That's the Fort Reno sked so far
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 June 2013 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit aug 1
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 28 June 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
how many more years until the Fort Reno schedule isn't announced until after Labor Day
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 28 June 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
they're on punk time, ok
― fauxmarc, Friday, 28 June 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
Someday it will just be one show on Labor Day Weekend featuring Ian's kid and Alec Mackaye's kids
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 29 June 2013 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/07/02/mayor-announces-slate-of-vanilla-shows-at-lincoln-theatre/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha, i totally figured this would happen when they got the space.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
My guess is that they'll branch out as they specifically start booking artists for the space, but that post-announcement they just shifted some shows they would have put other places (9:30, Strathmore) to Lincoln. Booking a handful of shows from scratch within a couple days of the announcement would be crazy difficult.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
Various other factors too--The Fillmore gets some rap acts because its a Live Nation building and they may be doing gigs for such artists nationwide; the Howard Theatre's New York booking people deal with certain acts; and IMP has African-American acts at its other locations but not as many. It still looks bad appearance-wise imho, unless you want to pretend that this is just the new DC and the existing community and the historic roots of the building don't matter.
I gotta get one of the Southern soul/chitlin circuit promoters to start bringing up more acts to DC and have them contact IMP or the Howard or whomever. Lamont's does not have the $ to do many shows down there.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
It still looks bad appearance-wise imho, unless you want to pretend that this is just the new DC and the existing community and the historic roots of the building don't matter.
exactly, i understand timing n bookings etc but if you're going to sell it all with "historic lincoln theater" this and "cultural" that so hard throughout the press releases, respect it at least a little up front? if the situation had been just like "the city has given up, imp has bought the space and are renaming it the 9:32" or something with the same line-up it'd probably be less offensive.
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
Les Rhinocéros
haven't heard these DCers yet but I am curious (although I think math-rock klezmer may not be my thing). They're at the Black Cat Backstage tonight
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
i wanna see wire @ black cat
― worldstar (am0n), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Do you think the show will sell out?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 3 July 2013 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
i would think if it was it would have already happened but who knows
― worldstar (am0n), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 21:59 (eleven years ago) link
also (black) flag is @ baltimore soundstage in september
― worldstar (am0n), Wednesday, 3 July 2013 22:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah if I were them I'd just have held off a while on announcing anything until a more complete lineup was available - I don't think anybody was really expecting/asking for announcements this soon
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 4 July 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking of vanilla, the soundtrack to the DC fireworks on the mall yesterday featured Lumineers, U2, Elvis, pop country, and the 1812 Overture. Not a single African-American artist that I recall. I remember when Ray Charles version of America the Beautiful got lots of play on the 4th (and when I later got home, I saw on tv the Chicago fireworks where Brother Ray was heard). NYC's turned into an infomercial for Usher for the most part--lots of Usher songs, plus Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come" and Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert's kinda mediocre take on "America the Beautiful."
― curmudgeon, Friday, 5 July 2013 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
I like indie too and speaking of which-- anyone wanna buy 2 floor/pit tickets for Friday July 12 Belle & Sebastian/Yo La Tengo at Merriweather Post? Can't make it now. I will eat service charges if you will buy.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 7 July 2013 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
So no opening acts for the Evens at Fort Reno tonight?
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 July 2013 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2013/07/17/will-the-caribbean-carnival-ever-return-to-d-c/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
More CP plugging-- this time re Fort Reno tonight: Bach Consort includes Amy Domingues
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/07/18/whats-the-washington-bach-consort-doing-at-fort-reno/
Bach Consort is managed by Marc Eisenberg who has done those panels/salons at the Shaw Library on DC Space; bluegrass; Duke Ellington and others
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
Y'all bought your $28 Minor Threat t-shirts, right?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 2 August 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
UHall folks are gonna hang out with the Orioles mascot at Merriweather this weekend. I'm jealous
― curmudgeon, Friday, 2 August 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
haha xp
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 2 August 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
But seriously, interesting that anyone can make and sell Fugazi t-shirts it appears (or is Ian going after those "bootleggers" too), but not Minor Threat ones, or at least with Cynthia's black sheep design. Not that I have a problem with the folks involved making $
― curmudgeon, Friday, 2 August 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/08/08/with-crossroads-closed-where-will-dc-caribbean-scene-settle/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 August 2013 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
Got a complaint saying that the sold in 2005 Settings nightclub on University Blvd was better and never had any problems at all. I know that I always had trouble finding out about Settings gigs unless I happened to be out in Md at the Red Apple Market or the since-closed West Indian Record Mart and found a flyer
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 August 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/fresh-spins-on-dc-randb-visto-alison-carney-others-continue-areas-rich-soul-tradition/2013/08/12/52b32242-035d-11e3-88d6-d5795fab4637_story.html
nice overview
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2013/08/14/after-assault-friends-rally-to-help-general-enthusiast-pat-walsh/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
it would be nice if all of us who got our asses kicked in DC had similarly influential friends!
― Z S, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
i barely know pat but he is great
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
pat rules - also he didn't really advertise the fact that he got jumped, so a LOT of people who are friends with him, me included, are just finding out about this now
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
Tonight: D.C. bands will rally outside the Russian Embassy and perform in solidarity with the still-imprisoned members of band Pussy Riot. Among those scheduled to perform: power-punk group G.U.T.S., Tereu Tereu member (and Washington City Paper contributor) Ryan Little's solo project, and Jail Solidarity. 6 p.m. outside 2650 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Free, obviously.
from WCP
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 August 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
jail solidarity is fun but last time i went to one of those russian embassy shows it was a weird vibe
like a tiny festival
people milling on the grass not really sure what to do with themselves while a band wails
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 16 August 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.eastcityart.com/2013/08/14/dc-commission-on-the-arts-and-humanities-presents-go-go-swing-washington-dcs-unstoppable-beat/
There's this opening event tonight
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 August 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
i'm going, but i believe it "sold out" for tonight (meaning the rsvp limit was reached)
― Z S, Friday, 16 August 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/08/16/ceiling-collapses-during-opening-gala-for-go-go-swing-exhibit/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 August 2013 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
shit
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 19 August 2013 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
Crazy huh. Hopefully the injured are ok. The Washington Post had a piece on it today. I was off to a packed Palace Nightclub in Woodbridge Friday to see and dance to old-school Fania salsa singers, so I did't make it to the exhibit opening party. The Post article says the exhibit uses some of the Globe posters from the Corcoran exhibit.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 August 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
Did promoters have a contract with Wale? They billed it as a live performance not an appearance thang, right? Hmmm, See below
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/trillectro-still-has-growing-pains-but-its-turning-into-a-fine-young-festival/2013/08/18/c9ac3bbe-0825-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html
But not everyone got to see this moment. Trillectro is now in its second year, and organizers DC to BC haven’t worked out all of the kinks. Many unhappy ticket-holders waited in line for hours to get in, and some gave up altogether. Plus, the VIP area was mobbed with people demanding entry, and artists complained here and there about a lack of organization on the part of the staff.
Trillectro was inspiring in scope and ambition, but the planning could have gone better, and this was never more obvious than when the District’s hip-hop superstar took the stage. Instead of performing, Wale repeatedly explained that he was contractually forbidden from completing a whole song (something to do with his upcoming tour with rapper J. Cole). So his DJ would start to play crowd pleasers, only to cut them off after a few seconds. It was frustrating, to say the least. Then DJ Carnage came on to close out the show, but by that point, it was past Trillectro’s bedtime, and the music had to be turned down.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 19 August 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
they billed it as "special guest" Wale and had him listed separately from the performers, figured there was some reason for it...
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 19 August 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2013/08/22/wamu-moves-mary-cliffs-traditions-show-to-low-power-station-bluegrass-country/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Josh Burdette, 9:30 Club Manager and Crew Chief, Has Died
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 September 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
huge loss. Not just somebody that hundreds of thousands of people recognized, but a fantastically sweet and genuine person.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 2 September 2013 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
^ ^ ^
― 574 srsly (Lee626), Monday, 2 September 2013 20:45 (eleven years ago) link
Update, 5:45 p.m. According to an article posted by ABC7 News earlier today: Police say they responded to Burdette's Kensington home in Montgomery County on Sunday at about 5:30 p.m. Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide.
Police say they responded to Burdette's Kensington home in Montgomery County on Sunday at about 5:30 p.m.
Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide.
please, no.....
― 574 srsly (Lee626), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
Damn, that is sad.
― how's life, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 11:05 (eleven years ago) link
fuck.
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, a sad loss.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Here's another recent less-known, local area loss-- of someone who was just 52.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/marvette-perez
Smithsonian curator and local singer/musician passes away at age 52. The Celia Cruz exhibit she put together was memorable
Marvette Pérez, an anthropologist by training and curator of Latino History and Culture at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, died peacefully in her sleep on August 19. Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, on June 27, 1961, Pérez earned a B.A. from Florida State University in 1982, went on to receive a M.A. at Catholic University of America in 1986 where she was a doctoral candidate.
For the past 16 years she was engaged in collecting, researching, publishing, lecturing, and developing programs related to Latinos in the United States as well as the connections with other Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Through many exhibitions, Pérez was able to share stories about the U.S. Latino experience with broad audiences from around the world. Pérez curated or co-curated a number of important exhibitions, including Azúcar!: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz;Hip-Hop Won’t Stop: The Beat, The Rhymes, The Life; Moda y Música: Stage, Fashion and Style;
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link