Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

dischord is a tough one. it doesn't do nearly anything these days

The new Title Tracks single (John Davis / Q and Not U + Georgie James guy) is out on Dischord in less than a month, and it's really great.

DC rapper x.o.'s realmatic is getting love from City Paper, Washington Post, and dcist.com. I'm still making my mind up about his wordy flow

The Surf Club in Bladensburg, now known as the Surf Club Live, is temporarily shut down for the month of March with no other information. Hmmmm. The zydeco bands that play there interest me, but not the same ol' same ol' local roots-rockers.

bummed to miss guido schneider tonight, but i have a cold and have to get up early tomorrow. radioslave in two weeks, though!

Guido Schneider was a snooze the one time I saw him but, yeah, very much looking forward to Radioslave.

see you guys next weekend for Pan-Pot & Derek Plaslaiko, yes?

yeah, i think so. man, i wish they would stop doing the best stuff on thursdays, though :\ i can't remember if i ever saw derek when i lived in new york, but i liked his recent RA podcast.

on the buzzlife forum the 88 guys are really hustling this forward festival. i like the idea, hope it works out for them as far as media coverage and ticket sales and building community (or whatever other organizational goals they may have).

Morgan Geist at Comet Ping Pong next Saturday FREE!!!

I had heard a rumor about that. Glad it came true.

so that weekend is shaping up:

3/19 Thursday:
Pan-Pot and Derek Plaslaiko

3/20 Friday:
Mochipet live, Jeremy "Ayro" Ellis live @ Gallery
Heidi @ Muse

3/21 Saturday:
KiloWatts, The Great Mundane, and Aligning Minds live @ BeBar
Dan Berkson & James What, Pheek live @ Gallery
Morgan Geist @ Comet Ping Pong

That is actually more good electronic music bookings in one weekend than DC had in all of 2006.

Morgan Geist @ Comet Ping Pong

wut, who's started booking edm there?

probably S0lomon S@nchez - he's spun a few nights there.

My friend has played there once or twice and had a hand in booking Geist. There was one time maybe 2 years ago I saw S0lomon DJ there, but I think it was only recently they started booking shows again (could be wrong about that).

cool. seeing the mountain goats at 6th and i that night, maybe we'll make the trek up connecticut to listen to dance music. dance music.

adding to saturday:

3/21 Saturday:
KiloWatts, The Great Mundane, and Aligning Minds live @ BeBar
Dan Berkson & James What, Pheek live @ Gallery
Morgan Geist @ Comet Ping Pong
Miami Horror & Will Eastman @ 9:30 Club
DJ Harvey @ ESL

This says there's also a Bruno Pronsato live set on Wednesday.

what is with the "secret venue" shows lately? Really the only thing that means to me is that the show is at an illegal venue or it's a club that's too shitty to tell people about ahead of time.

adding to Friday:

3/20 Friday:
Mochipet live, Jeremy "Ayro" Ellis live @ Gallery
Heidi @ Muse
Armand Van Helden, Shy FX, John B @ the old DC Tunnel

dc star (ex-tunnel) seems like it might be picking up bringing the old rave-type events back into town, i wish i'd checked it before i left. was really thinking of coming back for avh but with all of the janky stuff he's produced over recent years i wasn't sure i could trust his live sets again.

also on thursdays it seems to have a reggaeton night which was really needed outside of the typical eurotrash venues, although it might be the same vibe.

3/19 Thursday:
Pan-Pot and Derek Plaslaiko

holy shit this was great

yeah? i'm sorry i missed it, it just wasn't in the cards. how was the secret location venue? i'm going to check out pulse on saturday--don't recognize any of the names, though.

desperation, but: anyone have or know of an extra ticket for the mountain goats/john vanderslice on saturday?

The secret location venue worked out really well! It was actually a warehouse sex club. I am not kidding

I really enjoyed Plaslaiko's set, but Pan Pot were really really on. Great to see 200+ people out dancing at 2am on a Thursday night.

Sounds fun. Weeknights are tough for me. Still going to try to make it to Radio Slave though.

I heard Bruno Pronsato was boring. Not really surprised judging from what I've heard by him.

Looking forward to Morgan Geist. Any of you planning on being there?

me!

Great! I haven't seen you in forever.

really glad to hear a good crowd showed. i want those guys to be successful. warehouse sex club = i am not sure exactly what that means. a venue for public sex? legit? or more like a strip club?

It was a little empty in the main room during Plaslaiko's set but between new arrivals and the second room emptying out there was a really good vibe for Pan Pot - incredibly great. The venue is in far southwest - past the baseball stadium - and is basically a private sex club, but a legit operation. There were very amusing and disturbing flyers and notices posted all over.

I have a feeling the Morgan Geist show tomorrow will be jammed. Good!

i'll be there!

I don't think anyone's writing about this stuff for the City Paper. Just BYT.

I didn't go - was absolutely swamped with work this weekend. Missed some great shows because I had to work on making more places for great shows.

Booka Shade this Wednesday, Radioslave Thursday!

mountain goats and morgan geist in one night, wow. great stuff from both. i really like comet's back room for dancing, it reminds of the bunker parties at subtonic years ago.

Yeah, I had a great time all around! Pleasantly surprised with the venue and the crowd.

yeah the crowd was dressier than places i usually go (i don't think i've ever danced west of 14th) but hey everyone danced tons and the vibe was fine.

Soon Come Fort Reno:

We are now accepting submissions for the 2009 Season!! Please send your music to:

Fort Reno 2009
c/o Amanda Mackaye
3819 Beecher Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

We welcome cassette, vinyl and cd submissions. Please be sure to include your name, address, phone number and contact email address. Submissions will be accepted from February 23rd to March 27th 2009. Packages received AFTER 3/27 will be put on a reserve list. Please do not send anything certified mail or otherwise require a signature proof of delivery. If you want to know if we got it - please email us.

Along with your music there are some things we'd like to know:

- the names and ages of your band members
- how long you have been together
- who you are and why you'd like to play fort reno... you can convey that however you feel reflects you/your band

For your information: we generally wait to contact folks until after the deadline, please understand it takes time to listen to everything.

radio slave tonight. i'm wondering what time he'll start spinning. how late does electric cabaret usually go?

I'm not sure how late they go (last call is at 1:30), but when I went to John Tejada a few weeks ago he was on by midnight, I think. And it's free until midnight w/ RSVP! I'm probably going.

My boss just asked me to come in early tomorrow. :( Still going to try to make it though.

disco nap!

:)

Yeah, screw it. I'm going.

Looks like they released their April line-up:

1st Floor
4.02 | JEREMY CAULFIELD (Dumb Unit - Berlin)
4.09 | DAN CURTIN (Metamorphic Recordings, Mobilee, Tuning Spork - Berlin)
4.16 | PACO OSUNA ( Mindshake, Plus 8 - Barcelona)
4.23 | TBA
4.30 | SPIRIT CATCHER (2020Vision, Moodmusic, Silver Network, Freerange - Belgium)

2nd Floor
4.02 | QBURNS (Eight-Tracks - Orlando)
4.09 | ALL GOOD FUNK ALLIANCE (Funk Weapons - DC)
4.16 | MEISTRO & DEEP SANG (Dirty Bombs, Solid Gold Sound - DC)
4.23 | GARTH (Grayhound Records - San Francisco)
4.30 | TBA

not as crucial as the March lineup, but in a three floor club it's really nice to have the ELM folks taking over the second floor.

i would be all about the disco nap except i have stuff to do this evening. i rsvped but probably won't decide until i see how i feel later.

i'm going to miss the first three april ones, but tbh the only name i'm familiar with is jeremy caulfield.

Last night was pretty good - great turnout. I was wiped out so I sat with a friend but the nice thing about the way the place is set up is that the sound is as good along the bar as it is on the dancefloor (this isn't a great approach for other reasons but it worked for me last night). I had to hit a couple other places so I only caught a bit of Radioslave's set. Residents Meas@x & D0cindo were playing very well.

I must have missed you! I arrived after he started. Took all my nerve to go on my own because my friend ended up not going. :) It was alright. Crowd was a bit thin I thought.

CP Best Of is out.

Readers' Poll: Best DJ
First: NavboX
Second: Dimitris George
Third: Matt Bailer

i've heard of none of these.

haha that is ballot box stuffing at it's finest - even most other djs in DC haven't heard of them.

I will do some braggin 2009 to mention that I played a large part in the design of the top two dance clubs in that poll and regulary dj at the third.

when's the next time you're djing at the cat?

And what alias do you use?

Unrelated: There was an underpublicized tribute to the late Piedmont blues guitarist John Cephas at the Baird Auditorium today, and there's an even less publicized after-event jam at 4 at the Westminster Church in SW DC where they have blues Mondays and weekly Friday jazz shows.