I went to the William Parker thing! It was rad. Baraka was fire.
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 28 February 2011 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool. I've read Baraka but never seen him talk.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd always kinda had the sense that Parker was an eccentric, but the show drove that home more than ever. He stood in back behind the band for the whole set and the trumpeter did all the talking. The band was really animated (got lots of laughs when the three male horn players sang "Move on Up"), Baraka kept egging them on when they got really into it (at one point the tenor guy was getting into some trancey early-Sanders style low honking and Baraka just starts imitating him yelling "HAWWWWWW, HAWWWWW, HAWWWWW"), and the pianist really tore it up.
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Brad Mehldau at the Library of Congress tonight! Free tickets are all "officially" gone but I'm gonna go hang out by the doors at 6:30 to see if I can get in on standby.
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
on a slightly more 'lamestream' tip, Titus Andronicus have just announced a show at the 930 in June. I'll be out of town that week, which means this will be the third time I've missed them since moving here.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Aren't they also opening for the Pogues in March at 930
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
also playing the blackcat in april
― Moreno, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
U. Shrinivas is tonight 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Ctr Millennium Stage for the start of Maximum India fest (through 3-20). His gig will be streamed on the Kennedy Center's website. Wow, was watching a youtube video of him last night. His mandolin playing is practically psychedelic with reverb and more.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I'll be missing Twin Shadow at the Black Cat because of work, as well as that other Titus gig and a few other choice shows. I can't wait to quit my job.
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man i didn't realize Titus were playing black cat in april, i was lamenting not being able to afford the pogues ticket. and back again in june! man now i'm amped, they're one of the best small club live shows i've ever seen.
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 19:13 (thirteen years ago) link
and that Titus show at the Black Cat is with Double Dagger!
― I DIED, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Cool. That article on the DD member's dayjob was pretty interesting.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2011/02/24/why-double-daggers-corporate-design-commissions-are-still-pretty-punk/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Kurt Vile performed at Red Onion Records & Books in Washington and Sound Garden in Baltimore last Wednesday
I keep missing these in-stores
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Things I should google myself but will ask here first instead:
So is Todd Terry who's djing at U St. tonight still considered 'relevant'? I know his name from house and hiphop-house remixes from ages ago. I guess these Red house nights though are all about delivering that traditional house music all night long, so as long as his crate of old stuff still works, the night will be fine.
Prince Paul who is spinning there next week I know from De La Soul days. What's he up to now?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post -There's an interview with Vile on the W. Post Click tracks blog
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
dammit, been loving Vile recently.
― Moreno, Friday, 4 March 2011 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
We try to book a mix of older and newer stuff - house as a genre is way more history based that a lot of other dance music so the idea of 'relevance' is less... relevant?, and for example next week we have Hot Natured (Lee Foss & Jamie Jones) who are doing really new and fresh work. You never know how or what the older guys wil really spin - some keep their sound classic, some shockingly up to date, most a mix of the two. Probably 80% of Dimitri from Paris' set when he was here was pre-house disco but it was one of the my favorite sets and nights we've had yet.
― I DIED, Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
anything happening sunday? i'm meeting an out of towner and want to do something interesting but i'm not spotting anything musicwise
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
dum dum girls @ black cat
― daria-g, Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
ah right! good catch
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 5 March 2011 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
thnking u
Also:
L. Subramanian (Southern India Carnatic violinist) from 6 to 7 for free (and webcast) at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Gyptian (Jamaican balladeer of "Hold Yuh" fame) with Etana at DC Star, 2135 Queens Chapel Rd. NE 202-486-3707
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno if i wanna walk to the metro in this rain! :/
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
my out of towner cancelled on me at the last minute btw so now its just me
more March live rock events that look interesting:
3-6-Dum Dum Girls @ Black Cat; 3-9-Robin Hitchcock & Joe Boyd at Birchmere;Pogues/Titus @ 930; 3-10 Wild Flag @ Black Cat; 3-12-The Ex & DJ Rupture @ Black Cat; Luger (Spain) @ Velvet Lounge;3-19 Hume, Mi-Ami, Protect-U @ Subterranean A; 3-20-Peter Case @ Takoma Park Aud.; Salem @ RnR Hotel; Steve Ignorant's Crass tour @ Sonar; 3-24- OFF! (w/Keith Morris - Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt), and Steven McDonald (Redd Kross)@ Red Palace; 3-25-Mtn. Goats @ 930 Club; Ron Sexsmith @ Jammin Java;Off @ Ottobar;3-26-Tereu Tereu, the Caribbean @ St Stephens; 3-31-Mike Watt @ Black Cat
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 6 March 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/03/06/why-fighting-at-the-dmv-awards-is-tragic-for-the-scene/#more-42768
http://dcmumbosauce.com/2011/03/06/dmv-awards-fight-was-the-act-of-niggers-not-of-artists/
http://dmvtmz.wordpress.com/click-here-to-vote-today/
This is sad.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
3-24- OFF! (w/Keith Morris - Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt), and Steven McDonald (Redd Kross)@ Red Palace; 3-25-Mtn. Goats @ 930 Club;
YES
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 6 March 2011 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Those do look good.
Got a worried call from Mom who saw the Saturday DMV brawl videotape excerpt from the Crystal City Hilton on the local tv news, and wondered if I was there. I wasn't. There's more follow-up on this from the W.Post, blogger Dowling who we have linked to above, and others
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030603342.html
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 March 2011 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2011/03/07/arts-roundup-reflecting-on-the-dmv-awards-edition/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 March 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Pharoah Sanders played at Howard University last week...and I was out of town. Dammit.
Anyone go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ6DA2VrxB4
― xtianDC, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Nope. That was a Thursday at lunchtime show at Howard that didn't get much attention (although I see M. West, the CP's jazz critic mentioned it in advance).
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, Prince Paul is free before 11 at U St. Music Hall tonight.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
THAT IS SO WRONG xp
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
nice video
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
W. Post loved Yelawolf live but I missed him Monday and Prince Paul last night. Tonight's producer/60s and 70s rock memoirist Joe Boyd with Robyn Hitchcock or the Pogues with Titus or other things I am sure . March is a busy month. See my rock list posted above. Other stuff that interests me-Maximum India events and Thurs. March 10th:
Eileen Torres in the Artisphere Dome Theater presents from 7 to 9 a multi media presentation punctuated with vintage film and music clips of 15 women that broke the gender barrier in salsa. Anacaona-10 Cuban sisters; Myrta Silva, lead singer for Sonora Matancera; La Lupe, Celia Cruz, Yolanda Rivera and La India are a few. This is session two of a three session block towards the certificate of completion. $5.
Jowell & Randy (Puerto Rico) at Ibiza(reggaeton)
Tyondai Braxton (Anthony's son and member of art-tech-synth-prog band Battles) with the 30-member Wordless Music Orchestra, a New York–based ensemble that melds instrumental rock,electronica and classical music, at the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, Ground floor, Thomas Jefferson Building Contact: (202) 707-5502. 6:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.Conversation with Ronen Givony, Wordless Music founder and artistic director, and composer Tyondai Braxton.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo at Lisner (South African singers)
Eli Paperboy Reed (blue-eyed soul) at RnR Hotel
________________________________________________________________ Fri. Mar. 11
Shubhendra Rao (sitarist) and Saskia Rao-De Haas(cello) create avante-garde sounds with Indian and European classical and folk influences Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition (jazz with Indian Carnatic influences) at 7:30 & 9:30 at the Monsoon Club _________________________________________________Sat. Mar. 12
Pan American Symphony Orchestra as part of Flamenco Weekend: Concierto Andalouse & Gala Flamenca with Marcel Khalifé ( Great Lebanese oud player), Carmela Greco (flamenco dance), and more at Lisner Aud.
WPFW DJ the Gator's Birthday party at Lamonts in Pomonkey, MD with Southern soul singer Chick Willis and more
Ashford & Simpson at the Birchmere
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2011/03/local_news_dmv_town_hall_meeti.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 11 March 2011 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh! The guy from the Points runs Windian Records who are doing that showcase at U St. M Hall today
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 12 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
some psychy krautrock bands at velvet lounge tonight. not really my thing for live shows generally speaking--i prefer krautrock as background music, not live shows--but Luger is kinda rad
Kohoutek, Luger (spain), P.J.B., Caves Caverns @ velvet lounge--http://luger.bandcamp.com/
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
also tonight's that big grind show at st stephens
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 12 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
can't decide :/
The Ex and Dj Rupture at the Cat
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 13 March 2011 00:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I see that John Murph liked that Robert Glasper gig at Bohemian Caverns over the weekend. But does every hipster jazz or classical act have to cover Radiohead? I like the Busta Rhymes one better.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 March 2011 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
That's the Washington Post Style section review I'm referring to.
Little Royal, longtime obscure Southern soul singer and James Brown imitator, is gonna be at Westminster Chruch's Blues Monday series tonight from 6 to 9. Westminster is near Arena Stage, metro accessible and the gigs are just $5. Plus their cafeteria sells great southern meals. The have jazz gigs there Fridays from 6 to 9.
http://www.westminsterdc.org/blues/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 14 March 2011 13:44 (thirteen years ago) link
U St. Music Hall one year birthday on Thursday. Congrats
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/03/16/a-tale-of-two-warehouses-life-in-eckington-is-harder-for-a-go-go-space-than-a-punk-venue/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 17 March 2011 13:36 (thirteen years ago) link
“Go-go is still seen as a threat to some sort of establishment or order maybe, and punk is a fashion,”
― I DIED, Thursday, 17 March 2011 14:44 (thirteen years ago) link
interesting piece
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
The two flyers in that piece are amazing for how many graphic design and content signifiers of each genre they carry, might gotta do a remix where I reverse them.
― I DIED, Thursday, 17 March 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yooooooooo
Saturday, March 19 at La CasaHealer (FL, members of Torche playing all their hits)Post Teens (FL, members of Asshole Parade)Birds and WiresEinzurigiri (WV Isis-worship)Unfair Roots8 PM, $7Should be a good time!!!Post by thelonelyrock on Mar 1, 2011, 11:19pmso what is the deal with this side band? not all of torche i assume? i can dig some torche songs tonightPost by colindammit on Today at 12:42pmWell....it is all of Torche....and if you are a Torche fan, you might say they're playing all your favorite songs......hopefully you can take the hint and we can avoid the booking agent.Post by thelonelyrock on Today at 12:48pm
Healer (FL, members of Torche playing all their hits)Post Teens (FL, members of Asshole Parade)Birds and WiresEinzurigiri (WV Isis-worship)Unfair Roots
8 PM, $7
Should be a good time!!!Post by thelonelyrock on Mar 1, 2011, 11:19pm
so what is the deal with this side band? not all of torche i assume? i can dig some torche songs tonightPost by colindammit on Today at 12:42pm
Well....it is all of Torche....and if you are a Torche fan, you might say they're playing all your favorite songs......hopefully you can take the hint and we can avoid the booking agent.Post by thelonelyrock on Today at 12:48pm
― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 19 March 2011 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link