Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

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.

The mystery re "I Died"'s dj name remains unresolved. Meanwhile I did a brief little W. CP black Plastic Bag blog post about DJ Neville Chamberlain aka Neal Becton, who runs SOM record store. He spins old-school Brazilian, Latin, and soul around town.

$ MONEYTOWN $

Moneytown welcomes it's special April guest DJ: NYC's Jared Boxx aka JBX!
Friday, April 3rd
10PM-3AM
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Dahlak (1771 U St., NW DC)
Free! No Cover
w/ DJ Nitekrawler & special guest: Jared Boxx:

Jared Boxx (aka JBX) is the co-owner of Big City Records, one of NYC's top used vinyl record stores which specializes in Jazz, Soul, Latin, Funk, and Hip Hop, but with an extra special emphasis on funk & soul 45s. And speaking of 45s.......when not flippin' wax at the store, you can find Mr. Boxx at one of his many NYC residencies.....one of which is Bumpshop, NYC's premier funk and soul extravaganza at APT! Check out this mix he did for the mighty Daptone Records during Christmas 2008: http://daptonerecords.podbean.com/2008/12/14/soul-santa-by-jbx

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Civilian Art Projects is having a fundraiser at Local 16!
6 DJs
3 Visual artists
plus drink specials & more (see flyer below for details)
Hope to see you there!

That Civilian Arts Project thing is tonight I think-- Thursday. Nitekrawler, Neville Chamberlain and others spinning.

Another impressive guest for Moneytown.

dj hut's physical store in dupont is closing, which sucks. they're going all online. 20% off in-store liquidation.

The Marquees, Marvin Gaye's old backing band, are playing free right now on the roof deck at Marvin. Like woah to hear them doing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".

I am spinning tomorrow night at the black cat, btw

Saw Teedra Moses last night. The sound was kind of fucked for the first half but straightened out by the end. Her set was a bit too similar to the one she played at Black Cat 2 years ago (only 2 new songs). I guess you can't blame her for leaning heavily on the crowd-pleasers from Complex Simplicity though.

Actually the real treat was the opening set by Muhsinah.

Never heard of her/them before, but Muhsinah sounds good in that electro/r'n'b vein on her myspace.

So 12, apparently a lounge/restaurant that took the place of Cluck U, at 1123 H St NE is gonna start having music. Chitlin Circuit soul singer Lee Fields is gonna be there Sunday the 12th. The Yelp reviews for the place say the drinks are overpriced and the place poorly managed. We'll see.

I've got a quickie blog post q and a with 88's fogel on the CP BPB blog

i recall a rumor of one of the spots on either side of the old state of the union supposedly in plans of becoming a spot for dancehall nights, wonder how that's fleshing out

Ethiopian restaurant Almaz at 1212 U was supposed to start having soca on one midweek night and dancehall on another (I think Eman mentioned it on the dancehall thread), plus I think they have "Saturday Soul Sessions" with Louis P. playing house. But if you just go to Almaz's website it says they only have Ethiopian music and jazz.

But I guess that's farther East on U than near the old SOTU

For any Dischord fans: Title Tracks 7" release show at the Black Cat tonight...

More pop than most Dischord releases I'm guessing, this being John Davis in his post-Georgie James mode.

Garland of Hours cello player Amy Domingues (who's played on Fugazi cds and other related Dischord stuff) will be playing with Bob Mould at the Birchmere tonight with Richard Morel on keyboards and a bassist whose name I don't recognize.

Missed both of those.

Saw Extra Golden at Comet Ping Pong last night. Wish they had a stage (or that I was much taller)

catching up on posts--have been traveling. sorry i missed I DIED djing. also apparently missed lovefingers (!) at comet. nice piece on 88, curmudgeon. lots of comments, too. good to see people are paying attention.

saw stereo total at the cat backstage last night. fun show. never really listened to them but would see again.

Thanks. Yea, the 88 posting got a ton of comments. I thought Stereo Total would be fun. I bought a S. Total cd awhile back and liked it, although I haven't listened to it in quite awhile. Busy w/ parental stuff, missed that show and the African one at Lisner last night, and likely everything this weekend.

Posted a salsa dj thing, Raulin Rosendo at the Salsa Room, and Celia Cruz Filmfest and more combined item CP Bl. P. Bag posting early this morning. The various posts go up there fast and furious Friday mornings.

looking forward to Wolf + Lamb spinning at Comet on May 2nd

by the way, was reading an article in the Dupont Current or something and apparently there's a guy named RICARDO VILLALOBOS who runs a shoe repair shop on Calvert St.

cool about wolf + lamb. does comet have a mailing list?

went to hometown heroes last night at the trindad & tobago assocation on georgia. i like the idea of a party at a storefront cultural assocation in north country, and the execution was mostly all right, but man that place is not designed for good sound.

tim sweeney friday: http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/events/deep-cuts-feat-tim-sweeney-411-warehouse/

I'd like to get on a Comet mailing list too. I get e-mailed about some Comet events that the guy from Gypsy Eyes Records promotes (he has a list, and I've spaced on his name right now), and I was told that Amanda K. from the Apes also promotes some things there, but otherwise I think you have to just check their website periodically. They seem to have outside promoters do everything and they don't advertise the events or get them listed anywhere.

Chain & the Gang and the Hive Dwellers are there Wednesday. Those are Ian S. 's and Calvin Johnson's new bands respectively.

Justin Martin (dirtybird) is at Muse this Friday on the 3rd floor - tough choice between that and Tim Sweeney

I'd go with Tim Sweeney myself. I'll be in NYC though (Michael Mayer at Studio B on Saturday).

Just read the other day that Martyn is based in DC. Has he played out here yet? Someone needs to book him.

Also heard that Brendon Moeller is playing 18th St. Lounge, but I'm not sure when exactly.

I think I'm going to go with Justin Martin - dirtybird is probably my favorite US label.

DCist weekend movie roundup blurbs "Jazz in the Diamond District", "a film by a local director centered on D.C.'s go-go scene." premiered at last year's dc filmfest but is back at e street. anyone seen it?

co-starring avon barksdale. makes me think of this short i once saw about an inner-city teenage girl sneaking out to lesbian clubs. bunk played the dad who viciously beat her when he found out.

Have not seen it. I think the director went to the Duke Ellington School for the Arts so there's scenes there and in a go-go funk club. It's gotten mixed reviews.