Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

Meanwhile, I've been going to to the experimental media workshop series events at Artisphere, where I met govern yourself accordingly!

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i am jealous that yall are doing these! they look so rad

They mentioned that they're planning on doing a bunch more this fall, presumably free again. I'm not sure what the subject matter will be, of course, but I'm already reasonably pumped!

How was the Hirshhorn thang? I skipped it and went to Cynthia Connolly's photo exhibit and then out to the Crossroads for soca and dancehall dj sounds. Cynthia's nice photos just take up one wall. The dj'ing was uneven with some sloppy mixing.

the Song 1 live thing at the Hirshhorn was pretty great, but quite short - each act only did 5-10 minutes. But it was set up to flow seamlessly between acts and it worked really well. I dunno, I probably wouldn't have gone if I'd known the live portion was so brief.

The Mal*tz review in the W. Post said it was a 45 minute long thang (for $25 plus service charge)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/song-1-a-happening-at-the-hirshhorn/2012/05/13/gIQAXheFNU_story.html

this upcoming May 19 Comet Ping Pong gig looks fun (Dc resident Kid was once in the Gun Club and the Cramps):

The Kid Congo Powers Hour
The notorious Kid Congo Powers leads a band of wayward DC rebels (Mark Cisneros, Tom Bunnell & Brendan Canty) through a garage funk dance party. The Kid Congo Powers hour are doing all cover versions of 60's and 70's garage rock dance numbers. You bring the dancing shoes, we'll bring the party..

(as does the one the night before with the Iranian moved to Brooklyn power pop group Yellow Dogs):

So Chuck Brown has a bad case of pneumonia. He's been in the hospital for awhile now.

r.i.p.

gutted

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2012/05/16/d-c-reacts-to-chuck-browns-death/

Big newsprint drawing of Chuck Brown on the front of this morning's Washington Post Style section, plus a front page item.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/05/23/chuck-browns-funeral-may-be-next-week/#more-72706

B.B. King at the Howard Theatre Nov. 24-25 ($150).

$$$$

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/05/24/chuck-browns-public-viewing-memorial-set-for-next-week/

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/05/29/photos-chuck-browns-viewing/

A friend's started a weekly art show happy hour Thursdays at Mova with DJs after, I'm on this Thursday the 31st from 9-1.

It's free, 21+, at 2004 14th Street at W Street - FB event details at http://www.facebook.com/events/113664472105280/

Preview of the kinds of stuff I'll be playing (bmore + jrz club, tropical bass, uk funky, etc) at https://soundcloud.com/pushingit/the202atmova

nice

Busy with family stuff, I'm gonna have to miss Faux Marc; Afrobeat for ya Soul with DJ underdog at Boss; and Jon langford at Iota tonight. Not that I could do 'em all.

CP is liveblogging the Chuck Brown memorial service (that includes his band and gospel go-go and celebs and politicians) and it is streaming online and on DC public tv

Bossa not Boss

The Washington Post has video of the service too

and WPFW and WPGC are airing it on the radio

friends kingdom + bok bok playing u hall tonight, only thing i've been looking forward to in the area for a long while ; caught them at santos party house in nyc a couple of weeks ago and everything was still on point

Busy night also for decent old fart music--The Clean (80s era New Zealand guitar pop) with Times New Viking at RnR Hotel; plus:

Alvin Youngblood Hart (blues) at Jammin Java

Jimmy Cliff at the 930 Club (reggae

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Free entry before 10pm for 21+.

I guess I am not the only one out of the loop on bass/grime/garage club whatever, if folks can go for free on a Thursday night.

The Clean - worth seeing?

I guess I am not the only one out of the loop on bass/grime/garage club whatever, if folks can go for free on a Thursday night.

DC isn't into this in general yet, it's still very much stuck in a 90's stick-to-your-homogeneous-edm-genre state of mind

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I think so (have always somehow missed them and missed singer Kilgour solo with band tours), and I see that an ilxer who saw them the other night, posted on the Clean thread that he liked them. Like New Zealand's Chills and Verlaines, they have that jangly guitar-pop thing going, but with touches of punk and now apparently, Neu-style motorik krautrock.

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while it may be due to space reasons, I see that the CP club listings for tonight only list the 7 pm early show at Uhall.

it's in the online version

SO EXCITED for Kingdom/Bok Bok tonight - Kingdom's really one of my favorite DJs. Also $2 natty boh and $5 jameson all night!

How was UHall? I thought the Clean were great at RnR Hotel. Although I had forgotten till I got there how that can be a miserable place to see a band when its packed, as it was last night (unless you manage to get up front). The stage is not that high and the room is narrow, so if you're far back it can impossible to see. The sound was not mized that well either. In the crowd: various Slumberland musicians, a guy who used to book some shows at the old 930 way back when; a Pitchfork writer or 2 or 3...

yeah, definitely important to get up front at RNR.

I was sorta one of those rude folks. Once opener Times New Viking finished, I quickly followed my gf, who was following another woman in moving towards the front.

My Arlington tax dollars at work:

Live Music Performance by
BLUES LEGEND RITA CHIARELLI +
Award-Winning Documentary
MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE
Sun June 10 / 2pm / $10 / Dome Theatre

Myabe it will be a good show at Artisphere, but I have never heard of this Canadian singer or the film

uhall was great, not a huge crowd but the music was on point. mike q and vijuan allure came down for the show too

afghan whigs coming to the 930 on september 28th. presale tomorrow, general public on thursday. i am freaking out about this.

Grimes/Elite Gymnastics at U Hall in Sept. has got me jazzed.

Seeing Laura Marling tomorrow night. Looking forward to it.

Grimes/Elite Gymnastics at U Hal

Nice!

Bob Mould at 9:30 on September 8 as well, doing Copper Blue + "an additional set and encores mixing the new Silver Age material with Husker Du, Sugar and Mould solo classics"

that Grimes show is an early one and the late show that night is Classixx, looking forward to it. I'll be opening for Classixx and possibly spinning between bands earlier as well.

wow that's a night.

Hey Fauxmarc,

tribal guarachero(Mexican and African sounds mixed with cumbia basslines) crew 3Ball MTY from Mexico will be at the Sunday June 24 El Zol 107.9 fm Fest with Los Tigres de Norte (great norteno), Carlos y Alejandra, Plan B, Eddy Herrera, K-risma Band, Los Adolecentes
y mucho mas! At Montgomery Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut Street Gaithersburg, MD 20877
$15

yeah i saw that, i don't really get out into moco though and am trying to be in nyc for pride. 3 ball's also doing a remezcla party up in nyc at some point though if i recall

dc's 8th annual capital salsa congress is this weekend, looks like i'll be performing saturday night with the clavekazi student team

new swing sextet will be live during the social dancing

http://www.capitalcongress.com

I was trying to bump this thread last night to see if anyone else was at the Grass Widow show, but couldn't find it on Zing. :-/

I don't remember being wowed by Grass Widow when I saw 'em open for the Raincoats, but everyone else seems to like them. Are Priests, who were one of the opening acts, as great a DC punk band as folks are saying?

what's Zing

Is it a search engine that is even worse than "Bing"?

City Paper says:

Fort Reno's first night is Monday, June 18, and Teen Mom is headlining, joined by Alarms & Controls and Upforth. Music runs 7 to 9:30 p.m. No glass bottles, y'all.

About the bands: My colleagues and I have praised Teen Mom's pastoral, melanchonly jangle pop. The well-pedigreed Alarms & Controls plays mathy, austere punk, and features members of Crownhate Ruin and Circus Lupus. And Upforth is a teenage progressive metal band featuring one member of recent WCP cover heroes The Black Sparks.

Are Priests, who were one of the opening acts, as great a DC punk band as folks are saying?

This is all I can find on them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aA7LWWZdDA

Priests had their moments, but they desperately need a bass player. The singer occasionally straps on a bass and plays a bit, but she doesn't have the skillz quite yet, especially when she's singing at the same time. as a result a lot of the songs have no bass, which is fine, except that the guitar player isn't all that great either and can't fill up the space with enough interesting stuff. the drummer actually sang on one song and was pretty great, kind of in a yelpy sing-song way which would've gotten old over a full set, but a nice break nonetheless.

what's Zing

Zing is the ILX app for iPhone.