Me and the Mrs. saw "Wind Me Up Maria" Saturday night.
Nice shoutouts to Chuck Brown and the greatness of go-go, but sub-plot re 22 year-old UPS guy and naive 17 year-old guy; and the other plot re macho promoter and his stolen wallet were not effective. The show was sold out and has received lots of press attention, but it needs some big rewrites.
Good music & acting but some flawed, awkward story lines (plus males leads were all too creepy). It's there through next weekend
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 November 2016 04:07 (seven years ago) link
http://www.tmottgogo.com/rest-in-musical-harmony-go-go-legend-ivan-goff/
Another death. EU keyboardist, arranger and producer Ivan Goff
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 November 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
Sadly, various folks who promote gigs at C*met P*ng P*ng or whose bands have performed there, are getting hate mail and anti-Semitic tweets and more from the right-wing extremists pushing a conspiracy theory about the owner of that pizza place.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
woah. curmudgeon, what's your take on the city after the election? have any thoughts about how it's affecting the job market? i'm moving to your fair city in a few weeks. gonna be looking for work as a librarian/archivist.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
A federal government job hiring freeze that the president-elect wants (and that sort of exists now) won't help you, but there are still city government jobs, jobs with non-profits, lobbyists who work with Dems, big law firms, suburban area jobs, etc.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:54 (seven years ago) link
ty
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Thursday, 17 November 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
Good luck. As in Bush years, will just have to ignore or use free speech to oppose those in power. Not expecting any of them to care about local DC, or the music and arts that we post about here.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:02 (seven years ago) link
What a sad year. RIP 83-year old Diz Russell, last surviving singer of Sonny Til & the Orioles, died in Md. He wonderfully warbled r'n'b, and was a musical pioneer in late 1940s, early 1950s. I saw him sing a handful of times in recent decades, most recently at Mr Henry's in DC this year.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 November 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
Alona W obit for EU's Ivan Goss
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/blog/20844265/experience-unlimited-keyboardist-and-gogo-legend-ivan-goff-has-died
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 November 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/blog/20845197/legendary-orioles-vocalist-diz-russell-has-died
Doo-wop/r'n'b singer with the Regals, the Orioles (led by Sonny Til), and the Legendary Orioles. He also owned optical stores, record and book stores in DC
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 November 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
The uh gospel Marxist socialist situationist Make-up who had previously reunited circa 2012-2013, are doing so again in 2017 at the capitalist music fest Primavera in Barcelona.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 December 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
I'm being tongue in cheek there. Ever since I read that article suggesting that some punk bands don't want to play corporate fests (or just corporate fests alone as compared to punk only ones in DC or Baltimore) and based on the "Marxist" spiels from Ian S of the Make-up, I just figured it was worth mentioning this. The Priests are also gonna be there. Hope they both get a good payday out of it.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 December 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
So Flasher are heavily influenced by postpunk music from around 1982; around 34 years ago. So if a 1982 postpunk band had been influenced by music from 34 years earlier it would have listening to sounds from 1948.
Which might have sounded cool. Blues and rockin r'n'b did exist then.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Kids get off of my lawn....
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Area-Marching-Bands-Opt-to-Sit-Out-Trumps-Inaugural-Parade-406387625.html
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
Yes! No surprise they are getting some grief for this in the comments.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/clarendon-ballroom-gets-threats-after-refusing-to-host-trump-deploraball/2016/12/15/d2c956e6-3d30-4a1b-b6bc-0a4ae744325f_story.html?utm_term=.db14c6b1f643&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 December 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
lol okay 500 tickets already sold and no venue, 30 days out. good luck, fuckers
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Sunday, 18 December 2016 04:45 (seven years ago) link
They'll probably have to do it at Breitbart's place
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 18 December 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
http://awards.xclusivegogo.net/
2016 go-go bouncebeat awards poll ballot
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 05:10 (seven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/article/20847560/the-year-in-music-2016
separate links included for jazz, metal, go-go, punk, danceclub/electronic, weird/experimental, hiphop
alas no old-school dc soul or southern soul (Hardway Connection; Young Senators Reloaded) and nothing from various immigrants like Ethiopians or elsewhere (Maracuyeah does get a mention under danceclub)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 23 December 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
Finally saw Granny & the Boys at Showtime Lounge. Not bad (actually quite good), but still not Hardway Connection at Lamont's either.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Long before Granny and The Boys began playing soul songs at Showtime, Eddie Jones and The Young Bucks delivered their own idiosyncratic take on rhythm and blues 52 weeks a year at now departed clubs like Eugertha’s, Faces, and Gwen’s Majestic. Jones has been playing guitar and singing with various versions of the Bucks since the late 1960s, in addition to performing gospel pieces with a number of different ensembles and working as an occasional sideman for Bobby Womack and Peaches & Herb. Jones and the Bucks now play together infrequently, except for their annual January gig at Westminster Church. There, Jones frequently tells tales of old-school Washington and brings on his siblings as guests to hit the high notes and harmonize with him. ... Eddie Jones and The Young Bucks perform at 6 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 400 I St. SW. tonight Monday January 9
― curmudgeon, Monday, 9 January 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
RE wowed 'em in NY at Globalfest. Videoclip I saw sounded great. Pareles liked them in the NY Times too.
Fader and others are all about DC rapper Shy Glizzy changing his name to Jefe. New tunes out too.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 16:00 (seven years ago) link
Eddie Jones and special guests were great doing the old-school soul at Westminster Monday. I can never convince soul record collecting geeks to go there because to them it won't sound exactly like 1965 does on their hi-fis (plus no vinyl scratchiness). Whatever, their loss.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 16:03 (seven years ago) link
http://www.btrtoday.com/listen/spotlightonthecity/week-of-011017-2/
So this DC music playlist has Paperhaus, Anthony Pirog, Cigarette and other mostly current dc rockers. Plus old-school DC outsider wacky rockers Butch Willis and Jonny Cohen. No go-go, rap, r'n'b, club, south of the equator immigrant sounds though
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 12 January 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
The Howard U gospel chorus was so great on the ABC TV tribute to the Smithsonian National African American history and Culture museum, last night (recorded awhile back at Kennedy Center). Big Tony and some of Troublefunk did their best in their brief spotlight backing Dave Grohl on a go-go-ized take on "Crosstown Traffic."
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 January 2017 15:01 (seven years ago) link
HU! (chanted as if I was a Howard student)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 January 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/blog/20848948/a-gogo-symphony-not-as-crazy-as-it-sounds
Nice Alona W article on Go-go drumming great JuJu House creating compositions for the symphony-- tonight
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 January 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
Monday the 23rd--
6 pm to 9pm -3 sets $5 Little Margie Clark (from old-school DC girlgroup the Jewels that toured with James Brown) with veteran DC keyboardist Bobby Felder and band at Westminster Church in SW DC near Arena Stage
9pm at Galaxy Hut- Anna Connolly and band
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 January 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
Little Margie show was fun. Good band with her . Nice rendition of "Chain of Fools."
Anna C was folky but covered a Shellac song and had Joe Lally from Fugazi on bass.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 January 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
Oh, Don Zientara, longtime Dischord engineer, performed solo after Anna C.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 January 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
The Rhythmic Imagination inAfrican Music [Lecture]Thursday, January 26, 2017from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EST)Montpelier RoomJames Madison Building - 6th Floor101 Independence Ave SEWashington, DC 20540
Its free. A Princeton Professor from Nigeria is talking
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 January 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/music/blog/20849841/premiere-listen-to-the-spacedout-rap-of-nappynappas-new-balance
CP also has an interview/review rave of Priests re their new album that has various (mostly or all local) musical guests on it
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 January 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
Fader is writing about BYB cover of "Cranes in the Sky." Team Familiar was also covering this.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 January 2017 20:21 (seven years ago) link
https://medium.com/@marcuskdowling/priests-new-album-is-an-annoying-fast-casual-newdc-protest-album-8a253506c2fc#.ma0rvl1cy
For as much as I love love love Katie Alice Greer’s lead vocal evoking every bit of Siouxie and the Banshees, I’ve heard that song before, and my forebears used it to fight Ronald Reagan. Rushing to crown the same music that didn’t “defeat” Reganomics as protest music is too fast and casual a move in the face of the Orange World Order.
Marcus Do#ling review
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 January 2017 18:07 (seven years ago) link
On Twitter, White Ford Bronco singer Gretchen Gustafson says the band donated the money they made from the show—$5,000—to Planned Parenthood.
The 90s cover band's show being one for Congressional Republicans at that meeting in Philly
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 January 2017 18:29 (seven years ago) link
Wish I knew what time Kid Congo was reading. There's a book/literary fest--AWP Conference at the Convention Center today through Sunday I think; and this is in association with that. https://thirdmanrecords.com/news/third-man-books-at-the-awp-2017-conference-in-washington-d-c-021017
Friday, Feb 10 | 6pm - 2:30am
The Dew Drop Inn2801 8th Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20017HAPPY HOUR PRICES OF FOOD AND DRINKAdmission is FREE for DISCVRY
READERS:⟴ Ana Božičević, Kendra DeColo, Elisa Gabbert, Dan Hoy, erica lewis, Kid Congo Powers, Ciona Rouse, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Abraham Smith, Sampson Starkweather, Janaka Stucky
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 February 2017 19:13 (seven years ago) link
Missed that.
But last Sunday I saw the Valentines Soul Jam at DAR Constitution Hall with the Stylistics, Dramatics, Harold Melvin's Blues nOtes, the Intruders and Cuba Gooding Sr. A fun time (even if the groups no longer have all the original members from the early 70s). Stylistics had the best falsetto, harmonies and dance moves. Blue Notes and Intruders were good too. Around 2,000 people there.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 February 2017 12:38 (seven years ago) link
RIP from cancer Spyda the DJ, a DC Caribbean music spinner
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:29 (seven years ago) link
Guess I should listen to that Priests album again (which does sound better than their earlier stuff), but a local Ethiopian group I saw on Facebook live, seemed more innovative an exciting to me. Maybe its just me. I dunno-- I heard Siouxsie & the Banshees the first time around.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
http://dc.curbed.com/2017/2/16/14637974/clarendon-iota-club
Iota in Arlington may get knocked down
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
So many random old and young DC rappers getting bits of quick crossover media attention.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 February 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Wow, Amanda asking for Fort Reno donations early (on Fort Reno.com website), instead of last minute like usual--
February 13, 2017
Happy New Year everyone,
As I keep my hopes up for lots of work cancelling snow falling in the coming weeks, my thoughts turn to preparation for summer concerts.
The 2016 season went very well by all accounts. However, when all was said and done, we didn’t raise the funds we hoped we would.
To put on eight shows this summer we will need at least $6000 to cover expenses and retain a small seed for next year. We are exploring our fundraising opportunities but in the mean time, I am asking now for folks to give what they can to support the concert series.
2017 is the 49th year of free music in Fort Reno Park, help us get to 50 (and beyond)! We have 100 days to raise the needed funds. In other terms that is: $60/day - 6 people giving $10/day.
Through our fiscal sponsor, The Washington Peace Center, all donations are tax deductible. Please use their PayPal for credit/debit transactions. If you prefer to write a check, make it payable to The Washington Peace Center and put “Fort Reno Concert Series” in the memo. Mail the check to:
The Washington Peace Center 1525 Newton Street NW Washington, DC 20010
I am very grateful for all the support for 2016, look forward to seeing everyone in July.
Sincerely,Amanda
― curmudgeon, Friday, 24 February 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/dc/men-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-dc-rapper-swipey/415554458
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
Sunday I went to the District of Dance, hand-dancing and soul music event at Anacostia High which had a panel discussion, 4 bands and a dj. Plus free food.
Monday night I went to the Gogo as DC History panel at MLK Library.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 05:21 (seven years ago) link
Interesting q from audience member at end of go-go panel re how DC 12 year olds are listening to DC rapper Shy Glizyy and other rap but not go-go. Audience member suggested go-go acts need to figure out how to adapt that into their sound, while Andre of RE blamed radio for ignoring them most of the time, and industry for not embracing them.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 16:59 (seven years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/structural-issues-force-closure-of-carter-barron-stage/2017/03/01/94c1e82c-fec1-11e6-9b78-824ccab94435_story.html?utm_term=.820c57bcdbd5
At least one year, probably 5! To raise $620,000 to rebuild and reinforce Carter Barron stage which is a lot for the National Park Service apparently (but not much in the scope of federal govt budget)
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 March 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2017/03/there_wont_be_shows_at_carter_barro.php
They may have more shows at Fort Dupont as a result
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 2 March 2017 16:48 (seven years ago) link