new Brit indie night to start this Sun, Jan.18th

Hey there,

Please forgive me for the shameless plug, but I thought some of you would be interested in knowing about a new monthly Brit indie night starting on Sunday, Jan. 18th at the Blue Room on 18th Street (which is in Adams Morgan, for those of you that don't go out very much). No, this is not Mousetrap Part Deux, and the Blue Room is a lounge/bar/hang out spot, not a dance club. The night is called Atmosphere, and the evening will feature loads of excellent post-punk, dream pop/shoegaze and other U.K. indie music the whole night. I'm especially excited about this event since I'll be doing 2 guest DJ sets (hence the shameless plug).

Some of you may know that the Blue Room had been host to a certain weekly "minimalist techno/electro" event (originally called Filler, then later changed to Matter) every Sunday for the last 2 or 3 years. Well, it seems that not enough people were showing up to keep the owner happy so now they're trying something new with several different themed Sunday nights every month. "Atmosphere" will occur every third Sunday of the month, but you can check their website for updates (www.blueroomdc.com)…

Oh yeah, and before I forget, I should say that this Sunday's "Atmosphere" is very much in its "trial run" stage—meaning there's no guarantee it will continue if people don't show up. So if you have an interest in this kind of music, it would be great if you could come out & support the night so we could show the owner of the Blue Room that there is an audience for this kind of music in D.C. The good news is that there is no cover charge, and the Blue Room is quite a cozy lounge club to hear music and chat with friends…

On a slight side note, I did want to say that I will be at Staccato this Friday night supporting Redsock's new BigYawn site by spinning some tunes in between bands. So definitely come up and say hi if you're so inclined…

And finally, just to give you a taster of what to expect, here's some stuff I played at the Blue Room's Wednesday night "Hi-Fi" event over the past month (I usually spin early on in the evening around 7:30 or 8 btw). Hope to see and maybe meet some of you this Friday and/or Sunday…

M83-"Run into Flowers"
The Radio Dept-"Slottet #2"
Broadcast-"Before We Begin"
Massive Attack-"Future Proof"
Colder-"Confusion"
Goldfrapp-"Black Cherry"
Ladytron-"Blue Jeans"
Sneaker Pimps-"Low Five"
Dandy Warhols-"The Last High"
Elefant-"Tonight Let's Dance"
Blur-"Ambulance"
Ride-"Polar Bear"
Longwave-"Wake Me When It's Over"
Jesus & Mary Chain-"Just Like Honey"
The House of Love-"The Girl with the
Loneliest Eyes"
The Go-Betweens-"Bachelor Kisses"
Morrissey-"My Love Life"
The Trash Can Sinatras-"Obscurity Knocks"
Coldplay-"No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground"
The Field Mice-"It Isn't Forever"
The Wake-"Gruesome Castle"
Felt-"Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow"
Moose-"A Starting Point/Can't Get Enough of You"
Kitchens of Distinction-"Sand on Fire"
Adorable-"Homeboy"
Whipping Boy-"Blinded"
Boo Radleys-"Does This Hurt?"
The Stills-"Gender Bombs"
Interpol-"Untitled"
Wire-"The 15th"
Ballboy-"I Hate Scotland"
The Wedding Present-"Nobody's Twisitng Your Arm"
The Cure- "Primary"
New Order-"Leave Me Alone"

How about playing some country music? Where in DC can I go to hear some country music?

How about, Rhett, why dont you just Fuck off. If you are not interested, dont bother posting.

And friend of Guy Chadwick. The Dj list looks pretty cool. And although I doubt I can make it this time, I will try hard to make it next month.

2 questions……

The girl with the lonliest eyes is one of the slowest songs ever, and not really one of the bands best, what made you pick that for a DJ set?

And how did you get into Felt? And which allbums do you have?

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
How about playing some country music? Where in DC can I go to hear some country music?

You could try Remingtons.

Somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

Do we need another venue playing Britpop?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
How about, Rhett, why dont you just Fuck off. If you are not interested, dont bother posting.

And friend of Guy Chadwick. The Dj list looks pretty cool. And although I doubt I can make it this time, I will try hard to make it next month.

2 questions……

The girl with the lonliest eyes is one of the slowest songs ever, and not really one of the bands best, what made you pick that for a DJ set?

And how did you get into Felt? And which allbums do you have?

the Blue Room is a tad small, have you ever seen the english dance?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Why not give a topic a chance to stay, "on topic". This one had three minutes, before you placed your disparaging remarks.

Because then he might not get the attention he needs to make his otherwise pathetic life somewhat bearable.

If my remarks aren't relevant to your interpretation of the topic, just ignore them.

My point was, given that we already have other options to hear such music at various venues, why not play genres that go underplayed? Particularly if this is not a dance club venue, why the need to play dance club music?

Originally posted by mark e smith:
How about, Rhett, why dont you just Fuck off. If you are not interested, dont bother posting.

And friend of Guy Chadwick. The Dj list looks pretty cool. And although I doubt I can make it this time, I will try hard to make it next month.

2 questions……

The girl with the lonliest eyes is one of the slowest songs ever, and not really one of the bands best, what made you pick that for a DJ set?

And how did you get into Felt? And which allbums do you have?

But you'll be there on Friday right?

By the way, Dandy Warhols are American. :)

wow. . .moose. i have a friend that loves that band.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
By the way, Dandy Warhols are American. :)

Thank God for that.

not a fan?

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
By the way, Dandy Warhols are American. :)

Thank God for that.

and if you don't want to dance brit pop this sunday, there's always the monthly prince parties at modern. this month is prince vs. outkast

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
not a fan?

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
By the way, Dandy Warhols are American. :)

Thank God for that.

They might be alright with a different singer…that loud whispering he does is just out and out annoying.

That's about my take on them…singer is annoying and pretentious.

Their singles are ok but the long droning stuff they do live is too much for me.

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
[qb] not a fan?

They might be alright with a different singer…that loud whispering he does is just out and out annoying.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
How about playing some country music? Where in DC can I go to hear some country music?

Try Cafe Saint Ex. ;)

Originally posted by mark e smith:
And friend of Guy Chadwick. The Dj list looks pretty cool. And although I doubt I can make it this time, I will try hard to make it next month.

2 questions……

The girl with the lonliest eyes is one of the slowest songs ever, and not really one of the bands best, what made you pick that for a DJ set?

And how did you get into Felt? And which allbums do you have?

As for the first question, the Blue Room is not a dance club and the idea behind Atmosphere as well as all their other events is really to play music that people can just sit back and listen to. So not everything has to be uptempo all the time, and that's one of the joys of DJing there—you can create a set that has highs and lows like an album so you're giving the listener a sense of dynamics. As for the song choice from the HOL, I happen to love that track—actually I think "The Girl with the Loneliest Eyes" is one of the highlights of their career, but obviously, it's just a question of personal taste. Calling it "one of the slowest songs ever" is going a bit too far, isn't it? It's not like I played The Cure's "The Same Deep Water As You"—hey wait a minute, now there's an idea…

As for the second question, I got into Felt because of Moose & Belle & Sebastian. I think I kept on reading about them as an influence, so I had to check them out. I have their 2 best of comps ("Absolute Classic" & "Stains on a Decade"). Don't have any studio albums yet, but I'm definitely planning on getting them, especially the early material…

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
By the way, Dandy Warhols are American. :)

and the go-betweens are australian. i kinda assumed it was more music to appeal to brits than all people for the island. sounds interesting, i'd go if it wasn't in adam's morgan