Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

I don't even live in D.C. anymore, I just wish I was seeing Fort Reno shows....

Was there Monday, as I seem to be busy or away on most Fort Reno nights this year.. Definitely still enjoyable. Observation and not a criticism-- I think on some nights the percentage of parents with little kids there is much larger than the number of teens through uh 50-somethings without little ones with them...

Hey I Died, what's the U St. Music Foundation?

Other than WKYS's 9:30 pm to around 9:50 pm Mon. to Thurs. go-go crank sessions is this genre getting any attention, these days? DC rap may be bigger these days, but I guess I gotta look at instagram to find more re go-go

I found some go-go and bouncebeat tweets, the detective work continues.

Meanwhile, there's plenty to read re house music shows (mostly indie/experimental but a few token mentions of bluegrass and classical Indian-South Asian ones).

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46108/ace-of-basements/

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/in-the-d-c-area-houses-open-doors-to-small-time-musicians/

WKYS probably spends more time on go-go than the 10 minutes 92Q spends on club every day :(

I remember when now Atlanta-based DJ Frankski used to spin Baltimore club music on weekend nights on Baltimore radio...The late K-Swift later...I have lost track since her passing. I guess there's not much left

My brother's band is getting some local press:

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/track-work-thaylobleu-locked/

Nice. Impressive background too:

The 1991 graduate of the Corcoran School of Art—who went by Sub-Z in one of D.C.’s first noteworthy hip-hop groups, the jazz-influenced Opus Akoben (with Kokayi and Black Indian, both still active as MCs)— plus one-half of the pioneering Poem-cees, and Hall and Vaughn have been musicians in the scene for years.)

(fyi "one-half of the pioneering Poem-cees" = my brother)

I figured that but thought you might not want the name spelled out

i might've mentioned this before but poem-cees opened for saul williams when he performed at my college and they totally stole the show from him

a bit later i wrote about "fat white men in suits" in a paper

somehow this thread fell of SNA and I missed zachlyon's frankly amazing post

Washington Post has a big story on a Dewey Beach cover band today, and the City Paper has a Dewey Beach cover story. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Roy Ayers is at Fort Dupont tonight btw, and Carter Barron starts shortly

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/08/anwan-glover-actor-in-the-wire-stabbed-in-d-c-nightclub-105713.html

His status as leader of the Backyard Band is near the bottom of the piece

I am liking some of the Michael Andrade photos on Bandwidth even if I don't know the bands...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/08/11/all-what-jazz-or-how-to-declare-something-dead-without-listening-to-it/

Discussed elsewhere on ilm--2 guys who have in Dischord bands talk about the state of jazz

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/one-last-wind-up-for-the-godfather-of-go-go/2014/08/21/a76b43b4-294a-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html

Marcus Moore interview piece with Chuck Brown bandmenbers and others

Also I reviewed the album in City Paper.

Friday is Chuck Brown Day in DC with the memorial park opening and a tribute show/album release event at the Howard

No "Roam" house & techno dance party at Uhall for me last night, we did the Chuck Brown tribute event at the Howard. Fun time...

Gonna have to miss the Metro Mambo thang at the Anacostia Museum today Saturday from 2 to 4. Dj Jim Byers will be getting his guest to drop knowledge about the ocassional mambo music played on the 1950s Capital Caravan live music tv show that was filmed in the 930 Club building when it was called something else (even before it was called WUST). Then a live salsa band will play for dancers...

x-post re Chuck thing---demographics---most under 25s of all races didn't care enough about Chuck to spend $ for the tribute show (which wasn't cheap but was cheaper than many a 930 club show). I thought there'd be a few more over 25 Asians, Latinos , white folks but I guess not. Whatever. We had fun as I said.

Finally saw Black Alley who opened. Can't decide what I think. Singer is charismatic but sometimes her voice is a little too much The Voice meets Broadway dramatic. The band wants to do a hybrid rock meets go-go thing but sometimes the rock elements seem forced (and not always my kind of rock). Sometimes it worked though

http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/videos/?id=M5969&type=A

Thaylobleu and GODISHEUS playing Chocolate City Rocks opening night

That's great that K.Ctr Mill Stage shows are video-archived. Can check that out later. Was a busy Friday night in the area (Baton Rouge rap at Fillmore; Roam party at Uhall; Chuck Brown tribute at Howard; likely lots more...)

Hardway Connection are playing for free at 12:40 pm today at Carter Barron. They're an awesome Maryland southern soul band. Some of the acts on after them are pretty good too

Wonder if this will get rained out (or if there are backup plans for rain)?

http://www.congressheightsontherise.com/2014/09/sept-11-jace-clayton-gateway-dc.html

Gateway DC at St. Elizabeths East, 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. Free. (202) 330-1219. stelizabethseast.com. (

Sept 11 | Jace Clayton @ Gateway DC
on 2:13 PM
Near Futures, part of The 5x5 Project, Washington DC, invites you to:

Enkutatash ንቁጣጣሽእ | Jace Clayton
Thursday Sept 11th, 2014
6-9pm (performance 6:30-7:30pm)
Gateway Pavilion at St. Elizabeth’s East, 1100 Alabama Ave SE

Join composer Jace Clayton, aka DJ Rupture, for Enkutatash ንቁጣጣሽእ, a participatory music performance transforming security threats into spiritual renewal on September 11th, the Ethiopian new year. Enkutatash ንቁጣጣሽእ translates Homeland Security’s familiar, color-coded threat level advisory system into notes on the Ethiopian musical scale and mixes that with an East African harvest song. The performance is held at St. Elizabeth’s East, the former national mental institution that now houses among others, the Department of Homeland Security. Celebrate afterwards with DJ music by Anthology of Booty and free Ethiopian food in tribute to the holiday.

No rain. Interesting music & Fasika Ethiopian food truck with the free food

So folks are gonna pay $60 for this?:

All Things Go Fall Classic at Union Market. Baltimore synthpop band Future Islands with U.S. Royalty, HAERTS and Bear Hands.

To each his/her own I guess.

http://www.head-roc.com/chocolatecityrocks/

go see my brother on the 14th

Chuck Brown "Beautiful Life" video is a nice one. Joseph Pattisall directed it. He helped make the Cool Disco Dan movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UrIoVjg7PE

Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds rocked nicely at Comet last weekend (on a double-bill with Chain & the Gang). Didn't realize they do songs from some of Kid's prior bands-- Cramps and the Gun Club. Great rendition of "Garbageman," just ok takes on "For the Love of Ivy" and "She's Like Heroin to Me." There was a who's who of old-school DC bandmembers in the crowd-- all 4 members of Fugazi, folks from Protect-U, Ex-Hex, Medications, Peter Hayes, and I think Heavy Breathing.

lydia loveless @ dc9 tonight

shall rule

I see Washington Post freelancer liked her too. I missed the gig. Added her to my list of acts to listen to.

yeah dudes it was so good

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-chip-off-the-old-block-a-son-of-a-dc-randb-legend-entertains-fans-outside-nats-park/2014/10/01/3941d1ce-497e-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html

Oh, so the guy who sings there is Don Covay's son. Cool.

dc punk archive opening with a free show at the mlk library tonight

Oh yeah. Gonna give 'em some of my stuff I think

Battle of the archives going on. GW just opened one (for dc punk, bluegrass, go-go and uh, folk I think), then there's the U of Md one and the DC Public Library one mentioned above. DC soul supporters wonder who is gonna highlight their genre...

RIP Chel'e P, singer with go-go band Familiar Faces and others. From lung cancer...

http://princegeorgesmemoryproject.org/?p=365

Roy Buchanan, of Mount Rainer, is No. 57. John Fahey of Takoma Park is No. 78. And Link Wray of Accokeek, is No. 45. Each of them are part of an exclusive club, according to Rolling Stone Magazine: the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Prince George's County rules! Part of Takoma Park used to be part of Prince George's County for those wondering.

Just bought a house in PG! Hyattsville to be exact. Glad to hear any recommendations of things to do/places to eat from anyone familiar with the area.

Congrats. Places to eat recommendations usually go over on ILE on the Brad Pitt DC thread

Brad Pitt Has Your Secret Shit: Rolling DC

Nearby you have The Archie's Blues Barbershop is located at
4701 Queensbury Road
Riverdale Park, MD 20737

http://www.acousticblues.com/events/events.html

Various WMUCers sometimes have house indie/punk shows nearby; plus gigs at WMUC in the main Dining Hall bldg on campus. Also read about a house rap gig recently

http://www.clubcococabana.com/ a big Latino music club in Hyattsville

Thanks curm!

http://dcshowspace.wordpress.com/

^^^ favorite and best thing

in relevant news, my new house has a shack in the backyard where i'm planning on recreating link wray's self titled album to celebrate the pg county great.

beaut

2nd Sleater-kinney show added at 930 (if that's your thing and don't mind service charges and such in addition to $30 for the tix)

More nostalgia: Brandon Gentry talking to Ted Nicely and others re Fugazi

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/46476/margin-walkers-13-takes-on-fugazis-13-songs-a-quarter/

The WCP piece is good and as fan I'm glad they did it but I do think it's interesting Ian turned down the piece cuz he's talked too much about the band lately.