that story was pretty much just click-bait best ignored
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 11:35 (eleven years ago) link
The Master playing this weekend at e street and in 70mm at the AFI, i don't usually care but have heard stories of crowds gawking at the opening in 70mm
also e street has 3 showings of QUEEN: LIVE IN BUDAPEST.
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
So is Radiohead member Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie "The Master" worth hearing?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
a friend was propping it, but he's also a radiohead superfan if i recall
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 18 September 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
At the Latino fest on Pennsylvania Avenue yesterday I heard multiple genres including a dj spinning tribal electro with a tiny handful of highschoolers dancing plus an older woman happily dancing nicely herself;
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 September 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
I have raved about Bobby Blue Bland's appearance Saturday at the free Bluebird Fest at PG Community College on other threads and will praise him again here, along with that well-curated and fun free event
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 September 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
ugh wish i'd gone to fiesta dc
― fauxmarc, Monday, 24 September 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
I missed the Mambo orchestra Saturday night at Artisphere(former members of Tito Puente's band). Jim Byers was enthusiatically hailing the gig on WPFW Sunday night
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
GYA, you going to see any music before you move to NYC? I last saw you at Titus/ Okkervill River at 930 I think.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 24 September 2012 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
afghan whigs friday for sure, not sure about anything else - my gf is staying here, so i'll actually be back a couple times a month on weekends
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 24 September 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh, man, the whigs friday. i've been staring at my ticket for months.
― fauxmarc, Monday, 24 September 2012 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
So many things going on tonight. The Whigs plus Sonic Circuits, Grimes in Baltimore(I think; UHall tomorrow sold-out) and
Red Baraat (NYC Asian Indian funk) at Hamilton
Vicente Fernandez at the Patriot Center
RnB FILMS FOR FREE FROM 7 TO 9PM AT HILL CENTER on Capitol Hill, Southeast of the U.S. Capitol Building, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington, DC. performances by Freddie King, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges & Fred Ford, Willie Mitchell, Big Amos Patton, Veniece Starks, Little Milton, Don Bryant, The Ovations, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, The Bar-Kays, Mitty Collier, Garnett Mimms, Sam & Dave, and Patti Labelle & The Bluebelles
SWENKA dj night with resident DJ Mothershiester and resident DJ Brian Senyo with guest DJ, DJ Stylus, playing kuduro, afro-house, tropical-electro, bashment, azonto, reggae, and more African riddims + beats from the past and present at the 930 Club Back Bar
Asia party at the Sackler from 7 to 11 with DJ Spooky and instrumentalists Danielle Cho and Jennifer Kim, set against 1940s black and white films featuring Asian American pioneer actress Anna May Wong
Los Rakas(Oakland rap en Espanol) at Love
Palenke Soul Tribe (Colombia) at National Geographic (plus food trucks
7 Days in Havana and Tropicalia movie doc at AFI (part of AFI Latino film fest0
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
pretty disappointed with John Talabot...or rather that I found a great spot at the front and a group of about 10 college kids went right next to me and talking VERY loudly the whole time, and couldn't find a good second spot, and it was really late...grumble grumble getting old...
― skip, Friday, 28 September 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
Miguel was pretty good at the Howard Wednesday night
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
x-post--Chris Richards on the Wash Post blog talking about how quiet Talabot's music was at UHall:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/john-talabot-at-u-street-music-hall--it-might-not-get-loud/2012/09/27/30182ad4-08c2-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 September 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
So it wasn't just me.
― skip, Friday, 28 September 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
I just hope that the same thing doesn't happen with Lindstrom.
― skip, Friday, 28 September 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
I see myself having some sort of meltdown at a club on a Friday night for that one. Pumped tho.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Friday, 28 September 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
during a live show at U Hall you can always stand at the back of the room for great sound and fewer people
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 28 September 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
at least that's what I usually do
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 28 September 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
heading to U Hall tonight for Damian Lazarus and tomorrow for Grimes and then Classixx later, maybe I should just spend the night.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 28 September 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Show of the year with Grimes yesterday, what a great venue and concert!
― skip, Sunday, 30 September 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link
I guess I need to give her a few more listens.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 2 October 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
Are there any rock bands at that Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie thang that are actually worth seeing?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 October 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Skrillex played a two hour surprise set at U Hall last night and it turns out he's a pretty great DJ!
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Sunday, 7 October 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
Did he just turn up and say "I'm Skrillex and imma DJ for y'all"?
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Sunday, 7 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
we had booked Alvin Risk for a late set after he played the Virgin FreeFest, he and Skrillex have toured together and are friends so they ended up both coming over.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Sunday, 7 October 2012 20:18 (eleven years ago) link
Wow
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 October 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
so apparently the warehouse loft got evicted/electricity pulled due to non-payment and starting in november it's being rented out to sculptors
(and friday there was a shooting so the liquor license was pulled)
― fauxmarc, Monday, 8 October 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
woah, and Omar S is supposed to be there this Saturday
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 8 October 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Black Cat just announced!
Fri Dec 28::SALAD DAYS PARTY w/ short sets from: BLACK MARKET BABY, DAG NASTY, KINGFACE
Sat Dec 29::SALAD DAYS PARTY w/ short sets from: SCREAM, GOVERNMENT ISSUE
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
That's the right time of year to do nostalgia shows. Folks who moved away may be visiting from elsewhere. BMB, Scream and GI, nice. Don't tell anyone but I was never a big Kingface fan. They were ok, just ok.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
least surprising story since Artisphere not hitting its audience projections:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-fillmore-silver-springs-rental-fees-unaffordable-some-nonprofits-say/2012/10/10/a0f91c56-1243-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 10 October 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
I saw that too. Montgomery County Chief Exec Gillett's sweetheart deal with the big corporation did not spell out how much to charge for rent for these events. I am expecting Seth Hurwitz of IMP/930 to pop up again and say I told you so.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
x-post== those DC hardcore shows sold out quickly online. Instead of talking about Kingface I shoulda just bought tickets to see the others.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 October 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
I only knew this guy's 1966 garage rock hit with the Hangmen that pushed the Beatles out of the #1 slot on DC radio, via a decade later Slickee Boys cover, but I just learned a lot about him. RIP
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/10/12/tom-guernsey-hangmen-guitarist-who-had-a-no-1-d-c-hit-in-1966-has-died/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 October 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
the omar s thing got moved to "studio braat" at 1711 florida nw, do other things go on there?
― fauxmarc, Sunday, 14 October 2012 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 15 October 2012 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
cp article on the loft's closing
entire thing seems to center around/blame the shooting and loss of liquor license, the behind on rent thing gets a few sentences tho; the loft was operating just fine for a while without liquore in the spot when it first started up i believe
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 18 October 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
There's also always some idiot who decides to fire a gun
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
latin club night at la tasca opening in chinatown this saturday, two floors (bachata / kizomba / mix downstairs, salsa / mambo / cha cha upstairs)
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
*opening of the club night, not la tasca
Cool. I still need to make it to Tropicalia, which has Chicha Libre and djs tonight
meanwhile in quiet dull Rosslyn, Artisphere's small amount of programmed events each month are still largely skewing narrowly to an older demographic, maybe the new pd will try to vary things next year and offer events for a wider spectrum of ages and cultural interests
http://www.artisphere.com/calendar/music.aspx
Ahem, self-promo spam alert
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2012/10/05/artisphere-turns-two-but-it-hasnt-matured-just-yet/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
aw i feel i'd seen artisphere listings at some point and was kind of excited, like i know some friends' bands had played there, but i know myself and a lot of others from downtown just don't make it out there. that said i haven't even made it to tropicalia like six or seven blocks away
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
lol richards' gnr at the fillmore review
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 01:38 (eleven years ago) link
Lindstrom at U Hall was awesome, so many nerds dancing and the sound was great. I would have loved to hear the second half of the set but we were too tired to keep going. Saint Etienne tonight.
― skip, Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
completely geeking out about Saint Etienne. One of my favorite bands for the past two decades. Saw their last two US tours but it's been a long time.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 25 October 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Thinking I should have gone to Saint Etienne. Was it great? Did they have a band with them or use lots of tracks or what? Did the vocals sound as wonderful as I think they might have?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
Her singing (especially pitch) was actually quite bad but it was almost endearing. I had a great time. The crowd had a very uncommon mix of high politeness and high enthusiasm. People who yell that loud in between songs don't usually get that quiet during them.
― skip, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:21 (eleven years ago) link
Oh. Saw a few tweets which just focussed on the fact that not many people were under the age of 30 there
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 October 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link