Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

I love how Howard kids chant " HU, you know"

I keep missing locals Foul Swoops and Kid Congo, and want to see them both. Maybe next month they'll play again in the area.

foul swoops are great great great and worth seeing whenever imo

Kid Congo was cool

rly? i was p bored when i saw foul swoops idk xp

New drummer now (does that make a difference?)

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/11/01/remembering-d-c-soul-star-al-johnson/

blues guitarist Bobby Parker died too, pluss jazzman Frank Wess

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45026/library-late-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-friday-nov-8/

This remixed Camus thing looks interesting. Plus its free

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/11/08/remembering-d-c-blues-guitarist-bobby-parker/

Ahem, excuse the biased source, but I must say there is some interesting stuff in this re Parker and Chuck Brown, the early days of rock, plus some touching stuff and a mention of Marion Barry

Ah, the world of email spam--I thought this was just a plug for the Anoushka Shankar gig at Lisner:

Coming to a performance? Use the Uber app and request a car or SUV to arrive in style and on time.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/11/14/dare-to-dream-pop-why-gems-ditched-the-rock-rulebook-and-pursued-internet-fame-instead/

I do not know who most of those bands are who are at the Treehouse Lounge on Florida Avenue

http://tmottradio.com/rest-in-paradise-sugar-foot-ricky/ Ricky Wellman drummed for Chuck Brown on 'Bustin Loose, EU on Da But and with Miles Davis and others. Died from cancer.

http://www.examiner.com/article/the-beat-that-ricky-sugarfoot-wellman-built

http://elimeirkaplan.com/blog/?p=1566

Great photos of dc soul musicians

http://elimeirkaplan.com/blog/?p=1692

photos of Anacostia High Marching Band

Was anyone else at the Flamin' Groovies show? It was cool to see them play, but one of the guitars had a ton of feedback and Chris was getting surly about it. That was probably the first time I ever had a negative experience at U Hall.

Unfortunately I missed it, but a friend who did go told me the same thing about the sound issues. Yep, first time I have ever heard about sound issues there.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/02/remembering-the-great-d-c-drummer-ricky-sugarfoot-wellman/

Played with Chuck Brown, E.U., Miles Davis, Carlos Santana and more

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/05/with-new-partnership-howard-theatre-aims-to-book-more-and-younger-shows/

Bring it on!

Alas, competition in the music booking world doesn't lower ticket prices, it just means more promoters pushing up how much they will pay acts (good for the acts at least) in order to get the booking, and clubs raising ticket prices to cover what they are paying. Are the younger (read white indie-rock) acts the Howard will be going for struggling to get bookings in DC? I don't think so. But maybe someone who follows that more closely than I, can prove me wrong.

Also, when the Howard does shows with tables (as opposed to standing ones) they try to charge an additional $10 fee for their overpriced food (and drinks). I kinda like the no-frills 930 approach more.

You are harshing my buzz.

But probably right.

Sorry.

I keep missing the gigs of the DC rock bands I want to see--last night I think was Tereu Tereu. I was seeing "Led Zep Played Here" (again) at the Takoma Park Community Centre

Most of the acts playing outside at that holiday shopping row of tents outside the Smithsonian Museum of American Art at 8th & F Sts NW are your standard longtime DC roots-rock Americana acts. Yesterday though I just happened to catch some of DC's Stacy Brooks band, and she offered more than the just the 12 bar blues she's known for. She did a nice take on P-Funk's "Flashlight" and a Bill Withers tune. She's gonna be back there next Sunday I think. Oh, they have electronic heating pole thingys there if you need to warm up. And while lots of the home-made stuff there for sale looked nice, it ain't cheap.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/23/genre-dysphoria-the-best-d-c-music-of-2013/

lots of albums and Youtube videos

Semi-retired DC soul and gospel singer Eddie Jones & his band the Young Bucks are at Westminster Church in SW near Arena Stage Monday the 13th from 6 to 9 pm. It will be mostly covers but he has a great voice (and sometimes his brother and sisters join him and they sound fantastic too).

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/07/tropicalia-drops-booker-jim-thomson-citing-financial-reasons/

But he will still promote a few gigs there as an outside promoter

^ great piece steve

Thanks. A sad situation.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/13/are-you-on-the-punk-show-list/

yeah man inyrbasement could be my life

Been seeing a lot more posters for Ethiopian comedy shows over the last year or so. Is this becoming a bigger scene in DC or am I just noticing it more?

I'm learning about the Ethiopian music scene, but you've stumped me on that one. Seems like there's 3 main geographical locations for Ethiopian entertainment--

9th & U NW;

George Mason Drive/King Street in Bailey's X-Rds/Seminary Road in Falls Church plus Alexandria at Jolleys

Silver Spring, MD

Semi-retired DC soul and gospel singer Eddie Jones & his band the Young Bucks are at Westminster Church in SW near Arena Stage Monday the 13th from 6 to 9 pm. It will be mostly covers but he has a great voice (and sometimes his brother and sisters join him and they sound fantastic too).

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 3:26 PM (

This was awesome last night. Yep, just covers but Eddie & the band plus his brother, younger sister, and son sounded great. Marvin Gaye, Clyde McPhatter, Sam Cooke, "When Something is Wrong with my Baby" (Hayes & Porter stax # I think), Bill Withers and more. I got my $5 admission's worth

Tereu Tereu @ Black Cat Friday the 17th

Why do I always have something else going on when these guys are playing? Maybe in February or March they'll have one I can attend

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/16/travis-jackson-points-drummer-and-windian-records-founder-killed-in-collision/

Terrible news

FUUUUUUUCK

God, that's awful. I only got to see The Points once, with Title Tracks at U Hall a couple of years ago, but that guy was a monster drummer. Just these effortless machine gun blasts that elevated an already pretty great band to next level. That album is a flat-out unsung high point of garage rock.

Since it's not on YouTube... this jam: https://myspace.com/thepoints/music/song/feeling-sorry-29010828-28913175

R.I.P.

I think I saw on Facebook that someone is setting up a fund to help his family--wife, and one year-old son

http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/14/01/17/after_nearly_80_years_maryland_polka_hall_prepares_for_last_dance

excerpt from the article:

The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore owns the land on which Blob's sits, and last month, Max got the news that the Archdiocese has decided to develop the property.

"On the first of December, they sent a messenger out from the law office with a short notice that I had 120 days to vacate the place, they were taking it over," he says.

That means Blob's will close for good on March 30.

There's a Buddy Holly tribute gig at Blob's, in Jessup, MD on February 1st

Loved The Points, was lucky enough to see them a bunch and even play a couple of shows with them over the years. Travis was a really good guy, very sad about this. Here is a link to the fund for his family:

https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/fgGY8?psid=a4b8dfa137e840019fd7d3ee2dfc7ad2

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/17/trouble-funk-premieres-new-hump-day-video/

Big Tony on their just ok recent song & new video, the new makeup of his band, and Taylor Swift. Really.

Travis made great music and also ran a great label, Windian. He was also a great guy - hung out with him a bunch of times until late at night/early in the morning when he was working door at the Gibson. Super passionate and funny but with a huge amount of dedication and focus to the way he ran his label and made music.

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/african-princes-of-comedyft-cheif-obi-foxy-p-kanmi-and-kaponefeb-14-tickets-9553690345

Nigerian and diaspora comics at Rio in Laurel, Md. This club sometimes hosts Haitian music gigs as well

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/23/alexandros-alexi-petersen-gentleman-scholar-and-punk-rocker/

Another DCer gone too soon

fuck

Sat. feb. 8th at Comet Ping Pong-- not my thing, but this type of happening might be yours

Pat Noecker (aka RAFT and formerly of Liars and These Are Powers) brings his patented ASSEMBLE series to DC at Comet Ping Pong. Noecker and several other musicians will perform his ensemble piece "Transmissions, Long Tones in A and E", in which the artists, through various sound sources, will collectively sustain the note of A for 30 minutes and the note of E for 30 minutes in an hour long piece that boils up into a haunting, transcendent and cacophonous sonic meditation. The event promises to be an immersive one, with guests encouraged to wander around the space, each feeling a unique aural experience.

The DC Ensemble includes Amanda Kleinman, Deena OH, Doug Kallmeyer, Elise Pierre, Erick Jackson, Jasmine Chehrazi, Marian McLaughlin, Milena Aradski, Norm Veenstra, Ted Zook, and The Grey A.