It’s all in the hairdo, yeah?
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Som Records is teaming up AGAIN with The Vinyl District, DC Soul Recordings and The Warehouse Next Door to host a record fair on Saturday, May 9th from 10am-4pm.
Details are on the poster (attached), but basically this is gonna be a FANTASTIC morning + afternoon of records, DJ’s, Booze (full bar!!), Food, CHUCK BROWN!!!, Autographed Daptone Records & Posters Raffles and more records. We’re getting 30 dealers from Connecticut, New York, Richmond and many points in between. And the best part is that it’s only 2 dollars to get in!!
DJ’s for the event:
Gavin Holland and the Nouveau Riche DJs (http://www.nouveaurichedc.com/)
Neville C. (http://www.somrecordsdc.com/)
Deep Sang (http://www.myspace.com/deejayholiday)
Stylus (http://www.vibeconductor.com/)
Lunch Money & Almighty Dollah (both of the group “Played Tomorrow”: (http://www.myspace.com/playedtomorrow)
Provoke (http://djprovoke.com/)
Eurok (http://www.djeurok.com/)
D-Mac (http://www.djdmac.com/)
Dan Amitai (http://www.amitai.net/)
Nitekrawler (http://www.dcsoulrecordings.com)
DC local Laura Tsaggaris is staging a CD Release Party to celebrate her latest album, “Keep Talking” on Saturday, May 9th at the Rock and Roll Hotel. Opening the show with short sets are other DC artists Meredith Bragg, Rana Mansour, and the David Stein band. Show starts at 9:30, doors at 8:30.
More after the jump (more…)
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This building (4400 Masschusetts Ave, NW) knocked my socks off. I liked it so much when I was in the area last week that I walked all the way back there from Petworth. It was well worth the effort. Sadly, my camera couldn’t get the whole building in one shot so I had to take a few which doesn’t do it perfect justice but you can a feel for it.
Below is the back of the section shown above:
The middle:
The back:
What do you think of the style? Anyone check out the art?
After the jump I also ran into hundreds of folks walking (I think) to combat breast cancer. (more…)
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This fire alarm stopped me dead in my tracks. Is it just me or is this super cool? I think it’s the font…
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This past weekend the O Street Artist Studios, located at 52 O Street, NW, had an open house for its artists. There was some great art, but I was most taken with the building itself. Super cool.
More photos after the jump. (more…)
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I was very proud of myself for guessing that this script was Sanskrit. I have to say asking strangers to photograph their tattoos has not gotten any easier. Fortunately this woman was super nice. The tattoo is the last two lines of the Mangala mantra. It basically means, “May all beings be happy and free, Om shanti, shanti, shanti.”
Now I have a serious question. As is hopefully obvious, I’m a big fan of tattoos. I know lots of folks out there don’t like them and that is cool. But for the folks that do have them, I’ve always wondered about tattoos on the back. So I’m seriously curious, what pleasure do you get out of a tattoo on your back if you can’t see it?
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Mother and Justin Jones at Rock n Roll Hotel (H Street, NE) Tonight!
In other music news Milkmachine will be playing Solly’s (11th and U) tonight! Continues after the jump. (more…)
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photo by Dave Horne
“Dear PoP,
I had a question for you that I thought might also be a question the rest of the community would be interested in.
I have a few friends who live in Chicago and are artists. In the city there are spaces available for an artist to rent studio space at a very low price (maybe 200/month for a small, bare room with a desk), and many people do that in order to have their own private workspace away from home. My question is this: Do you know of low-cost art space available in DC? A small room with a table would be more than sufficient, but it would be nice if the room was intentionally there for artists, and rental terms were flexible.
Any ideas?”
Hmm, I spoke with an artist who recommended the Artspace USA Web site. However, I only found some spots in Maryland (and lots in Minnesota…) I’ve heard some talk that there were preliminary talks about some artist lofts becoming available on North Captiol Street but I think that is far from concrete.
Do any artists out there know of any space available? Hipchickindc? Sean from Bloomingdale?
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Please Accept this wild porch fence decoration. A southwestern skyline?
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A reader sent this in. It’s good timing as I’ve been thinking about running a comic strip for quite a while now. So let me take this opportunity to solicit submissions from you guys. Let me know if you would like to do a regular strip or a one off comic like the one above. Please email me at princeofpetworth (at) gmail.com if you are interested. And thanks again to the reader for sending this one.