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
asljdfl;a ksjf akcslmd.,
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 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
fort reno :(
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 26 June 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
fuck the park police
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:17 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
"So as it stands today, not only does the concert series not have the funds to cover this cost at the last minute but we don’t feel we should have to do this without just cause," wrote MacKaye. "...It will literally double the VERY small budget of the concert series." And so Fort Reno will remain dark—and a lot quieter—this summer.
man, esp. compared to all the bullshit on kickstarter, it would be easy to put together a campaign to raise $2000 to pay a NPS guard to stand there for 2 hours every few weeks during the summer. if we can raise that much on ILX in just a few hours i'm sure Fort Reno wouldn't have a problem.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:21 (ten years ago) link
Amanda can be real stubborn, and she probably thinks giving in and paying is somehow selling out. Maybe she can be persuaded otherwise
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
As for a potential fundraising campaign, MacKaye says raising the necessary funds from supporters probably wouldn't be an issue, but she's still thinking about whether Fort Reno should have to comply with the Park Service demand at all. “That’s a deeper moral question for me,” she says.
NEVER CHANGE, DC
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
Just raise the $2,600 via a kickstarter not from a beer company and move on
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 15:40 (ten years ago) link
NPS again:
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarronschedule.htm
Shorter schedules this summer. They don't come out and say it but the respective times are later than ever.
The Fort Dupont Summer Theatre and Carter Barron Amphitheatre schedules are expected to be posted on or about July 1, 2014.
Events at Fort Dupont Summer Theatre will begin on July 19, 2014. The new time for events is 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Events at Carter Barron Amphitheatre will begin on August 8, 2014.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
According to the statement on fortreno.com, the NPS sprang the requirement on them very late in the permitting process, and has not given a satisfactory reason why the guard is needed after however many years. I'd certainly contribute to a fundraiser, but it makes sense to ask WHY suddenly the NPS wants the guard.
Also, announcing that Fort Reno is flat-out cancelled should fuel a publicity kerfuffle. If there's a big enough buzz, the NPS might feel enough pressure to give in.
― Miss Anne Thrope (j.lu), Thursday, 26 June 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
NPS and the Park Police are pretty stubborn
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2014/06/26/pain-in-the-grass-new-national-mall-regulations-force-big-name-events-off-the-lawn/#more-112573
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
http://www.change.org/petitions/national-park-service-and-u-s-park-police-allow-fort-reno-summer-concert-series-to-continue-as-it-had-for-over-40-years
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 June 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
Will the attention given to Fort Reno in the media encourage the NPS & Park Police to consider Amanda's moral principles, or is she out of luck (and hence so are bands and us)?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 June 2014 10:28 (ten years ago) link
I'm pretty sure the NPS cares as much about Amanda's moral principles as Amanda cares about the moral principles of the NPS
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 27 June 2014 13:47 (ten years ago) link
Exactly, which will likely leave us with no Fort Reno concerts. But Amanda believes that this will teach bandmembers and the rest of us a moral lesson.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 June 2014 14:13 (ten years ago) link
J. Fischer of City Paper put together a list of some of the groups who were scheduled to play:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/06/26/heres-who-might-have-played-fort-reno-this-summer/
Here's who nearly played at Fort Reno this summer:
•Title Tracks•The Effects•Myrrh Myrrh•The Captivators•Alarms and Controls•Aloners •Baby Bry Bry and the Apologists•Calavera Skull•Golden Looks•Priests •Give •Malatese•Puff Pieces•Peanut Butter and Dave•The Raised by Wolves•Sotano•Dissonance •Stereosleep•Talk It•Tiger Horse•Protect-U This list might not be complete, either. In an email to me, Ray Brown of teenage rockers The Black Sparks also said his group was supposed to play on July 28. Was your band set to perform?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 June 2014 14:18 (ten years ago) link
Both the NPS and USPP recognize the importance of the concerts to the community and look forward to further discussions with the permit applicant.
.......
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 June 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
ooh, DC Shadow Senator Paul Strauss helped arrange a Monday meeting between NPS, USPP, and Amanda Mackaye
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/06/27/fort-reno-organizer-to-meet-with-national-park-service-monday/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 June 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/06/29/kenyan-musicians-back-at-smithsonian-folklife-festival-after-one-day-strike-against-their-government/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 June 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link