THIS THURSDAY (5/1) IS
Bionic @ Bourbon (2321 18th St., NW Washington DC) Dance Floor Friendly Funk-Soul-Carribean-Disco-Afrobeat 10PM-2AM w/ DJ Nitekrawler
Last month technical difficulties kept this from happening, so this month I'm looking to make it extra special! Don't miss out!
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/blueimage/thursdays_at_bourbon.jpg
― Nitekrawler, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Hi DC people:
I really wanna see that Nick Cave show at the 9:30 Club but have a feeling it will sell out super fast. Any advice on the best way to insure that I can get a couple?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
― kwhitehead, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Go to the 930 Club website and sign up for their e-mail list. That will likely tell you when tickets go on sale online.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Stars of the Lid and Christopher Willits are playing at Iota Club on Sunday night.
― lou, Friday, 2 May 2008 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
The Northwest Youth Alliance desperately needs your help if the Fort Reno summer concerts are to continue. Every little bit helps; even if you only send in the $5 it would normally cost you to see a band, you will be making a difference. Of course, larger donations are welcome, too. Donations can be given in the form of a check or money order made out to Northwest Youth Alliance. The address is: Northwest Youth Alliance c/o Amanda MacKaye, 3819 Beecher St. NW, Washington, DC 20007.
From the Fort Reno website
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
That was yesterday's Fort Reno problem, now here's today's courtesy of David Malitz from the Post.com Going Out Gurus-
Fort Reno Park, the site of an annual summer concert series that is one of D.C.'s most beloved and longest-running outdoor events, is closed immediately and indefinitely after United States Geological Survey satellite imaging reports found high levels of arsenic in the soil.
William Line, a spokesman for the National Park Service, said that the NPS would continue to work with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency to determine any public health risks and further courses of action. He refused to give any timetable for a possible reopening and said that to speculate would be irresponsible. Snow-fencing was erected around the perimeter of the park at 6 a.m. today http://blog.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
he'll always be my favorite GOG
― 69, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
awwwwww. Band members who get along, how nice. You need to go on a 2 month tour cramped up together in a van, and then we'll see who is your fave GOG
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
oh lol
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
cut copy afterparty at a boutique on 14th street. open bar with rsvp, band is djing with will eastman
http://www.uptheantics.com/cutcopyRSVP/
― W i l l, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard I DIED is bartending that thing
― I DIED, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Dude, I would TOTALLY be there for that shit.
― B.L.A.M., Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
ha, nice. i'm going to order a parappa the rapper punch
― W i l l, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man I would love to be able to serve that but I think it's RBV's only
― I DIED, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
or just V's, I guess
― I DIED, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ah too bad. i will have already downed ryes @ looking glass lounge quiz night. was hoping for beers. now it's time to research today in history
― W i l l, Thursday, 15 May 2008 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
may 15: brian eno born, june carter cash died.
this thing's going to be way crowded isn't it? listed on BYT and DCist. redeem's none too big either.
― W i l l, Thursday, 15 May 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
d'oh, list closed? i will be @ cut copy though
― daria-g, Thursday, 15 May 2008 21:46 (sixteen years ago) link
So Shudder to Think are back together and playing Virgin Fest in August in Baltimore...
w-w-w-w-what?!
― Savannah Smiles, Thursday, 15 May 2008 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, but haven't heard or read anything else about it.
How was Cut Copy, and did that bartender at the afterparty water down the drinks(ha)?
I wonder if Radiohead members enjoyed Georgetown last Saturday night? (I'm gonna turn this into a dull celeb watching thread)
― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 May 2008 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha--were they in Georgetown on Saturday? I was working at CD Warehouse that night. Thom Yorke has visited the store before, years ago. Too bad he didn't come back!
― lou, Friday, 16 May 2008 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't think I DIED bartended after all? three women were behind the bar the whole time i was there. fun night. except for the 15 minutes of silence before the band took over dj duties, that was...lame
― W i l l, Friday, 16 May 2008 20:33 (sixteen years ago) link
The soil testing at Fort Reno Park is supposed to take 10 days, but when I read this in the Post--"The Park Service is working with the EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the city "to more fully and accurately determine possible public risk, if any, and other courses of action," I thought oh no, the Army Corps of Engineers will likely do work that's up to the caliber of what they did in New Orleans on the levees.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 17 May 2008 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Latest testing shows arsenic levels are not too high.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought oh no, the Army Corps of Engineers will likely do work that's up to the caliber of what they did in New Orleans on the levees.
not to be a dick here but do you mean like "tell the govt there's a serious problem that will cost $$XXX to fix and get told by the govt to go pound sand?" which is also actually in line with the EPA's efforts most of the time sadly enough
anyway FACE ACCIDENTS THIS SATURDAY AT DC9
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 03:38 (sixteen years ago) link
To be argumentative, I have read numerous criticisms of the Army Corp's work that they've done over the years in New Orleans that had nothing to do with having adequate funding (which is/was a problem as well)...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 29 May 2008 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I was there! I did ice/cup duty most of the time so I was standing toward the back of the 'bar'. I got there a few minutes before the sound kicked back in. Great party.
― I DIED, Thursday, 29 May 2008 13:20 (sixteen years ago) link
The late great Bo Diddley lived in DC for awhile:
He leaves Chicago and moves to Washington, DC, where he builds his own recording studio in the basement of his home, at 2614 Rhode Island Avenue. BO DIDDLEY performs at a private inauguration party at the White House for the President and Mrs. Kennedy. He discovers and records The Impalas, a Washington, DC-based female vocal quartet later to achieve pop and R&B chart success as The Jewels. http://members.tripod.com/~Originator_2/career60s.html
In 1967 he allegedly worked with DC violinist and arranger Eddie Drennon, who also played on a number of recorded in NYC Latin and disco efforts in the '60s and '70s
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 June 2008 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
So today we announce that CD Warehouse is closing.
Much like Orpheus, we had a 10 year lease that expires this year and the landlord wanted to double the rent. We may relocate to somewhere else in Georgetown but it's all very much up-in-the-air for now.
― lou, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 12:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Good luck finding a decent rent in Georgetown
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 15:31 (sixteen years ago) link
is cd warehouse the one in college park?
― n/a, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
n/a- Nope. We're on 30th and M in Georgetown. I think it's CD Game Exchange that's in College Park.
curmudgeon- We're in talks with someone already but it will be a much different space if it works out.
― lou, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i was thinking of CDepot
― n/a, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 15:40 (sixteen years ago) link
;_;
― I DIED, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 15:45 (sixteen years ago) link
oh no! i've been buying a lot of stuff there lately. :(
― daria-g, Tuesday, 3 June 2008 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Less and less shows at Carter barron each summer it seems. There still are some nice ones though. Chuck Brown this weekend.
Fort Dupont used to have more shows now they just have a few old-school soul ones. When I looked the other day though, they had not announced their summer season yet. Worth crossing the river for.
Despite no arsenic, Amanda M. has not gotten the Fort Reno schedule up yet, and they seem to be having money woes.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 12:55 (sixteen years ago) link
http://inabluemood.blogspot.com
Ron's tribute to the late Denise Daye
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 June 2008 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
June 5th posting
From the Going Out Gurus...Gawd, this type of nightlife below has never interested me a bit. Think what else you could do with $500.
Every Saturday night, dozens -- maybe hundreds -- of well-dressed folks cluster outside Josephine, trying to barter admission from the bouncers. Problem is, there's not much wiggle room: On Saturdays, the easiest ways to get into the popular lounge are to buy a table for bottle service (with minimums starting at $500) or to know a promoter, owner and manager. Other than that, you're going to be reduced to pleading your case with a large man wearing a Secret Service-style earpiece.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― I DIED, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/6/17/f_j1m_1b217cf.jpg http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/4/6/17/f_j2m_8b5bbfc.jpg http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/6/17/f_j3m_0e43fe1.jpg
― I DIED, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
(Josephine)
― I DIED, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, the .. lounge! that place! hah.
― daria-g, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Fort Reno's schedule is up. First show is next week.
http://www.fortreno.com/schedule.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
what should I go see?
― daria-g, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:21 (fifteen years ago) link
DC bros: f@ke f1ct1ons (me + sarah's band) are playing at the r3d and the bl@ck on thurs. july 24 ... save the date
― n/a, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:26 (fifteen years ago) link
hi, where can i hear some of your stuff?
― W i l l, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
saturday: Fete de la Musique at the French Embassy, my friend is playing ravel's valses nobles et sentimentales and other cool stuff http://www.la-maison-francaise.org/feteMusique.htm
also going to pulse @ bebar finally
― W i l l, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
our site: http://www.thefakefictions.com, there's a link on the news page to a stream of our new album
i was hoping this was the DC chat thread, i want TOMBOT, mr. que & quincie, the fake accents et al to come
― n/a, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
err and anyone else who feels like it