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Rip Andrew White dc based , Hu grad saxophone player who transcribed Coltrane solos, played dc space, toured with Stevie Wonder . And wrote wild books

curmudgeon, Friday, 13 November 2020 04:34 (three years ago) link

RIP to a devoted jazz fan who also listened to Youssou N’Dour and other artists he discovered on his own or via me—my Dad who died suddenly Saturday November 21 after a heart attack at 90. Dad hung out at jazz clubs in NYC in the late 40s & 50s before moving down here with my Mom and family. We saw music together and talked about and I am so sad he’s gone.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=victor-kiviat&pid=197155285&fhid=2205

curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 November 2020 04:09 (three years ago) link

I’m really sorry, curmudgeon.

sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 26 November 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link

:(
my condolences

yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Thursday, 26 November 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link

Sounds like a cool dude, curm. Very sorry for you and your family

Heez, Thursday, 26 November 2020 13:07 (three years ago) link

Condolences, curmudgeon

gabbnebulous (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 November 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link

Thanks all of you

curmudgeon, Saturday, 28 November 2020 05:35 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owsImzOm0Wo

Crazy Legz & Noodlez , DC beat ya feet dancers doing their thangs and being interviewed in Ben’s Chili Bowl

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 December 2020 02:42 (three years ago) link

Doc about go-go and politics airs at 7 pm tonight. Free if you register - Go-go City is made by a guy has previously made political films from a liberal perspective and who played guitar as a hobby and began seeing EU at some point after moving to dc

https://dcist.com/story/20/12/01/documentary-gogo-music-black-lives-matter-gentrification-samuel-george-displacement-protest/

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link

two weeks pass...

I have now missed 2 zoom screenings of Go-go City. Maybe they’ll eventually just put it on YouTube or make it available for streaming.

On to a different music style- the hiphop jazz funk instrumental sounds of Aquatic Gardener aka Jamal Gray of Nag Champa Art Ensemble. His parents worked at WPFW and his late dad Jimmy Gray started the Black Fire label whose reissues were recently highlighted in The NY Times
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/504543/city-lights-listen-to-aquatic-gardeners-godspeed/

curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 December 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link

RIP Bobby Ferrando, at age 75, who owned Food for Thought vegetarian restaurant , hangout, and occasional music club. His son Dante owns Black Cat. Dante's grandfather once owned a NYC place called Black Cat.

Seeing elsewhere on Facebook & Instagram sad news that Bobby Ferrando who owned Food for Thought restaurant has passed at around age 75. Food for Thought at its original 1973 opened Connecticut Avenue NW location was a low-key not fancy vegetarian hangout with a bulletin board covered , pre-internet, with flyers for protests, music, and apartments wanted. It is where I first ate hummus. It had folk and blues gigs and in the 80s held some DC hardcore punk matinee gigs that I attended (it held more in the 90s and some jazz too). Around 1999 it moved into the Black Cat where it lasted until 2019 I think, owned by Bobby’s son Dante. The below slightly snide 1999 article refers to the location as The Hippies Last Stand. I never met or knew Bobby Ferrando, but I admired what he did. He’s gone too soon. My condolences to the family.

1999 article

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/02/02/the-hippies-last-stand/9a6d503d-62de-4996-8736-1b6097296e14/?fbclid=IwAR3zuQba9GEBLezSANNIQjTPbqUX4ctoJiiCRUOix3xoV0v-nGaVTrGLLy0

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/504543/city-lights-listen-to-aquatic-gardeners-godspeed/

emailing with Jamal Gray aka Aquatic Gardner for this little piece on his instrumental hiphop and more release was great. He gave me so much info on his listening habits -- Eno, Dilla, Soft Machine, and many more

His parents met at WPFW and his late dad Jimmy Gray founded the 1970s lbel Black Fire whose releases were recently reissued and hailed in the NY Times

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link

I also talked to rapper Lightshow for this little piece -

Here's part of it: Rapper Lightshow moved to Atlanta from D.C. two years ago, but his Instagram handle is still @lightshow10thpl—a reference to 10th Place SE, where he grew up—and his latest album, Heart Still in the Trenches, was recorded locally during the pandemic at Connected DC studio in Oxon Hill. The lyrics were inspired by life in the Congress Heights neighborhood where he grew up, he says. Lightshow says he even slept on his grandmother’s couch in Southeast during the period he was here recording. The album cover shows the Holiday Market convenience store on Wheeler Road SE where Lightshow sometimes bought snacks; it’s also marked by the shooting deaths that occurred outside it, including the murder of 15-year-old Somerset Prep student Maurice Scott in 2019. Lightshow says the cover documents both the pain of the murders and his fond memories of his neighborhood.

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/504927/city-lights-lightshow-heart-is-still-in-the-trenches/

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 04:59 (three years ago) link

This was the most challenging time I’ve ever had putting together a local year-end list and that’s because of how much amazing shit came out the Baltimore/DMV urrea in 2020. Presenting the top 60 tracks from the region this year. 🦀🙏🏿🏛. Art by @reemunknown pic.twitter.com/5QcEKwN4oU

— Lawrence Burney (@TrueLaurels) December 30, 2020

Baltimore & DC area rap and r'n'b top tracks list

curmudgeon, Sunday, 3 January 2021 02:11 (three years ago) link

Some blogger list of fave 2020 DC music that includes DC Ethiopian led band Kino Musica & a link to my article

http://worthwhiler.com/the-51-best-songs-to-come-out-of-the-51st-state-in-the-past-365-days/

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link

List has a Spotify playlist with it

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 January 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link

Re mob insurrectionists ease at getting into US Capitol building

It’s harder to get into an RE or Backyard Go-Go.

— Bobbie Westmoreland (@Miss_Bobbiedoll) January 7, 2021

curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 January 2021 05:34 (three years ago) link

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-queens-fight

Queen P , DC beat ya feet choreographer and dancer has cancer. There’s a go fund me to help her

https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-queens-fight

curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 January 2021 05:35 (three years ago) link

I think dancer Queen P may have moved to Atlanta.

In other news I think the deadline for DC venues to apply for the latest dc government financial aid program was yesterday. There’s still time to apply for US government one.

Moechella promoter and activist Yaddiya has released a mixtape where on one song he raps with Killa Cal, rapper in go-go band Rare Essence

I think the end of January is the deadline for Wammies nominations. I am not a fan of the organization and I bet lots of quality DC artists are not nominated.

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/506198/city-lights-royal-height-says-trump-aint-gotta-go-home-just-gotta-git-the-hell-up-outta-here/

I spoke with DC r’n’b singer Royal Height, nephew of late dc activist Dorothy Height about his latest political song that bluntly told Trump where to go

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link

So I decided to be nice and just submitted some last minute Wammies DC nominations. No one had nominated Hailu Mergia, Bacchae, Kino Musica, Shalom Dubas, Nappy Nappa, Sir Eu, Selamino, Royal Height , No Savage so I did.

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 05:27 (three years ago) link

Added some more. But may do an experiment next year and not nominate anyone.

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link

The @TheMusicianShip @wammiesdc finalists were announced. Carly Harvey is nominated for best blues artist, best folk artist, best pop artist, best soul song, best pop song . But Bad Moves, Coriky, Bartees Strange & numerous acclaimed rappers didn’t make the finals. ...It’s a dumb system where The Wammies DC pick for the finals whatever 7 nominations in each category get the most people to register & vote for them. So C. Harvey can get in countless categories & encourage votes .

During the last week of the Wammies DC nominations period, I made 23 nominations but didn’t vote. Congrats to Selamino, Kino Musica, Hailu Mergia, Bacchae album, Anthony Pirog-Pocket Poem album, that made the finals. Some of my nominations didn’t make it.

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link

Our interview w/ @HowardWuelfing is out now! Forced Exposure, Creem, Meltzer/Bangs, DC scene, integrity in PR. For perspective, dude played in Half Japanese & was reviewing Can records in '73! Available everywhere. @JimDeRogatis @ByronColey1 @robtned https://t.co/aXc3FnX6Jx

— Rock Writ (@rockwritpod) February 13, 2021

Howard Wuelfing was in Slickee Boys, Nurses, Underheaven, and did zines like Dcenes , Discords, and wrote also for Village Voice, Washington Post, & other zines

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link

https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/iconic-dc-jazz-club-blues-alley-looking-for-new-location/2574801/

Blues Alley , that has been in Georgetown since 1965, may have to move. 124 seat place often had high cover prices, plus food/drink minimum, but if you splurged you could often see a great show in that small place

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 05:59 (three years ago) link

https://www.facebook.com/events/good-hope/go-go-dc-official-music-celebration/272030267691207/

Celebrating go-go’s 1 year anniversary as DC official music with a 2 to 7 Friday online event with a panel plus Junkyard Band, Sirius Company, Ccb, big g, Weensey

curmudgeon, Friday, 19 February 2021 05:57 (three years ago) link

Mary Timony video stream filmed by Brendan Canty March 4 for here reissued album Mountains.

On her Bandcamp

curmudgeon, Friday, 19 February 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSnj-kY5Mcs

Awesome 1985 Junkyard Band in Georgetown footage. Wearing short shorts & playing actual junkyard paint buckets and such

curmudgeon, Sunday, 21 February 2021 02:00 (three years ago) link

Jeff Heavy Metal Parking Lot Krulik's latest film is not a music one, it's about suburbia in Bowie, Maryland and references racial covenants and civil rights protests, plus has some funny footage from a German company made in 1967

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bowie-maryland-documentaries/2021/02/16/686511b0-7072-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html

curmudgeon, Sunday, 21 February 2021 05:42 (three years ago) link

Wpfw radio turns 44 today

curmudgeon, Sunday, 28 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link

https://dcist.com/story/19/01/14/after-uproar-from-musicians-d-c-council-revisits-its-quest-to-limit-noise-in-the-city/

Here they go again, 3 DC Councilmembers introduce bill to limit amplified outdoor music ( upscale condo owners who have moved to entertainment zone areas like gallery place and 14th & U complaining)

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link

Mary Timony and band doing her Mountains solo album live is still available on Bandcamp till Friday March 5 at 9:30 pm et I think

The ABM bouncebeat go-go stream is on the long live go-go YouTube page

curmudgeon, Friday, 5 March 2021 05:34 (three years ago) link

my god i just stumbled into that "19th & M" video

Heez, Saturday, 6 March 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link

Pretty awesome footage of young Junkyard Band

curmudgeon, Saturday, 6 March 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link

Not exactly a music focused doc, but 17 Blocks covers 20 years in the life of a DC family starting in a sometimes rough hood 17 blocks from the US Capitol building
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/510215/city-lights-17-blocks-paints-d-c-life-over-20-years/

curmudgeon, Monday, 8 March 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link

More re Tales of Belair at Bowie md doc available for free on pbs website

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/510438/city-lights-tales-of-belair-at-bowie-takes-aim-at-60s-maryland-suburbia/

curmudgeon, Monday, 8 March 2021 13:13 (three years ago) link

https://www.capitalbop.com/dc-council-amplified-noise-bill/

New re amplified noise bill. Article up thread is 2019 Dcist one

curmudgeon, Monday, 8 March 2021 13:17 (three years ago) link

Sirius Company new song “She Ready “ has a bit of a bouncebeat flavor

curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:53 (three years ago) link

Sirius song has a TikTok dance contest going too.

Other new dc stuff - 93 years old gospel singer Spencer Taylor has an autobiography out ( co-written with 2 others). Spencer & the Highway QCs have a new single out too

curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:56 (three years ago) link

https://giftofdoubt.medium.com/eddies-blues-d3ae9820b5f1

Fascinating and a bit bittersweet story about the time in 1985 that DC punk scene kid with a guitar got approached by a guy named Eddie who asked if he wanted to jam. Eddie also said he had played with Funkadelic

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link

https://dcist.com/story/21/03/16/mobile-music-studio-artists-outlet-during-pandemic/

It’s a mobile DC studio

curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:49 (three years ago) link

WHUT public tv will also be showing the hand dance doc @ 1 am Tuesday morning & The Jewels , dc r’n’b group doc @ 1:30 ( dvr it or watch it then night owls)

curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link

"Leave the Door Open" a movie doc about when the teenaged Ertegun sons of the Turkish Ambassador (who later started Atlantic records) set up jazz jam sessions in their fancy Embassy residence (and at the DC JCC) despite DC being segregated, will show online to APril 8; & @ Arlington Cinema Drafthouse Sunday April 4 @ 4 pm | DC Independent Film Festival 2021

curmudgeon, Sunday, 4 April 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link

https://rettman.substack.com/p/interview-chris-thomson-pt-i?fbclid=IwAR0MrXgd8Pok1iIPfsCFc4TzbXYoE-gwAMtsBIJZFbPklugm-fAXhtHNdkc

Chris Thomson interview pt 1 re how he discovered punk, met Dischord band folks etc

curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 April 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link

https://www.pbs.org/video/fatboy-the-billy-stewart-doc-hvdpjt/

Billy Stewart doc

curmudgeon, Saturday, 10 April 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link

Make Go-go Forever Emancipation Day Friday April 16 stream w/ Backyard Band, Experience Band , & new Soul Searchers, on their social media.

curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 April 2021 12:36 (three years ago) link

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMexYLNDd/

Junebug came to dc and did some bouncebeat gogo TikTok dances

curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link


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