Alas, competition in the music booking world doesn't lower ticket prices, it just means more promoters pushing up how much they will pay acts (good for the acts at least) in order to get the booking, and clubs raising ticket prices to cover what they are paying. Are the younger (read white indie-rock) acts the Howard will be going for struggling to get bookings in DC? I don't think so. But maybe someone who follows that more closely than I, can prove me wrong.
Also, when the Howard does shows with tables (as opposed to standing ones) they try to charge an additional $10 fee for their overpriced food (and drinks). I kinda like the no-frills 930 approach more.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
You are harshing my buzz.
― skip, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:30 (ten years ago) link
But probably right.
Sorry.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 December 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
I keep missing the gigs of the DC rock bands I want to see--last night I think was Tereu Tereu. I was seeing "Led Zep Played Here" (again) at the Takoma Park Community Centre
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
Most of the acts playing outside at that holiday shopping row of tents outside the Smithsonian Museum of American Art at 8th & F Sts NW are your standard longtime DC roots-rock Americana acts. Yesterday though I just happened to catch some of DC's Stacy Brooks band, and she offered more than the just the 12 bar blues she's known for. She did a nice take on P-Funk's "Flashlight" and a Bill Withers tune. She's gonna be back there next Sunday I think. Oh, they have electronic heating pole thingys there if you need to warm up. And while lots of the home-made stuff there for sale looked nice, it ain't cheap.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 December 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/12/23/genre-dysphoria-the-best-d-c-music-of-2013/
lots of albums and Youtube videos
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 24 December 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
Semi-retired DC soul and gospel singer Eddie Jones & his band the Young Bucks are at Westminster Church in SW near Arena Stage Monday the 13th from 6 to 9 pm. It will be mostly covers but he has a great voice (and sometimes his brother and sisters join him and they sound fantastic too).
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/07/tropicalia-drops-booker-jim-thomson-citing-financial-reasons/
But he will still promote a few gigs there as an outside promoter
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
^ great piece steve
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 05:29 (ten years ago) link
Thanks. A sad situation.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/13/are-you-on-the-punk-show-list/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 January 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
yeah man inyrbasement could be my life
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 13 January 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
Been seeing a lot more posters for Ethiopian comedy shows over the last year or so. Is this becoming a bigger scene in DC or am I just noticing it more?
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Monday, 13 January 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
I'm learning about the Ethiopian music scene, but you've stumped me on that one. Seems like there's 3 main geographical locations for Ethiopian entertainment--
9th & U NW;
George Mason Drive/King Street in Bailey's X-Rds/Seminary Road in Falls Church plus Alexandria at Jolleys
Silver Spring, MD
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 January 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, January 7, 2014 3:26 PM (
This was awesome last night. Yep, just covers but Eddie & the band plus his brother, younger sister, and son sounded great. Marvin Gaye, Clyde McPhatter, Sam Cooke, "When Something is Wrong with my Baby" (Hayes & Porter stax # I think), Bill Withers and more. I got my $5 admission's worth
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
Tereu Tereu @ Black Cat Friday the 17th
Why do I always have something else going on when these guys are playing? Maybe in February or March they'll have one I can attend
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/16/travis-jackson-points-drummer-and-windian-records-founder-killed-in-collision/
Terrible news
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
FUUUUUUUCK
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
God, that's awful. I only got to see The Points once, with Title Tracks at U Hall a couple of years ago, but that guy was a monster drummer. Just these effortless machine gun blasts that elevated an already pretty great band to next level. That album is a flat-out unsung high point of garage rock.
Since it's not on YouTube... this jam: https://myspace.com/thepoints/music/song/feeling-sorry-29010828-28913175
R.I.P.
― Walter Galt, Friday, 17 January 2014 10:12 (ten years ago) link
I think I saw on Facebook that someone is setting up a fund to help his family--wife, and one year-old son
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/14/01/17/after_nearly_80_years_maryland_polka_hall_prepares_for_last_dance
excerpt from the article:
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore owns the land on which Blob's sits, and last month, Max got the news that the Archdiocese has decided to develop the property.
"On the first of December, they sent a messenger out from the law office with a short notice that I had 120 days to vacate the place, they were taking it over," he says.
That means Blob's will close for good on March 30.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
There's a Buddy Holly tribute gig at Blob's, in Jessup, MD on February 1st
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 January 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Loved The Points, was lucky enough to see them a bunch and even play a couple of shows with them over the years. Travis was a really good guy, very sad about this. Here is a link to the fund for his family:
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/fgGY8?psid=a4b8dfa137e840019fd7d3ee2dfc7ad2
― grandavis, Friday, 17 January 2014 15:47 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/17/trouble-funk-premieres-new-hump-day-video/
Big Tony on their just ok recent song & new video, the new makeup of his band, and Taylor Swift. Really.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 January 2014 18:10 (ten years ago) link
Travis made great music and also ran a great label, Windian. He was also a great guy - hung out with him a bunch of times until late at night/early in the morning when he was working door at the Gibson. Super passionate and funny but with a huge amount of dedication and focus to the way he ran his label and made music.
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Friday, 17 January 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/african-princes-of-comedyft-cheif-obi-foxy-p-kanmi-and-kaponefeb-14-tickets-9553690345
Nigerian and diaspora comics at Rio in Laurel, Md. This club sometimes hosts Haitian music gigs as well
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/01/23/alexandros-alexi-petersen-gentleman-scholar-and-punk-rocker/
Another DCer gone too soon
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 23 January 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
fuck
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 24 January 2014 05:46 (ten years ago) link
Sat. feb. 8th at Comet Ping Pong-- not my thing, but this type of happening might be yours
Pat Noecker (aka RAFT and formerly of Liars and These Are Powers) brings his patented ASSEMBLE series to DC at Comet Ping Pong. Noecker and several other musicians will perform his ensemble piece "Transmissions, Long Tones in A and E", in which the artists, through various sound sources, will collectively sustain the note of A for 30 minutes and the note of E for 30 minutes in an hour long piece that boils up into a haunting, transcendent and cacophonous sonic meditation. The event promises to be an immersive one, with guests encouraged to wander around the space, each feeling a unique aural experience.
The DC Ensemble includes Amanda Kleinman, Deena OH, Doug Kallmeyer, Elise Pierre, Erick Jackson, Jasmine Chehrazi, Marian McLaughlin, Milena Aradski, Norm Veenstra, Ted Zook, and The Grey A.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 February 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
drugs
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 3 February 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2014/02/11/eli-janney-drafted-for-seth-meyers-late-night-band/
I wish Eli's brother Eddie would play in a band again. He was in the Faith, Rites of Spring & Happy Go Licky
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
local punkers down at the pinch tonight
The Sniffs, Crumms, and a couple of touring gangs starting at 9
i'll be there
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZimVtbboU
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 16 February 2014 04:38 (ten years ago) link
broken record department-- I looked at the list of Wammies winners from Sunday. While some nominations and even winners make sense, there remain so many omissions. No go-go bouncebeat bands, no metal, no Future Times or Cricket Cemetary label nominations, no bluesy soul folks like Jim Bennett or Hardway Connection...And I'm sure there are more problems with other genres
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45473/remembering-the-palladium-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-saturday-feb/
Local folks pay tribute to old-school NYC mambo dancehall
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:28 (ten years ago) link
local punkers down at the pinch tonightThe Sniffs, Crumms, and a couple of touring gangs starting at 9i'll be there
how was it? we played there saturday night, i like that spot.
― natlawdp, Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
crumms were playing their first show and kept having tech problems
*riff* *crackle*"hang on, i just blew out my amp"
songs were great tho. high energy garagey stuff.
sniffs were predictably rad.
pleasantly surprised to find the pinch becoming my favorite venue to walk to.
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/02/26/mambo-sauces-black-boo-on-creativity-and-sustainability-in-go-go-music/
I hold go-go responsible as much as I hold [Prince George’s] county responsible.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 February 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
FYI-http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2014/02/27/remembering-paul-hawkins-pioneering-d-c-percussionist-bandleader-and-dancer/
An excerpt:
A life-long D.C. resident, Hawkins was involved in the D.C. music scene from the 1950s—when he was winning dance contests at Turner’s Arena—through decades of drumming with Latin dance music and jazz ensembles into this century. In the early 1960s he became the first African-American dance instructor at Arthur Murray Dance Studios. Although Hawkins never released an album as a leader, he played congas on Ramsey Lewis' Ramsey Lewis at the Bohemian Caverns, sat in live locally with Dizzy Gillespie and Tito Puente, and played countless gigs with his own bands. He regularly played for school audiences and in D.C.'s summer in the parks series.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
So if you guys are into Leverage Models they're playing at my house this Saturday for a fundraiser.
https://www.facebook.com/events/664615793595251/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Should be a helluva show.
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:29 (ten years ago) link
Did it live up to your expectations? Did your house survive?
TONIGHT: Ex Hex (10:15), TEEN (9:15), Foul Swoops (8:30). Doors 8PM. SOLD OUT
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 March 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
house survived & i had a fuckin blast--plus we made about 10% of our development costs to fix up the house for our purchase, so as a fundraiser it was a huge success as well.
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 5 March 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
Excellent.
Finally saw the Swoops do their garage-punk with howled vocals thing. Pretty fun, mostly. Teens were bland synth-pop w/ guitar. Ex-Hex are going for a 70s glam meets Runaways rawk sound. Mostly fun too. Timony and company looked like they were enjoying themselves. A 70s Nick Gilder cover as one of the encores...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 March 2014 16:11 (ten years ago) link
DMV bands have till March 31 to submit demos to Amanda for consideration for Fort Reno
http://www.fortreno.com/
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 March 2014 02:40 (ten years ago) link
Old-school longtime DC resident and James Brown style singer Little Royal is at Westminster Church in SW tonight from 6 to 9. Post-stroke, but he's still entertaining.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
buncha bedroomy black metal bands at DC9 tonight, including me homie Bastet
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 March 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
Cool. I've gotta couple friends playing that show
― Heez, Monday, 10 March 2014 19:20 (ten years ago) link
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/for-some-d-c-bands-sxsw-isnt-worth-the-trip/
Bandwidth sometimes does more than just re-post NPR Music webpage stories
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
http://bandwidth.wamu.org/watch-sunwolf-live-at-wamu/
and they have Brendan Canty interviewing Sunwolf.
Some day Bandwidth might even have a posting on DC music that's not rock, as well.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 19 March 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link