Local Venue News
If you order tickets online from
Jammin’ Java , you may have noticed that they now have some new ticket options for all shows:
• VIP : Reserved seating in elevated, set apart area. (~25 seats)
• Premier : Reserved seating at one of the eight tables closest to the stage. (~64 seats)
• General Admission (GA) : All other tickets in seated rows or standing, depending on the show, first come first served.
Looking at the layout for one of their upcoming shows , it looks like the “VIP” section is the little seated dining area on stage right, halfway between the stage and the bar, and it looks like they’ve added tables in front for most shows, which will be the “Premier” seats. It looks as though there aren’t “Premier” seats for every show, though. For most shows, the GA/Premier/VIP seats are identical in price or very close, but for “big name” acts (like American Idol ‘s Kris Allen
Articles
•
Planning Guides : DCist’s
This Week in Jazz .
• If you’ve ever gotten “Moves Like Jagger” (Maroon 5) or “Tik Tok” (Ke$ha) stuck in your head, you’ve got a Northern Virginia guy to thank: Reston native Benny Blanco aka Benjamin Levin has co-written 15 Number One songs [Washington Post]. There’s more about him in this LA Times piece .
• Bob Boilen from All Songs Considered lists his favorite concerts of 2012 [NPR.org]. Even better, he gives ShowlistDC a nice shout-out!
• David Hintz’s favorite 10 shows of 2012 [DC Rock Live].
Listening
• New music blog Musiceum has a nice video interview with
Paul Vodra of HometownSoundsDC about the DC music scene and the Hometown Sounds showcase at 9th & Beats.
• Hometown Sounds DC’s local video of the day is Uptown XO , “Rugged”
• DCist’s song of the day is Yo La Tengo , “Ohm”
Live Reviews
•
Bronze Radio Return at the Hamilton, 12/13/12: Reviewed by
Stephen Bradley [Washington Times].
• Gwar at the 9:30 Club, 12/20/12: Reviewed by Jon Pacella [the Vinyl District].
• the Jones , Midnight Hike , and Redline Addiction at the State Theatre, 12/14/12: Reviewed by Gregory Ayers [DC Music Download].
• Salad Days Night One at the Black Cat, 12/28/12: Reviewed by Michael H Little [the Vinyl District].
• Shark Week , Lorelei , and the Babies at Comet Ping Pong, 12/21/12: Reviewed by Gregory Ayers [DC Music Download].
• Cheyenne Jackson with the NSO , “Music of the Mad Men Era”, at the Kennedy Center, 12/31/12: Reviewed by Elliot Lanes [MD Theatre Guide].
Giveaways
• The Vinyl District is giving away
a pair of tickets to the Lumineers at DAR Constitution Hall on 1/30 (contest ends 1/4/13 at 9 AM).
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Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner Planning Guides
• Washingtonian’s
Music Picks .
• DCist’s
This Week in Jazz .
• DCist’s
This Week in Hip-Hop .
• Washington CityPaper’s
Jazz Setlist .
• DC Music Download’s
Weekend Hits .
• ShowlistDC’s
recently-added and -changed shows .
Today – Friday, 24 August Elikeh at the Black Cat : Between 2 Worlds Mark Jenkins [Washington Post].Gerald Albright and Norman Brown at Rams Head Tavern : collaborative album 24/7 Mike Joyce [Washington Post].Al Green and Taj Majal at Wolf Trap : Interview with Taj Majal by Stephen M Deusner [Washington Post Express] and interview with Al Green by Rudi Greenberg [Washington Post Express].
Saturday, 25 August Bobby Keys (of the Rolling Stones and more) at the Howard Theatre : article/interview by David Malitz [Washington Post].E.D.Sedgwick and N’Digio Rose & the Nekkid UndastanN at Ras Hall on Georgia Ave: interview with JosaFeen Wells (who plays in both bands) [We Love DC].
Sunday, 26 August D’Angelo at the Verizon Center : preview by Joe Warminsky [Washington CityPaper].
Monday, 27 August Y La Bamba at the Hamilton : album Court the Storm Mark Jenkins [Washington Post].
Tuesday, 28 August
Wednesday, 29 August Soccer Team at the Black Cat Backstage : preview by Kriston Capps [Washington CityPaper].
Thursday, 30 August Rodriguez at 6th & I : preview by Sarah A Ventre [Washington CityPaper].
Articles • Stereogum ranks Fugazi albums from worst to best. introduction is here and the actual ranking is here .
• Local venue news for those of you into EDM : New club Echostage will open 9/22 in the DC Star space on Queens Chapel Road NE
• Tips for how to score Virgin Mobile FreeFest tickets [Washington Post].
• Explanation of the beef triangle among Fat Trel , Shy Glizzy , and Wale [Washington CityPaper].
• Local band news: the Make-Up ‘s “I Want Some” will be reissued as a double LP [Washington CityPaper].
• Lots of Chuck Brown news: images of the memorial planned for Langdon Park [Washington CityPaper] and “Wind Me Up, Chuck!” Mondays at the Howard Theatre [DCist] and reflections from Brown’s son and daughter [DC Music Live].
• Interview: Joe Warminsky talks to Lady Moet Beast and D.C. Ty the Monster
• Review: Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang En Yay Sah [Washington CityPaper].
• College student? Comet Ping Pong is looking for interns [Facebook].
Listening
• Here’s a roundup of Hometown Sounds DC’s local music videos of the day:
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Raheem DeVaughn , “I Don’t Care” (8/23)
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Beautiful Swimmers , “Big Coast” (8/22)
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Fat Trel , “Respect with the Teck” (8/21)
• Here’s a roundup of DCist’s music videos of the day:Ms. Director , “So Long”Courtesans , “T.M. Punk”Lightning Bolt , “Assassins”
Live Reviews • Ava Luna at DC9, 8/6/12: Review by All Our Noise .
• the Courtesans and Skribe at the Black Cat, 8/22/12: Review by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].
• Mary Chapin Carpenter and Loudon Wainwright III at Wolf Trap, 8/18/12: Review by Elliot Lanes [MD Theatre Guide].
• Lightning Bolt , Hume , and Les Rhinoceros at the Rock & Roll Hotel, 8/21/12. Review by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].
• Lorelei , Deathfix , and Sun Wolf : Live photographs by Shantel Mitchell [The Vinyl District] and review by ChunkyGlasses.com .
• She Keeps Bees at the Paperhaus, 8/4/12: Review by Stephen Bradley [Washington Times].
Giveaways
• The Vinyl District is giving away
two Slumberland LPs: Lorelei ‘s Enterprising Sidewalks and Echo Lake ‘s Wild Peace (
contest ends today ).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to the Rockstar UPROAR festival with Shinedown , Godsmack , Staind , Papa Roach , and more. Show is at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/2 (
contest ends 8/26 ).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to Ben Harper ‘s acoustic show at Wolf Trap on 9/4 (
contest ends 8/26 ).
• Local band
Cassandra Syndrome has
a contest that includes T-Shirts and tickets to their concerts on 9/1 (with Cybergeist and Death Maschine at the Recher Theatre) and 9/14 (with Kamelot, A Sound of Thunder, and Fallen Martyr at Empire) .
• DC101 is giving away
front row tickets to DC101′s Kerfuffle with the Offspring , Sublime , Rome , Garbage , etc., at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/15 (contest ends 9/3).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
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Today’s New Releases (with locally-penned reviews) • Bloc Party , Four Elizabeth Nelson [Washington Post].
• Blur , Parklive Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].
• the Darkness , Hot Cakes Andrew Leahey [Washington Times].
• Owl City , the Midsummer Station Allison Stewart [Washington Post] and by Andrew Leahey [Washington Times]. At the 9:30 Club on 9/10.
• Redd Kross , Researching the Blues Aaron Leitko [Pitchfork].
• Spider Bags , Shake My Head ChunkyGlasses.com .
• Yeasayer , Fragrant World David Malitz [Washington Post]. At the 9:30 Club on 11/14 and 11/15.
Articles
• Planning Guides: Washington Post Going Out Guide’s
Nightlife Agenda . DC Music Download’s
Weekday Hits and
Upcoming Shows You Should Know .
• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Priests
• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Meow vs. Meow
• Interview: Gregory Ayers talks to Clarissa Villondo , co-founder of Indie Bands With a Mission
• Interview: Nancy Dunham talks to Mat Kearney Wolf Trap .
• DVD/Documentary review: Joe Warminsky on Sweet Rock: the Red Weasel Movement a 35-minute documentary about a Salisbury, Md., band that was a small oasis of grunge-era good times on the Eastern Shore and whose members were familiar with D.C.’s late ’80s/early ’90s scene “.
• Republican Vice Presedential candidate Paul Ryan apparently loves Rage Against the Machine . That love is not returned [Washington Post].
• Are you tired of people saying that the local music scene sucks? Baltimore blogger Metallomusikum certainly is, and she wrote this handy list of things you and your band can do to make it better . (She wrote it back in January, but it’s still worth reading/following/taping to the fridge).
• Local band news: Periphery is dropping off the Summer Slaughter Tour due to a family emergency
• Chuck Brown Day: Ally Schweitzer tallied an hourly update on the event’s breakdown [Washington CityPaper] (PS: she also reports that refunds are available for those who had tickets).
• Big Time Rush performed at a kids’ “state dinner” at the White House. Chris Richards was there [Washington Post].
• OK, we get it: making fun of Nickelback is like shooting fish in a barrel. Still, Maura Judkis critiques their new music video, “Trying Not To Love You” [Washington Post].
• More on Brightest Young Things ‘ move to NYC: an article in the New York Times .
• The Washington CityPaper is curating a concert at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on 9/14. Kokayi , The Caribbean , and Alex (aka Alex Minoff ) will be performing, and the event is free.
• Extra cash in your pocket? Check out the new Kickstarter from local power metal band A Sound of Thunder , to help fund their new album Time’s Arrow (and featuring an exclusive EP).
• Everyone’s been talking about Pussy Riot , and the Washington Post now has a blog post about the Russian punk rockers .
• Opera falls just outside the scope of what I cover here on ShowlistDC, but Anne Midgette wrote a few thoughtful pieces for the Washington Post recently, so I’ll round them up here: Taking Opera’s Pulse (a response to a recent cover article of Opera News , which sparked a conversation on NPR) and Opera: great personalities, bad actors .
Listening
• Here’s a roundup of Hometown Sounds DC’s local music videos of the day:
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Screen Vinyl Image , “Night Trip” (8/20)
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the Young Rapids , “Goods (Blue Light Sessions)” (8/17)
• Here’s a roundup of DCist’s music videos of the day:Airiel , “Flashlight Tag”Wye Oak , “Spiral”
• Live listening: Wye Oak , live from the 9:30 Club, 8/17/12
• Rufus Wainwright stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert .
• Listen to yU ‘s latest 7″ release
• Listen to Substantial ‘s “Check My Resume”
• Listen to Mac Demarco ‘s “My Kind of Woman”
• Podcasts: Hometown Sounds DC’s podcast for 8/19 and ChunkyGlasses.com’s Episode 13 .
Live Reviews • Be’La Dona and Klymaxx at Fort Dupont Park, 8/18/12. Reviewed by Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].
• the Dirty Projectors and Wye Oak at the 9:30 Club, 8/17/12 & 8/18/12. Reviewed by Rohan Mahadevan [DCist] and by Aaron Leitko [Washington Post]. 9:30 Club posted the setlist from 8/17 [930club.tumblr.com].
• Gold Motel at Jammin’ Java, 7/23/12. Reviewed by Stephen Bradley [Washington Times].
• the Kennedys and Naked Blue at the Hamilton, 8/19/12. Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].
• Lorelei , Deathfix , and Sun Wolf at the Black Cat, 8/17/12. Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live] and photographed by Erica Bruce [Washington CityPaper].
• Barry Manilow at Wolf Trap, 8/16/12 & 8/17/12. Reviewed by Mark Beachy [MD Theatre Guide], by Denise A Levien [the Rogers Revue], and by Reel Film News
• Marina and the Diamonds and MS MR at the 9:30 Club, 8/14/12. Reviewed by We Love DC .
• Raise the Roofbeams , the Beanstalk Library and Red Sammy at DC9, 8/16/12. Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live].
• Christian Scott aka Christian aTunde Adjuah at the Bohemian Caverns, 8/16/12. Reviewed by Michael J West [Washington Post].
Giveaways
•
NEW The Vinyl District is giving away
tickets to the Brian Jonestown Massacre at the 9:30 Club on 8/22 (
contest ends today at noon ).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to the Rockstar UPROAR festival with Shinedown , Godsmack , Staind , Papa Roach , and more. Show is at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/2 (no indication of when this giveaway ends).
•
NEW The Vinyl District is giving away
two Slumberland LPs: Lorelei ‘s Enterprising Sidewalks and Echo Lake ‘s Wild Peace (contest ends Friday 8/24).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to Ben Harper ‘s acoustic show at Wolf Trap on 9/4 (contest ends 8/26).
•
NEW Local band
Cassandra Syndrome has
a contest that includes T-Shirts and tickets to their concerts on 9/1 (with Cybergeist and Death Maschine at the Recher Theatre) and 9/14 (with Kamelot, A Sound of Thunder, and Fallen Martyr at Empire) .
• DC101 is giving away
front row tickets to DC101′s Kerfuffle with the Offspring , Sublime , Rome , Garbage , etc., at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/15 (contest ends 9/3).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
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I’m back!
Hey all – I’m (finally) back on the grid. Thanks so much for all of your feedback and words of encouragement after my request for feedback last week! I’m still working out what direction these Music Notes should take, but I think that my plan is to publish twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays) through the end of August, then decide how frequently to publish in September going forward. I’ve also gotten some requests to send these Music Notes out as a daily email, for those who don’t use RSS, so I’ll be working on that too. So stay tuned! And remember that any thoughts or suggestions are always welcome, either by posting a comment here or via email,
showlistdc@gmail.com . Thanks for reading!
Weekend/Week-Ahead Planner Planning Guides :
• Washingtonian’s
music picks .
• DCist’s
This Week in Jazz .
• Washington CityPaper’s
Jazz Setlist .
• DCist’s
This Week in Hip-Hop .
• DC Music Download’s
Weekend Hits .
• DC Music Download’s roundup of
music fundraising events .
• ShowlistDC’s list of
recently-added and changed shows .
Today – Friday, 17 August Lorelei Black Cat . It’s the CD release show for their new album Enterprising Sidewalks Joe Warminsky [Washington CityPaper], by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post], and by Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].Christian Scott : Sriram Gopal [DCist] and by Marie Gullard [Washington Examiner]. There’s also a CD review of Scott’s new album Christian aTunde Adjuah Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post]. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at Bohemian Caverns.the Dirty Projectors 9:30 Club . You can listen to Friday’s concert from home , courtesy of NPR.
Saturday, 18 August Lori Williams Blues Alley .Charles Covington Jr. Kennedy Center ‘s Millennium Stage.Mary Chapin Carpenter Wolf Trap .
Sunday, 19 August Boo Hanks and Don Flemons , Buffalo Junction Geoffrey Himes [Washington Post]. At the Hamilton .Alan Jackson Wolf Trap .
Monday, 20 August
Tuesday, 21 August Foul Swoops Black Cat ‘s Backstage.
Wednesday, 22 August Shovels and Rope , O’ Be Joyful Catherine P Lewis [Washington Post]. At the Hamilton .Andrew Morgan U Street Music Hall .
Thursday, 23 August Raheem DeVaughn Howard Theatre .
Articles • Local venue news: Enterprise Jazz Club will move
• Local venue news: the Kennedy Center got a new organ [Washington Post].
• Anne Midgette on neglected composers whose work is rediscovered on CD [Washington Post]. Midgette also rounds up readers’ responses to her piece .
• RIP TBD.com
• Archie Moore from Black Tambourine remembers Yesterday & Today and Vinyl Ink
• Interview: Steve Kiviat talks to the Very Best
• Interview: Sriram Gopal talks to Emmylou Harris
• Interview: Valerie Paschall talks to Shark Week
• Interview: ChunkyGlasses.com’s Q&A with the Milk Carton Kids
• Chris Porter on Chain & the Gang
• CD Review: 2 Chainz , Based on a T.R.U. Story Sarah Godfrey [Washington Post].
• CD Review: Antony and the Johnsons , Cut the World ChunkyGlasses.com .
• CD Review: Blackberry Smoke , the Whipporwill David Malitz [Washington Post].
• CD Review: Corb Lund , Cabin Fever Allison Stewart [Washington Post].
• CD Review: Jukebox the Ghost , Safe Travels Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork].
• CD Review: Shark Week , EP Nida Masiulis [DC Music Download].
• Song review: David Malitz on Taylor Swift , “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
• Book reviews: Michael Lindgren on Go-go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City by Natalie Hopkinson and The Dozens: A History of Rap’s Mama by Elijah Wald
Listening
• Here’s a roundup of Hometown Sounds DC’s local music videos of the day:
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Eva Cassidy , “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (8/16)
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Heavy Breathing , “U the One I Want” (8/15)
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Uptown XO , “Errybody” (8/14)
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Head-Roc , “Black Love Superstars” (8/13)
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Tabi Bonney , “On Jupiter” (8/10)
• Here’s a roundup of DCist’s music videos of the day:Deep Time , “Clouds”Imperial China , “Redux”Marina and the Diamonds , “How To Be a Heartbreaker”Skrillex , “First of the Year (Equinox)” (8/13)Sebadoh , “Keep the Boy Alive”
• New local music video: Heavy Breathing , “U the One I Want”
• New local music video: Tabi Bonney , “Top Notch Material Girls”
• New local music video: X.O. , “Errybody”
• Music video: Kane Mayfield , “Beautiful Drug”Rhymes By Kane: Thievery Corporation Edition .
• Listen to some new tunes from the Dismemberment Plan [DCist].
• The Zombies stopped by NPR’s DC office for a Tiny Desk Concert .
• Listen: Hometown Sounds DC’s podcast for 8/12/12 .
• Listen: DC Music Download’s August 2012 podcast features favorite local tracks and concerts from 2012 so far.
• Listen: K-BETA , “Pakistan”
• Listen: Kev Brown , “Ode to South Africa”
• Watch: Maimouna Youssef , “Meet Me in Brazil”
Live Reviews • Trillectro Festival : reviewed by Marcus J Moore [Washington CityPaper], by Megan Buerger [Washington Post], and by Arielle Hixson [DC Music Live].
• Brandon Wu’s photos of I:Scintilla at Spellbound DC [Washington CityPaper].
• the Zombies and the Left Banke at the Howard Theater, 8/9/12: Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live] and by We Love DC .
• Sebadoh , Sentridoh , and Circle of Buzzards at the Black Cat, 8/10/12: Reviewed by David Hintz [DC Rock Live] and by ChunkyGlasses.com .
• Marina and the Diamonds at the 9:30 Club, 8/14/12: Reviewed by Mark Jenkins [Washington Post] and by Rachel Sanford [the Vinyl District].
• Stephen Bradley on John Heart Jackie at the Velvet Lounge
• Stephen Bradley on Pomegranates at DC9
• Valerie Paschall on the crazy things that Travis Morrison said during the Dismemberment Plan shows last weekend [DCist].
• David Hintz on Stereosleep and the Resistance at the Black Cat, 8/14/12
• We Love DC on Linkin Park at Jiffy Lube Live, 8/11/12
• ChunkyGlasses.com on Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group at Wolf Trap, 8/12/12
• Baynard Woods on Janes Adiction at the Lyric in Baltimore
• Here’s the setlist from Aloe Blacc ‘s show at the 9:30 Club, 8/10/12 [930club.tumblr.com].
• Stephanie Taylor on ABBA at Wolf Trap
• Denise A Levien on the Temptations and the Four Tops at Wolf Trap
• Denise A Levien on Steve Miller Band at Wolf Trap
• Brian Ossip on System of a Down and Deftones at the Verizon Center
Giveaways
•
NEW The Vinyl District is giving away
an autographed copy of 10 Years ‘s Minus the Machine . Winner must have a North American mailing address (
contest ends today ).
•
NEW The Vinyl District is giving away
tickets to the Dirty Projectors at the 9:30 Club, 8/18 (
contest ends today at noon ).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to the Rockstar UPROAR festival with Shinedown , Godsmack , Staind , Papa Roach , and more. Show is at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/2 (no indication of when this giveaway ends).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to Ben Harper ‘s acoustic show at Wolf Trap on 9/4 (contest ends 8/26).
• DC101 is giving away
front row tickets to DC101′s Kerfuffle with the Offspring , Sublime , Rome , Garbage , etc., at Jiffy Lube Live on 9/15 (contest ends 9/3).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to see Gotye at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 9/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
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Articles
• Planning Guides: DCist’s
Weekly Music Agenda and
This Week in Hip-Hop . Washington Post Going Out Guide rounds up
rounds up outdoor music and movies this week .
• NPR intern Emily White never owned any music to begin with [NPR]. This sparked a huge discussion . Then David Lowery from Cracker responded to Emily’s article [The Trichordist]. Then the Dismemberment Plan ‘s Travis Morrison responded to Lowery’s letter saying that music piracy is nothing new [Huffington Post].
• Former Capitol Records/EMI present Joe Smith has donated ~238 hours of artist interviews– including Ella Fitzgerald , Paul Simon , BB King , Bob Dylan , and Paul McCartney – to the Library of Congress [Rolling Stone]. The LoC has digitized the recordings and will make them available in the reading room.
• Interview/preview: We Love DC talks to Eli Maiman of Walk the Moon Black Cat .
• Preview: David Malitz on Banding Together Black Cat tomorrow night.
• CD Review: Fiona Apple : Idler Wheel Allison Stewart [Washington Post].
• CD Review: Neneh Cherry and the Thing : the Cherry Thing Lindsay Zoladz [Pitchfork]. (Yesterday we pointed you to a review written by Sarah Godfrey at the Washington Post).
• Interview: Philip Runco talks to Santigold [Brightest Young Things].
• Neal Schon flaked out on the Silverdocs panel he was supposed to be on after the Journey documentary screening [DCist]. Oh, and Michaele Salahi .
• The Washington CityPaper picked up the commentary I wrote yesterday about BYT’s ridiculous “write a suicide note to win Morrissey tickets” and talked to BYT managing editor Logan Donaldson . Donaldson’s response is fair, but it’s somewhat negated by this response on the initial BYT post, from Assistant Editor Stephanie Breijo. I’m not going to repost the link, but I will copy/paste her text:
Hi, all–
In defense of this post and with full disclosure I’m writing to say that I, a BYT staffer fully in support of this giveaway prompt, have lost two people–with whom I was very close–because they committed suicide. One of my closest friends in high school OD’d in Los Angeles after a fight with her boyfriend. One of the first boys I ever kissed joined the Air Force and after a long tour in Iraq hanged himself over the side of a boat (in a very public place, no less).
Suicide is very real and it is TERRIBLE. I have experienced suicides first-hand but I’m writing to say that this does not place me above humor. Is it morbid? Entirely. So is Morrissey.
I have a newsflash for all of you: You are going to die. Everyone you love is going to die. Everyone you have ever met or interacted with is going to die, and this includes myself, the author of this post, and all its contestants. The fact that others choose to bow out before their time is sad but it is their decision. Sometimes all you can do is laugh, no matter how shitty the circumstances may be.
A quick google search will show you we are not, in fact, the only online publication discussing suicide in this fashion, in this week alone:
http://www.vice.com/en_se/read/question-of-the-day-whats-your-suicide-song
To Catherine Lewis of Showlist DC–I am truly sorry if we have offended you. But if you cannot see the humor in this, you probably shouldn’t be reading our site or, quite honestly, caring what we write about. It is our site. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. No one is pressing a gun to any reader’s head (perhaps more suitable for a Nirvana giveaway of some sort?). No one is being forced to read, nor are they being forced to participate.
That being said, we appreciate your input nonetheless.
Wishing everyone the best for the remainder of your days (however many you may have left),
Stephanie Breijo
So, to summarize, (1) it’s OK because Vice did it first. Also, (2) it’s OK because someone at BYT knows someone who committed suicide. And finally, (3) BYT apparently has more than one person on staff with the title of “Editor”. Who knew there was any actual editing going on at BYT?!
Anyway – BYT has changed the text of the contest. It’s no longer “write a suicide note to win tickets”; it’s now this:
TO WIN: Since there is no longer any truth to there being a light that never goes out (oh, song title puns!), and Morrissey has (has not? whatever) announced he’ll be retiring in 2014, why not string together a couple of paragraphs using only Morrissey’s lyrics. Okay, you can use The Smiths too. If you must.
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Listening
• Rohan Mahadevan’s song of the day is
the Hundred in the Hands , “Keep It Low” [DCist].
• Hometown Sounds DC’s local music video of the day is Deleted Scenes , “Bedbedbedbedbed”
• DC Music Live points us to a new Owen Danoff song, “Never Trust a Man” .
• Listen to Lorelei , “Hammer Meet Tongs”
• Listen to Tittsworth , Rez , and Des McMahon ‘s Juicy Jorts EP
• Listen to “Higher Bodies” by Heavy Breathing [DC Music Download].
Live Reviews • Megan Buerger on Santigold at the 9:30 Club
• Metal Chris recaps all the bands he saw at Maryland DeathFest , with his own photographs and videos [DCHeavyMetal.com]. (That link is to the main post; you can also go directly to his writeups on the festival’s Thursday , Friday , Saturday , and Sunday lineups).
• Liz Gorman on Destroyer at the 9:30 Club on 6/16
• Photos of the DC Record Fair at the Fillmore on 6/17: from the Vinyl District and Bethesda Magazine .
• Anne Midgette on violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Hauschka at the Birchmere on 6/18 [Washington Post].
• Fuzzy Logic on the Dandy Warhols at the 9:30 Club on 5/29
• Alan Pyke on Raul Midon at the Howard Theatre
• Brightest Young Things on Ramona Falls at the Red Palace
• Marie Eff on Keane and the Mystery Jets at Strathmore
• Josh Stewart on JEFF the Brotherhood at the Red Palace
Giveaways
• Brightest Young Things is giving away
tickets and a meet-and-greet with Childish Gambino at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore on 6/23 (
contest ends today ).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to The Great American Festival featuring Eve 6 , Ozomatli , and more, at the National Harbor on 6/30 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• DC101 is giving away
tickets to see Everclear , Sugar Ray , the Gin Blossoms , Lit , and Marcy Playground at Wolf Trap on 7/25 (no indication of when this contest ends).
• Metal Injection is giving away
tickets to the Rockstar Mayhem Fest featuring Slipknot , Slayer , and Motorhead at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/29 (contest ends “randomly” as the concert date approaches).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to see 311 and Slightly Stoopid at Jiffy Lube Live on 7/28 (contest ends Sunday 7/22).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to see System of a Down with the Deftones at the Verizon Center on 8/7 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).
• DC101 is giving away
a pair of tickets to see OAR at Merriweather Post Pavilion on 8/10 (contest ends Sunday 7/29).
• DC101 is giving away a pair of tickets to see
Linkin Park and Mutemath at Jiffy Lube Live on 8/11 (contest ends 8/5).
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