Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

That was yesterday's Fort Reno problem, now here's today's courtesy of David Malitz from the Post.com Going Out Gurus-

Fort Reno Park, the site of an annual summer concert series that is one of D.C.'s most beloved and longest-running outdoor events, is closed immediately and indefinitely after United States Geological Survey satellite imaging reports found high levels of arsenic in the soil.

William Line, a spokesman for the National Park Service, said that the NPS would continue to work with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency to determine any public health risks and further courses of action. He refused to give any timetable for a possible reopening and said that to speculate would be irresponsible. Snow-fencing was erected around the perimeter of the park at 6 a.m. today
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/

he'll always be my favorite GOG

awwwwww. Band members who get along, how nice. You need to go on a 2 month tour cramped up together in a van, and then we'll see who is your fave GOG

oh lol

cut copy afterparty at a boutique on 14th street. open bar with rsvp, band is djing with will eastman

http://www.uptheantics.com/cutcopyRSVP/

I heard I DIED is bartending that thing

Dude, I would TOTALLY be there for that shit.

ha, nice. i'm going to order a parappa the rapper punch

oh man I would love to be able to serve that but I think it's RBV's only

or just V's, I guess

ah too bad. i will have already downed ryes @ looking glass lounge quiz night. was hoping for beers. now it's time to research today in history

may 15: brian eno born, june carter cash died.

this thing's going to be way crowded isn't it? listed on BYT and DCist. redeem's none too big either.

d'oh, list closed? i will be @ cut copy though

So Shudder to Think are back together and playing Virgin Fest in August in Baltimore...

w-w-w-w-what?!

Yep, but haven't heard or read anything else about it.

How was Cut Copy, and did that bartender at the afterparty water down the drinks(ha)?

I wonder if Radiohead members enjoyed Georgetown last Saturday night? (I'm gonna turn this into a dull celeb watching thread)

Haha--were they in Georgetown on Saturday? I was working at CD Warehouse that night. Thom Yorke has visited the store before, years ago. Too bad he didn't come back!

i don't think I DIED bartended after all? three women were behind the bar the whole time i was there. fun night. except for the 15 minutes of silence before the band took over dj duties, that was...lame

The soil testing at Fort Reno Park is supposed to take 10 days, but when I read this in the Post--"The Park Service is working with the EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the city "to more fully and accurately determine possible public risk, if any, and other courses of action," I thought oh no, the Army Corps of Engineers will likely do work that's up to the caliber of what they did in New Orleans on the levees.

Latest testing shows arsenic levels are not too high.

I thought oh no, the Army Corps of Engineers will likely do work that's up to the caliber of what they did in New Orleans on the levees.

not to be a dick here but do you mean like "tell the govt there's a serious problem that will cost $$XXX to fix and get told by the govt to go pound sand?" which is also actually in line with the EPA's efforts most of the time sadly enough

anyway FACE ACCIDENTS THIS SATURDAY AT DC9

To be argumentative, I have read numerous criticisms of the Army Corp's work that they've done over the years in New Orleans that had nothing to do with having adequate funding (which is/was a problem as well)...

i don't think I DIED bartended after all? three women were behind the bar the whole time i was there. fun night. except for the 15 minutes of silence before the band took over dj duties, that was...lame

I was there! I did ice/cup duty most of the time so I was standing toward the back of the 'bar'. I got there a few minutes before the sound kicked back in. Great party.

The late great Bo Diddley lived in DC for awhile:

He leaves Chicago and moves to Washington, DC, where he builds his own recording studio in the basement of his home, at 2614 Rhode Island Avenue. BO DIDDLEY performs at a private inauguration party at the White House for the President and Mrs. Kennedy. He discovers and records The Impalas, a Washington, DC-based female vocal quartet later to achieve pop and R&B chart success as The Jewels. http://members.tripod.com/~Originator_2/career60s.html

In 1967 he allegedly worked with DC violinist and arranger Eddie Drennon, who also played on a number of recorded in NYC Latin and disco efforts in the '60s and '70s

So today we announce that CD Warehouse is closing.

Much like Orpheus, we had a 10 year lease that expires this year and the landlord wanted to double the rent. We may relocate to somewhere else in Georgetown but it's all very much up-in-the-air for now.

Good luck finding a decent rent in Georgetown

is cd warehouse the one in college park?

n/a- Nope. We're on 30th and M in Georgetown. I think it's CD Game Exchange that's in College Park.

curmudgeon- We're in talks with someone already but it will be a much different space if it works out.

oh i was thinking of CDepot

;_;

oh no! i've been buying a lot of stuff there lately. :(

Less and less shows at Carter barron each summer it seems. There still are some nice ones though. Chuck Brown this weekend.

Fort Dupont used to have more shows now they just have a few old-school soul ones. When I looked the other day though, they had not announced their summer season yet. Worth crossing the river for.

Despite no arsenic, Amanda M. has not gotten the Fort Reno schedule up yet, and they seem to be having money woes.

http://inabluemood.blogspot.com

Ron's tribute to the late Denise Daye

June 5th posting

From the Going Out Gurus...Gawd, this type of nightlife below has never interested me a bit. Think what else you could do with $500.

Every Saturday night, dozens -- maybe hundreds -- of well-dressed folks cluster outside Josephine, trying to barter admission from the bouncers. Problem is, there's not much wiggle room: On Saturdays, the easiest ways to get into the popular lounge are to buy a table for bottle service (with minimums starting at $500) or to know a promoter, owner and manager. Other than that, you're going to be reduced to pleading your case with a large man wearing a Secret Service-style earpiece.

lol

http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/6/17/f_j1m_1b217cf.jpg
http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/4/6/17/f_j2m_8b5bbfc.jpg
http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/6/17/f_j3m_0e43fe1.jpg

(Josephine)

oh, the .. lounge! that place! hah.

Fort Reno's schedule is up. First show is next week.

http://www.fortreno.com/schedule.html

what should I go see?

DC bros: f@ke f1ct1ons (me + sarah's band) are playing at the r3d and the bl@ck on thurs. july 24 ... save the date

hi, where can i hear some of your stuff?

saturday: Fete de la Musique at the French Embassy, my friend is playing ravel's valses nobles et sentimentales and other cool stuff http://www.la-maison-francaise.org/feteMusique.htm

also going to pulse @ bebar finally

our site: http://www.thefakefictions.com, there's a link on the news page to a stream of our new album

i was hoping this was the DC chat thread, i want TOMBOT, mr. que & quincie, the fake accents et al to come

err and anyone else who feels like it

didn't realize this was on ILM actually

i will come, totally! i will also bring the quincie. and the fake accents who are now called the face accidents

i will tryto bring the face accidents. they don't follow my orders/demands the way my wife does. heh.

oh boy im a dead man

sweet

What are people's Fort Reno recommendations?