Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

Anybody with more bucks than me want to help buy the Washington City Paper?

I hear newspapers are a great investment these days

(Like journalism degrees)

I thought for sure there were bored millionaires reading ilx who will take me up on this offer and institute new exciting ways to get readers for the paper and for its articles online as well, and will obtain more advertisers...

Meanwhile, Md r'n'b singer Brent Faiyaz after singing the hook on rapper Goldlink's "Crew" has apparently moved to Los Angeles at some point and released a solo album

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/3kvnzn/brent-faiyazs-randb-has-rough-edges-sonder-interview

Meanwhile another DC singer has 2 jobs

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/dc-immigration-lawyer-uses-jazz-as-an-escape/483531698

Loida Jorge

Heard that the not sold out War on Drugs gig at the Anthem didn't end till 11:15 making it tough for some folks to get Metro

LCD ended right after 11. There was just barely enough time. Metro closing at 11:30 is a pain.

Chris Richards' fave new rock band --Ulta Beauty is playing Friday at Slash Run

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/ulta-beauty-is-the-coolest-newest-cool-new-band-in-town/2017/10/31/18423e4e-b8d6-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.0ed715c0f50c

https://assets.dnainfo.com/message.html

Dcist, Gothamist, etc CEO shuts 'em down (reportedly a week after one of 'em voted to unionize their tiny staff)

NY Times article has more details. Sriram G*pal and Chris Kelly wrote some good stuff there. Pat Padua too. Owner is/was Ricketts, the guy who runs the Chicago Cubs and contributed to campaign of the current Prez.

No notice given. 115 people nationwide lost their jobs

https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/11/03/aaron-myers-dcist-dcistnow-launching-monday/

Local jazz musician Aaron Myers is trying to restart dcist.

Baltimore Beat, new publication/website owned by Washington Blade owner, to start soon

https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/11/02/baltimore-beat-new-alt-weekly/

Yesterday that new dcistnow twitter account was just retweeting Washington Post articles and stuff.

I don't think that dcistnow twitter has tweeted about the below:

That go-go "Blend" show on Thurs. 11-9 10pm to 4 am at Echostage sounds cool. Rare Essence and Backyard Band playing together onstage; openers Junkyard Band and UCB will also be playing together.

So much always going on-- in addition to the Go-go Blend gig tonight, there's Marc Anthony at Eaglebank, Peru Ubu at Hill Center (!) , Morris Day and the Time at the Birchmere, plus more stuff I am sure.

This upcoming Fr. 11-17 book reading hasn't gotten much attention--

* Jenn Pelly will be talking about her 33 1/3 book on the band The Raincoats — in conversation with Katie Alice Greer of Priests at 8pm in The Den at Politics & Prose, Conn. Ave NW

https://technical.ly/dc/2017/11/15/aaron-myers-closes-dcistnow-amid-trademark-spat-launches-thedistrictnow/

https://thedistrictnow.com/index.php/stories/arts/233-this-week-in-jazz-1

https://www.arlnow.com/2017/11/16/spaces-co-working-space-now-open-in-former-artisphere-in-rosslyn/

Artisphere is now offices (albeit trendy marketed open space offices for small businesses and such)

http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2009/02/19/from-the-desk-of-tommy-keene-led-zeppelin-laurel-race-track-1969/

RIp power pop guitarist Tommy Keene, who I first saw in the Razz. Took me awhile to appreciate his solo efforts but eventually I did.

As a 10 year old Tommy used to go see rock shows with his older brothers. The link is about that

The Washington Post previews of acts coming to DC used to be written by a handful of different freelancers. But now it’s just 2 such freelancers

Washington Post Weekend section

So corrupt Armstrong Williams has expressed interest in buying Washington City Paper (per Mother Jones article back in November and Wash. Post today). Ugh. Rumors of others with interest in doing so, as well.

Janele Lepin with Luke Stewart, Joe Lally and more opening for Priests the other night sounded good via Instagram. I was at a marathon classic gospel show out in Landover, MD. marveling over the amount of stunning voices and energy.

http://www.wearegogomusic.com/nominees.html

Washington Post's Ben Terris tweets that conservative Armstrong Williams has taken himself out of the running to buy the Washington City Paper. Owner Southcomm has vowed to sell the publication/website by year's end. No further official word on possible buyers, or whether Southcomm might just close it down on 12-31

Some nice videos and pics on Instagram from Donnell Floyd and Team Familiar of their trip to Nigeria

curmudgeon, do u twitter?

yep, a little

man slash run seems like a place i could have comfortably spent my entire 20s, where was it in my drinkin days

slash run is in my hood

guys i dj at uproar on saturday nights, come say hi. except this week it's friday. say "i'm (screenname) from ilx" and i'll totally play beyonce for u!

Map, you can find my tweets if you do a search for top tweets in 2016 about southern soul band Hardway Connection and don't count Gerard

uhh i'm already following you, i have a terrible memory, thanks again though!

We should do coffee fap

here 4 it

We should do coffee fap

― El Tomboto, Tuesday, December 12, 2017 7:28 PM (fourteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I'd be up for this.

location first. is the la colombe on florida ave a reasonable spot?

aaand just like that i'm out. it was fun living in you, d.c.! p.s. la colombe is good.

farewell Map...

where to next, map?

Sunday morning at 11 am for free--

*Curtis Mayfield tribute with Professor Aaron Cohen and DJ Jahsonic at 11 am at the National Gallery of Art East wing Theatre for free followed by movie Urban Soul at 1:30pm

https://www.nga.gov/calendar/lectures/lectures-signings/curtis-mayfield-tribute.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/rapper-fat-trel-makes-his-triumphant-return-to-washington-at-u-street-music-hall/2017/12/15/3375eabe-e19c-11e7-b2e9-8c636f076c76_story.html?utm_campaign=c1afd6358e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_20&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Editorial%20and%20Events&utm_term=.63399bace32d

Oh that Fat Trel

WAMA and the Wammie DC music awards are no more. I was always critical because they ignored DC punk, soul-blues and locally based international artists. Per Wikepedia (!) the organization dissolved in September and shut down their website. Earlier in the year they postponed their feb. scheduled awards event, but never rescheduled it.

What about Friday, Jan 12?

― El Tomboto, Friday, December 15, 2017 8:48 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Works for me.

― I, Fanbrat (j.lu)

possible coffee fap...

aw yea

Washington City Paper is being bought by Dem philanthropist and Washington Kastles tennis team owner Mark Ein

With purchase of @WCP by @Markein staff will NOT take pay cuts. @jaketapper will be part of advisory group as will former DC Mayor Tony Williams pic.twitter.com/pUVE1bAQjO

— Mark Segraves (@SegravesNBC4) December 22, 2017

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/columns/article/20986837/long-live-city-paper

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/blog/20987092/the-year-in-music-2017

Some City Paper writers (but not me) list their fave rap, jazz, avante, metal, punk records by DC musicians in 2017

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2017-was-the-greatest-year-in-dmv-rap-history-these-25-songs-prove-it/2017/12/21/ffeb2a00-e43f-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html?utm_term=.ba69f4e0d197

Chris Richards fave 25 DC rap songs

No new albums of original DC go-go in 2017; no new Hardway Connection dmv southern soul album; and no new Elikeh dmv Afropop album, but these folks kept busy live. Jim Bennett quietly released a southern soul effort and Chopteeth an Afropop one.

Saw on Facebook that go-go dj and manager Terrance Coop Cooper has cancelled the Go-go awards mentioned upthread because the online radio station he was working at, Gogo Radio Live gave him some grief about it.

Someone else is doing a go-go panel Monday

DC go-go panel Monday the 8th 6:30 to 8:30 at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center, 2730 MLK Ave. SE w/ Big G, Go-go Mickey, Big Tony, Lil Chris (TOB), Natalie Hopkinson, Ron Moten

http://tmottradio.com/band-tour/gogopanel-jan8/

Go-go panel is rescheduled for the 15th at 4 pm I think.

What about Friday, Jan 12?

― El Tomboto, Friday, December 15, 2017 8:48 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Works for me.

― I, Fanbrat (j.lu)

possible coffee fap...

I am going to see Jupiter and Okwess, a Congolese band making their first DC appearance from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, but could possibly drop by after

I can't do tomorrow anyway, too behind at work.