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
"endearing" is a great description. Really fun show. The (mostly) gay men's chorus singalong to Sylvie was a highlight.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 26 October 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
You guys, the show at Dead Kennedy Center last night was so rad
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
Who was there? Will they be back soon?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 29 October 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
it was just members of Sick Fix, Nervous Impulse and Coke Bust doing cover sets of Clash, Wipers, Blue Cheer, Gorilla Biscuits and Infest songs in honor of Halloween.
aka totally awesome
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 29 October 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
The (mostly) gay men's chorus singalong to Sylvie was a highlight.
Guilty as charged
― skip, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
What's new and interesting?
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 November 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
Really nice new Evens track: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14523-king-of-kings/
― She Got the Shakes, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 09:54 (eleven years ago) link
These LOC events are never promoted well:
Jay BruderEast Coast Connections: The Birth of the Independent RecordIndustry in Washington, DC after World War II describes the rise of theindependent music business in Washington in the late 1940s and early1950s and includes lots of graphics and short excerpts from musicalexamples.Wednesday, November 7th at 7 PMPerforming Arts Library (LM 113)Madison Building of the Library of Congress101 Independence Avenue, S.E.There
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Nice profile of the Maracuyeah Collective on the bottom front page of the Washington Post newsprint edition
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/maracuyeah-creating-a-home-for-latin-music-in-washington/2012/11/07/2a64c9cc-277f-11e2-9972-71bf64ea091c_story.html?hpid=z4
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 8 November 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/11/14/sean-peoples-announces-the-end-of-sockets-plans-final-show-in-february/#more-82832
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
What used to be in that Tropicalia space? I finally made it to Tropicalia and enjoyed it. I like how they have made that work on a limited budget but am curious about what used to be down there. Was that part of Republic Gardens?
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 November 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think so, there's an alley and building my roommate owns between the tropicalia building and republic gardens
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 15 November 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah. Tropicalia is more on the corner
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 November 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
as far as I know, even when there were businesses in the upper floors of that building it never had a fully dug out and public basement.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 15 November 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
Interesting
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 November 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
Bazan Band playing Pedro The Lion's "Control" at Black Cat tonight, planning to be there.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 17 November 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
Warehouse Loft as artists studios but not venue:
This won't necessarily mean the return of Gold Leaf's late-night art parties and concerts—not with the landlord's consent, anyway. Harris doesn't want to have another licensed music venue in her building, like the Warehouse Loft. “I don’t think anyone’s going to work to get a liquor license again," she says. "It’s too complicated.”
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2012/11/16/need-an-art-studio-new-spaces-are-coming-to-brookland-and-the-former-warehouse-loft/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 November 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
After almost seven years the Red Palace will sadly close its doors at the end of the year. The current ownership is changing, and with that change comes new ideas for the future. Red Palace had its beginnings in The Red & The Black and the Palace of Wonders. The Red & The Black a quirky little live music venue. The Palace of Wonders a Vaudevillian entertainment bar replete with sideshow oddities. Loving neighbors from the beginning it seemed only natural when they were joined in 2010 to become the Red Palace.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
I was there just the other night, for the Metz show. Good place to watch a show!
― Z S, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
I'm guessing owner Joe Englert is getting some nice $ by selling the place. He's still got Rock n Roll Hotel.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 November 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, it just says the business is closing and not whether he's selling the building. And who knows if they've even recouped the $ from combining the two spaces or putting in a kitchen.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 22 November 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
Good points
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 November 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
:(
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 22 November 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link