Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEzS7Fh3BtY

In one of my elementary school class photos, I’m wearing a Commander Salamander sweatshirt (my mom bought it for me)

https://medium.com/seventhirty-dc/house-venues-seem-to-be-closing-can-we-be-sure-theyll-come-back-4831443c366d

gentrification not good.

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21107622/the-year-in-dc-arts

The year in go-go included here

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21107896/rosetta-thompson-19392019

The Queen of Gospel quartet promoters RIP

Wammies are back again, and seem as flawed as last year.

Other news—

New Sir E.U album release on February 4 @ Songbyrd; new Nag Champa Art Ensemble on February 6 @ Phillips Collection Museum after 5 event

This night w veteran DC rock folks sold out fast as it’s in tiny Rhizome: Saturday 2-8-Joe Lally (w/ Anthony Pirog, Jerry Busher), POA (w/ Shawn Brown, Dug Birdzell, Jerry Busher), Bed Maker (Amanda Mackaye, Jeff Barsky & 2 others)

I forgot you gotta move quick & buy in advance for some things: Phillips After 5 w/ Nag Champa Art Ensemble sold out tonight; Rhizome sold out Saturday

Probably early to mention it, but caribou in March and AJJ/Xiu Xiu in May!

Lloyd Pinchback, sax player w/ Chuck Brown’s Soul Searchers from 1968 to 1978, member of Proper Utensils, composer of much sampled Soul Searchers song “Ashley’s Roachclip,” author of book about his 1968 to 78 years with Soul Searchers, & Library of Congress music specialist has passed on. RIP

Performed last night. Died later after a fall.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/its-official-go-go-music-signed-into-law-as-the-designated-music-of-dc/2020/02/19/42a4ef62-52a1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html

Also, Lloyd Pinchback memorial service Saturday 11 am in Glenarden

Here’s my obituary for Lloyd. I went to the beautiful and sad 2 hours plus memorial service. Proper Utensils and others performed.

Later that day saw Present Tense current punk band photo exhibit by F Skeiky. Then Coriky at St Stephens , and final band of Latin flash band night at Pearl Street Warehouse. Groups put together by folks from 7 Drum City

https://thedcline.org/2020/02/22/the-cowbell-king-memorial-service-saturday-to-celebrate-the-life-of-lloyd-pinchback-who-played-with-chuck-brown/

I wrote a City Paper preview for bounce beat band TOB ‘s 20th anniversary gig at Echostage that was Sunday night

Go-go town hall at 7 tonight at Kennedy Center Reach

RIP Sam the Man Burns , DC afro-house & more dj since 1978. Unexpected I think. He was about 60. There’s a nice old 1998 City Paper article about him by Holly Bass

DC government now recommending but not ordering all events to be attended by 1,000 or more to be postponed or cancelled, due to virus concerns.

930 Club has added disinfectant sprays, and is cleaning bathrooms more, per an email I read.

70 something Ethiopian pianist Girma Beyene who was scheduled to come here 3-20, is cancelling US tour

930 Club has added disinfectant sprays, and is cleaning bathrooms more

Things they could have considered doing in 1992 (sardonic chuckle)

Ha. But now they’re postponing all shows at their various locations till April 1.

Black Cat still open. Will re-evaluate over the weekend

Bliss staying open in DC. I thought it holds more than 250. Is that just a recommendation from the mayor?

Oops I mean a 1000

New rules for licensed DC nightclubs today. Will have to shut down. But if licensed as a tavern or bar , can stay open with new rules re serving beer. Folks must sit at tables with no buying of beer at bar. Tables must be set a distance apart from one another!

Listen Local DC is hoping Mayor & city council can make $ available to help musicians

But mayor says no.

Rare Essence is latest DC go-go band to advertise a Facebook and Instagram live video stream . RE is doing one Saturday night

RIP DC soul singer Skip Mahoney (originally Mahoaney) who had an amazing falsetto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GFnawFYOUc

Watched Junkyard Band stream on Facebook that drew 7,000 views at one point, and then Rare Essence that got 16,000 views!

Watched Junkyard Band stream on Facebook that drew 7,000 views at one point, and then Rare Essence that got 16,000 views!

Watched Junkyard Band stream on Facebook that drew 7,000 views at one point, and then Rare Essence that got 16,000 views!

Have since heard other go-go bands and djs

Backyard Band streaming again. On Fri. March 27. Also saying they will be back live in May at Echostage

Funk Parade cancelled. Seeing go fund Mes for Black Cat employees, imp 930 ones, DC legendary musicians old folks, Tropicalia...

DC govt has a new form that independent contractors and non profits can use to apply for $

Watched Backyard Band stream Friday. Missed Suttle one last night and Bad Moves last week.

Lots of go fund me’s — for 930/imp, black cat , and Bossa bistro employees

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/after-25-million-stimulus-stunned-nso-players-receive-one-week-notice-from-kennedy-center/2020/03/28/9c27603e-7118-11ea-aa80-c2470c6b2034_story.html

There’s a followup W Post article about more layoffs and the decision to preserve their capital ( probably the nearly 100 million endowment ) rather than to dip into that to pay people

Cissa Paz dc based Brazilian music singer Facebook stream Thursday April 2 at 8 pm

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21125759/city-lights-revisit-the-fort-reno-ice-cream-eater-and-read-rian-johnsons-screenplays

There’s more to the story of Fugazi and the ice cream eater at Fort Reno

RIP Skip Mahoaney, DC soul singer I saw at Carter Barron and elsewhere. They just had a small family only service for Skip.

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21126662/city-lights-the-songs-of-a-soul-legend-or-rare-reads-from-capitol-hill-books

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21127932/city-lights-spend-friday-with-sir-eu-or-peruse-the-exhibition-presidential-pastime

Unorthodox dc rapper Sir E. U is releasing new videos every Friday during the pandemic. More details in link

listened to two people from Bad Moves and then Pallindrome and later Janel & Anthony on the Comet P Instagram live thing. I missed Luke Stewart. Nappy Nappa is supposed to be on now. But Comet live IG link is gone

Saw some of Sir E.U 's industrial rap

https://youtu.be/z2EtH68YR-8

7 minute video that's an introduction to Beat Ya Feet dancing and its relationship to dc go-go

There’s a Backyard Band online thing Friday. ...Rhizome has been doing some and now Mr Henry’s on Capitol Hill.

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21134670/city-lights-hear-a-new-chapter-in-october-71s-mob-tale-or-join-dj-kool-on-gogoradio-live

Me re new October’71 psych rock hiphop album. They’ve led by Rob Stokes, best known as rapper Sir E.U’s drummer. The other short article by Alona is about DJ Kool doing 2 throwback sessions Sunday & Monday nights at 8 on Gogo Radio Live

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/arts/music/emo-songs-washington-playlist.html

Onetime DC area resident Joe Gross who has lived in Austin for a long time writes here about late 80s and 90s DC punk bands and gives 'em a song a piece. He's got obscure Annapolis bands here and more --Happy Go Licky, Fire Party, Fugazi , Nation Of Ulysses, Shudder to Think (I was not a fan of the singer's operatic/prog metal vocals) and more

https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2020/05/29/864470936/stream-over-100-shows-from-the-9-30-club

Those are from the club's current location, not it's original F street one but still some good stuff.

unrelated--

Wednesday June 3 12 noon Facebook live with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Natalie Hopkinson talking about Coates article from 20 years ago-- Dropping the Bomb an Oral History of go-go

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ta-nehisi-coates-drops-the-bomb-on-go-go-20-years-later-tickets-106128134106

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13019207/dropping-the-bomb

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/21135953/city-lights-join-tanehisi-coates-and-natalie-hopkinson-for-a-discussion-of-gogo-history

12 noon today

above conversation was archived on facebook and will be available from DC public library go-go archive

Lots of folks protesting in DC Black Lives Matter protests got to hear TOB, Suttle, and a dj play bouncebeat go-go and or classic go-go from the back of a big truck that drove through town. Lots of video clips on twitter. A mobile Moechella put together by Yaddiya

https://wtop.com/dc/2020/06/bills-keep-piling-up-dc-area-nightclubs-ask-for-help-as-they-await-reopening/

Juneteenth Million Moe March coming

Paul Glenshaw (based in the Washington D.C. area) and Darroch Greer (based in Santa Barbara) created The Seven Tones Project

Musicians are invited to make home recordings of themselves playing Duke Ellington and/or Billy Strayhorn compositions. Then independent filmmakers select a recording as the basis for short homemade films. The films are posted on social media with links back to the contributing artists.

The project is taking off. Nearly 150 artists have pledged to contribute or have already contributed. Thirteen films have been completed, and 10 more are in production. Over 30 recordings are in the pool for filmmakers. The Smithsonian Associates and other education organizations have helped promote the project, and several Washington D.C. media outlets have reported on it. The Washington Post will publish a story this week.

https://afropop.org/articles/the-seven-tones-project-calling-musicians-and-filmmakers-to-create-beauty-inspired-by-duke-ellington