Artisphere not hitting its audience projections:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-fillmore-silver-springs-rental-fees-unaffordable-some-nonprofits-say/2012/10/10/a0f91c56-1243-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html

I saw that too. Montgomery County Chief Exec Gillett's sweetheart deal with the big corporation did not spell out how much to charge for rent for these events. I am expecting Seth Hurwitz of IMP/930 to pop up again and say I told you so.

x-post== those DC hardcore shows sold out quickly online. Instead of talking about Kingface I shoulda just bought tickets to see the others.

I only knew this guy's 1966 garage rock hit with the Hangmen that pushed the Beatles out of the #1 slot on DC radio, via a decade later Slickee Boys cover, but I just learned a lot about him. RIP

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/10/12/tom-guernsey-hangmen-guitarist-who-had-a-no-1-d-c-hit-in-1966-has-died/

the omar s thing got moved to "studio braat" at 1711 florida nw, do other things go on there?

?

cp article on the loft's closing

entire thing seems to center around/blame the shooting and loss of liquor license, the behind on rent thing gets a few sentences tho; the loft was operating just fine for a while without liquore in the spot when it first started up i believe

There's also always some idiot who decides to fire a gun

latin club night at la tasca opening in chinatown this saturday, two floors (bachata / kizomba / mix downstairs, salsa / mambo / cha cha upstairs)

*opening of the club night, not la tasca

Cool. I still need to make it to Tropicalia, which has Chicha Libre and djs tonight

meanwhile in quiet dull Rosslyn, Artisphere's small amount of programmed events each month are still largely skewing narrowly to an older demographic, maybe the new pd will try to vary things next year and offer events for a wider spectrum of ages and cultural interests

http://www.artisphere.com/calendar/music.aspx

Ahem, self-promo spam alert

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2012/10/05/artisphere-turns-two-but-it-hasnt-matured-just-yet/

aw i feel i'd seen artisphere listings at some point and was kind of excited, like i know some friends' bands had played there, but i know myself and a lot of others from downtown just don't make it out there. that said i haven't even made it to tropicalia like six or seven blocks away

lol richards' gnr at the fillmore review

Lindstrom at U Hall was awesome, so many nerds dancing and the sound was great. I would have loved to hear the second half of the set but we were too tired to keep going. Saint Etienne tonight.

completely geeking out about Saint Etienne. One of my favorite bands for the past two decades. Saw their last two US tours but it's been a long time.

Thinking I should have gone to Saint Etienne. Was it great? Did they have a band with them or use lots of tracks or what? Did the vocals sound as wonderful as I think they might have?

Her singing (especially pitch) was actually quite bad but it was almost endearing. I had a great time. The crowd had a very uncommon mix of high politeness and high enthusiasm. People who yell that loud in between songs don't usually get that quiet during them.

Oh. Saw a few tweets which just focussed on the fact that not many people were under the age of 30 there

"endearing" is a great description. Really fun show. The (mostly) gay men's chorus singalong to Sylvie was a highlight.

You guys, the show at Dead Kennedy Center last night was so rad

Who was there? Will they be back soon?

it was just members of Sick Fix, Nervous Impulse and Coke Bust doing cover sets of Clash, Wipers, Blue Cheer, Gorilla Biscuits and Infest songs in honor of Halloween.

aka totally awesome

The (mostly) gay men's chorus singalong to Sylvie was a highlight.

Guilty as charged

What's new and interesting?

Really nice new Evens track: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14523-king-of-kings/

These LOC events are never promoted well:

Jay Bruder
East Coast Connections: The Birth of the Independent Record
Industry in Washington, DC after World War II describes the rise of the
independent music business in Washington in the late 1940s and early
1950s and includes lots of graphics and short excerpts from musical
examples.
Wednesday, November 7th at 7 PM
Performing Arts Library (LM 113)
Madison Building of the Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
There

Nice profile of the Maracuyeah Collective on the bottom front page of the Washington Post newsprint edition

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/maracuyeah-creating-a-home-for-latin-music-in-washington/2012/11/07/2a64c9cc-277f-11e2-9972-71bf64ea091c_story.html?hpid=z4

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/11/14/sean-peoples-announces-the-end-of-sockets-plans-final-show-in-february/#more-82832

What used to be in that Tropicalia space? I finally made it to Tropicalia and enjoyed it. I like how they have made that work on a limited budget but am curious about what used to be down there. Was that part of Republic Gardens?

i don't think so, there's an alley and building my roommate owns between the tropicalia building and republic gardens

Oh yeah. Tropicalia is more on the corner

as far as I know, even when there were businesses in the upper floors of that building it never had a fully dug out and public basement.

Interesting

Bazan Band playing Pedro The Lion's "Control" at Black Cat tonight, planning to be there.

Warehouse Loft as artists studios but not venue:

This won't necessarily mean the return of Gold Leaf's late-night art parties and concerts—not with the landlord's consent, anyway. Harris doesn't want to have another licensed music venue in her building, like the Warehouse Loft. “I don’t think anyone’s going to work to get a liquor license again," she says. "It’s too complicated.”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/11/16/need-an-art-studio-new-spaces-are-coming-to-brookland-and-the-former-warehouse-loft/

After almost seven years the Red Palace will sadly close its doors at the end of the year. The current ownership is changing, and with that change comes new ideas for the future.
Red Palace had its beginnings in The Red & The Black and the Palace of Wonders. The Red & The Black a quirky little live music venue. The Palace of Wonders a Vaudevillian entertainment bar replete with sideshow oddities. Loving neighbors from the beginning it seemed only natural when they were joined in 2010 to become the Red Palace.

I was there just the other night, for the Metz show. Good place to watch a show!