*googles furiously*
http://dcmusicdownload.com/2014/04/23/lamont-street-collective-inside-d-c-s-affordable-abode-for-the-diy-community/
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 24 April 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
Very nice.
oh and x-post-- the fader is also giving love to new DC dance label 1432 R and its Mikael Seifu release
http://www.thefader.com/2014/04/22/stream-mikael-seifu-yarada-lij/
more miscellaneous stuff:
Sunday night was the 17th annual DC reggae awards
Longtime tiny bar JVs in Falls Church is gonna expand next door
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 April 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
Bandwidth's been busy lately with coverage of DC sounds and live sessions too
― curmudgeon, Monday, 28 April 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
http://funkparade.com/
the parade will include:
- The Ballou High School Marching Band- Batala Percussion Band- Asheru- Hung Tao Choy Mei Lion and Dragon dancers- Yamomanem Jazz- BicycleSPACE riders
and the world’s first FLASH MOP, a spontaneous clean-and-dance civic action squad!
MUSIC FESTIVAL (7-10 PM)Free shows, in a dozen of the neighborhood’s finest venues. The lineup:
U Street Music Hall: Sugar Bear & EU, Nappy Riddem (DJs: Qdup, Fort Knox Five set)Tropicalia: Cheick Hamala Diabate, Backbeat Underground, Joe Keyes “The Late Bloomer” and The Late Bloomer Band (DJs: Fort Knox Five)Solly’s: Flashband Project - Flashband Funk PartyDC9 Nightclub: Elikeh Afropop, Black Masala (DJs: Sol Power All-Stars)Patty Boom Boom: Lucky Dub, Kickoman – OfficialLiv Nightclub DC: Clones of FunkThe Brixton: Aztec Sun, Beyond ModernJojo Restaurant: The Good ThingBusboys and Poets: A Special Edition of Live! From Busboys: Women of FunkTwins Jazz Club: Tony MartucciWork It! Studio by WandaWoman – Funk Dance Party featuring “The Root of Funk” with drum sensation Tiacoh Sadia 7pm – 9pm
And an after-party!
Ben’s Next Door: “THE SOUL OF FUNK” Wes Felton World and Sol Zahran All Star Jam Session After-party. Starting at 10pm
This looks fun. Glad Ballou High is involved, I encouraged the organizers to include them.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
That's this Saturday May 3 with the parade from 5 to 7 and a fair earlier in the day from 1 to 5
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
the flash mop kind of made me put my head in my hands a little i must say
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Oh missed that. Uh yeah.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/04/30/casa-fiesta-hosts-its-last-show-tonight/
RIP tiny tiny space with big loud bands
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Too bad
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 May 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
The Ballou High marching band and majorettes are awesome, and as always the Batala drummers are pretty fun too. Saw 'em all Saturday, while eating tacos from Tacos El Chilango
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 May 2014 14:24 (ten years ago) link
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/the-heyday-of-blue-note-records-captured-in-photographs/
This Goethe Institute exhibit has the worst hours-- Mon. to Thurs. 9 to 5, Fri. 9 to 3
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
yeugh
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 7 May 2014 19:01 (ten years ago) link
They are having some special evening events (6:30 starting time) in association with the exhibit there (and more gigs at the K. Ctr.)--I wonder if there would be time to see the photos sa when they've having a nighttime panel discussion?
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 May 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/style/wp/2014/05/08/how-the-sassiest-boy-in-america-became-the-most-interesting-man-in-rock-and-roll/
Discussed on another thread
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 May 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
o lord
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 12 May 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
That was largely my reaction but not most of the others
― curmudgeon, Monday, 12 May 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
idk i like NoU but i find dude p tedious
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
thought it was a really good interview - spiv's got some good thoughts but they're usually so buried by character that's it's nice to see a straightforward discussion
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 12 May 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
Saturday at 3:30 at the Gala Hispanic Theatre is the DC premiere of "Looking For Johnny, The Legend of Johnny Thunders!" Directed by Danny Garcia ("The Rise & Fall of The Clash") who will be present for post-film Q&A3:30-5:30pm, Saturday, May 17thGala Theatre, 3333 14th Street NW(1 1/2 blocks from Columbia Heights metro) "Looking For Johnny" is the definitive documentary on New York legendary guitar player Johnny Thunders. In 90 minutes, this film covers Johnny Thunders' career from his beginning in the early 70's with the proto-punk New York Dolls, his troubles with drugs and alcohol to his demise in New Orleans, where he died under mysterious circumstances in 1991.
Admission is $5-10, sliding scale
The show will help support the work of The Gala Theatre as well as Samaritan Inns, a local non-profit combating addiction and homelessness, while rebuilding lives.
Sponsored by Positive Force DC
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 May 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
Just quoting the press release there. There was a previous Thunders doc that is now unavailable, and I 've seen neither, so it could be better.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 May 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
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same day as my sister's wedding in texas
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 17 May 2014 03:34 (ten years ago) link
I saw Thunders play in my neighborhood about a month before he died
almost went to see Titus Andronicus tnite at Black Cat but lol doing that on vacation from Brooklyn
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 17 May 2014 03:40 (ten years ago) link
no fuckin shit you saw thunders
envious
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 17 May 2014 04:19 (ten years ago) link
titus is badass live, recommend when you got the time
http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/05/12/eli_meir_kaplan_photographs_soul_and_funk_musicians_in_washington_d_c_in.html
Have mentioned this guy before. Great photos of great Dc soul musicians.
He took some of his posed shots in the Panorama Room in Anacostia. Years ago I saw a WPFW benefit show there with Ruth Brown singing. An aptly named place, with a great view across the water of the rest of D.C.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 20 May 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.examiner.com/article/music-promoters-hit-prince-george-s-county-with-10-million-class-action-lawsuit
Some of this I don't understand. Somehow, big Latin clubs in Prince George's are still open. Maybe it really is aimed solely at go-go.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 May 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
No Baltimore deathmetal fest for me this weekend, I'm going to this:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45804/biker-festival-at-american-legion-post-170-sunday-may-25/
Southern soul Biker Fest
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 May 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
oh sweet
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 23 May 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
hey, does anyone happen to know of a decent semi-secluded campground within an hours drive of DC (toward the Baltimore side)? I know it's probably going to be impossible to find one this late in the day but I thought I'd check.
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Friday, 23 May 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
Have you been to Cunningham falls or Ole Mink Farm in Thurmont, MD.?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 May 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
cunningham falls is booked (as are all MD state parks) and ole mink farm only allows 2-day minimum reservations.
this is going to be difficult if not impossible. i just heard about the possibility of an awesome meteor shower late tonight and wanted to get out of the city to watch it.
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Friday, 23 May 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
Yep, read about the meteors in the W. Post
With clear skies, sky gazers may see meteor activity late Friday night – at about 10:30 p.m. – according to Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid Environment Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. Astronomers predict the peak will occur from 2 to 4 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Saturday morning, but Cooke believes gazers can catch shooting stars all the way through dawn, when the sunrise washes them out.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 May 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
ugh, i've spent 3 hours straight searching, no luck. it's so sad how difficult it is to try to escape light pollution, even when you have access to a car and are willing to go anywhere in the state
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
So between 2 and 2:30 am I looked for meteors but did not see any. Gave up and went to sleep.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 May 2014 14:08 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/05/24/camelopardalids-meteor-shower-a-bust-but-not-a-surprise/?hpid=z3
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 May 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
yeah, i watched from the front porch until about 2 am then went to bed, saw nothing. glad i didn't go across the state to try to camp!
― go to evangelical agonizing eternal hell (Karl Malone), Saturday, 24 May 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
The Black Biker Fest was fun. Just about 300 to 400 people there, most of them were not bikers. Just fans of southern soul--Mel Waiters, Ms. Jody and Hardway Connection. I had previously seen a southern soul show at the Showplace Arena in Upper Marlboro that attracted around 4,000. It was advertised on WHUR 96.3 radio, this one was not.I'm sure deathfest and Cass Mccombs were nice too.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
If you're curious about demographics, me and my fiance and 2 others were the only non-African-American folks there in the audience.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
Giving nightclubs and go-go and the Distict's ABC board a bad name:
the ABC Board issued an order allowing XII to operate under an expired liquor license while it files a third application for renewal, after the first two were dismissed for XII’s failure to attend required hearings."
http://dcist.com/2014/05/anc_wants_h_street_ne_club_temporar.php
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 May 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
District's
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 May 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2014/06/thanks_for_coming_to_our_concert_we.php
Dcist.com once a month summer gigs
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 June 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2014/06/the_problem_with_rabbl_crowd-fund.php
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 June 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
https://twitter.com/FortRenoRumors
mildly amusing and sometimes lol funny
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 8 June 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/06/09/punk-the-capitals-james-schneider-on-the-docs-rare-footage/
Nostalgic sneak peaks of old-school harDCore & punk on screen Tuesday (and through later in the '80s Wednesday)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 June 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
The Southern Soul Tribute at the Hamilton Saturday night includes a bunch of standard D.C. barband roots-rockers but also (based on my suggestion-- yeah yeah) local old-school D.C. soul performers Little Margie Clark (from the Jewels, who toured as a James Brown opening act for awhile way back when), Eddie Jones, and members of the Hardway Connection.
June is a busy music month around here. So much going on in multiple genres indoors and outdoors
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 June 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/brass-connection-band-for-washington-mystics-makes-crowds-dance-on-dc-streets/2014/06/20/963954be-f709-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
Seen these guys on street corners, they're fun
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 June 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
the fight to save the smithsonian folklife fest from the NPS plan to turn the mall into a country club golf course without the golf, is ongoing
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 June 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
fort reno :(
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 26 June 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link
fuck the park police
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link
NPS messing with everyone
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/06/26/there-will-be-no-concerts-at-fort-reno-in-2014/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link