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Ron's tribute to the late Denise Daye

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.

lol

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(Josephine)

oh, the .. lounge! that place! hah.

Fort Reno's schedule is up. First show is next week.

http://www.fortreno.com/schedule.html

what should I go see?

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

hi, where can i hear some of your stuff?

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

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

err and anyone else who feels like it

didn't realize this was on ILM actually

i will come, totally! i will also bring the quincie. and the fake accents who are now called the face accidents

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

sweet

What are people's Fort Reno recommendations?

^^^

awww nick sorry dogg! we're playing in NY that night/weekend. bummmmmer! when are you coming into town?

haw, we're going on to troy, n.y., and NYC the next two nights

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??

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

What are people's Fort Reno recommendations?

-- 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

i meditate w that guy!

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.

saw "gimme shelter" at that theater a few years ago

guys come look at Ned

or even talk to him he likes to talk to people

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.

ladytron djing at another redeem afterparty saturday. no entry before 2AM without blisspop stamp tho

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

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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^^
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Oops, here's the flyer for the above show:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/blueimage/moneytownjuly.jpg

lol at "dj shadow's digging partner"

haha, well he is. Here's more info on him:

“Dante Carfagna has made his name as one of the world’s greatest authorities on rare grooves. Hailed as a funk archaeologist, Carfagna is currently co-writing a book on the history of funk and soul with renound DJ & Producer Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, a partner and friend with whom he’s toured the nation. He blew minds with his DJ sets at Brainfreeze (with Shadow and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5), and then later during the Product Placement tour. A major contributor to & editor for record collector bible Wax Poetics Magazine, he also runs Memphix records, a respected label that issues 45s (each restricted to a release of 500 copies) as well as compilations such as 2003’s acclaimed ‘Chains + Black Exhaust’ CD. Memphix is also home to Express Rising, Dante’s beautifully produced instrumental lp which has gained a large cult following since it’s release in 2003.”

That's tonight.

Another thing happening this weekend is an obscure rock movie that Zack of Face A. and I saw at the LOC and mentioned way upthread, now it's back at the AFI this weekend--

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS Rarely seen anywhere, but finally to be released on DVD in September, this 1981 punk satire has a reputation as an intriguing disaster. A teenage Diane Lane plays a small-town Pennsylvanian who's inspired by the Looters (Ray Winstone backed by ex-Pistols Paul Cook and Steve Jones and the Clash's Paul Simonon) and starts her own band, the all-female Stains. Laura Dern had to sue to be emancipated from her mother, Diane Ladd, to appear in the film, which was directed by music producer and Ode label boss Lou Adler and co-written by Jonathan Demme and Nancy Dowd. (Also July 12) 11:15 pm, American Film Institute Silver Theater, 8633 Colesville Rd

From Mark Jenkins' writeup on his movie blog reeldc.com

Also-Shelter dj at Gallery, hiphop ones at Black Cat, Alejandro E. and/or Brazilian Girls at 930, and reggae at the Anne Arundel county Fairgrounds...A busy summer weekend

The next Moneytown night is this Friday (8-1)!

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Keep missing the crate-digger djs Nitekrawler's been bringing to town (plus the soul vets who've been performing at Fort Dupont for free). Shame on me, but the beach was fun, and other less fun real life stuff gets in the way sometimes.

Smallest crowd I've seen in years at the 930 Club last night for the Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley and African (Cheikh Lo & Vieux Farka Toure) show. Outside promoters MN8 did not get the word out to jambanders, old-school funk and soul heads, the Senegalese & Malian embassies, African restaurants, etc. 930 Club Weekend section and City Paper ads are not always enough.

I think I'm gonna miss the nice Ben's Chili Bowl 50th anniversary free show taking place there right now. Boring stuff to do. Oh well.

pink reason is supposed to be playing a house show with drunkdriver (album forthcoming on parts unknown) in DC on 9/6, and its NOT at 611 FL! anyone have any idea???

ok looks like its in riverside. cool!

Where? myspace site just says DC on the 6th and at WMUC on the 7th

i think i meant riverDALE btw - its at some punk house? my gf found the address. lets see... comb through the gchats...

6107 43rd st. thats it.

Memories of hardcore, Roy Buchanan, Insect Surfers and more...

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bad-dog-cafe/106157-what-story-dc-70s.html

Let's hear from people that remember the El Corols with Little Wimpy Johnson and the El Corolettes. What a show they would put on. For those that missed out on the DC -
Baltimore soul music/R&B scene in the late 60's, this was a great local funk band with a 5 piece horn section and four singers up front.

Carl Craig (!) at Loda in Silver Spring tomorrow

How wuz he?

Meanwhile in the rock scene, I missed the Points cd release party. I understand they're now a 4-piece, and that they only got a small crowd. This can be a tough town to get a following, and maybe the Points(antagonistic seeming garage/Stooges/punk types but actually nice folks don't play the game or the biz well enough).