DC9 Employees Beat Man to Death

Agree with Epstein 100%.

Only saw one show at DC9. They never got any bands I wanted to see.

I miss them as a place to get my drink on before and after 930 shows.. but not for the band

Not privvy to their business practices but I saw a bunch of great shows there over the years.

Adam Franklin of Swervedriver was a really special one this year. Plus anyone willing to book Serena-Maneesh twice in a year gets my vote.

I think that DC9 was part of a great balance of venues established in DC over the last few years. DC9 and Velvet have nice yin and yang effect regarding indie bands. I'd be sorry to see either of them go down.

So between them Epstein and Hutch have seen ONE show at DC9, but yet that's enough for them to both condemn the place.

Did I tell you guys about that crappy Broken Social Scene show at the Black Cat a few years back?

I read no condemnation from either. Just that both said that DC9 did not book shows that either of them cared to see.

The number good thing about Velvet is that for an artists it is easier to book a show there. However, if you're not careful, you can get double-booked. Its happened to me before but we straightened things out. DC9, sometimes, was hard to get gigs from. Since I was more so into indie hip hop and etc., the opening for that door was pretty slim and it was hard to get openers from time to time. But overall, I had a good repoire with the everyone there and I would just go there to have fun.

Last show I did there was with Black & Tan Fantasy Band opening up for this band NOMA. Good atmosphere as always and the show was pretty enjoyable. Not to mention, the hook up with the deck was a damn good start for something new in that place.

LIke I said.. I'm sad its closed.. Hope they work it out but I think its highly doubtful…

James wrote:
Did I tell you guys about that crappy Broken Social Scene show at the Black Cat a few years back?

heh

some think "this person" or "that person" is the best thing going for this thread.  i think the guy who died who caused this thread to start in the first place . . . deserves all the credit for keeping it "alive."

walkonby wrote:
some think "this person" or "that person" is the best thing going for this thread.  i think the guy who died who caused this thread to start in the first place . . . deserves all the credit for keeping it "alive."

I think the local blogosphere owes him a debt of gratitude too, for boosting their page views.

walkonby wrote:
some think "this person" or "that person" is the best thing going for this thread.  i think the guy who died who caused this thread to start in the first place . . . deserves all the credit for keeping it "alive."

My vote goes to the person who invented glass and the satisfying sound it makes when penetrated. Absent the glass window, the thrower would've thrown a brick but the glass wouldn't have stopped it so it would've sailed through DC9 and out the back window and hit a villain who was mugging my grandma and then five bouncers would've rushed out to give the guy high fives, except one of the high fives missed and hit him in the head and he fell over and died, the end.

Relaxer wrote:

walkonby wrote:
some think "this person" or "that person" is the best thing going for this thread.  i think the guy who died who caused this thread to start in the first place . . . deserves all the credit for keeping it "alive."

My vote goes to the person who invented glass and the satisfying sound it makes when penetrated. Absent the glass window, the thrower would've thrown a brick but the glass wouldn't have stopped it so it would've sailed through DC9 and out the back window and hit a villain who was mugging my grandma and then five bouncers would've rushed out to give the guy high fives, except one of the high fives missed and hit him in the head and he fell over and died, the end.

you . . . got me there.  not, the end, just yet.

Doctor wrote:

walkonby wrote:
some think "this person" or "that person" is the best thing going for this thread.  i think the guy who died who caused this thread to start in the first place . . . deserves all the credit for keeping it "alive."

I think the local blogosphere owes him a debt of gratitude too, for boosting their page views.

You are 100% on point with that.

The ironic part of it is that Red Palace is opening up as this happened.

All charges have been dropped:

http://dcist.com/2010/11/breaking_charges_dropped_against_dc.php

good.  now can they have their liquor license back?

dc-9 reopening party:

free (unless denied entrance)

bands

brick (reunite show)
the english beat
broken bones
blood (reunite show)

StoneTheCrow wrote:
good.  now can they have their liquor license back?

They better. Been fiendin' for my happy hour over there.

wow, walky on a roll today  ;D

somebody has to try to steal that manly man, relaxer's thunder.

Sage wrote:
All charges have been dropped:

http://dcist.com/2010/11/breaking_charges_dropped_against_dc.php

Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/05/AR2010110505333.html

Includes the desperately-in-need-of-copyediting line "The man had all insisted they were innicent."

hmm, do these editors not have spell check?  are they using their blackberry to write the article  ;D