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― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:34 (one year ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2023/09/08/fall-pop-concerts/
Chr*s R*chards fall preview has rock, rap, jazz, go-go, techno/electro, r'n'b, artsy fingerpicking guitar, pop
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
I added a few days ago some interesting events to my DC concert calendar that I recently learned about including some local acts that are are Adams Morgan Day today Sunday plus an Inner Ear Studio event at Lost Origins : *Adams Morgan Day Belmont Stage w/ Baba Ras D west African drumming @ 1; Crush Funk Brass @ 1:30; DC Cuban Allstars @3; Leon City Sounds djs @ 4; DJ Kristy La Rat @ 6* ; Dance Plaza @ Marie Reed has Indonesian Dance Troupe 1:25; Malcolm X drummers & dancers 5:10; Ras Lidg reggae-go-go band @ 6:15; DJ Divine house music tribute to Sam the Man Burns @ 3 @ Kalorama Park; Roots reggae band @ 6 @ Kalorama Park; *DC state fair @ Franklin Park w/ Crush Funk Brass @ 11am; DC hand dance demo @ 2pm ; Zaneta Z w/ AFRBam @ 3
*Minnush (modern Sephardic music) @ Capital Jewish Museum block party 11 am to 3 pm*
*artist talk and closing reception for “Curating Sound: The Art of Inner Ear" with Don Zientara of Inner Ear, Jason Hamacher of Lost Origins Gallery, and Holly Eney from 5 to 7pm @ Lost Origins Gallery
* A Gospel Experience w/ New Vizion, Bless-Ed, Sonny Brown Experience, Tamy Edwards & Edwards Sisters, Chevela & SV, & more @ 5 @ 5110 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave NE *
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 10 September 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Next Fest (that had jazz and go-go) is not returning this year. Capital Bop the sponsor is taking a year off
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 12 September 2023 14:49 (one year ago) link
https://dcist.com/story/23/09/18/wolf-trap-tomberlin-show-merchandise-fees/
Singer Tomberlin calls out Wolf Trap for taking 41 % cut from tshirt merch sales and a lot from music sales at Wolf Trap, but Wolf Trap defends practice as does 930/IMP/Anthem (which used some Save our Venues funds to build new Atlantis and now complains about pandemic)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
Birthday Party doc is at the Afi tonight and September 25 only
My preview is in this below
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/628820/2023-fall-arts-guide/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 September 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link
I would add to that round-up the Jean Eustache film series coming to the National Gallery of Art in October:https://www.nga.gov/calendar/film-programs/jean-eustache.html
― Chris L, Thursday, 21 September 2023 21:34 (one year ago) link
Oh cool
― curmudgeon, Friday, 22 September 2023 05:20 (one year ago) link
I read that ilxor Govern Yourself Accordingly has passed away. He used to post on this thread and may have lived in the DC area . I don't recall every meeting him. RIP
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 September 2023 05:59 (one year ago) link
Art All Night Saturday has harpist Nadia Pessoa and sitarist Snehesh Nag playing together & both using effects pedals on Alice Coltrane, Hindustani, Brazilian songs & Radiohead at 7:30 Saturday at Pen Arts, 1300 17th st NW ; also that night is a big go-go bill from 6 pm to 1 am near MLK library 9th & G with Rare Essence, Backyard Band, Junkyard Band, Black Alley & winning band from Making the Go-go band
Tonight I saw Engineer Don Zientara talk about his Inner studio with Antonia Tricaria (photographer who put together book on Inner Ear) , Joe Lally, Brendan Canty, and moderator engineer Don Godwin
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 September 2023 06:21 (one year ago) link
Went to touching and sad but inspiring memorial service for Bill Mackaye. He played ann important role at St Stephens Church in setting up Washington Free Clinic, Urban Village, Fish & Loaves; supported Daniel Berrigan and other anti Vietnam war protesters, was a country blues fan, and was fine with Positive Force doing punk rock benefit shows . Crush Funk Brass did a New Orleans second line send off at end of service outside w/ “I’ll Fly Away.”
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 October 2023 14:34 (eleven months ago) link
https://dcist.com/story/23/09/29/noochie-live-from-the-front-porch-freestyles-dc-rapper/
Long super detailed article on rapper Noochie who hosts the cool Front Porch series that has gone viral with different go-go acts each week
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 October 2023 15:10 (eleven months ago) link
Aw @ Bill M
― The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 2 October 2023 15:45 (eleven months ago) link
http://stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2023/10/national-park-service-struggles-delayed.html
How National Park Service bureaucracy and issues delayed Fort Dupont Park series till October. Plus the Cruddy Crudders snuck some shows in
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 04:16 (eleven months ago) link
So much going on around the area -
The director of "Lift", about homeless NY ballet dancers, showing for free at 2 at National Gallery today is David Petersen, now Brooklyn-based, but once a DC based musician in the band Insect Surfers back in the '80s. He will be talking after the free 2 pm screening today
"Deadwax From The Vinyl House" 12 to 2pm book talk w/ Vincent Mallardi, a 1960s era studio owner about hoards of master tapes and records a studio engineer left abandoned in a house; at Byrdland Records *
* Jill Greenleigh go-go book signing event 1 to 3 @ Mitchcraft , 9244 E. Hampton Drive, #203, Capitol Heights, MD*
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 22 October 2023 17:40 (eleven months ago) link
Loved that video of Howard U Homecoming folks and others line dancing on U street in DC to "Jerusalema." I had seen that line dance @ dc go-go Art All Night gig, & after a southern soul one @ Lamont's. Haven't seen the Angolan version w/ plates of food live yet though. I posted one on tik-tok
― curmudgeon, Monday, 23 October 2023 13:10 (eleven months ago) link
New Old guy DC rock from Scream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnElJjaEQS0
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 26 October 2023 20:56 (eleven months ago) link
RIP Sandra Butler-Truesdale who started the DC Legendary Musicians organization tol help older DC black musicians. She also did some WPFW hosting .
Went to school with Marvin Gaye I think. She was born in 1939.
Saw on Facebook she was getting chemo at one point.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 30 October 2023 17:47 (ten months ago) link
The “affordable for tourists “hotel Harrington at 11th and E that first opened in 1914 is closing permanently December 12. In the 80s bands that played the F Street 930 club used to stay there . Its Pink Elephant cocktail lounge later became Harry’s and got associated with Maga extremists
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 9 November 2023 20:07 (ten months ago) link
Yeah I did some drinking there thirtymumble years ago, but once it became a Proud Boys / Trumpy hangout I have had no problem avoiding it.
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 10 November 2023 00:09 (ten months ago) link
Yep .
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 November 2023 19:14 (ten months ago) link
Washington City Paper editor in chief Caroline Jones announced she is leaving this week. She had been at City Paper for 11 years and was eic for a number of years. No announcement on who will take her place. There’s a managing editor there also.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 16:46 (ten months ago) link
I lost track after the Shafer and Carr eras.
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 21:32 (ten months ago) link
Not joking, I wasn’t aware City Paper was still a going concern. Is it online only?
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 23:35 (ten months ago) link
Still distributed, but thinly.
The current revenue model is not unlike NPR (member-supported). I donate occasionally because I am a sentimental sucka.
I don't think we knew (circa 1989) how much the financial model of display ads would crater. But the REAL loss was classifieds and personals.
Once Craigslist pulled the rug out from under classifieds, there was almost no way for a print newspaper to prosper, apart from a few flagship publications with established brands.
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 01:57 (ten months ago) link
Washington City Paper has been online only for awhile now. When the current owner Mark Ein bought the paper he said he would keep it going as a community service and making money with it didn't matter. Then when ad revenue really stopped with the pandemic, he soon fired much of the staff and went online only. I still write "City Light" best bet concert and movie previews for them (and tweet them and share them on Facebook and Instagram). Occasionally I write longer music features for them or restaurant reviews.
I am going to be writing previews of Brazilian singer Roge at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage and of Md based Ethiopian keyboardist Hailu Mergia at Union Stage for them.
Soon to be former EIC Caroline Jones maintained a low profile on twitter and social media , and with the newsprint gone , lots of folks don't see City Paper. They do have various emails (with links) you can sign up for. A daily one with news, arts, food, and sports ; plus a twice a week art and music events preview one.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 05:59 (ten months ago) link
I will have to start posting my City Paper articles here!
In other news there’s a ribbon cutting at 12 noon today for a mobile bus go-go museum, and a ground breaking for Ron Moten’s Se go-go museum
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 14:47 (ten months ago) link
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/audience-growth-and-engagement-editor/
City Paper clearly needs a good audience growth and engagement editor based on the postings here about it!
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 17:21 (ten months ago) link
Funny to see train-inspired experimental act Chessie in one of the first posts in this thread, gigging at 24 Hour Access at the Hirshhorn.
19 years later, Chessie's Stephen Gardner did well for himself, he's CEO of Amtrak (and pushing to return Amtrak's HQ to Washington Union Station)
― theo, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 18:16 (ten months ago) link
Yeah, that's pretty wild
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 18:23 (ten months ago) link
I previewed tonight’s K Ctr millennium stage gig by Brazilian singer / guitarist Roge and Friday’s gig by Md based Ethiopian keyboardist Hailu Mergia at Union Stage. They are included with previews by other writers in Washington City Paper link.
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/640301/anjimile-hailu-mergia-and-more-best-bets-for-nov-30-dec-6/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:25 (nine months ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/11/29/alice-denney-washington-art-dead/
RIP Alice Denney at 101. DC art and event curator who brought John Cage to town and showed Sam Gilliam art. Not mentioned in obit is that the Velvet Underground played her Now Fest in DC in 1966.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 14:10 (nine months ago) link
The short-lived Owl Room on 14th St NW closed down with its farewell New Year's Eve 9 to 6 am night of electro/techno with Joyce Lim of 1432 r and others. I wonder if they couldn't afford the rent or what the reason was for the sudden closure. Place opened in the spring in former Marvin spot.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 1 January 2024 16:33 (eight months ago) link
From a Beverly Lindsay Johnson public post on Facebook:
The past few weeks have been sad as the music world has lost some of the pioneers and legends of DC Doo-Wop.
Steve Charles of the Clovers ("Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash")
Sandra Butler-Truesdale - Founder of the DC Legendary Musicians, Inc.
Ronald "Poozie" Miles - Original founding member of The Rainbows ("Mary Lee", "They Say"). It was my pleasure to have lured him back onto the stage over the past few years before his passing. He adored me and I defintely adored him.
Royal Height - The Orioles and DC activist for DC with the songs he writes and performs "Taxation Without Representation" It hurts my heart but I know that they all are in heaven with the heavenly choir. [ me here: I wrote a short 2021 piece on Height’s anti-Trump single https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/506198/city-lights-royal-height-says-trump-aint-gotta-go-home-just-gotta-git-the-hell-up-outta-here/]
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:18 (eight months ago) link
So Anthony Pirog may be best known for his guitar playing in Messthetics and his solo and group jazz meets prog artsy math music , but a handful of times over last 10 years he played surf and rockabilly with Janelle Leppin, sax player Mark Muncie and others in The El Reys. I just saw them at Quarry House and they were good and fun
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 11 January 2024 14:57 (eight months ago) link
Messthetics are playing with jazz guy James Brandon Lewis on MLk Monday in NY on an impressive bill with Esperanza Spaulding and Shabaka H. Gig might be part of that Winter Jazz Fest happening in NY
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 14 January 2024 21:01 (eight months ago) link
I see on Facebook that the Runaway club, that hosted mainly obscure rock and punk bands , and was owned by Slash Run owner , is shutting down
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 January 2024 16:47 (eight months ago) link
City Paper’s arts editor had spoken to Christine Liilyea who ran the 2 clubs , awhile back. Sounds like Runaway and Slash Run have struggled a bit financially for awhile
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/645810/the-people-issue-2023/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 January 2024 16:50 (eight months ago) link
I saw a gig for the first time at the Nolan Center at Georgetown Prep. Which is not Georgetown U btw.
A dc based booking agent for international and African acts is now doing occasional shows in that nice theatre.
I saw Senegalese kora player and singer Ablaye Cissoko with French accordionist Cyrille Brotto.
The agent had earlier had a gig with South African guitarist Derek Gripper
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 January 2024 16:57 (eight months ago) link
https://www.beallfuneral.com/obituaries/ronald-miles-sr
Poozie Miles of the Rainbows funeral is on Thursday. Their best known song was “Mary Lee.”
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 23 January 2024 17:01 (eight months ago) link
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/660977/the-runaway-was-going-to-close-but-now-its-not/
The Runaway DC survives as it got its rent lowered.
But “We’re gonna continue doing shows, but probably doing more on the DJ side. And we’re going to be more selective on the shows,” says Lilyea, excited for the possibilities. “Now we have a chef and having the landlord reduce the rent so significantly—it’s huge …”
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 January 2024 15:27 (eight months ago) link
Former Burnt Sugar pianist & synth & organ player Marc Cary, who also played piano with Dizzy Gillespie , Abbey Lincoln & other jazz greats plus Erykah Badu, now lives near Baltimore and is doing a birthday gig for himself Saturday at Takoma Station in Maryland near DC with his group Marc Cary and Indigenous People. The group membership varies but always includes DC go-go musicians because of Cary's lifelong love of go-go and that he played in go-go bands in high school
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/661091/marc-cary-tick-tickboom-and-more-best-bets-for-jan-25-31/
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 January 2024 18:49 (eight months ago) link
Hmmm, now the Runaway DC has a go fund me. Their website still lists no music events after January 21. An IG story just showed a mid February clothes and records sale
https://www.gofundme.com/f/we-were-going-to-close-now-not-still-need-help?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 January 2024 05:45 (seven months ago) link
Runaway dc now lists a few shows on their Facebook, while some locals are grumbling about how their booking policy wasn’t so great in the past either.
Not many are supporting their go fund me. Can’t blame anyone for not doing so.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:12 (seven months ago) link
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/662317/el-laberinto-del-coco-bonnie-and-clyde-city-lights-for-feb-1-7/
I previewed the Thursday night February 1 El Laberinto del Coco gig @ U of Md Clarice Smith Center plus the Friday February 2nd showings on WHUT-HD , Howard U PBS, at 11 am and 11 pm of Beverly Lindsay Johnson's new film "DC Street Jocks Rocked the House," with DJ Kool, Arthur Maniac McCloud, and Sam the Man Burns and more. Doc will also be showing at other times through Feb 18 on HU PBS .
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 1 February 2024 03:37 (seven months ago) link
Future Band DC got play go-go in Cuba and were there with Ron Moten and Professor Natale Hopkinson from the Dont Mute DC organization.
Wammy awards voting is going on now. I don't know who many of the nominated acts are . It's the usual goofy thing where folks are begging on their Instagram for friends to vote for them
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 17:37 (seven months ago) link
My partner had a bad experience booking a show at the Runaway. The people were perfectly nice as people, but they were not up front about the money / room fee. Certainly left me feeling a bit indifferent about the music side of things going away there.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 6 February 2024 20:36 (seven months ago) link
Sounds like that has been the experience of many with the Runaway.
Nobody is giving to their go-fund me
― curmudgeon, Monday, 12 February 2024 17:17 (seven months ago) link
Throughout this process, much has been said about the challenges of city life — street artists, for example, and crime
DC Mayor Bowser’s letter re retaining Wizards and Caps blames “street artists “ first!
She has failed to get the DC crime lab working , the number of cops and private security folks in the area dropped over the years, but yeah let’s blame loud percussionists , buskers, graffiti.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 12 February 2024 17:22 (seven months ago) link
$75 raised of $25,000 goal
oof
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 12 February 2024 17:57 (seven months ago) link