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MONDAY
>> Were you out of town this weekend, wishing you were home soaking in the goodness that was the DAM! Festival? Fear not. Tonight there is one more show, and it happens to be the festival's biggest. The chanteuse to give all other indie chanteuses a run for their money, Cat Power, is taking the 9:30 Club stage with the Dirty Delta Blues, and a little help from openers Childballads. $25 or your DAM! Festival pass will get you in (though only a limited number of pass holders will be granted entrance).
>> Norway's SYME have made friends on the road of D.C.'s Middle Distance Runner, and are playing our fair city tonight at DC9.
>> We can't go anywhere today without somebody telling us to check out San Francisco's Birds & Batteries tonight at the Velvet Lounge. And it would be irresponsible of us to let that message stop with us. Their electro-folk is making fans all around the interwebs and hopefully, throughout D.C. tonight.
>> Before you pick one of the aforementioned shows to kick your week off with a bang, may we suggest that you head to the Barnes & Noble at 3040 M Street at 7:30 p.m. for a book signing with Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx. He's promoting his new book, The Heroine Diaries and his charity, Running Wild in the Night. But really, I just wanted an excuse to share one of my all time favorite quotes from Tommy Lee (the musician and Pamela Anderson paramour, not DCist's technical guru), during his experiences going back to college for a 2004 reality show:
September 1, 2004: fuck, dude. this place is wack. nobody knows how to party. like, today i meet these two dudes in the quad, and they seemed dope and they had trucker hats and they start telling me how they had this INSANE experience last night, and i'm like, "fuck yeah, boys, word me up." so they tell me this lame-ass story about how they started drinking right after class, and then they smoked some weed, and then they went to this frat party and they ended up making out with two drunk girls at the same time, and then one of them got a hand job. i'm like, "are you kidding me? two girls for two guys? one time in '87, nikki sixx and i shared six girls in 20 minutes, and two of them had pussies completely filled with uncut cocaine. AND we injected liquid vicodin into our lungs with syringes, AND we buried a policeman alive, AND we used dynamite to blow up a cow." and this all went down BEFORE the show.
TUESDAY
>> The Experience Hendrix tour kicks off tonight at DAR Constitution Hall. Robert Randolph, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd will pay their respects to guitar legend, Jimi Hendrix, along with a host of other incredible musicians — including members of Hendrix's original rhythm section and members of the Rolling Stones. Tickets are still available from Ticketmaster for $65.
>> So, The Hives are playing on Wednesday at the Black Cat. But that show's sold out. But, as luck would have it, you have the opportunity to see then on Tuesday night, too! They're opening for Maroon 5 at the Verizon Center. Before you jump to say anything snarky about Adam Levine & Co., just remember this. $40.50 - $50.50. 7:30 p.m.
>> If none of that is what you had in mind, and you want to spend your evening in a small club with some electro-indie love, head to the Rock & Roll Hotel for Austin's Octopus Project and Shout Out Out Out Out. $10, 8:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
>> The 1900s are playing the Rock & Roll Hotel this week. Not to be confused, as we were, with the 1990s. We first wrote an entire blurb about that other band from Glasgow, then realized that we were in the wrong decade, and the wrong city. Three Stars alum Shortstack will join them on the bill, along with The Dead Trees and Kitty Hawk. $10, 8:30 p.m.
>> Mr. Vegas is a Jamaican dancehaller who, since 1998, has done more than just rap island style. Known as a “singjay,” the artist born Clifford Smith likes to vocalize in a semi-tuneful sing-song manner. He’ll be doing so at 11 at the Crossroads in Bladensburg.
THURSDAY
>> OK, admit it. When that Old Navy sweater commercial comes on, you sorta lose yourself in the dreaminess of that song — the serene voice, all those "I love yous." Now's your chance to sway with a bunch of other people who feel the same way, as Ingrid Michaelson joins a few other crooners at the 9:30 Club. $18, early show — 5 p.m.
>> Do you often catch yourself thinking, "how could I make my week a little more... Vegas?" So do we. And we have an answer: Wayne Newton at the Birchmere. At $95, it's still cheaper than a trip to the black jack tables. 7:30 p.m.
>> Chaka Khan may be mostly know for “I Feel For You,” with the etched-in-your brain-whether-you-like-it-or-not lyric “Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Let me rock you Chaka Khan Let me rock you that's all I wanna do.” But this earthy-voiced R&B singer first wowed folks with the funky melodies she sang in the ‘70s with her former group, Rufus. Hopefully she will dig deep into her catalog at H2O.
FRIDAY
>> Three Stars alum New Rock Church of Fire are unveiling a new song at the Velvet Lounge this Friday. We hear it's something you just don't want to miss. They'll also been joined by San Francisco's hard rockin' Sky Pilots.
SATURDAY
>> You can count on some fierce stomping, clapping, and dancing to both classic and current hip hop in “The True Howard Story," a step show that is part of Howard University’s Homecoming weekend at 7 p.m. at the DC Armory, 2001 East Capital Street SE (near RFK Stadium).
>> Stars at the 9:30 Club is sold out, and Blowoff doesn't open doors till 11:30 p.m., so why not make the most of your evening and be part of the local love fest at the Black Cat. Middle Distance Runner *** is unveiling their new EP, and friends The Dance Party *** and Hello Tokyo *** will help them make it a night to remember. $10, 9 p.m.
SUNDAY
>> Are your punk and glam rock air guitar skills up to snuff? Oh yeah? Really? Prove it! Enter to participate in this year's DC Air Guitar competition at DC9. If you just want to watch, it's $5. 9 p.m.
>> What happens when you listen to both Led Zeppelin and flamenco? Why you get the eclectic duo Rodrigo y Gabriela who will be at the 930 Club. $25
>> KuKu is a Nigerian-American who sings soul over acoustic guitar strumming, while Chris Ntaka is a South African who toured with Lucky Dube, and leads a band called Mahala that plays ‘70s style, bouncy South African jive. Check out a doublebill with these DC based Africans for free at 6 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.
Cat Power photo from her MySpace page. Middle Distance Runner photo by Kyle Gustafson. Steve Kiviat contributed to this week's agenda.
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Homegirl needs chapstick.
I'm just sayin'.
Tommy Lee is a douche and that show was intolerable, but that quote was very funny.
Childballads = American Babyshambles
nothing about tomorrow's circa survive show? bummer i need someone to tell me if they're passable so i can decide if it's worth seeing ours for the 1000th time.
If you like your electronic minus the "indie" and plus the loud rock n roll, then you should head to the Black Cat on Tuesday for the Dual CD Release Party of Screen Vinyl Image (ex-alcian blue) & Ceremony (ex-skywave).
Tuesday October 16
Black Cat
9pm $6
safraninsound.com
Highly recommend the Syme show tonight at DC9... we are on tour with them at the moment, and their music is fantastic. They came all the way from Norway, and we'd love to show them a good time. Come out if you aren't up to anything!!! If you are, cancel your obviously inferior plans and come out to the show!
Signed,
Ian and the distinguished gentlemen of the band named Middle Distance Runner
LA indie hip-hopper Pigeon John on Thursday at DC9. (If you like Murs, you should like Pigeon John too...and if you don't like Murs and/or Pigeon John, you like pop, not hip-hop.)
No love for Umphrey's at 9:30 on Wednesday either?
Wayne Newton show has been canceled due to illness. Birchmere is seeking to reschedule in 2008.