Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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.

as always, 9:30 Club ticket service charges can be avoided by purchasing tickets in person at the 9:30 Club box office

Sleater-Kinney show went onsale at 10am and sold out a few minutes later. I don't think they were selling tix at the box office there at that time. Plus it was probably not a convenient time for many to go there. But oh yeah, buy tickets there at the club if you can and its not a show likely to sell out (and the box office is open--if the club is not open, the box office won't be open. I made that mistake 1 Thursday night). Paying a a $4 processing charge plus a $12 service fee for 2 tickets is not fun, but some shows sellout too fast to give one a chance to go to the box office.

yeah the 10am sold out in 15 minutes, they announced a second night immediately, and i got in before that sold out too

can't imagine what the box office was like if it was even open yet

I failed at getting first show tix despite trying online right at 10; wife got us 2nd show tix shortly after. I am thinking these were online only. For some 930 events I can never tell what will sell out quick or not (ha ha, I am that old man going "these kids today and their whomever...I saw blah blah blah when it was the WUST Radio Hall or at the old F Street Club when you had to show up and wait in line to get in")

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/10/23/what-chele-p-queen-of-go-go-soul-meant-to-the-local-go-go-scene/

An obit

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/in-brief-the-d-c-episode-of-dave-grohls-sonic-highways/

Ally's writeup

any recommendations from the upcoming showspace shows?

definitely go to the halloween covers show at rocketship--i have a thing of my own to be at but otherwise i'd be all the way there

i'm also a sucker for any time jail solidarity plays and i guess they're playing weds

went to Antemasque at RnR Hotel, i think this may be my favorite incarnation of Omar and Cedric- relatively compact tunes minus gibberish lyrics, which only morphed into a lengthy excursion live where necessary.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/11/23/marion-barry-in-six-songs/

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/12/02/wammies-hit-a-snag-enact-voting-do-over/

I wonder what their membership is these days, can't be too large I am thinking...

I bet that who's who of go-go bands at Ibiza last night for the Barry tribute was impressive (although I bet they didn't stay on the alleged 7 to 11 pm time schedule listed)...

I was home writing up a preview of Javanese gamelan movies coming to BloomBars on the 16th !

RIP Bill Washington of Dimensions Unlimited, who promoted many a '70s r'n'b show at big places like RFK Stadium and smaller locations too

Sat. 12-13-Tereu Tereu, the Caribbean, Harness Flux @ Union Arts;

Thinking about going to this DC rock bands benefit show

Looks like Artisphere might be closing (see W. Post link below my older City Paper one below). In my 2012 Artisphere article I was trying to understand how booking only 2 ticketed music events per month would allow Artisphere to pay its bills? I also was trying to understand if they only booked 2 ticketed music events per month because that is all that their budget would allow? I also noted that their roots and world music booking left out some other audiences...I still wonder about those matters when Artisphere is mentioned. And yea, a Rosslyn location does not help

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

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/arlington-county-poised-to-close-money-losing-artisphere-arts-center-in-june/2014/12/17/d93a96d4-8641-11e4-b9b7-b8632ae73d25_story.html

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/bandwidths-favorite-d-c-songs-of-2014/

Some good stuff here, from the late Chuck Brown to Beautiful Swimmers, Gems and more

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2014/12/22/sounds-about-right-the-best-local-albums-of-2014/

Here's another list

Wasn't the Paint Branch album not 2014? Weird to not see that on either list - it's great

I think it was 2013. Different strokes ---Saw them live once and found them to be too Crosby, Stills & Nash without the hooks. Maybe the album sounds better. Chris Richards seems busy these days with his writing, while Davis I think was doing Title Tracks again.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/12/29/2015-music-preview-how-d-c-artists-are-finding-faraway-fans/

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2015/01/05/deleted-scenes-breaks-up/

http://digdc.dclibrary.org/cdm/search/collection/myfirst/order/descri

old people punk archives online. Does DC Library instagram?

more links:

DC blues harmonica player Phil Wiggins is subject of a cover story in the December 2014 Living Blues magazine

http://digital.livingblues.com/publication/?i=236266

Pics of 1994 Cynthia Connolly postcards of DC punks with old cars

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/postcards_of_d.c._punk_rockers

http://digdc.dclibrary.org/cdm/search/collection/myfirst/order/descri

old people punk archives online. Does DC Library instagram?

― curmudgeon, Tuesday, January 6, 2015 5:21 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whoaaaaaaa

Sean Gray of D.C.'s Fan Death Records lists his fave 2014 DC hardcore songs

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/the-best-d-c-hardcore-of-2014/

I still haven't checked those out yet.

Unrelated:

Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks, a longtime DC soul act, are making their annual one-time appearance Monday the 12th at Westminster Church in SW DC not far from Arena Stage. 6 to 9 pm . I think its a $5 cover. They always start off slow, with jazzy instrumentals, before Eddie starts testifying...

Folk-punk kids Mallory at my place tonight at 8, all at the door goes to jail support for Black Lives Matter community organizers & activists

https://www.facebook.com/events/356930791098151/357225754401988/

http://www.bethesdanow.com/2015/01/09/historic-bethesda-theater-building-on-the-market-for-8-5-million/

Another arts venue for 'I Died' to take over management of...This time the Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club

Brown bought the building for 2.85 million, then took loans to add kitchen, bar and more. He says the club made 2.5 mill in its first year (but still ended up in the red). Will anyone want to pay 8.5 million?

I have so many memories tied to that building, from when it was a movie theater and from when they would host local 'battle of the bands' concerts with kids from local high schools running wild. The parking was always the curse of that location (and for most of Bethesda the last time I visited a couple of years ago)

"Brown went to the County Council last year with a request for $100,000 in funds to buy sound and lighting equipment he said the county previously paid for but had since vanished or been replaced."

SHOCKING the county didn't approve this

also it seems really unusual to ask someone to purchase the building with a 10-year lease to a tenant that's losing money