So, it was quite the lineup: Washington Social Club played their last show in a very, very, VERY long time, Laura Burhenn of Georgie James was on hand for some piano tuner of heartbreak moments (including an amazing cover of "This Will be Our Year" by the Zombies),
The Dance Party did what they do best (read: fun) with lots of guitar shredding and Mick's priceless ass wiggles.
Jukebox the Ghost was so good I CANNOT EVEN DEAL WITH IT STILL. Seriously.
Susan and Emily from Exit Clov and May and Nicole of Le Loup rounded out the most crushworthy group of local girl musicians and
Caverns were the in "house band" (I will say they were a little too "man-rock" for me but Jason was totally all about them so....)
+ Tom from These United States and the boys from Le Loup were on hand as well, on cellos, glockenschpiels and beyond.
It was all rather magical, from the Fake Yule Log fire, to the general feelings of camaraderie and fire hazardous backstage behavous to presents to Danny Elfman and Pixies covers and thankfully, Joel (kingpinphoto.com) was on hand to capture it all.
My only question is: what was up with the rapping Santa in the beginning?
oh and Shervin was there supposedly to take photos backstage but I think he got distracted by the abundance of nachos (the man is helpless when faced with Mexican food) as all he shot was this "ode to Kenny the hedghog and hot chocolate" photo of Grace and Cale
and this preparatory photo of me and Laura which the two of us would like to dedicate to the boys2men of DC Rock Club for the reasons of this post and this too and especially this video
Happy Holidays everyone!
Previously in Live DC:
- 2/9: LiveDC: Theophilus London @ 930 Club
- 2/9: Best Weekend Bets
- 2/8: LiveDC: Kathleen Edwards @ 930 Club
- 2/8: LiveDC: Thurston Moore/ Kurt Vile @ Black Cat
- 2/8: LiveDC: Thurston Moore/ Kurt Vile @ Black Cat
- 2/7: LiveDC: Demetri Martin @ Warner Theatre
- 2/7: LiveDC: Augustana/ Graffiti6 @ 930 Club
- 2/6: LiveDC: All Things Go Presents: Reptar/ Casual Curious/ Fort Lean @ Gibson Guitar Showroom
- 2/6: LiveDC: TYCHO/ Beacon @ RNR Hotel
- 2/6: LiveDC: The Kills / Jeff The Brotherhood @ 9:30 Club
God loves a cheerful giver.
Don't forget that smokin' hot 6:30pm DJ set by yours truly that got the whole club standing their asses off!
Best night of 2007!!! Svetlana we (pash) would love to play one of your lovely events sometime. You are hilarious!
was this even half full?
and just WHY are you asking such a question, mike?
curiousity? wondering if an all local show filled up 930...shocking!!
I'm not sure on the final head count but I'd say it was over half full, but not by too much. Although, being a long show there might have been some of the ol in and out.
Highlights included:
*Laura Burhenn's Zombies cover
*The Dance Party just kicking ass in general. BONUS Mick's amazing Rumble in the Jungle t-shirt
*Olivia Mancini's headbanging
*Jukebox the Ghost's cover of the theme from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
*A certain cabal of young men from two groups (who shall remain unnamed) hanging out in the corner and just looking extra cool.
Don't encourage Potsy, you'll need a restraining order before you know it.
Boyz II Men = "most successful R&B male vocal group of all time", thus sayeth Wikipedia...if only we had 1/100th of the talent, the world would be ours.
Merry Xmas to all
funny, mike. it seemed more like a statement to me.
were you there?
joel these photos are fucking incredible
Thanks Anna... Looking forward to seeing your pix from the night.
Laura's version of "This Will Be Our Year" was heartbreakingly beautiful.
Jukebox the Ghost blew me away. WSC was solid as usual.
Wish there had been more folks there for the fun. Happy Chanukah to me.
yeah, it was about half full, which i thought was decent. there was a storm warning that never happened, that kept some friends of mine from b-more away.
but whatever, we had the best time that night. it's all good.
svetlana is right..there were sooo many nachos.
i could only manage these 2 photos.
:(:(:(
No Caverns pics? whats up with that?