Saturday gig at JVs with jazz and art-rock guitarists Harrison and Pirog doing DC rooted honky-tonk roadhouse sounds could be good (if it doesn't get too barband self-indulgent)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 March 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2015/03/25/as-chief-ikes-prepares-to-close-owner-al-jirikowic-bemoans-the-death-of-d-c-funkiness/
I don't agree with everything he says, but this is still fun to read
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 March 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
Ian Hilton also confirmed that he and his brother, Eric Hilton, have signed a letter of intent for The Wharf. They have not identified a concept, however, and talks are in the very early stages.
“We’d love to do something there. If it ends up looking like the master plan, it’s going to be a really cool project,” Ian Hilton said. “But until we at least have the ability to do a hard hat tour, who knows what will happen?”
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/top-shelf/2015/03/mike-isabella-stephen-starr-and-host-of-others-in.html?page=all
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 March 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
curmudgeon speaks the truth on the Chief Ike's piece.
I spent a weirdly large portion of my young adulthood there, looking at things embedded in the lucite of the bar and generally letting the 90s spool out behind me. Measured out in shots of Jim Beam and warbly acid house.
It was rather better suited for djs than for rock bands. For a typical three-band bill, half the room would be taken up by the amps and drums of the bands yet to play. And then they would play, at floor level, to an audience of their girlfriends and roomates and co-workers, totaling a healthy dozen people.
― Ye Mad Puffin, Friday, 27 March 2015 13:49 (nine years ago) link
Lotsa comments posted on the Chief Ike's article. Some taking Al to task (at least 1 written by someone who worked there) and others grumbling about the rich kids in town now who just want to go to fancy restaurants.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2015 15:04 (nine years ago) link
The Joel Harrison piece covers an even older period of DC history (talking about Danny Gatton, Roy Buchanan, Evan Johns). For you tldr types:
Has anyone come up with an explanation for that whole era from Roy to Danny and Evan, these guitarists interested in such diverse types of American music?
I tried to put my fingers on it in my liner notes to Mother Stump. It took me a long time to try to figure this out, but Washington, especially back then, was both a Southern and a Northern town. You had bluegrass emanating up from the Blue Ridge Mountains with the Seldom Scene and the Country Gentlemen; you had the rocking country and rockabilly thing coming in from Southern Maryland; you had the African-American community with jazz and influences coming in from Baltimore and New York and Philly and the soul and funk sound; and under-girding all this was the blues. It was a town where all these different classes and cultures mixed even though it was a very segregated place, except the music wasn’t segregated. Free form radio was around back then so you could hear this music all the time. More than other places it was kind of a crossroads kind of town.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2015 15:16 (nine years ago) link
Harrison also used to go to Fort Reno way back when.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
I always admired Gatton from a bit of a distance; I'm sure I have seen him but can't remember when or where. Charlie Byrd is a major fave too; last time I saw him may have been 1992 or so; he played "Blue Skies" and "Satin Doll" in the space in Reston that is now a skating rink. Somewhere around here I have his book of fingerstyle samba tunes.
― Ye Mad Puffin, Friday, 27 March 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
My interest in Gatton was also from a distance. Now Evan Johns & the H Bombs rockabilly group I liked. Wiki bio for him sadly says he had alcohol-related health issues, and has not done anything musically since the late 90s.
Charlie Byrd I know from my Dad talking about him, and then me getting into Brazilian music. I heard him discussed (and the music he recorded in Col. Hts) at a recent DC music Salon at the Shaw library.
As for the new guys in the article--
I am intrigued by guitarist Anthony Pirog. Cool that he plays punk house shows, duo efforts with a cellist, experimental jazz things, roots rock with Dave Kitchen Band, and this Saturday's thing at JVs.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 March 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
Fun time seeing Harrison, Pirog and others do rockabilly, blues, country and stuff Saturday at JVs. Their grizzled regulars, smelling of cigs and many budweisers, seemed to like it; as did the rest of us (not that there was a huge crowd-- 50 or so, which makes that small place seem full).
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 March 2015 15:57 (nine years ago) link
I forgot this guy was still cranking out reviews of DC gigs
http://dcrocklive.blogspot.com/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 00:28 (nine years ago) link
http://blog.leica-camera.com/photographers/interviews/chris-suspect-suspect-device-at-leica-gallery-dc/
punk photos exhibit
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 17:21 (nine years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2015/04/an_interview_with_the_dc_dog.php
Thought this was an April Fools Day thing, but nope, this guy dresses up like a hot dog whenever the Nashville band Diarrhea Planet comes to town
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 21:30 (nine years ago) link
the Mayor has approved a Funk Parade route that goes from the Howard Theatre to the Lincoln Theatre
― curmudgeon, Friday, 3 April 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
May 2nd
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/bandwidths-favorite-d-c-songs-of-2015-so-far/
Oddisee and Kali Uchis tracks are nice
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 4 April 2015 05:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/as-dc-slept-uk-electronic-music-veteran-clark-summoned-madness/2015/04/03/c4ef636c-da29-11e4-b3f2-607bd612aeac_story.html
Either this Clark guy is not that popular, or I guess DC electronic music fans don't want to dance Thursday night?Friday morning at 2 am
Despite a drowsy turnout, those that stayed up got a show worth losing sleep over.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 6 April 2015 04:04 (nine years ago) link
I would have liked to go to that but can't do 2 am on a weekday.
― skip, Monday, 6 April 2015 12:47 (nine years ago) link
had a couple hundred people for the show, certainly not a disappointing turnout for a niche artist on a weeknight
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Monday, 6 April 2015 13:57 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestofdc/artsandentertainment/2015/best-public-access-hand-dance-tv-show
hand dancing on Wednesday night public access tv show taping at the Chateau on Benning Rd NE with Breeze, Dancing Tony and Geatch the Black French Chef
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:26 (nine years ago) link
The show runs online at the dctv website the same time as it airs on the public access channel
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 April 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/bestofdc/poll/artsandentertainment/2015/best-local-original-band
Readers pick: Dan Wolff & the Muddy Crows
Readers say: "Talented, engaging, and good looking to boot!"
Never heard of 'em
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 April 2015 16:50 (nine years ago) link
the City Paper best of reader picks are just social media lobbying contests at this point
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 9 April 2015 17:03 (nine years ago) link
I know that (there are ads I have seen saying vote for us in City Paper readers poll), just observing that I had never noticed this band's name in club listings and at the moment, can't be bothered to go see if they have a website that lists where they play or who they are.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 April 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
Most people have probably never heard of my critic pick public access show item for the best of issue either.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 April 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
http://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/802892/production_public/Artist/1451020/image/1420240654_TheMuddyCrows-12.jpg
If their wardrobe is any indication it's probably better that we haven't heard them.
― skip, Friday, 10 April 2015 00:32 (nine years ago) link
DC's Mumford & Sons it appears.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 11 April 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
http://www.arlnow.com/2015/04/10/can-a-tech-startup-save-artisphere/
We'll have to wait and see
I'm out of touch. Barely recognized any of the names of bands who were at that Damaged City hardcore thang at St Stephens and elsewhere.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 April 2015 13:11 (nine years ago) link
And the ones I do know, I keep waiting to see if they will eventually get more crossover attention , but it never seems to happen
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 April 2015 13:13 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2015/04/16/go-going-the-distance-how-go-go-is-finding-its-place-in-the-digital-age/
Natalie Hopkinson, go-go book author talking with Nico of go-go radio live. Some interesting stuff.
No mention of Go-go Radio Live's competitor for online attention--Take Me Out to the Go-go or of WKYS Mon to Thurs 9:30pm to 9:55 pm or so go-go programming
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 April 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
Finally saw Priests live tonight. Lived up to the hype.
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Friday, 17 April 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2015/04/clara_barton_sessions.php
Description of this project sounds interesting
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 April 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2015/04/17/michelle-blackwell-looks-back-on-15-years-as-go-gos-leading-lady/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 April 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
one more thing from CP
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2015/04/20/record-your-own-music-and-eat-a-sandwich-at-songbyrd-record-cafe-now-open-in-adams-morgan/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 April 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
Gonna see Little Margie from old-school dc soulful girlgroup the Jewels tonight from 6 to 9 pm at Westminster Church in SW DC. Then might see reunited '60s psych rock band Godz at Galaxy Hut later
― curmudgeon, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
i think an ilxor wrote this about a band my friend is in:http: noisey.vice.com/blog/beauty-pill-describes-things-as-they-are-interview-profile-2015
― Heez, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 02:54 (nine years ago) link
They have 3 Artisphere gigs coming up --Thursday through Saturday nights.
Unreleated:
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogs/capitalcomment/sports/did-the-nationals-dump-chuck-brown.php
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 03:46 (nine years ago) link
When a band gets stamped with the label “DIY,” that usually means it’s got independently released music on Bandcamp and a string of house shows under its belt. In other words, DIY could describe a lot of bands that are just starting out. “It seems like a useless word to me because if you’re doing a band, aren’t you already doing it yourself?” says D.C. punk vocalist Katie Alice Greer, 26. “It’s a word that has totally lost its meaning, except that it’s a marketing term. It’s marketable to people.”
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/even-after-its-10th-release-d-c-punk-label-sister-polygon-is-still-stoked/
versus
Live, it’s clear that the North Country is a product of D.C.’s DIY scene; the band mixes up styles and tempos on the fly, radiating the explosive enthusiasm that’s become a pillar of house shows at spots like Paperhaus and Bathtub Republic, the band’s home base.
guy is talking about a dc folk-rock band in this dc alt-weekly article
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 April 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
National Park Service is forcing the Smithsonian Folklife Fest to be drastically cut back, as has been previously discussed. While the NPS is installing expensive, special grass on the mall with underground irrigation, this year's Folklife Fest will just have one theme, Peru, and take place near the Museum of the American Indian. There will be only 1 stage, and performances will only take place in the evenings, with no daily shows (gotta protect that grass ).
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 April 2015 15:29 (nine years ago) link
so the gf has been in dc for a contract, staying at some woman's airbnb but the woman is kinda terrible and we're looking to have her relocate
anyone know of any good places to live for exactly 2 months?
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 April 2015 15:33 (nine years ago) link
Maybe Hoos does?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 April 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
Oh, the Folklife Fest will have daily shows, they just will be on a small stage in an area near the Museum of the American Indian, but not on the main part of the mall.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 April 2015 00:35 (nine years ago) link
― iatee, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 3:33 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i can ask around a few of the places i can think of but be forewarned its mostly hippie houses
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 30 April 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
After the Funk parade, DC's Eastern High and Brooklyn's Royal Knights marching bands and dancers engaged in a drumline/dancers/horn players battle of the bands on 12th st just above U St.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sFXSlPspI
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 3 May 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kUZeZxahg8 check out the vieo at the 2 min 47 sec part till near the end. I also saw Junkyard Band earlier, and later soulman Lee Fields before a tiny crowd at the Howard
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 3 May 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
RIP Derek House Colquitt, bassist of the Junkyard Band who just died Sunday afternoon in a motorcycle accident
― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 May 2015 04:29 (nine years ago) link
thx hoos..we actually ended up finding a place in foggy bottom
dc is cool I like dc
― iatee, Monday, 4 May 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
are you around much? we should kick it
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 4 May 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
An obit with quotes from family and friends
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/junkyard-band-loses-bassist-derek-colquitt-in-motorcycle-crash/2015/05/04/465564f0-f272-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 May 2015 12:32 (nine years ago) link