Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread

Blaming music, clubs and halls for the county's crime problems

going to kurt vile wednesday, dope body/buildings friday, and the girls rock dc benefit saturday morning

if anybody reading this happens to be volunteering for girls rock and eats some of the 25 pounds of coleslaw i'm helping make tomorrow, i'm potentially very sorry in advance

hahaha

my friend emi is the DJ instructor at girlsrock!

or one of them? is there more than one?

haha i dunno! this is my friend sh4r4 making the coleslaw, but i'm gonna roast the bell peppers/etc (i have no idea what cookbook the recipe's out of, but i'm the one with the big kitchen and cooking supplies)

More PG County crime-related stories

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pr-georges-bill-cracks-down-on-dance-halls/2011/07/19/gIQAoWZpOI_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/prince-georges-shuts-msg-nightclub-site-of-fatal-shooting/2011/08/10/gIQA5c2P7I_story.html

Just got an e-mail about a monthly Francophone dance night dedicated to zouk music at Red Lounge, 2013 14th Street. Hmmmm, interesting.

a friend just moved into the brookland artspace lofts

ahhhhh jeal

But didn't John Davis of Title Tracks complain about being kicked out of the predecessor building there (which allowed for him to make loud music) while the new one may be more expensive and less musician friendly?

I know it says it includes musicians but I vaguely remember him being picky about it in something I read

hmm, dunno about the musician situation. my friend's a dancer.

the girls rock show at the 930 looks like it's going well ; i need to remember to get my sister to apply next year.

dope body & hume ruled

What are the Horse Meat Disco style neo-disco parties in DC? There's probably something at U Hall but I'm out of the loop on specific parties/acts to look for.

the girls rock show owned. so many drum solos! so many bands that obviously all hated each other! songs about angels fighting scorpions (or something)!

i also loved whichever one of the first bands it was who not only obviously hated each other but wrote a song that accidentally sounded like a swans song as written by five preteen girls

Drum solos good?????? How could you tell they hated each other and why was that good?

I've beeen in my car a bunch of the weekend and discovered accidentally that 102.3, DC's "Urban Adult" station was having an old-school go-go weekend. Not every song they're playing is go-go, but some--"Cat in the Hat", "20 Minute Workout" and more.

dope body & hume ruled
mm, should have gone to that

glad I at least made it to one of the Ft DuPont Shows - Mandrill was great

nothin left tonight? except this, i guess

http://www.pinklineproject.com/event/11737

:/

lol

I should have done the half-price late show at Blues Alley for Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band with guest Cuban-born drummer Dafnis Prieto. Gonzalez' Latin-jazz is far from tame. He has swagga. I remember seeing him stroll in late with his trumpet in a beat up case to a Smithsonian panel discussion around 10 years ago.

What are the Horse Meat Disco style neo-disco parties in DC? There's probably something at U Hall but I'm out of the loop on specific parties/acts to look for.

― skip, Saturday, August 13, 2011 1:22 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

Try anything that Beautiful Swimmers or the Future Times crew are involved with

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/08/don_fleming_interview_velvet_monkeys_sonic_youth.php

Don Fleming who led the Velvet Monkeys in the early 80s and later produced various folks talks about his new efforts, reissues and the good ol days.

my summary piece on the Prince George's Cty club and street violence situation

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/08/15/still-closed-in-p-g-county-msg-and-surf-club/

Won't be able to go to this, but very cool that Gui Boratto will be at U Hall over the holiday weekend.

http://jimsaah.com/uncategorized/1279/

Marginal Man reunion photos

oh did you go to that? how was it?

Nah, was planning on going but something came up. Oh well. Loved them live back in the day.

coming to the Civilian Art Projects Gallery in November:

November 4-December 31, 2011
HARD ART DC 1979
Opening Friday, November 4, 2011 7-9:00pm

Hard Art DC1979 is a forthcoming book and traveling exhibition of photographs by Lucian Perkins with writing by Alec MacKaye and a contribution by Henry Rollins. The exhibition is curated and edited by photographer and photo editor Lely Constantinople and Jayme McLellan, director of Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC.

In 1979, a soon to erupt punk scene took hold in Washington, DC with the Bad Brains, Trenchmouth,Teen Idles, the Untouchables, and the Slickee Boys, among others, at the forefront. Lucian Perkins, later a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist for the Washington Post, was then a 26-year-old intern. He photographed several shows over a pivotal five month period.

Alec MacKaye, then 14, was at most of the shows and appears in Perkins' photographs. The exhibition offers an intimate snapshot of "the time before the time" that punk rock found firm footing in the U.S., including rare (some never before seen) photographs and show fliers. Through band performance shots, portraits and raucous crowds dancing, the images capture the cathartic, infectious energy and spirit of the time.

Perkins took some awesome photos of Bad Brains and others back then.

I missed those Hard Art Gallery gigs back then but saw some of the bands elsewhere

August 26th

@ Asefus’s
1920 9th St NW
Washington, DC

Doors @ 7 show @ 8

P.S. ELIOT (catchy cutsey poppy indie punk from NY)

BIG EYES (raging garage punk mem of Cheeky and Used Kids from NJ)

SPOONBOY & THE PAPAS (featuring spoonboy of max levine ensemble and his backing band of punk rock compadres)

THE ELECTRICUTIONS (local garage punk on Windian Recs.)
http://electricutions.bandcamp.com/

so two fridays in a row at asefu's for me, apparently

how was last week? Nats game near-rainout messed up my plans.

it ruled! there was a fight between some random-ass dude not-there-for-the-show and a bartender, and dude was kicked out, so that harshed vibes for a minute, but overall it was a really good time and i actually really dug the venue. mind you i didn't eat or anything, i just had a couple of drinks and then basically stood next to the mic for the whole set, but i had a great time.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12278-rolling/

ILXer Jordan S. and Pitchfork contributor praises dc rapper Fat Trel's latest song

whoa, didn't know J0rdan was writing track reviews now, that's awesome!

also album review for the new gucci iirc

Thu, Oct 06, 2011
TRANS AM performs FUTUREWORLD in it’s entirety!!

with special guests PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT and DOPE BODY

$12.00

Doors at 9:00 PM

TALKING HEAD CLUB @ SONAR

whuuuuuuuuuuuuut

fwhoa

Trans Am are still together?

headlining the following day at 9:30 club with les savy fav, even! (which will also be a real fun show)

I just know Mark Williams from dj'ing old-school reggae at Marx cafe and twee and Britpop, but I guess he does/did this too:

Tonight is the final edition of Procedure, the long-running night of more or less countercultural music at Café Saint-Ex. On Facebook, DJ Mark Williams says, "This night first started some 10 yrs ago when Richard Chartier ran with an anti-concept—a DJ night that gave you none of what a normal club audience wants. It was called Filler, then it was called Mies, and finally Procedure. There were venue changes galore, but with a fairly consistent high quality of DJ line-ups, and all done with an artful gaze right over DC's head. Well... that'll be enough for now." Williams will co-DJ alongside various folks who have spun at Procedure over the years. 10 p.m. at Café Saint-Ex. Free

Cheaper than BB King and Buddy Guy at DAR Constitution Hall

filler/mies/procedure is the only thing i know him from

Interesting. He sometimes calls himself Kaiser when doing some of his other dj nights

from On Tap:

Gohn (known in the DJ community as Rice & Peas), Mark Williams (aka Kaiser) and Sam Votsis (aka Sammy Gong) are among the rulers of reggae in DC.

“DC is kinda weak on the old school reggae scene,” Gohn said. “Soundclash is four DJs doing all reggae and all Caribbean music all the time. I haven’t heard of another event in DC quite like it.”

I started DJing 10 years ago this month, the first time was at filler at the Blue Room. Memories!

Will there be a "SALT" dj reunion gig?

oh man that will probably never happen, I don't think the other half has spun in years. I did just finish a new mix yesterday though!

http://soundcloud.com/brian-b-1/wasted-space

Optimo on at U Street Music Hall tonight. Worth going if you've never seen them. Or if you have a pulse.

so two fridays in a row at asefu's for me, apparently

― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:31 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

missed this due to storm :(

my radar sez its the most exciting thing for my tastes in the immediate future

Chuck Brown getting respect:

THE NSO PAYS TRIBUTE TO

LEGENDS OF WASHINGTON MUSIC:

Sousa, Ellington, and Brown

Chuck Brown to Perform

Sunday, September 4, at 8 p.m.

West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol

awesome