tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10605467768430920632024-03-08T15:00:12.114-05:00DC RocksA native account of mostly rock music and other things
very local to Washington, DCCokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.comBlogger1426125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-913766012087273502021-09-30T23:27:00.000-04:002021-09-30T23:27:08.570-04:00Short n Sweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHwl7kMZHj7MyBpqrSj8QC45Vv6HP2rz4rKnuYXLXMynUS0Daf5AqB9od0h5effxzJpjgfwERlEykFpusqkYmOptq5uFP6jqRrWxBXnpr3xr6rd0s7eh-cvNdkVYm3aamDWY94yIbYkI/s400/tumblr_matbsrwely1qinw11o1_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="400" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHwl7kMZHj7MyBpqrSj8QC45Vv6HP2rz4rKnuYXLXMynUS0Daf5AqB9od0h5effxzJpjgfwERlEykFpusqkYmOptq5uFP6jqRrWxBXnpr3xr6rd0s7eh-cvNdkVYm3aamDWY94yIbYkI/w320-h211/tumblr_matbsrwely1qinw11o1_400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> Hello there, October. Always good to see you. Bring on your cool breezes - your pumpkins and bright blue skies. Please wreak havoc with the local mosquitos who are lurking round the screen door and turn on that tree coloring machine. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yHOR5poV4mBh8tRYlEYJ1lnrczHkB2xW680jJycE6hnjbxe9IH2cPeT5mU12E4gXoykRIPnhuicCiJg9jxi5hL23Fnpu_D50s3dN3ESy7KMXYUquGPgnyIg53Orb0vIYjlYfr6m8RGU/s2048/IMG_5262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yHOR5poV4mBh8tRYlEYJ1lnrczHkB2xW680jJycE6hnjbxe9IH2cPeT5mU12E4gXoykRIPnhuicCiJg9jxi5hL23Fnpu_D50s3dN3ESy7KMXYUquGPgnyIg53Orb0vIYjlYfr6m8RGU/s320/IMG_5262.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>Fresh air music fiends will have plenty to do this weekend between <a href="https://www.cheverlyday.org/2021/live-music/">Cheverly Day</a> on<b> Saturday</b> and the<a href="https://mainstreettakoma.org/featured-events/takoma-park-street-festival/"> Takoma Park Street Fest </a>on <b>Sunday</b>. The weather threatens to be perfect with sun warmed days and cool clear evenings. Nice to have some traditions back whilst we warily await less germ fraught times. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbD-cX85S16yfIAt07eyKwDCx4gnD0tsnI3f2QUeIt6PmVP9YoKWLzbB_YXoAz-Qnc-EumwKQPVfjzY4ik1d-8chXKzQ9FNgd9NxYTM9lrcrF6m8YCx6zuGUclF77GFJBQ7dYP9ul5tpw/s1024/IMG_3608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1024" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbD-cX85S16yfIAt07eyKwDCx4gnD0tsnI3f2QUeIt6PmVP9YoKWLzbB_YXoAz-Qnc-EumwKQPVfjzY4ik1d-8chXKzQ9FNgd9NxYTM9lrcrF6m8YCx6zuGUclF77GFJBQ7dYP9ul5tpw/w400-h310/IMG_3608.jpeg" title="Weasel @ the mike in Takoma" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weasel @ the mike Takoma St Fest 2016</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-87253922032636974522021-09-01T08:37:00.002-04:002021-09-01T09:07:39.782-04:00Fits and Starts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6h6ckg7g38DoTku2hOU3aNhk6eL9gmizgCRJqV6X95SBSVJAU3FBPqM_4fShmfIZDPHH8Vn_7gAw4wKVsJjE1rBOdnYyblgva26Qnr4zfxXwVdGsLBEiiMvxnwlmrXOWQa129lrvpG4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="2048" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6h6ckg7g38DoTku2hOU3aNhk6eL9gmizgCRJqV6X95SBSVJAU3FBPqM_4fShmfIZDPHH8Vn_7gAw4wKVsJjE1rBOdnYyblgva26Qnr4zfxXwVdGsLBEiiMvxnwlmrXOWQa129lrvpG4/w400-h255/IMG_6987.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />September already. Where did the summer go? I can't say I made it to a lot of shows in August. Between the heat and the creepy oak mite attacks, I'm kind of glad to see the end of those dog days. I did get up to Fort Reno which seems to have its own weather- staying dry and breezy while the surrounding area was drenched by storms. It was gratifying to see both the music and the people. Please help keep this uniquely DC event going. You can still support The Cause by buying a t-shirt <a href="https://www.fortreno.com/?fbclid=IwAR2KHXDjrcc2oGq5rjGG1f_Qs-Q7NhvyDS8o6KkjM6ihQRjkHRAJ7beIMa4" target="_blank">here</a>. (order by Sep 27)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd-bp4OuPAObTM1LPRClSAAbfEbZgwh_lyMOowMMBLOmBitM7gxoJjTs4ORnJEulemisLW0eIYOQmso5P1H1TgIZMIT3v7e2In4x5aIO2rXWcJxE5sUr5q6tyLMk4__aiwNge8GhajG4/s455/istockphoto-1224492418-170667a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd-bp4OuPAObTM1LPRClSAAbfEbZgwh_lyMOowMMBLOmBitM7gxoJjTs4ORnJEulemisLW0eIYOQmso5P1H1TgIZMIT3v7e2In4x5aIO2rXWcJxE5sUr5q6tyLMk4__aiwNge8GhajG4/s320/istockphoto-1224492418-170667a.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><p>Safety seems to be a state of mind, a mental calculation, or lack thereof, of risk over matter. Hanging outside a concert recently, I witnessed a somewhat volatile mask meltdown when a music fan felt the need to rail loudly against a piece of cloth. In our area, venues have a mixed bag of safe practices, and I am only mentioning ones with clear mask and vaccine protocols in place. </p><p>Happy to see the 9:30 Club is re-opening this week with local shows including White Ford Bronco on Sept 3 and Troublefunk on Sept 5. Check <a href="https://www.hankdietles.net/calendar-of-shows" target="_blank">Hank Dietle's schedule </a>for loads of music all through the week. Black Cat has lots of shows, too, including their 28th anniversary event on Sept 11. Lots of bands including Teen Cobra and The Owners- a rare chance to see Dante Ferrando back in action. Also my ole pal Alec MacKaye gets back to it when the Hammered Hulls open for Lydia Lunch Retrovirus on Sept 16- also at the Black Cat.</p><p>The Hub Cap Centre, which may be DC's newest venue, will be hosting the debut of The Longtimers on Sept 11. Can't wait to see what Tom Clifford has up its sleeve this time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9roc2OWS4CE5s2h4tfIR9zl_V57Q54lPZIV3E_2Y8Pz21krAQcqEHfXNs_ALqYjkplsjpM17jnMldPtR48LkatEegGa8wcD2NemQRvro_q4BoyIChRzdZPA56j7wr-gp2ubrClxl1GZ4/s2048/Longtimers+Flyer+9.11.21+FINAL-page-0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9roc2OWS4CE5s2h4tfIR9zl_V57Q54lPZIV3E_2Y8Pz21krAQcqEHfXNs_ALqYjkplsjpM17jnMldPtR48LkatEegGa8wcD2NemQRvro_q4BoyIChRzdZPA56j7wr-gp2ubrClxl1GZ4/w310-h400/Longtimers+Flyer+9.11.21+FINAL-page-0.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p>For those who prefer more fresh air in their life, Billy Price is playing outdoors at Jammin Java on Sept 3. The next night, the Thrillbillys and Jumping' Jupiter are at Pearl Street which has those big garage doors open, and the State Theater will be having outdoor shows throughout the month. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-88441852385261860422021-08-01T00:48:00.000-04:002021-08-01T00:48:57.347-04:00August 2021 Day One <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbMcxFwLVwaS5JgAy_b-uOrgL4u29SUzwB2F75ozC0l5ISrJi9gtEWuUMoeEmImzYL-QN3s8VB1U5AYVauT8u4qZT9yfFdjiYvCKQ_Qc-ctILuWFa6FIO6U1CNdPUnEQAw9CGj4nnOVk/s233/Unknown.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="216" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMbMcxFwLVwaS5JgAy_b-uOrgL4u29SUzwB2F75ozC0l5ISrJi9gtEWuUMoeEmImzYL-QN3s8VB1U5AYVauT8u4qZT9yfFdjiYvCKQ_Qc-ctILuWFa6FIO6U1CNdPUnEQAw9CGj4nnOVk/w371-h400/Unknown.jpeg" width="371" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>well hello</p><p>is anybody out there?</p><p>anybody?</p><p>Crawling out of the bunker, it feels like musicians have been outnumbered by singing cicadas this summer, but things have been changing. Slowly but surely our local music scene is emerging through the fog of The Variant and other Covid set backs. Feeling trepidatious? Me, too. </p><p>When King Soul played their first indoor gig at the tiny <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VFWPost350/photos/a.634919106542081/4522953257738627/">Takoma VFW</a>, they drew a double-vaxxed, practically punch drunk crowd thrilled to be at a bar with their favorite band kicking ass. I immediately retreated to the spacious back yard. Since then I've managed to go inside for shows. At least for a song or two. The VFW still has bargain basement drink prices, and shows are extra early with music stopping by 9 which sort of suits a pandemic kind of schedule.</p><p>Speaking of schedules, I'm not maintaining the DC ROCKS calendar due to things being so weird right now, but hit the links to find shows at the venues mentioned. </p><p>For those of you raring to go, I'm very happy to report the return of the newest oldest road house in Montgomery County. <a href="https://www.hankdietles.net/calendar-of-shows?view=calendar&month=08-2021">Hank Dietle's </a>has been painstakingly retrofitted as a live music club, and the place has never looked so pretty. I love the front porch which provides a covid get away for those of us still wary of gatherings. Lisa White, who booked the 9:30 Club for many a moon, will be wrangling music there most every day which is a feat in itself. </p><p><a href="http://www.jvsrestaurant.com/calendars">JV's</a>, another old haunt, opened their doors as soon as possible, and have had live indoor shows for months now. For the Brave of Heart, I see our local hero <b>Daryl Davis </b>is there on August 19. Black Cat and Galaxy Hut are open, too, but sadly, no more music at the Hut. </p><p>Outdoor options include Jammin Java and <a href="http://www.thestatetheatre.com/events/upcoming_events.xml?_order=1">The State Theater </a>who graciously toed the line with free outdoor concerts which are still happening in August although it looks like shows will be moving indoors as well. Look for <b>The Nighthawks </b>outside at The State August 29. </p><p>On Sundays DC Brau has loading dock concerts outside and extremely good beer all of the time. Plus Roaming Rooster, right around the corner, makes a great fried chicken sandwich which you can oh so conveniently order while drinking a beer. </p><div>Last but not least thank you <b>Amanda MacKaye</b> for reviving the <a href="https://www.fortreno.com">Fort Reno</a> concert series which starts this <b>Monday</b>, August 2 and runs for three weeks Mondays and Thursdays. Cool new stage, and I highly recommend Bandit Taco for your picnic dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7BuT1bV_Yera6krXR_nQlL2FhaCK7eJFhtGw7mgk2y7mcyIVzqtduUkw0Qh4S4sfFwkjgCY4M7_y6i4ta19Y8RGBYJK-9zybJxuDY_AnnAQt2S7fVwesGDFnxcp7m9AXCh_N3USIjkk/s2048/IMG_0633.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7BuT1bV_Yera6krXR_nQlL2FhaCK7eJFhtGw7mgk2y7mcyIVzqtduUkw0Qh4S4sfFwkjgCY4M7_y6i4ta19Y8RGBYJK-9zybJxuDY_AnnAQt2S7fVwesGDFnxcp7m9AXCh_N3USIjkk/w400-h205/IMG_0633.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> PS Supposedly Feedburner, the email service for DC ROCKS, will go down for the count come the end of August. Not sure if I am up to the challenge of re-booting a new widget. 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One sliver of a silver lining of our collective curfew is the ability to watch things on our screens which would otherwise be unavailable. Over the weekend, those who were paying attention, caught Rolling Stones members playing the apropos "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7pZgQepXfA">You Can't Always Get What You Want</a>" each from their respective homes. There was Keith with a drink on his coffee table, Mick standing in front of his art collection, Charlie stuck in a corner, and Ronnie looking like he's playing at the top of his stairs. Bands played world wide, millions of people watched, and I didn't have a clue. I can't tell you what I was doing last Saturday because I'm not even sure I <b>knew </b>it was Saturday.</div>
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This morning, however, I woke up to find a welcome bulletin in my inbox because I don't want to miss this happening. The DC Film Festival is giving us the opportunity to watch an encore presentation of past films to make up for having to postpone this year's event. A couch fest if you will. Each "series" will last a week beginning today with <i><a href="http://filmfestdc.org/">DC Noir</a></i>, a movie which captures DC in a way that many won't recognize. Why? Because the unique thing about this film is just how local it is. <br />
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Most movies supposedly set here, will flash a cameo of the Washington monument or a stock aerial shot of downtown. This movie lives here in Petworth and Parkview, and in all four quadrants. The producers, cast, and crew are all local, and you won't see one shot of a famous landmark unless it was inadvertent. The score comes from Fugazi's Brendan Canty, and go-go's Backyard Band will pop up as well. The script is based on four short stories by George Pelecanos. An honest and gritty writer, George has dedicated much of his life to portraying the real DC, and this film feels true.<br />
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Happy Easter, you all. Yes, today is the "real" Easter as my father used to say. Why?<br />
Because the Greeks are always right.<br />
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But I was lucky. My father didn't object when my non- Greek mother would fill a basket with eggs and chocolate on "American" Easter and hide the basket in the yard because a rabbit left it there. I knew it was my mother, but we pretended I didn't. I also knew there was no such thing as a Greek Easter Bunny. On the Greek side of the family, tradition called for red eggs representing the blood of Christ, which was not fun until we got to bash them together playing a game at the end of a huge party with all our cousins.<br />
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At least that's what happened in my family. Another take on religious confusion is worth a visit with David Sedaris in an old episode of "This American Life" called <a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/148/the-angels-wanna-wear-my-red-suit/act-five">Santa vs the Easter Bunny</a>.<br />
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Also confusing is how musicians are going to survive this social distancing edict playing in their yards like bewildered bunnies. Mark Segraves, a dear friend of live music, wants you to know that DC is planning to help with a little plan they are calling "Pandemic Unemployment Assistance" or PU for short. (Ok, it's actually PUA, but you'll remember it better if I say PU- assistance )<br />
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Holding the fort at home, I am losing track of time. This happened once before, when I attended a four day wild and wonderful wedding event in New Orleans in which an abundance of frivolity and an abandonment of caution led to a distinct blurring of days. Jubilant tribal gatherings, simple hugs and sharing feasts- all of that seems a bit unreal now, just as our current plight with Covid 19 seems like a nightmare.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I try to get up every day. I'm teaching my Montgomery College students via Skype, which is rough but better than nothing. I got back on FaceBook, which I still don't understand, but with my daughter Anna's help, I got a video posted of me doing the tune "</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/daniel.hovey.104/videos/120909646224063/" style="font-family: inherit;">How Long</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">." I should have another one pretty soon. And I helped Jack O'Dell record a demo of his new tune "Non-Essential Blues" by emailing tracks back and forth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I wake up and shake off the weird dreams. Then I actually have breakfast even though I'm not a breakfast person. I have been catching up on my drinking as I catch up on my favorite hobby. Watching TV. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have never felt comfortable performing unless I am surrounded by world class musicians, but I have posted two homemade videos. "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.dolan.319/videos/10157802036679760/">Perfidia</a>" and "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/joe.dolan.319/videos/10157820832094760/">I Couldn't Get High</a>." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. I’m smoking a lot of weed. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m gardening like an Idaho Prepper. I’m writing songs more than before. My life was a Mexican Soap Opera before Corona so really I’ve barely noticed the crisis. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like ice cream</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(I’ve been encouraged to do a cleaner demo so I hired this hack, Dan Hovey, to do the guitar and I recut the vocal in a proper studio. ) </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’m writing a new song called "Earthquake Weather." </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I smoke a lot of weed. </span></div>
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I'm talking out loud to you now. Somehow it makes more sense than conversing with the cat or texting my son who is sheltering in place in his bedroom downstairs, quarantined after his arrival from South America last week.<br />
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Since the world shut down, the cat and I have been doing a lot of bird watching through the window together. The red- winged blackbird is back, and right this minute a woodpecker is hammering the chimney guard next door. What the heck? How does he get any nourishment from beating his beak on a metal cage?<br />
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These weary bleary days, more music- less noise is my survival mantra. For respite from woodpeckers and other things, I highly recommend a virtual visit to the Voluminous Vault of Robbie White where you can tune in to archived episodes of his radio show "<a href="https://www.mixcloud.com/robbinewhite/stream/">Forbidden Alliance</a>."<br />
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"Forbidden Alliance" named for a Slickee Boys tune, has been on the air every Sunday morning since the summer of 2016 with curated eclectic playlists, color commentary, and interviews featuring a panoply of local talent. Musicians, writers, film makers, deejays and more have made the scene with Robbie and his venerable co-host Weasel in over 200 episodes. Everyone has taken turns squeezing into the WOWD sound booth which, as Robbie once pointed out, is smaller than the station's disability accessible bathroom.<br />
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Enjoy the music and learn something about the myriad of talent we have running native here, and maybe you'll discover a new favorite band to see when we get out of Covid Land. <br />
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If you are listening to the live broadcast this Sunday, Robbie will be flying solo until social distancing conditions improve, so consider <a href="https://www.facebook.com/forbiddenallianceradio/">checking in</a> and letting him know he's not alone.<br />
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<br />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-1385191734805929162020-03-19T09:40:00.001-04:002020-03-19T09:40:54.327-04:00Through the Looking Glass<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday at 3:25 p.m., I sat on the couch with my laptop and went to my first virtual happy hour... in Richmond no less. A long time favorite, Prabir and his friends were playing. I was a bit early for the 3:30 show, and Prabir was still setting things up in a badly lit room, but his personality transmitted just fine. He clinked his wine glass against the camera and welcomed the "audience." I imagined myself not on a couch, but standing around in a rock hole with a bunch of people I didn't know, drawn together for music. The introverts commented that they were happy to be "out." We sent hand clapping emojis and hearts floating through cyberspace. In between songs, Prabir would stop and see who was "there," and say hello to people he knew. It was a surreal experience, but keeping each other sane with creativity will be our Rx in the days to come.<br />
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Round these parts, <b>Justin Trawick</b> will be playing a concert from his living room couch in Arlington<b> tonight </b>and <b>Sunday </b>at 8 pm. We also get to see his hat collection.<br />
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Aside from the virtual concert, many of us have extra time to surf the 'net "to the point of pain" as Wesley says in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJccK4lV74">Princess Bride</a>, but "your ears you will keep, and I will tell you why."<br />
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Please seek out local bands and send them love on line. Buy their music if you can- a song usually only costs a buck- or just send a message of support. Meanwhile please let me know if you have a virtual concert coming up for the new, now virtually twisted DC ROCKS couch locked calendar.<br />
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Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-55206315295317350902020-03-11T19:10:00.001-04:002020-03-12T11:32:26.730-04:00Fear and Loving in DC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At a gathering of very old friends on Sunday, we took a crack at elbow bumping, shoe tapping and air hugging, but these pre-pandemic precautions lodged mostly in our thoughts and not in our hearts. The sweet comfort of a warm embrace proved hard to resist, and as the party wore on we just plain failed to comply with the new regime.<br />
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The Great Unknown is in the driver's seat for now. How long will we be able gather in public ? Buy cat food? See music?<br />
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It seems things are changing faster than I can write. Mayor Bowser now recommends avoiding crowds of one thousand or more people. Consequently the folks at IMP have postponed all of their shows after tonight's concert at the 9:30 Club.<br />
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DC ROCKS pretty much only covers smaller events so if you are still feeling hearty and hale, perhaps consider going out this weekend before The End of the World.<br />
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For starters the <b>Quarry House</b> seems to be having music again. <b>Thursday</b> there's a free show with <b>The Hall Monitors.* </b> Also<b> The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours</b> have a no cover event at the<b> Takoma VFW </b>featuring new songs including the timely "We'll All Be Dead in a Week." (Think Irish shanty)<b> </b><br />
I recommend hitting both. (In for a penny...in a for a pound, right?)<br />
Or head to the <b>Black Cat </b>to see our old pal Alec MacKaye in<b> </b><b>Hammered Hulls</b> - opening for<b> Algiers</b>,<br />
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Later in the weekend<b>, Justin Jones</b> and <b>John Bustine</b> with <b>Jonny Graves </b>will liven up the<b> Quarry House </b>on<b> Saturday </b>night.<br />
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And <b>Sunday </b>evening, WTOP reporter Neal Augunstein trades in his reporter outfit for rock n roll threads with a <b>Modest Proposal </b>reunion gig at <b>Pearl Street Warehouse</b>. This is an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AfterDarkFund/">After Dark Fund</a> event, and a very righteous cause!<br />
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*Hall Monitors show cancelledCokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-75437809106215787092020-03-04T08:25:00.000-05:002020-03-05T08:29:36.469-05:00Early Fling with Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What is going on outside? I see daffodils, crocuses, and birds going ape. The willows are greening, star magnolias are about to pop and full on cherry blossoms are due by the end of the month. My yard thinks it's April. I guess Winter has been cancelled until further notice ?<br />
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Things are a bit upside down in the music world as well. This <b>Saturday</b> "Queen Soul" will be at the<b> Takoma VFW</b> without their big hearted band leader <b>Tom Clifford </b>who spent Valentine's Day getting a cardiac tune up.<br />
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Tom is doing well, but please send healing vibes his way and love to his soul mate and chief medical officer Mrs. Clifford. <br />
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Here's the ever incomplete DC ROCKS March calendar:<br />
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7 Door Sedan/ Apollo 66/ The Buzz/ SPidercake @ American Legion Silver Spring</div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-69425903278972131252020-02-27T07:55:00.000-05:002020-02-28T07:55:30.656-05:00A Leap of Faith<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was always suspicious that the concept of leap year was a mistake on somebody's part. Let's start with the Egyptians who brought us the 365 day solar calendar as far back as man can remember anything. Technically our planet's jaunt around the sun is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, so they were pretty dang close. And whose to argue with the Egyptians? Julius Caesar that's who. His astronomer pointed out the extra six hours and advised adding an extra day to the shortest month of the year. Voila! The leap year. This construct seemed to work for about 1600 years until Pope Gregory noticed that Easter was drifting into summer. Not a happy camper.<br />
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Turns out you can't round up that five hours and forty-eight minutes without consequences, and Gregory wasn't Pope for nothing. He found his own astronomer to fix the hitch in that giddy up by decreasing the frequency of leap years. Plus he erased ten days. Yep, Romans who went to sleep on October 5 back in 1582, woke up 8 or so hours later on October 15 which must have been somewhat confusing for those not paying attention to the town crier.<br />
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Most of Roman Catholic Europe went along with the idea, but the Brits were having none of it, and America was on the same page until 1752 when the now eleven day lop was finally self-imposed. Suddenly George Washington's birthday leapt from February 11 to February 22 which means our current Presidents Day should have been closer to Lincoln's birthday which is February 12. Abe was robbed.<br />
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Are you still with me?<br />
How did I get this far in life not knowing any of this?<br />
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Here I must thank Ben Guarino who wrote<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/this-leap-day-and-year-would-be-the-last-ever-if-two-scholars-have-their-way/2020/02/21/9fb8ad70-5345-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html"> a great article</a> about leap year things in <i>The Washington Post</i> this week including the newest proposal- the Hanky-Henke Permanent Calendar which would favor consistency over accuracy. Whoops, I misread that. It's actually called the <b>Hanke-Henry</b> calendar, but I think hinky is a better name in general as hinky definitely defines the DC ROCKS calendar which will be amended later this weekend.<br />
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In the meantime two bust out shows happen this <b>Friday</b>: the <b>Airport 77s</b> at <b>Slash Run</b> and a rockabilly meltdown with <b>Rock-A- Sonics</b> and more at the <b>Takoma VFW.</b><br />
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Also on <b>Friday </b>we have <b>Kill Lincoln</b> at the <b>Pie Shop a</b>nd the <b>Allman Others Band</b> at <b>Hill Country</b>.<br />
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<b>February 29th</b>, Anno Domini 2020, look for <b>Jumpin Jupiter</b> leaping around at the <b>Rhodeside Grill</b>, and <b>Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Bomb</b> tearing up <b>Slash Run</b>.<br />
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(If Julius C. and Pope Greg were still around, they'd make it four Fridays and two Saturdays so no one would have to choose between gigs.)<br />
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<br />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-49979128733766020852020-02-19T21:45:00.000-05:002020-02-20T07:53:02.518-05:00Columbia Stations Redux<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last week Columbia Station, a jazz club for 25 years, closed at 2325 18th Street in Adams Morgan. The end of this club may give some music fans a serious case of deja vu </span>because<span style="font-family: inherit;"> back in pre-historic times, a very different Columbia Station once existed. Many of us have fond, albeit heavily impaired, memories of the first Columbia Station- the one at 1836 Columbia Road. </span><br />
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An ad from a 1979 <i>Unicorn Times</i> (which I had stashed in a closet) reminds us we saw bands like The Slickee Boys, Grits, and Skip Castro along with the caveat: "proper attire discouraged."<br />
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But much to my surprise, very little other information can be found online never mind a picture. Even with history hunter Andrew Ratliff's help, we could only dig up this one grainy photo from the<i> Washington Post</i>.<br />
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I had to turn to old pals to fill in the blanks although more than one said they'd have to think a bit to come up with a story not rated X.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Former manager Doug Porter remembers:</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">"Columbia Station served many purposes as the neighborhood crossroads. Artsy types met to do artsy things. Old men came in and sat at the same spot at the bar each visit to watch the world go by. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">But things got different after about 10:30 at night. The station became a choice location for people of every persuasion to meet the one night stand of their dreams."</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial"; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">Doug still has his business card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Marie Broussard </span>continues the rat-mares with a vivid memory of<span style="font-family: inherit;"> her first shift as bartender in 1980. "My f</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">irst night of work, a rat came crawling out of the phone booth in the dining room and died in the middle of the room during the dinner rush. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I think it succumbed to James the Dishwasher’s special peanut butter and rat poison sandwiches. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">After a prolonged death scene, while people jumped up and fled their checks, James scooped him up and took away the body.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Former bartender Mary Connole recalls a rodent-free </span>story<span style="font-family: inherit;"> when Doug Porter was managing. "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">On my 30th birthday Tex Rubinowitz was playing, and I had told Porter that I had a crush on him. Next thing I knew Doug announced on stage that, for my birthday, I'd like to take Tex home." </span></div>
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Mark Hall also worked there as a manager/bartender and booked bands from roughly 1976 until about 1982. He remembers The Original Fetish, The Urban Verbs, Bill Holland and Rent's Due, Root Boy Slim, Razz, Catfish Hodge, Billy and the Shakes, The Dinettes, The Beatnik Flies, and Switchblade to name a few.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/02/09/the-end-of-the-line-for-columbia-station/74496a50-6349-4b8b-9510-82c8eba11fe8/">one article</a> I did find online was about Columbia Station's demise in 1984. Another old friend pops up here as well:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 18px;">Valentine's Day is almost here, and Valentine's Day (or VD as we used to call it back in high school when we knew it all) makes me think of love, and love makes me think of that song written by John Lennon for a TV show. A very special TV show. "Our World" was the planet's first, live, international broadcast which happened on June 25th, 1967. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 18px;">The producers wisely banned political types as cameras around the globe zoomed in on different scenes from a rancher on horseback in Canada to the construction of the subway in Tokyo. The Beatle's </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdxj8geUMs" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 18px;">debut performance </a><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 18px;">of "All You Need Is Love," was the program's finale. Shot at EMI Studios in London, the star studded audience included cats like Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithful, members of The Rolling Stones, The Who and Small Faces. What a crazy cool party that must have been. Rock and roll was the revolution, Flower Power was on the rise, and the world got smaller - at least for one day.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">This weekend let's try and keep that love going starting with <b>Sunday</b> because the folks at <b>Hank Dietle's Tavern </b>really need your help. </span>Hank's is a historic road house out there on Rockville Pike that was gutted by fire last February. Usually places like this get torn down in a heartbeat, but local heroes are purposefully rehabbing the building to be a new live music venue.<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> Sunday's <a href="https://www.hankdietles.net/">fundraiser/party</a> at<b> </b></span><b>Rosensteel Hall </b>will feature<b> seven </b>bands with plenty of room to dance, confab, and be merry. Plus the Knights of Columbus will be selling reasonably priced drinks and food. Please show your love for the local music scene by coming out for this event. Hit the link above for details. </div>
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John Prine was one of my first loves music wise. His songs were smart and funny and often easy to figure out for struggling guitar geeks. He wrote <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BofvfVPFbiM&list=RDBofvfVPFbiM&start_radio=1&t=24">Spanish Pipe Dream</a>, part love song, part revolutionary anthem in 1971 back when we all watched the same stuff on TV. Just to refresh your memory, when this song came out, the Viet Nam war was still raging, Nixon was president, and the digital age, which would eventually divide us all, was just beginning to dawn. The time has come once again to blow up the TV. Let's get out and talk to one another. Shall we?<br />
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Thank you, Fritz Hahn for updating<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/01/07/guide-best-bars-without-tvs-dc-area/"> your list of tv free bars</a>. I would also like to nominate the <a href="https://galaxyhut.com/">Galaxy Hut</a> which screens movies via a VCR and has an an astounding list of beers on tap. The Hut also hosts live music most Sunday and Monday nights.<br />
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Bands often have to compete with screens in clubs, but what we pay attention to is up to us. Try the<b> </b>insouciant<b> Malvivants </b>at <b>El Golfo</b> on <b>Friday. </b>On<b> Saturday</b> Newmeyer Flyer's crew brings us <b>Beatle's Love Songs </b>at the <b>Hamilton </b>to kick off Valentine week because who couldn't use more love right now?<br />
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<b>Sunday </b>brings us a punk rock show at <b>Slash Run</b> where we can<b> </b>scream real loud as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c5E9OyrjpI">Pee Wee </a>used to say without anyone minding.<br />
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And if the thought of Valentine's Day gives you the willies- consider attending the <b>Worst Date Story Competition</b> at <b>Black Cat </b>coming up on <b>Tuesday</b> <b>Feb 11</b>.<br />
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Hello February. You bring Love and Mardi Gras and a good excuse to watch one of my favorite movies- <i>Groundhog Day.</i> In this goofy romantic time loop, Bill Murray's character gets stuck living February 2nd over and over again, but it's not so different from our retail life now that I think about it. Halloween gives way to Christmas... which transitions to Valentine displays... which once set off a panic in my own heart, knowing that I had to get my kids to churn out tokens of love for some forty classmates. <br />
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The more recent <i>Russian Doll </i> would make a great double feature with <i>Groundhog Day</i> if you can stand the recurrent repetitive repetition of repeating scenes.<br />
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Now, for something completely different, February first gives you a variety of chances to see live music starting with <b>Saturday</b>: <b>Little Red and the Renegades </b>will<b> </b>kick your Mardi Gras spirit into gear over at<b> New Deal Cafe </b>while the <b>Cravin Dogs</b> bring their gonzo folk thing to <b>El Golfo. </b> Also up for consideration- <b>King Soul</b> converts their blue-eyed soul into a St Patrick's Day parade fundraiser at <b>Barking Dog</b>.<br />
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<b>Sunday</b>, aside from Groundhog Day, I hear there is some sort of sporting contest going on, but<b> Galaxy Hut</b> is blessedly featuring a football free end zone with <b>Karaoke Sexy.</b><br />
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Last week I escaped to Florida to visit my brother's digs in Pompano and to see Key West for the first time which, for me, meant a mandatory pilgrimage to the Hemingway House. I became acquainted with Mr Hemingway in 1979 via my writing professor Jack Salamanca who hammered into me a lifelong respect for spare "muscular" prose and authentic dialogue.</div>
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At some point the 1851 Spanish Colonial "fixer-upper" was upgraded to include a catwalk which connected the master bed room to Hemingway's writing studio where he worked every morning. To me the room feels a tad too clean and uncluttered to have been a writer's lair, but descendants of Hemingway's polydactyl cat "Snow White" still prowl the property keeping a whisper of his ghost alive. </div>
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This week I felt like I was living in a science fiction kind of world. Last Saturday my son asked me if we were about to have World War Three because of all the memes he was seeing on social media. And despite a bit of snow yesterday, this winter isn't really acting like winter. There's a climate changing vibe in the air.<br />
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I remember a teacher long ago reading aloud a Ray Bradbury story. I always loved it when the teachers read to us. It was the best part of a school day, but that story always haunted me. It was about a rainy planet where the sun made very rare appearances. Children were eagerly waiting in a classroom, about to see the sun for the first time, but for some reason, they locked one girl in a closet, and she missed it.<br />
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That's all I remember, but since we live in futuristic times I can plug in the words "Ray Bradbury" and "rainy planet" and up pops "<a href="http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/english%20department%20lvillage/rt/short%20stories/all%20summer%20in%20a%20day.pdf">All Summer in a Day</a>." Complete and online. Hit the link, and we can read it together right now.<br />
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Guess what? The reason they locked her in a closet was because she was different from the rest of them. She was from Earth.<br />
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I love Ray Bradbury, but he can often be disquieting which is why I turn to exuberant noise with little or no cover charge when I am feeling disheartened, and often I find this kind of thing goes on in taverns. For example <b>The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours</b> are back in full swing at the <b>Takoma VFW </b>tomorrow evening with cheap drinks at the cash bar and early sets 7ish-10 pm sharp.<br />
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On <b>Friday </b>kick off the carnival season (which began on Monday) with <b>Little Red and the Renegades</b> at <b>Haydees</b>.<br />
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<b>Saturday </b>two post punk but still punk style shows compete for attention with <b>Sister Ex a</b>nd crew at <b>The Ugly Mug </b><br />
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and <b>Catscan!'s </b>record release party at <b>Slash Run</b>. Let's make some noise!<br />
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Almost forgot ...<b>Rock-A-Sonics</b> liven things up at <b>New Deal Cafe </b>also on <b>Saturday.</b>..and on <b>Sunday </b>kick back with <b>Jumpin Jupiter</b> at <b>JV- </b>four p.m., late matinee and no cover.Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-43168398283379716512020-01-01T10:40:00.001-05:002020-01-01T10:40:07.776-05:00Everything Old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On January 1, 1920, the front page of the Evening Star covered topics from presidential campaigns to DC's voting rights in a way that is alarmingly current.<br />
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And although representation was proposed, District citizens didn't get the right to vote in a presidential election until 1961, never mind that we are still waiting for a say in Congress.<br />
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Our lack of sovereignty even lost us the right to drink in 1917 years before the rest of the country. We were supposed to be a model of temperance.<br />
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Instead we made do with bootleggers and over 3,000 speakeasies, and probably led the nation in subterfuge. At least today we have legal drinking establishments. Please take advantage of this inalienable right and make a resolution to make or see more live music this decade.</div>
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Catscan!/The Electric Grandmother/ Crab Legs @ Slash Run</div>
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Jumpin' Jupiter @ JV @ 4 pm</div>
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Jackie and The Treehorns/ Goodbye July @ Pie Shop</div>
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Is it me or is New Year's Eve rolling around more quickly than it used to? I feel like I just got used to writing 2019, and now I have to move on to a whole new decade? Tomorrow?!<br />
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When I was little, the New Year's Eve plan was to write up solemn resolutions. One year, when I was about twelve, I wrote my list in what I thought was very fancy (albeit almost illegible) script promising myself to feed the dog without being told, watch very little TV, and rise with the sun. (I don't know what I was thinking with that last one, but none of those things ever happened.)<br />
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Later in life, New Year's Eve activities became more of a quandary. Have a party? Go to a party? Which party? Would anyone come to my party if I did have one? Where would everyone be at midnight ? Ugh.<br />
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This posting wishes all you resolution breaking, commitment averse, procrastinators a very Happy New Year, and for anyone looking for a last minute party, <b> King Soul</b> comes to the rescue with a no cover gig at Clyde's.<br />
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<br />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-40919452681686595192019-12-24T07:59:00.000-05:002019-12-25T08:09:16.119-05:00Murry Christmas<br />
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Even though my father religiously paid his dues to St Sophia's, we never attended church on Christmas Eve or anytime for that matter. Instead our routine was to stay at home with family and friends, have Greek soup, and trim the tree. Dad also had his own private rituals. He would slip into the family room before it got too late to make a few prank phone calls, snickering to himself while he dialed. Once his victims were on the line, he would bellow "HO! HO ! HO! This is SANTY CLAUS! Pause. "I'm calling FROM the NORTH POLE! Have you been GOOD this YEAR?" Sometimes the child would delightedly answer his question, but more often than not, they would just yell back. "I KNOW THAT'S YOU, PAPOU! You can't fool me!"<br />
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"NO IT'S NOT!" he'd yell even louder, as if volume made the difference. "IT'S SANTY CLAUS !" Then he'd add a few more HO HO HOs to drown out any protest, and roar on about reindeer and the North Pole before hanging up. I loved listening in- especially since he had no qualms about calling kids who were old enough to shave. No matter what age, it was the same treatment. "Hello. Is this Stacey? HO! HO! HO! THIS IS SANTY CLAUS! HAVE YOU BEEN A GOOD BOY?"<br />
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"Why yes, I have, George. Could you bring me a fire truck? A real one?"<br />
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"HO! HO! HO! George?! George who? THIS IS SANTY CLAUS!!!! MURRY CHRISTMAS!" He'd yell, with his DC accent slipping through.<br />
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On Christmas Day, he would put on a fake white beard and goofy hat, and argue with grandchildren insisting he was not Papou until they finally gave up and went along with the program.<br />
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I'm grateful for all the goofy memories I have of my father. He inspired the zany in everyone. For anyone looking for fun this holiday week, <b>JV's</b>, which, by the by, is owned by a very busy Greek woman,<b> is open</b> with live music<b> both</b> on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.<br />
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Murry Christmas, every one.<br />
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<br />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-44956534115591332632019-12-11T11:34:00.000-05:002019-12-11T11:34:17.302-05:00Ancient Tribes and Troubadours<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I spent part of last summer packing up an old friend from 930 F Street days. It was a strange and sad mission because he was on his way out of this world and would not be returning to Adams Morgan where he had lived for over forty years. I met Teddy when he was bartending at the 9:30 Club in the 1980s - after he finished divinity school at Georgetown. He had a commanding presence, an eloquent voice and biting wit. He never stopped educating himself and everyone and anyone who walked into the bar. We used to call him "Father Ted."<br />
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Bookcases lined the walls of his two bedroom apartment on Lanier Place. I knew Teddy loved to cook and garden, but as I boxed up his things, I learned he studied every religion under the sun, including astrology. He loved wind chimes and unicorns and magic. He kept every piece of paper his life generated, all liquor promotion swag, plus lots and lots of match books. Here we are stuffed in his apartment for one of his infamous Russian New Year's parties.<br />
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Our 9:30 tribe is scattered now, but the weird and arty people, which populated what was once an outpost for the arts in a semi-abandoned downtown, are still in my life, and I suspect they always will be- at least as long as we are on the planet.<br />
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I wonder if there's still that camaraderie behind the scenes as live music venues come and go nowadays, but I do know that my DC music scene is made of interlocking components stemming from a tightly knit community.<br />
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<b>Thursday </b>night, for example, <b>The Rhodes Tavern Troubadours</b> will swap out drummer Jack O' Dell (who has a gig with Arty Hill) for Ben Holmes (of King Soul and The Hula Monsters.) Arif Durrani's absence on keyboards will be filled in with the horns of Chris Watling (of King Soul and The Grandsons) and Chris's high school buddy Derek Huston who is up visiting from New Orleans where he is a kick ass sax player. Feeling confused? Just make sure you're get to the <b>Takoma VFW.</b> Show starts as soon as you get there (round 7:15) and rocks 'til 10 pm sharp.<br />
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<b>Valentine Slim </b>will liven up the <b>Wheaton Legion </b>on <b>Friday </b>- straight up no subs, but on <b>Sunday </b> Thrillbilly/ Troubadour Jack O'Dell will be playing honorary DC denizen/ex- Commander Cody guitar slinger<b> Bill Kirchen's</b> special holiday show at the <b>Birchmere</b> with <b>Junior Brown. </b><br />
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<br />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-37083256577132096942019-12-04T07:28:00.002-05:002019-12-05T17:06:22.250-05:00The Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome December and your solstice driven traditions which serve to brighten the gloom of late afternoons. Celebrations like Saturnalia have not changed much through the ages. The fields are empty, the harvest is in, and it's time to convert those fermenting fruits into festive party drinks.<br />
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We are copying the Romans when we bring evergreen things in the house. The Vikings also admired the conifer and decorated them in order to encourage their spirits through the darkest days. Mistletoe was revered by the Druids and seen as a sign of life and peace in the bare branches of winter forests. It even grows here in DC so keep an eye out for it when walking through the woods.<br />
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Those were the days, my friend, when sun worship was not associated with Florida or Coppertone. People fought darkness and depression with parties, gift exchanges and Yule logs. And light-lots of light- which is a lot easier to produce since Mr Edison came along.<br />
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At one time or another Saturnalia, Sol Invictus and the sun god Mithras's birthday were all associated with December 25th until Christians misdirected the date to mark the birth of Christ. The tradition of gift giving was then assigned to the Magi, and eventually devolved into an excuse to buy pajamas for the cat.<br />
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Farmers markets are full of ideas as is the DC Holiday market which has live music through December 23. If you prefer to shop from bed, don't forget local authors like <b>Mark Opsasnick</b>. His new book <i>Rock the Potomac </i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"provides a comprehensive history of popular music in the Washington, D.C. area..." </span> (And believe me, anything Mark writes is comprehensive with a capital "C.")<br />
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Another great choice comes from former WHFS deejay, <b>Cerphe Colwell</b>. His "musical memoir" <i>Cerphe's Up</i> includes interviews and stories of cosmic connections made with Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, Little Feat and many more.<br />
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Finally take your friends and family out and make sure those starving musicians get something to eat while we await the solstice which is December 21st at 11:19 pm in the District of Columbia.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">According to wikipedia "n</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">on-human </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">species</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> associated with </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">stampede</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"> behavior include zebras, cattle, elephants, blue wildebeests, walruses, wild horses, and rhinoceroses." In t</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">he District of Columbia, a trip to the grocery store the week before Thanksgiving puts us right up there with the </span>wildebeest. Woe betides the weak minded member of the pack who innocently strolls into Giant to <span style="font-family: inherit;">stock up on </span>necessities. She senses danger upon entry and soon finds herself in line <span style="font-family: inherit;">behind a woman racking up $400 worth of provisions which include a giant foil roasting pan full of root </span>vegetables<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>while<span style="font-family: inherit;"> the clueless one behind her is buying paper towels and </span>laundry<span style="font-family: inherit;"> detergent. And a </span>chocolate<span style="font-family: inherit;"> bar.</span><br />
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Next year Clueless hopes to have the foresight to stock up on non- perishable items in advance and avoid this soul crushing experience. And for those avoiding all things grocery, home, and hearth on <b>Thanksgiving Thursday</b>, <b>JV's </b>will be open by 4 pm for dinner with the <b>Dave</b> <b>Chappell</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b> Band</b> hitting the stage round</span> 8:30 pm. See one of DC's best players for no cover and, surprisingly, no stampede. <br />
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<b>Friday </b>catch the venerable <b>Nighthawks </b>at the stately <b>State Theater, </b>and on<b> Saturday, </b><b>Little Red and the Renegades</b> will be throwing down their New Orleans vibe at <b>New Deal Cafe.</b><br />
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If that's not your thing, <b>Lunch with Bob </b>fires things up at the <b>Takoma VFW, </b>or dare to split the herd and go to both.<br />
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Whatever the case, keep your wits and humor about you like the chaps in the photos above, and have a very happy thanksgiving!<br />
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Richard Nixon's impeachment hearings commenced on television in May of 1973, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention even though one of the Watergate burglars lived right next door.<br />
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I was more tuned into his son's rock band which practiced "Smoke on the Water" almost every day after school. I was also thinking that I needed to get my ears pierced.<br />
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In 1998, when Bill Clinton was facing the music, I had two small children and missed a lot of that drama while hanging out in circles of hell such as DC Stoddert soccer games, play grounds, and birthday parties. Those were blurry days full of sugar highs, low crimes and misdemeanors. Once I intercepted my five year old trying to smuggle a croquet ball out of a party in his goody bag.<br />
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Fast forward to now. Impeachment number three for me in DC. Living in a world of multiple media sources makes living here even more of a fishbowl, but we also have many sanity saving distractions. Here's a few suggestions:<br />
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Tune into online old school radio and reconnect with deejays we grew up with like Cerphe's Music Planet Radio, and Weasel live on WTMD on Fridays and Saturdays and WOWD on Sundays. Plus Milo's on WOWD on Wednesday mornings. I also love WPFW Saturdays. Good for your groove.<br />
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Stare at art. We have a lot of it from tiny galleries to Smithsonians including the newly updated Anacostia Community Museum which reopened last month. Good for the brain.<br />
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#3<br />
Get out of town. Even for the day. Massive amounts of water like the Chesapeake Bay and views from Sugarloaf Mountain are good for the soul. Barring that, wander down to our rivers and sit yourself down on Roosevelt or Kingman Island.<br />
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You guessed it, dear readers. Live music. Preferably in a bar without a tv. Good for whatever ails.<br />
See DC Rocks' calendar for a subset of options.<br />
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<br />Cokinoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10073322923154333980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060546776843092063.post-23832603206565293742019-11-07T08:21:00.001-05:002019-11-07T08:21:15.753-05:00Reel Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I didn't even know you could listen to music on a reel to reel contraption until I moved into a group house on Dickinson Avenue in College Park. The year was 1979 and thank god, my house mate Alan had similar musical tastes which were basically eclectic and WHFS driven. Those were the days when friends would drop by around 12:30 a.m. to see if anyone was up, the drinking age was 18, and we spent an inordinate about of time at the Varsity Grill and Italian Gardens.<br />
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Back then bands like NRBQ were in heavy rotation on Alan's magic machine. NRBQ has weathered many a roster change throughout the years, including founding member Joey Spampinato bringing in his younger brother Johnny which brings us to a story from <b>Ruthie Logsdon</b> of <b>Ruthie and the Wranglers</b>: <br />
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"I booked my band and The Spampinato Brothers for Bill Starks’s 1st CD party at Bethesda Blues and Jazz several years ago. Joey and Johnny knew the NRBQ song "I Got A "Rocket in My Pocket" was written by my cousin Jimmie Logsdon so we had a rockin’ hootenanny of a finale with that song. Joey has been ill and unable to tour so I invited Johnny back to DC to play with us, and we finally found a date that worked at JV's. To make the trip from Cape Cod worthwhile, I suggested Johnny as a guest artist for the Last Waltz tribute as well. Johnny did a call in with Weasel last week and has just returned from a string of dates in Japan. Gonna be a busy weekend with JVs on Friday and the Hamilton Saturday!"</div>
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Kudos for wrangling this guitar slinger for the JV party, Miz Logsdon, and congratulations to Lorraine for keeping the doors open for 72 years, and for hosting live music pretty much 365 days a year which is tantamount to running a chicken circus.<br />
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Meanwhile the<b> Last Waltz Tribute</b> at <b>the Hamilton</b> has become a Thanksgiving tradition round these parts, and the ticket price includes a turkey dinner in a mason jar. The show usually sells out so get your tickets in advance. This year's line up includes our old friend <b>Eric Brace </b>who is on that two gig-economy-tour bandwagon and is also playing <b>Friday</b> night with <b>Peter Cooper </b>at <b>Jammin Java. </b>And, for something completely different, I'm liking <b>Color Palette </b>at the <b>Pie Shop</b>- also on<b> Friday. </b><br />
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For those who want to slipstream back in time, <b>"Punk the Capital,"</b>will be screening all weekend at <b>AFI </b>with multiple Q and A panels brought to you by members of Chalk Circle, Black Market Baby, The Slickee Boys, Tru Fax and more. Check <a href="https://silver.afi.com/Browsing/Movies/Details/f-0100002462">AFI's website</a> for details. Plus <b>Eric Felten </b>will be<b> </b>up at <b>Glen Echo </b>on<b> Saturday </b>celebrating Veteran's Day with a canteen dance. Vintage attire encouraged.<br />
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