Just Announced

Originally posted by snailhook:

Do you ever just say "fuck it" and throw on some Tom Petty?

only early petty :p

Posts of the week.

wow to Auburn Lull….

Originally posted by snailhook:
Velvet Lounge, Friday 6/27:

Ulrich Schnauss, Auburn Lull, Screen Vinyl Image, Andy Durutti

Listening to the new Auburn Lull right now. It's beautiful.

snailie, i just sent you a pm.

can anyone officially confirm both tour and nights at 930? i have to be in philly that weekend as mr lily is running the broad street 10 miler. grump.

Originally posted by kosmo:

Originally posted by Relaxer:
I heard Crowded House is playing 3 nights at the club, May 2,3,4.

Drool for the chance to DJ one of these shows…

wait, i thought rjd2 was scheduled for may 1 at the club?

Maybe it's an early/late show deal.

Sorry if this was posted earlier:

Wed Apr 23
Foals
rnr hotel

Originally posted by snailhook:
Velvet Lounge, Friday 6/27:

Ulrich Schnauss, Auburn Lull, Screen Vinyl Image, Andy Durutti

Wow, awesome show Snailhook. Major snag.

To add my two cents (cause that's all i can afford after last year's DAM! Fest) to why we don't get a lot of bands in DC, Snailhook is right. The BC and 930 don't have to take risks, so they don't. $$$-wise, it makes sense, can't fault them for that. The smaller clubs – ie those booked by Steve Lambert – go to Dance nights cause they make money. It is all about the bars, the venues don't care if they don't make money on artists, so why not bring in artists practically for free and make a ton of money off of drunken dancers? It work,s but is has unfortunately become an epidemic in this city.

I don't always jump for joy at the bands Snailhook books, but I can certainly respect what he's trying to do. Sort of what I'm trying to do with DAM! Fest, though i admittedly have to bring in some more mainstream acts to attract more heads. But even that doesn't guarantee anything really.

The Hotel is a great venue in a terrible location. I think we'd be talking about a very different scene if it were on 14th St. Whether it makes sense or not, people simply won't go there because of the location, at least not to "take a chance" on a band. But, it is what it is. So, we keep on doing what we're doing.

Let's all pool our money and buy the old Visions Theatre in Dupont, now that is a good location…

Mark Knopfler!

2008 SUMMER FILENE CENTER AT WOLFTRAP SEASON

May 23 & 24: A Prairie Home Companion
May 29 - June 1: Riverdance
June 8: Wolf Trap's 19th Annual Louisiana Swamp Romp
June 11: Trisha Yearwood
June 14: Gordon Lightfoot
June 15: Boz Scaggs
June 17: Pilobolus
June 18: James Taylor
June 19: RAIN â?? The Beatles Experience
June 20: Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore
June 21: Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers
June 22: Emmylou Harris
June 24: George Benson
June 25: Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder
June 26: The Temptations, The Four Tops
June 27 - June 29: Rent
July 2: Lyle Lovett in Concert
July 5: Donna Summer
July 6: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Candide in concert Stephen Lord, conductor *$10 lawn
July 7: Ani DiFranco
July 8: Paul Taylor Dance Company
July 9: Chicago
July 10: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Tcheers for Tchaikovsky! Andrew Grams, conductor Ilya Gringolts, violin *$10 lawn
July 11: NSO @ Wolf Trap - An Evening with Kiri Te Kanawa - Emil de Cou, conductor *$10 lawn
July 12: NSO @ Wolf Trap - This Way to Broadway Marvin Hamlisch, conductor *$10 lawn
July 13: Hootie & The Blowfish
July 15: Al Green
July 16: Earth, Wind & Fire
July 17: Indigo Girls
July 18: Pat McGee Band with Sister Hazel
July 19: Gladys Knight
July 22: Mark Knopfler
July 24: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Not the Messiah! (He's a Very Naughty Boy) Starring Eric Idle John Du Prez, conductor *$10 lawn
July 25: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Wolf Trap is for Lovers Emil de Cou, conductor *$10 lawn
July 26: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Broadway ROCKS! Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor *$10 lawn
July 28: Crosby, Stills & Nash
July 29: Noche Flamenca
July 30: Hippiefest: A Concert for Peace & Love
July 31: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Beethoven's Best Emil de Cou, conductor Joyce Yang, piano *$10 lawn
August 1: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies Emil de Cou, conductor *$10 lawn
August 2: NSO @ Wolf Trap - Dial "H" for Hitchcock Emil de Cou, conductor *$10 lawn
August 3: The Black Crowes
August 5: Face of America: Hawai`i Revisited
August 6: Jethro Tull 40th Anniversary Tour
August 7 & 8: Gipsy Kings
August 9: Gretchen Wilson
August 10: B.B. King
August 12: Los Lonely Boys, Los Lobos
August 13: George Thorogood, Buddy Guy
August 14: Smokey Robinson
August 16: SMV â?? The Thunder Tour: Stanley Clark, Marcus Miller & Victor Wooten
August 17: The Beach Boys
August 19: Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra Keith Lockhart, conductor *$10 lawn
August 20: Kenny Rogers, The Oak Ridge Boys
August 21: Chris Isaak
August 22: Eddie from Ohio, Great Big Sea
August 24: The Irish Tenors
August 25: UB40
August 29 - September 7: Les Misérables

More performances will be added April 7

online calendar

Two comments regarding Wolftrap:

1. How gay is it that you have to pay full adult price for a one year old (or even a lap baby, for that matter), even for lawn tickets?

2. How gay is it that Los Lobos has to open for Los Lonely Boys?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
2. How gay is it that Los Lobos has to open for Los Lonely Boys?

There is nothing gay about alphabetical order.

Originally posted by redsock:


Let's all pool our money and buy the old Visions Theatre in Dupont, now that is a good location… [/QB]

I'm in there with you…

Originally posted by Mobius:
We used to have the Bayou and it folded.[/QB]

that's because the people there weren't into the music, they were there to pick someone up to get laid - talk, talk, talk, yab, yab, yab - shut the ef' up…

not sure this was announced:
Los Campesinos!
5/15 Music Hall of W'Burg
5/16 Black Cat
5/19 Bowery Ballroom

I seem to remember something else happening on 5/16. Any help?

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
not sure this was announced:
Los Campesinos!
5/16 Black Cat

The Long Blondes and Bishop Allen are playing in NYC on those dates. :) Doubt that helps.

Originally posted by nkotb:
I seem to remember something else happening on 5/16. Any help?

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
not sure this was announced:
Los Campesinos!
5/16 Black Cat

Iron Maiden
6/18
Merriweather

They're playing in Paris in early July, just steps from the hotel we're staying at. We won't be attending, but I imagine the crowd will make for some interesting scenery come nighttime.

Sorry, I'm not good at "son of just announced" threads.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Iron Maiden
6/18
Merriweather

Devotchka at the 9:30 Club?

Originally posted by nkotb:
I seem to remember something else happening on 5/16. Any help?

Originally posted by xneverwherex:
not sure this was announced:
Los Campesinos!
5/16 Black Cat