From announce at list.thedeej.org Wed Sep 5 12:58:33 2007 From: announce at list.thedeej.org (thedeej.org announcement list) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:58:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The Deej] save the date SATURDAY deej Message-ID: <154791.2363.qm@web36506.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (mailing list and listsings at www.thedeej.org) this SATURDAY, the KARL STRAUB CRONYISM TOURESIDENCY has two (2) SPECIAL guests at the deej-- EUGENE CHADBOURNE and JIMMY CARL BLACK! The Karl Straub Cronyism Concert Series at the Deej will feature plenty of music by Straub's regular group, the Karl Straub Combo. there will also be special guests, selected from the musicians Straub has met and worked with over the years. upcoming guests are top secret at presstime, but on September 8 the bill will include the duo of Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black. Chadbourne is legendary so-called "avant-garde" musician who has recorded with the Violent Femmes, Camper Van Beethoven, Evan Johns, Hank Williams's steel guitar player Don Helms, John Zorn, members of the Texas Tornados, etc. Straub owns about 80 hours of Chadbourne recordings, and it's only a fraction of his output. Chadbourne's eclectic and irreverent approach to blurring the line between genres was an enormous influence on Straub's music. Jimmy Carl Black played drums on many classic albums with Frank Zappa's original Mothers of Invention. Known as "the Indian of the group," Black was and is a master of the backbeat, the life's blood of the blues, r&b, and rock and roll. the Chadbourne/Black duo will play many styles, probably including vintage r&b and rock and roll as well as older traditional and folk idioms, and newer jazz and psychedelia. there should be a lot of cross-pollination at the show, with Straub sitting in with the duo, and the duo sitting in with the Combo. this is a unique show that you should not miss. to RSVP and get more info, rsvp at thedeej.org THE WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW: WHO--the deej, you and KARL STRAUB and musical guests WHAT--this is a series of shows presenting DC's best songmaster with some of the best top level musical talent available to an underground venue WHEN--starting this month (7-28, doors at 8.30, music at 9p), and continuing into the fall (www.thedeej.org) WHERE--at the deej, an esteemed private venue for music enthusiasts gathered for a performance of unique quality WHY--music. performance. unique quality. have you been paying attention? HOW--for additional details, our prospectus, and directions, we require the favor of an RSVP to rsvp at thedeej.org how much? we function on a donation basis (performers and house). we collect a $15 doornation for the BAND on the night of the show. for GAURANTEED SEATS, inquire at rsvp at thedeej.org. seating is very limited, all others are standing room basis. we also provide donation opportunities in support of the HOUSE during the show. the deej relies on your generous support of local, organic music. rsvp at thedeej.org the deej: " it's the only place i've ever been able to play my music the way i want to, without having to compromise." -- KARL STRAUB _______________________________________________ From announce at list.thedeej.org Fri Sep 7 12:30:49 2007 From: announce at list.thedeej.org (thedeej.org announcement list) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 09:30:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The Deej] KARL, with JIM and JACK SHOW @thedeej SATURDAY! Message-ID: <681587.63441.qm@web36514.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (mailing list and listings at www.thedeej.org) this is going to be the show of the season, deej peoples. our incomparable local mad musical genius KARL STRAUB and his band are bringing us THE JACK and JIM SHOW (more on that below, read it!), featuring EUGENE CHADBOURNE and JIMMY CARL BLACK. it takes incredible artistic depth and history to put together a show that could only be imagined to take place in the distant future. yet here it is, coming to you this SATURDAY! saturday, sept 8. doors at 830p, music near 9. at the deej, a private house concert in WDC $15 band DONATION accepted at the door (reserved seats $20 -- rsvp at thedeej.org for more info, and to RSVP (please11): rsvp at thedeej.org, danbarry at gmail.com, mariabarry at gmail.com THIS YOU MUST KNOW: the deej is small, crowded, hot and poorly lighted, but it is a unique gem among DC-area performance spaces. so dress appropriately! reserved seating only! RSVP today to reserve a seat ($20 donation suggested) THE WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW: WHO--the deej, you and KARL STRAUB and musical guests WHAT--this is a series of shows presenting DC's best songmaster with some of the best top level musical talent available to an underground venue that is small, crowded, hot and poorly lighted. WHEN--periodically through 2008 (doors at 8.30, music at 9p) (www.thedeej.org) WHERE--at the deej, an esteemed private venue for music enthusiasts gathered for a performance of unique quality WHY--music. performance. unique quality. small, crowded, hot and poorly lighted....have you been paying attention? HOW--for additional details, our prospectus, and directions, we require the favor of an RSVP to rsvp at thedeej.org how much? we function on a donation basis (performers and house). we collect a $15 doornation for the BAND on the night of the show ($20 for reserved seats). for RESERVED SEATS, inquire at rsvp at thedeej.org. seating is very limited, all others are standing room basis. we also provide donation opportunities in support of the HOUSE during the show. we have icey coolers here for you to BYOB the deej relies on your generous support of local, organic music. rsvp at thedeej.org please hold for an important message from Dr. EUGENE CHADBOURNE: The Jack and Jim Show: Think 69 In 2007, Jimmy Carl Black will have his 69th birthday. Dr. Eugene Chadbourne is happy to present his best friend and musical associate in a series of performances featuring Black's favorite musical combination, The Jack and Jim Show. Chadbourne's knowledge of Black began the first time he saw the cover of Freak Out! by the Mothers of Invention, circa the second half of the '60s. Staring at the picture of Black and bandmates in a record store, the youthful Doc Chad was approached by an old woman who ran the music store. "Don't look at that record!" she warned him. "You're a nice boy." Within a year Black's famous comment "Hi boys and girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black and I'm the Indian of the group" had become an in-joke among teenagers in Eugene's hometown of Boulder, Colorado. Every day when the fascistic gym coach took attendance, someone would always repeat Jimmy's comment, totally irritating the coach who had no idea what it was all about. Dr. Chad finally met Jimmy in the early '90s when the former had a chance to invite 11 musicians of his choice to the improvisation project at the Moers Jazz Festival. When he found out Jimmy and his wife were moving to Europe, the Doc proposed they begin working as a duo, and so the Jack and Jim Show was born. Eugene became "Jack" based on a painting Captain Beefheart had done of Jimmy Carl Black, at one point one of the drummers in Beefheart's Magic Band. The picture was of an Indian man and a jackrabbit, Beefheart entitled it "Jack and Jim." Having already stolen alot from Beefheart, Chadbourne decided stealing this title would be allright, especially since it tied in with his lifelong love of rabbits. The Chadbourne family allow wild rabbits to live in their backyard and the Doctor has often irritated music journalists by insisting his main aesthetic influence is Bugs Bunny. The Jack and Jim Show has toured in Europe, the United States and Canada ever since and has released 17 CDs of which the latest is "Hearing is Believing" , to be released in March of 2007 by the Boxholder label. A series of DVDs are also coming out on the New York City based Straw Into Gold series. In the winter of 2001 Jack and Jim invited British keyboardist and electronics player Pat Thomas to join them for a special tribute to Jimi Hendrix organized in Reggio di Emila by Walter Pratti. The threesome hit it off very well and have done several tours since then, including the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Norway and Action 2005 in Nancy, France. CDs featuring the trio include "Jimi II" , the double "We'll Be Together Again" and the aforementioned "Hearing is Believing." The Jack and Jim Show play a wonderful combination of styles associated with both players, in most cases creating a transformation into something else. "Willie the Pimp" of Zappa becomes an oldstyle country blues, for example. Jazz, psychedelic rock, standards, blues, country and western, bluegrass, native American Indian music and folk rock are all part of a typical evening with Jack and Jim. Eugene plays guitar, banjo and sings. Jimmy plays drums and sings. From announce at list.thedeej.org Tue Sep 18 12:27:15 2007 From: announce at list.thedeej.org (thedeej.org announcement list) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:27:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The Deej] GRANDSONS this THUR at the QH!! Message-ID: <731387.96135.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (mailing list and listings at www.thedeej.org) hello there, deej people. well, we just have to say that the most recent KARL STRAUB CRONYISM TouRESIDENCY show featuring Eugene Chadbourne and Jimmy Carl Black was a real treat! mister deej has found himself recently trolling the record stores for old Zappa, having had Jimmy Carl renew my interest in all that old stuff. living legend.... THURSDAY, come back to the QUARRY HOUSE for some local legends, THE GRANDSONS! local legends, you scoff? yeah! name another DC-area band that has as exciting a repertoire, is as consistently good and just happens to be playing at Silver Spring's the QUARRY HOUSE this THURSDAY. go ahead, name ONE....! i'll bet you said THE GRANDSONS, right!? thought so..... the GRANDSONS on QUARRY HOUSE THURSDAY, september 20 music at 8.30 (two sets!) door = $7.00 8401 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 301-587-9406 At Georgia and Bonifant in Downtown Silver Spring. in the basement below Bombay Gaylord, across from that trendy pirate barrrggh.... Just blocks from Silver Spring Metro Stop (Red Line). Street and lot parking available. burgers, tots and $2 PBRs! More = www.myspace.com/quarryhouse UPCOMING SHOWS from the deej: www.thedeej.org 9-20 -- the GRANDSONS ride again at the QH. yee. haw. 10-11 -- RUTHIE and the WRANGLERS make their deej DEBUT at the QH (thanks, RTTs)! 'bout time! 10-20 -- DANIELLE HOWLE graces the QH, saturday show! bring extra socks (she'll knock the first pair clean off your feet!)... 10-25 -- another newbie, NOBODY'S BUSINESS plays at the QH 11-01 -- The RTTs return to the QH after weeks on the road. they should be really stinky! 11-10 -- the KARL STRAUB CRONYISM TouResidency returns the the deej (house) rsvp at thedeej.org 11-15 -- JANINE WILSON BAND rolls into the QH, their deej DEBUT in that venerable dump! the deej-- we're the indian of the group. From announce at list.thedeej.org Thu Sep 20 12:14:14 2007 From: announce at list.thedeej.org (thedeej.org announcement list) Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:14:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The Deej] GRANDSONS at Quarry House TONIGHT Message-ID: <377107.55279.qm@web36505.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (mailing list and listings at www.thedeej.org) TONIGHT, come back to the QUARRY HOUSE for some tunes by THE GRANDSONS! featuring local legend SCOTT McKNIGHT on bass and vocals. that's right, SCOTT McKNIGHT! the GRANDSONS on QUARRY HOUSE THURSDAY, september 20 music at 8.30 (two sets!) door = $7.00 8401 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 301-587-9406 At Georgia and Bonifant in Downtown Silver Spring. in the basement below Bombay Gaylord, across from that trendy pirate barrrggh.... Just blocks from Silver Spring Metro Stop (Red Line). Street and lot parking available. burgers, tots and $2 PBRs! More = www.myspace.com/quarryhouse UPCOMING SHOWS from the deej: www.thedeej.org 9-20 -- the GRANDSONS ride again at the QH. yee. haw. 10-11 -- RUTHIE and the WRANGLERS make their deej DEBUT at the QH (thanks, RTTs)! 'bout time! 10-20 -- DANIELLE HOWLE graces the QH, saturday show! bring extra socks (she'll knock the first pair clean off your feet!)... 10-25 -- another newbie, NOBODY'S BUSINESS plays at the QH 11-01 -- The RTTs return to the QH after weeks on the road. they should be really stinky! 11-10 -- the KARL STRAUB CRONYISM TouResidency returns the the deej (house) rsvp at thedeej.org 11-15 -- JANINE WILSON BAND rolls into the QH, their deej DEBUT in that venerable dump! the deej-- we're the indian of the group.