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 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― I DIED, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:43 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
(Josephine)
― I DIED, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 14:57 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, the .. lounge! that place! hah.
― daria-g, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 15:41 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
what should I go see?
― daria-g, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 16:21 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
hi, where can i hear some of your stuff?
― W i l l, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:05 (sixteen 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 (sixteen 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 (sixteen years ago) link
err and anyone else who feels like it
didn't realize this was on ILM actually
― n/a, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i will come, totally! i will also bring the quincie. and the fake accents who are now called the face accidents
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i will tryto bring the face accidents. they don't follow my orders/demands the way my wife does. heh.
oh boy im a dead man
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
sweet
― n/a, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
What are people's Fort Reno recommendations?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 04:16 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^
― W i l l, Thursday, 19 June 2008 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
awww nick sorry dogg! we're playing in NY that night/weekend. bummmmmer! when are you coming into town?
― 69, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
haw, we're going on to troy, n.y., and NYC the next two nights
― n/a, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
oh awesome! we're playing c@k3shop on thurs, then someplace in brooklyn on friday, then staying for the wkd, so call a brother up if u wanna bagel or something??
― 69, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:17 (sixteen years ago) link
we're playing in brooklyn on saturday, you could come to that show if you're still around and aren't tired of being in rock clubs
― n/a, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
-- curmudgeon, Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:16 AM
saw the apes open for liars, they were ok. weird to see kid congo powers in the schedule
― am0n, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i meditate w that guy!
― 69, Thursday, 19 June 2008 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Kid Congo has been living in DC for a bit now. Awhile back I saw him in the audience at the Library of Congress Pickford Theatre seeing an obscure '70s rock movie.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 June 2008 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
saw "gimme shelter" at that theater a few years ago
― am0n, Friday, 20 June 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
guys come look at Ned
― El Tomboto, Friday, 27 June 2008 05:24 (sixteen years ago) link
or even talk to him he likes to talk to people
― El Tomboto, Friday, 27 June 2008 05:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Ned Raggett one night engagement at wherever probably around Dupont Circle or someplace else on the red line - tomorrow - happy hour - and on into the evening.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 27 June 2008 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link
ladytron djing at another redeem afterparty saturday. no entry before 2AM without blisspop stamp tho
― W i l l, Friday, 27 June 2008 16:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry I missed meeting Ned.
Meanwhile Scott Verrastro says:
It is with great sadness that I have to report that we got hit with a 90-day notice to vacate the premises. By the end of September, 611 Florida will no longer be hosting the finest experimental music from around the globe. We might have one last blowout in September -- perhaps a final Free Folk Phantasmagory -- before we leave, but we do have these two last shows in July. Some of the best shows I've ever seen have occurred in these living rooms, so join me in mourning and celebrating the passing of this narrow row house as a venue that has presented some of the best music in the world.
Tuesday, July 1 611 Florida Ave NW WDC http://www.claviusproductions.org 202-360-9739 8pm, $5 suggested donation BYOW!
Little Howlin' Wolf (Chicago, Heresee Records) Fabulous Diamonds (Australia synth/drums duo, Siltbreeze) Psychedelic Horses--t (Columbus guitar/drums duo, Siltbreeze) Pablonious Bill (DC) Dylan & Miranda (Baltimore)
Friday, July 18 9pm, $5 suggested donation
Kuschty Rye Ergot (DC improv psych, mem. of Kohoutek, ex-Redeemers/Promise Breakers) Noa Babayof (Israel folk-psych, Language of Stone) Sharon van Etten (NYC solo folk, Language of Stone) Ilya Monosov
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Dante Carfagna has never DJed in DC, so let's give him a good welcome. This is a DO NOT MISS if you're into funk/soul of the dance floor variety!
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― Nitekrawler, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
^^ http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/blueimage/moneytownjuly.jpg
― daria-g, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link