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Steve Kiviat
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Freelancer re music & food for Washington City Paper; DMV DC concert list blog; guy recently retired from fed gov dayjob; dad, husband; fan of ilxor.com, Orioles, Terps, Wizards ; http://stevekiviat.blogspot.com/
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Steve Kiviat @dcsuburbanite.bsky.social · Jan 21
My 2022 tribute piece on late author/musician Greg Tate conveys how DC impacted his life — WPFW, d.c. space, go-go, Howard Univ, HilltopHU, Bad Brains, Haile Gerima, E Ethelbert Miller, poetry & spoken word, Coolidge High…

washingtoncitypaper.com/article/5440...
Remembering Flyboy Greg Tate
How D.C. shaped the acclaimed author, musician, and cultural critic Greg Tate, who passed away last month at the age of 64.
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dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Listening now to Eddie Chacon for the first time. Saw his 2025 "Lay Low " release mentioned a few times by folks on I Love Music forum's best of 2025 thread
mojomagazine.bsky.social MOJO Magazine @mojomagazine.bsky.social · Jan 28
Eddie Chacon Reviewed:

“Lay Low is a kind of concept album, built around love, grief and bereavement, Chacon in conversation with himself... ⭐⭐⭐⭐”

Previously one half of 90s pop soul duo Charles & Eddie, Chacon’s solo revelations continue on his third album, out this week.
Eddie Chacon Lay Low Reviewed: Former 90s pop star turns existentialist on third solo LP
Previously one half of pop soul duo Charles & Eddie, Eddie Chacon’s recent revelations continue on new album, Lay Low. Read MOJO's review:
www.mojo4music.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The Compleat Beatles will always have my heart. It's hard to watch the end titles alongside Blackbird and not feel a real melancholy - for both the characters within now missing and those we've lost who brought us up on the documentary.

An eternal bulwark to the all that modern-day 'sanding'.
Free of the imprimatur of the band members, Montgomery and his collaborators also didn't feel pressured to sand down the rougher edges of the group's story, or to minimize their personality conflicts, particularly in the later years. Their longtime producer George Martin, for example, specifically calls out McCartney's "bossiness" -- the kind of candor that is markedly lacking in his "Anthology" interviews.
November 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Here’s Patti Smith & band @ Anthem Friday in DC
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Sat. Nov. 29 in DMV DC- Earl Sweatshirt @ Fillmore (critic fave rap); Shadmehr Aghili @ Anthem (“King of Persian Pop”) ;
Manhattans feat. Gerald Alston @ Birchmere (soul/r& b) ;
Slick Rick w/ Nice & Smooth @ Bethesda Theater (old-school rap); Dareyes DLS, & 2 more @ Mexico Lindo 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
RIP zine maker and artist and curator Rich Jacobs
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Patti Smith doing “Horses” tour tonight @ Anthem
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
My review of Glo-worm dc twee-pop reissue on vinyl and digital is on link in comments below
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7747... my preview of rapper Earl Sweatshirt at Fillmore Silver Spring on Saturday Nov 29 is at the Washington City Paper link
Earl Sweatshirt, a Trans Writing Workshop, and More: City Lights for Nov. 27–Dec. 3
See visuals from Lorraine O’Grady and Howard Clare, the 1955 film The Night of the Hunter, and performances from Earl Sweatshirt and TOLEDO.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Fri. Nov. 28 in DMV DC- Patti Smith & band do Horses album @ Anthem (rock) (sold Out); Northeast Groovers, UCB @ Hard Rock Cafe , 999 E St NW (go-go); Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis do Sonny Sharrock’s Ask The Ages. Janel Leppin opens @ Hamilton Live (jazzy post-punk); 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Sho Madjozi: Chale (2023, South Africa) is a great song .
otherdavemoore.com Dave Moore @otherdavemoore.com · 5d
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 50

**12 POINTS**

Sho Madjozi: Chale (2023, South Africa)

The end!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3l...
November 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Busta Rhymes at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Thurs. Nov. 27 in DMV DC-Aces of Cumbia w/ Fantoche, Flor y Amor Joven, Guzens el Imaginante, ICC, Ing Bumper, Sonidero Latino 9pm @ Mexico Lindo; Grupo Exterminador,Samuray, Los Terribles Del Norte 9pm @ Cococabana; David Chappell band at JVs stevekiviat.blogspot.com/2025/11/dc-b...
DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More November 2025 Concert Calendar Gig List
DC / Baltimore / DMV Global Music and More November 2025 Concert Calendar Gig List    Compiled & curated list of area gigs by local and tour...
stevekiviat.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Patti Labelle was just @ Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch & she’s backed by a band getting dc go-go funky on some of this. Plus that moment when she kicks off her shoes

youtu.be/85royJrJdCE
Patti Labelle: Noochie’s Live From The Front Porch
YouTube video by Noochie
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November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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DOJ fingers Kristi Noem as the person who made the call to defy a court order and send detainees to a concentration camp in El Salvador. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador, justice department says
Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn’t violate judge’s order to return flights to US
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Wed. Nov. 26 in DMV DC- Daliwonga @ Culture (South African amapiano); Mystic Nights: Trái Tim Em Cũng Biết Đau w/ Bằng Kiều, Bảo Anh, Đan Nguyên, Cao Thái Sơn, Myra Trần, Hương Thủy, Trúc Lam, Trúc Linh, MC Thế Thụy, Ban Nhạc Tutti @ MGM Nat. Harbor (Vietnamese); Los Adolescentes @ Diamond Lounge; 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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jaredmcclain.bsky.social
Violating the First Amendment to hide the record of all their violations of the Fourth Amendment.
dcmigrantmutualaid.org Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid @dcmigrantmutualaid.org · 5d
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
ICE agent carrying away a yard sign that says “ICE kidnapping happened here”
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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postmambo.bsky.social
RIP Julio Noroña, who propelled Cuba’s greatest dance band. ♥️
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Julio Noroña, founding musician of Los Van Van, has passed away
Julio Noroña, founder of Los Van Van, passed away leaving an indelible mark on Cuban music. Known for his talent and personal connections, he was a key figure in the "great Van Van family."
en.cibercuba.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Henry Cole, drummer from Mayagüez PR, giving a workshop in Xalapa MX this afternoon at Cauz, a tiny, perfect jazz club with books lining the mezzanine. Postmambo will visit Xalapa, Heróica Veracruz, and Mexico City in March for our Gulf of Mexico music seminar.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
The Trump administration made erroneous claims to the Supreme Court, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters in a filing asking the justices to sign off on the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago, a New York Times investigation found. The emergency request, filed by the solicitor general, D. John Sauer, which draws heavily from court declarations made by two Homeland Security officials, misstates what happened in the aftermath of a car crash and shooting on Oct. 4 in Chicago that involved Border Patrol agents. A Times analysis of hours of police radio and hundreds of videos posted to social media refutes the federal government’s claims that the Chicago Police Department didn’t respond quickly to the scene, leaving federal agents to fend for themselves during what they called a riot.
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Here’s the Mark Segraves NBC 4 segment with Bad Brains circa 79 or 80 footage at the long gone Bayou in Georgetown. Some folks note that contrary to what BB bassist says, the Childe Harold continued to have punk bands on occasion

youtu.be/bfKVxeYrc0Q
Newly discovered Bad Brains recording to be released | NBC4 Washington
YouTube video by NBC4 Washington
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November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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www.downtowndc.org/director-of-... job opening for Director of Downtown Arts, Culture, & Entertainment for Downtown DC entity
Director of Downtown Arts, Culture, & Entertainment - Downtown DC
www.downtowndc.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Tues. Nov. 25 in DMV DC-Com’z @ Union Stage (Taiwan rock); Nasar Abadey & Supernova @ Blues Alley (DC jazz); Still Familiar @ Fast Eddie's (go-go); Ethiopian music @ Lion’s Den Falls Church; Ethiopian music w/ Kalkidan Meshesha & Fekadu Girma backed by Dani Key, Dave Sax @ Rumor Bar Silver Spring 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
Patti Labelle was just @ Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch & she’s backed by a band getting dc go-go funky on some of this. Plus that moment when she kicks off her shoes

youtu.be/85royJrJdCE
Patti Labelle: Noochie’s Live From The Front Porch
YouTube video by Noochie
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM