This November 2010 article periodically gets new comments (I guess people googling Zanzibar on the Waterfront)
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/11/04/zanzibar-on-the-waterfront-closes-down/#comments
I hate to be like this, but it seems D.C. is hell bent on getting rid of all it's successful hip hop/r&b clubs in the name of redevelopment, Funny how these white or gay clubs never get shut down, adams morgan is a drunk fools paradise, georgetown is for the whites, you gotta play for the redskins or the wizards to go to the park on 14th street, I remember going to the ritz, dc live, vip, when white people would'nt dare hang around after dark, it was just us, the bums & the rats.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
November 2010 article periodically gets new comments
how can you possibly know this
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Um, uh as the author of the article, the Cp sends me the comments automatically when they're posted. They used to also post all their comments when received, on the Arts Desk home page, but stopped doing so.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link
ahaha ok
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
i just never cease to be amazed at the things you know about, but "people keep posting comments on this article from 6 months ago" was next-level shit
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha. Thanks
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Funny how these white or gay clubs never get shut down
funnier since the important gay clubs of the city were first to get shut down, years ago
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 21 May 2011 11:20 (thirteen years ago) link
("first" applying to the waterfront area specifically)
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 21 May 2011 11:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Yea, both the gay clubs in Southeast near the baseball stadium that got shut down and the clubs on the SW waterfront as well.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 21 May 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
The clubs that commenter mentions where white people wouldn't hang around after dark were actually all on the same block as the old 9:30 club and Fifth Column, which were open years and years before them.
― I DIED, Sunday, 22 May 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
and Curmudgeon, changing U Hall's under-21weekend ticketing policy eliminated the problems we were having instantly.
― I DIED, Sunday, 22 May 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks. And of course you're correct about F Street back then.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 May 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://dcist.com/2011/05/three_stars_protect-u.php
Anybody like Protect-U's electronica whatever sound? Just curious, have never heard them.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 May 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Protect-U is great live!
― I DIED, Monday, 23 May 2011 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw the article mention one of them was in a day and black and white (! saw them a few times, wore the lp out, had a shirt) and assumed they were doing italo disco stuff which is the default edm sound a lot of noise/punk kids gravitate to (and lot of my strictly-edm-edm heads love even) but i've never really liked. aannnnd i was right. makes sense though since they're doing stuff with the future times (with maximillian dunbar... who does stuff in food for animals... which also put something out on hoss records... started by nina walia... who i used to work with at pbs hq in alexandia... and just left to work at nike hq in oregon... that i had lunch with in manhattan during her flight stopover yesterday... QED!?)
― fauxmarc, Monday, 23 May 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I met Leitko as he has done freelance writing for the City Paper and the W. Post. He's currently at the W. Post helping on the Reliable Source gossip column at Style (while still doing some freelance writing here and there-- Pitchfork and W. Post)
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 May 2011 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
hey im in dc this wk for work etc & thinking abt going 2 the guy left in aeroplane at uhall on wed...will that sell out? anyone else thinking of going?
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
probably won't sell out and I probably will be there
― I DIED, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
word thx
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Sunday May 29th: DAYTIME AMERICA EFF YEAH MEMORIAL DAY EXTRAVAGANZA feat. Warchild (members of Rattler), Death by Sexy + DJ Beeronimo of Windian Records and DJ Jourdan of Funbags. Dress like a member of Rolling Thunder and win (something). Hell, BE A MEMBER OF ROLLING THUNDER and win (something)
Good ol' BYT -at brandname for water at 2217 14th street NW (14th and Florida)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Pharoah Sanders at Bohemian Caverns Thurs-Sat. Can't wait.
Also, there's a record fair this Sunday in Vienna. Kind of odd timing, as the DC Record Fair is the very next weekend.
― xtianDC, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man pharoah sanders why u play deathfest weekend
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Carter Barron just e-mailed me the pdf of their summer schedule
ChiLites and Dramatics June 25! Cameo coming. Washington Post sponsored local salsa bands. Raheem DeVaughn
It's nice place to see a summer gig (nestled among the trees) although I guess it's not that metro-accessible (just by bus)
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like a 10-minute walk from where i live, so i'm stoked at least - i'd go to that chi-lites show for sure
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
2 of the Chi-Lites who made the group great are now dead, but the current incarnation is not bad. I saw them in recent years at Showplace Arena and DAR. Unlike Fort Reno and Fort Dupont, most Carter Barron shows are not free, but they're not that expensive.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 14:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarronschedule.htm
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
July 9LakesideBrickBT Express
man, I would totally go to this if I wasn't going to be in a wedding that day
― self diagnosed personality disorders I have googled (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I DIED say hi if u end up @ aeroplane..ill b the goofy lookin wite dude in cargo shorts + flip flops
they said 11~1130 for aeroplane, im around the corner chillin out
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 26 May 2011 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Ticket Alternative has seriously jacked up their middle-man rate - they are now charging a $4 fee on top of a $12 ticket to White Denim at Rock & Roll Hotel. I would love to lock in a ticket to this show without trudging over to H Street but give me a break. I was under the impression that exorbitant fees were the reason for an "Alternative" in the first place.
― skip, Thursday, 26 May 2011 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Hey johnny crunch I'm at the show but there are a ton of guys that match your description! I'm wearing a black shirt that says BLISS and I'm running in and out of the booth. Vito's on late due to equipment miscoordination that's neither his nor our fault.
― I DIED, Thursday, 26 May 2011 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Impressive set from Aeroplane tonight, especially considering the equipment difficulties!
― I DIED, Thursday, 26 May 2011 05:46 (thirteen years ago) link
So that's what Franz Stahl from Scream has been up to:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/be-specific-franz-stahl-on-life-after-foo-fighters-being-big-in-japan-and-reuniting-scream/2011/05/26/AGr1n3BH_blog.html
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 May 2011 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-arts/2011/05/daytime-dance-party-daylight-celebrates-five-year-anniversary-11009.html
5th anniversary dance party on Sunday but diminished crowds for an early Sunday event
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 May 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Medications/Office of Future Plans/Buildings show at R&R Hotel was highly enjoyable
― natlawdp, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to see Office of Future Plans. Watched the Medications Kennedy Center Millennium Stage gig online (its archived) --some of their songbook is too prog-rock for me.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
So bummed I missed that R&R Hotel show. I've played that Office of Future Plans single a bunch lately. re: Medications, "Completely Removed" really grew on me - some great hooks in there. I haven't heard Buildings yet.
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 16:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone want to buy at regular price a Titus Andronicus/Okkervill River ticket for Thursday's sold-out show? Gf can't go, 2 buddies can't go...
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
is that this thursday? already have plans w/ppl, fuuuuuck can't believe i'm missing them twice
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i'd take that ticket
― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Contact me via my ilx webmail and include your contact info
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
so jealous stanton warriors are playing dc tonight at u hall
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
no NYC date?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
nah just a handful of us cities
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post to Hoos --one of your Texas' groups --Heybale--are gonna be at Hillcountry barbecue with their new singer Thursday night also.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm going to have to miss tonight's show but the Stantons were pretty impressive last time they were at U Hall in January. DC doesn't get a ton of breaks headliners but the breaks crowd here is incredibly loyal - I was shocked how strong the online response was when we announced A-Skillz's upcoming show.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
other shows I'm excited about this month:
6/2 Dirtbombs at R&R Hotel6/3 Youth of Today at U Hall6/16 Junior Boys at Black Cat6/16 Moombahton Massive IV at U Hall6/22 DJ Marky at Ultrabar6/27 J*Davey at Black Cat
― I DIED, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also this seems like a pretty intense (mostly) local music festival this weekend!
http://www.stppfest.com/
― I DIED, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
ahhhhhhh heybale rule damn why does everything stack up
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post--
I keep getting emails from publicists for indie-rock bands playing that sweet tea fest. I've never heard of any of them be they local or from Brooklyn or wherever. Most of 'em seem to be poppy or folky.
June is always an action-packed month around here. I like the Caribbean Carnival parade (and related gigs)that occur on June 25th. The Smithsonian Folklife Fest is bringing in old-school soul and music from the country of Colombia at the end of the month. Plus plenty of Carter Barron gigs and more.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I always want to go see Cameo at Carter Barron (I feel like they play every year) but then I'm like ~weather~
― I DIED, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link