The Inauguration entertainment schedule!

i want this on a headband

Man did my jaw drop. "What a BUNCH OF HEARTLESS BASTARDS!!1!...Oh. Damn. Close enough, those f&*#ers."

I hope JoJo doesn't have a wardrobe malfunction - she could pee all over condaleeza.

For Immediate Release

Contact: 202-332-4481

* www.inaugurationmedia.org
* www.dc.indymedia.org

Independent Media Space Opens to Cover Inauguration

During the events surrounding the Inauguration of President George W. Bush on January 20, 2005, the mainstream media will be buzzing with coverage of the parties, parades, and speeches that will cost the American people tens of thousands of dollars. The media will not discuss how there are reports of faulty Diebold computer voting machines and uncounted votes that have yet to be fully investigated, or that almost half of those who voted did not vote for Bush. The same was true of the last election. The mainstream media provided almost no coverage of the protests and general dissent surrounding the 2000 inauguration. We do not want this situation to occur again, and we are determined to use our voices and the voices of others around the world to ensure that independent messages are heard.

The success of delivering these messages depends upon how much unity we can create in the world of independent media. One person acting alone is one voice. Acting together, we are many voices, and can pool our resources to rise above the din of the mainstream media. We can ensure that the voice of independent media is heard loud and clear.

For that reason, the Inauguration Media Coalition, a group of independent media makers, has converged to facilitate coverage of the Inauguration. We are providing a media resource center with high speed Internet access and facilities for doing audio, video, print, photo and Web media. The space will be open between Saturday, January 15 and Friday, January 21. It will be open from 10 AM-10 PM every day, except for Inauguration Day, when it will be open from 8 AM until 10 PM, and on January 21, when it will be open until 8 PM. The media resource center is located at 624 T St. NW, Washington, DC, at the intersection of T St. and 7th St. NW, near the Shaw/Howard University stop on the green line. We are extremely fortunate to have been provided with this space by Cafe Mawonaj, a community cafe that has a wide selection of delicious entrees (including vegetarian and vegan entrees) as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and fair trade coffee from Cameroon. Cafe Mawonaj will be open for extended hours during the Inauguration, from 7 AM to midnight every day.

We will be providing this space to give journalists the resources to create independent coverage of the Inauguration events, but also to give activists a resource for immediate coverage of the events of the Inauguration as they happen. If you would like to contact this resource space during the week of the Inauguration, for updates or for more information, please call (202) 332-4481. For more information on the Inauguration Media Coalition and independent media, please see our website at www.inaugurationmedia.org. To see news updates as they are produced online, please see the DC Indymedia website, at dc.indymedia.org.

droppin' f-bombs onstage, yo

also, "Vince Neil-style profanity"?! who WRITES this shit?

entertainment schedule maybe a little better this time around, this is a very very incomplete list:

1/17
Danny Krivit & Ron Trent @ the Warehouse
Diddy @ Love

1/18
TI, Young Jeezy, and Akon @ Love
Moby (DJ set) @ 9:30 Club
Les Nubians & Angelique Kidjo @ Harman Hall
Marc Anthony, Alejandro Sanz, Paulina Rubio & more @ Union Station

1/19
Common @ Love
Jay Z @ Warner Theater
Andrew Bird, Ted Leo, Tortoise, Waco Brothers & more @ the Black Cat
DJ Spinna & Bobbito @ Bohemian Caverns
Beastie Boys & Sheryl Crow @ 9:30 Club
TI, LL Cool J, Young Jeezy & more @ Harman Theater

1/20
Afrika Bambaataa & Fort Knox Five @ Modern
Doug E Fresh, Slick Rick, Biz Markie & Kid Capri @ Love
Moodyman & Doug Smith @ the Warehouse
Nickodemus & King Britt @ ESL
Blaqstarr & Scottie B @ Rock & Roll Hotel
Chuck Brown @ Old Post Office Pavillion
Elvis Costello, Sting, Sam Moore @ Harman Theater
Ludacris, Big Boi, Cedric the Entertainer, T-Pain & Lil Jon @ Marriott Wardman
George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, The Temptations, Chaka Khan & more @ Marriott Wardman

George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, The Temptations, Chaka Khan & more @ Marriott Wardman
Gaining on ya!

There's gonna be a big soca show with David Rudder, Alison Hinds and others.

A Haitian event with Nu Look.

The Delfonics are gonna be on a soul and blues bill with local act Memphis Gold (who has gotten some national attention in Living Blues magazine).

Veteran soul act Skip Mahoney & the Casuals will be apearing with the Jewels (1960s minor hit "Opportunity Knocks" and they toured with James Brown) at the Chateau(a DC hand-dancing venue--it's like swing/jitterbug sorta...)

And Springsteen is likely gonna be at the Lincoln Memorial

Great photo I just saw this morning from the weekend before the election:

http://www.backstreets.com/Assets/Images/news110208c.jpg

The Delfonics are gonna be on a soul and blues bill with local act Memphis Gold (who has gotten some national attention in Living Blues magazine).
I hope they are introduced by Bobby "The Mighty Burner" Bennett.

this one look interesting:

Black McDonald's Operator's Association Inauguration Ball
Date: January 20.
Location: City Club of Washington at Franklin Square.
Time: 8 PM.
Host: Baltimore/Washington chapter of the National Black McDonald’s Operator's Association.
Size: 350.
Program: Live music and dancing.
Food and drink: Hors d’oeurvres and open bar.
Ticket Price: $200, plus a $10 online service fee.

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Sunday, January 18, 7-9pm
free

Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder

Are they gonna require tickets for that as I read elsewhere?

Items from the Mickie Dees dollar menu for hors d'oeurves for that other event?

18 artists in 2 hours=6 and minutes per act I think, or is my math off

I guess there will be many duets if they’re going to fit 18 singers plus historical readings into 2 hours.

The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) is pleased to announce the producers and initial talent lineup for WE ARE ONE: THE OBAMA INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural, to be presented exclusively by HBO on Sunday, January 18 (7:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT). The event will be free and open to the public, kicking off the most open and accessible Inauguration in history.

The special will be executive produced by George Stevens, Jr. (The Kennedy Center Honors), and produced by Don Mischer (Olympic Ceremonies) who will also direct the special, and Michael Stevens (The American Film Institute Salutes) who is also writing the special, and will be a production of The Stevens Company in association with Don Mischer Productions.

Musical performers scheduled for the event include Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder. Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington. T

I want P-Funk to be playing WHILE Barry is sworn in. Shit would be real.

Like, behind the Supreme Court.

I hope Usher does "Trading Places".

You got the bailout
Now give us the money
Cuz we are tradin' places
Take off your shoes
Before you fly, Cheney
Cuz we are tradin' places
etc.

i'm gonna go see moodyman. anybody else up for it?

Now the Post is saying the concert will begin at 2 p.m. It will be broadcast on HBO on tape delay from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.

More shows:

Comet Ping Pong Inaugural Party
Tuesday Jan. 20th
9pm-4am
Featuring musical performances by:

Federico Aubele
Vandaveer
Revival
Brandon Butler

FREE SHOW!!!

HBO will be working with cable companies to show the Lincoln Memorial show for free (but alas not George Clinton and Bootsy. Those 2 should be fun even if George comes through DC so much I stopped going to see him a long time ago).

More specifics on shows I mentioned above-

Sun. 1-18-

Soca Queen Alison Hinds with her band, King David Rudder, D Sweet Man Baron, Jamesy P, Kerwin Dubois, Jeremy Sookdar and Dolla. All Backed by the Sunshine Band at the former Chevrolet building located at 5929 Georgia Ave NW Washington DC from 9:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.

For more information on this Caribbean inauguration celebration contact 202-291-3009; 301-873-2080 or240-603-3609.

I think the soul show with Skip Mahoney and the Jewels at the Chateau is on Sat. 1-17. Skip does not update his old website and the Chateau does not have one. I heard the event mentioned on WPFW radio.

I think the Delfonics, Memphis Gold show is on the 19th at a hotel in Crystal City (near DC). I can't find nothing on the internets.

More events:

Fri. 1-16

Tribute to Obama Caribbean Style at Zanzibar
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Sat. 1-17

Carlene Carter at the Barns of Wolf Trap

Holmes Brothers (bluesy soul) at Iota

The Marquees (soul) at Harmony Hall Regional Center, 10701 Livingston
Rd., Fort Washington
301-203-6070 | www.pgparks.com

Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Peoples Congregation United Church of
Christ/Washington 202/785-9727

Raveonettes (Danish rock) at Black Cat

Tribute to Obama African Style at Zanzibar

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Sun. 1-18

Inaugural Victory Celebration Party with" Nu Look from Haiti, 9:00pm –
11:30pm
Cococabana Bar and Grill, 2031-A University Blvd, Hyattsville, MD
*proper attire required
info: www.gsrcproductions.com 301-404-3417

Mambo for Obama at Zanzibar (on one level of the club) and
All Africa for Obama at Zanzibar (on another level) Proceeds will go
toward purchasing two Oil Palm Trusts for Africare.
http://www.zanzibar-otw.com Live Performances by Lebo M, Francis
Jocky and surprise guests __________________________________________________________
Mon. 1-19

Aretha Franklin Let Freedom Ring" Celebration (MLK Day) Kennedy
Center
Concert Hall 6pm - FREE tix available @ 4pm 1 per person - w/ Aretha
Franklin, Nuttin but Stringz, and the Let Freedom Ring Choir

An Historic Inauguration Gospel Tribute at Lisner

Hideout/ Chicago & Interchange Present: The Big Shoulders
Inauguration Ball w/ ANDREW BIRD, TORTOISE, WACO BROTHERS, ELEVENTH
DREAM DAY, JON LANGFORD, SALLY TIMMS, DAVID "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS, KEN
VANDERMARK, FREAKWATER, ICY DEMONS and JUDSON CLAIBORNE, plus special
guests at Black Cat

Official Obama for Change Volunteer Victory Celebration at Zanzibar
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Tues. 1-20

Folklore Society GW Co-Sponsored Dances The 2009 Glen Echo Inaugural
Ball
7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Glen Echo Park Spanish Ballroom (Glen Echo,MD

Demand in DC: Applauding the Empowerment of People Thru Art, Film,
and Music w/ Performances by ANTI-FLAG, UNITED NATIONS, THE AKAS,
RUINER $10 Black Cat 7:30

DesiPartyAnimal presents the FIRST-EVER Desi Inaugural Ball
Honoring Indian and Asian Americans who have made the OBAMA HISTORIC
WIN a Global Reality
At Ascot India Restaurant, 1708 L St., NW

Dream Achieved for Believers Ball at Zanzibar

Alex Hassan (novelty piano, styles of the '20s and '30s) from 6 to
7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (and webcast and
archived on their site)

Nappy Roots (rap) at DC Nine

125 bucks for the Samba Obamba Inauguration Ball in DC club Rumberos (an upscale and spacious LatinAmerican art-bar and restaurant in Colombia Hts part of DC) with a DC-based Brazilian band, dj,
food, open bar and proceeds go to Brazilian and DC good causes

i'll be hanging upside down from the ceiling by my testicles via a big electrical courd wrapped around one of those spider plant fastening things.

aw man, I want Bootsy up on the dias with the rest of the lumaries during the Swearing-In, in full Bootsy gear.

How many events are going on in y'all towns? We got like 20 happening in Portland alone.

Chuck Brown's gonna be at the Lincoln Theatre in DC I think with Raheem DeVaughan and others (17th, 18th, or 19th???). I think he's got a bunch of gigs through the whole long weekend.

Still trying to get the rest of the info on the Delfonics/Memphis Gold show (promoted by folks who don't seem to use the internet or e-mail)

Meanwhile, the talent lineup for an official Neighborhood Ball at the Washington Convention Center was also revealed yesterday: Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Faith Hill, Alicia Keys, Shakira and Stevie Wonder will perform. But, again, no ticketing info was released. That ball, hosted by the newly installed president, will be geared toward Washingtonians, with a portion of tickets set aside for locals.

wasn't planning on anything but I may have to go for a ticket to this one

Nice. But as a Virginia resident I probably won't be able to score a ticket unless I buy it from a scalper.

Details also were announced for a jazz-centered "Celebration of America" at the Kennedy Center on Monday. The show emerged from a conversation between Wynton Marsalis and former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, according to its producers. The talent includes Dave Brubeck, Cassandra Wilson and Dianne Reeves; Angela Bassett will host. Tickets are not available to the public.

So much for the most open inaugural in history...

Wynton and Sandra Day O'Connor? What's up with that?

Latino inaugural events here-http://www.cambio2009.com/events.html

no backpacks or anything for the Lincoln memorial show. Special entry points. Moran had it right about the Secret Service overdoing the security angle

rlly, this sounds worse than going to SXSW

ha

on bass: Sandra Day O'Connor

"Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z"

That's funny. He's also hosting a big party Friday night at Love nightclub btw.

Yes the entry points for the Lincoln Memorial show will open at 8:30 a.m. (really) and you get to stand there and freeze and not eat or drink anything all day(I think all the sidewalk vendors were banished) except for what you can fit in your coat that does not get taken away by security.

OK, now it sounds more like the Hajj for secret Muslims!

No fireworks at this inaugural either (they've had 'em at the last 7).

Um, Washington Post, Harold Melvin is dead.

W looks a little disheveled. Laura looks distant, as usual.

Did they do it on the plane ride home?

"Let me invoke my executive privilege, just one more time"

sorry

i lold

O speaking at ball right now. Fox is running live vid and has some white-balance problems.

and now he dances with his lovely wife to the live band doing "At Last"

clicking over, we now have QVC selling plenty of O schwag

CNN.com being rickety!!!

The RIAA Ball for charity---that is the RIAA trying to prove they do something other than go after downloading

Wyclef Jean is trying to appear at every Ball and every club it seems

haha one of my buddies from college was playing keyboards in that live band at the Neighborhood Ball

Curmudgeon, aren't they billed as Harold Melvin's Blue Notes now? The Post still got it wrong, of course.

Yep.

Just saw The Dead (ex- G. Dead) playing fairly loud in the background with tuxedoed folks taking cellphone pics as a local tv newswoman was trying to do a report from the Middle-Atlantic States Ball I think it was called. Weird

Reading on the "Post Rock" blog how the go-go bands keep doing gigs all weekend as well at the standard out of the spotlight locations.

Mary J. Blige, Beyonce and Young Jeezy all guested with Jay Z at his expensive ($500 I hear) show at the Warner Theater the other night.

jesus h christ shakira and sting doing signed sealed delivered is criminal

this whole thing is really a hot a mess though

*a hot mess

damn damn damn! I was at work til now and while I watched the inaug the whole day intermittently online, I didn't get to be present for this thread: "live".

shakira is singing some bouncing 60's pop-sounding thing, sounds real good. stevie himself doing a terrible stevie song now, just as criminal as above

hips don't lie!

ack! too bad! Sorry that stevie exposure was not up to the real deal. I had the good fortune to be at (a small) event where he was performing for the 1st time after having the flu, (a year ago?) he was phenon, but a bunch of us filled in the blanks for him and sang, so I am a ppor judge, it was all about seeing him perform some of his hits before we or he were dead.

Terrific Rosanne Cash story on playing inauguarations
http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/my-inauguration-story/

That is a great story.

Bitter losers are bitter about the "unnecessary shots" at poor innocent GWB's administration (and they're already wishing for mentioning another terrorist attack, so the democrats will be un-reelectable)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/us/politics/22web-baker.html?hp

oh boo-fucking-hoo. they're lucky the current admin isn't actively seeking (that we know of) to hold Bushco accountable for federal crimes.

SCANDAL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/arts/music/23band.html?hp

The somber, elegiac tones before President Obama’s oath of office at the inauguration on Tuesday came from the instruments of Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman and two colleagues. But what the millions on the National Mall and watching on television heard was in fact a recording, made two days earlier by the quartet and matched tone for tone by the musicians playing along.

The players and the inauguration organizing committee said the arrangement was necessary because of the extreme cold and wind during Tuesday’s ceremony. The conditions raised the possibility of broken piano strings, cracked instruments and wacky intonation minutes before the president’s swearing in (which had problems of its own).

haha i was wondering abt that

yeah i was asking the wife about the violin playing it looked fishy to me and she used to play violin--wife could neither confirm nor deny

also she was wondering how the piano would stay in tune in those conditions

Should have got Obama to mime along to a pre-recording of the oath.

http://www.foxnews.com/images/root_images/081208_lipsyncing.jpg

Didn't that Itzhak Perlman guy used to play on Milli Vanilli and Ashlee Simpson records?

Unrelated to that-

So Jay Z and Arcade Fire were on a bill together for a private show Wednesday night for several thousand Obama campaign people at the DC Armory.

I wonder what they're thinking...

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2009/malia_sasha/malia_sasha_10.jpg

"Is this how daddy will look in eight years?"

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/a-new-photographer-in-the-white-house/?partner=rss&emc=rss

GET A LIFE - man, don't you miss when journalism was about news instead of this 24/7 yapping about nothing at all?

lol @ pic

Has to be something dodgy about the family being decked out in J Crew.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/23/obama-endorse-j-crew

"You guys know your president, right? You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president. He might be yours; he ain't my president. But I tell you that woman he had singing for him, singing my song — she's going to get her ass whipped. The great Beyoncé. Like I said, she ain't mine. ... I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day, gonna be singing my song that I've been singing forever." - Etta James

file under "statements made by people with a history of mental illness approaching the age of senility"

referring to Etta, just to clarify.

"big ol' president day"

still wondering why Beyoncé is such a nitwit, tho

is "Beyoncé" your codename for Obama for the first 100 days?

Don't you get it, they're both black celebrities

http://i64.tinypic.com/hv9xly.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw_Bd-13YCk

wow, this is the second go-round for 3 doors down, eh?

his actual set-up is even more hilarious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6YUz4grNM

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