| Dear Friends, I have a few upcoming shows I'd like to tell you about (details below). I hope you're enjoying the transition into Spring and I hope to see you soon, -Jon PS. If you're in Austin for SXSW (or any other reason) I'm crazy jealous. Coming up on Monday (3/23), DCIC will be at Galaxy Hut. We're opening for Altamira. They are a really great instrumental rock band from Philadelphia. Galaxy Hut is always a fun place to hang out. We've shared the stage with members of Altamira over the last year, this is the first time we get to hear them all together. Ricardo, their drummer, went on the road with Joe Lally and me last spring. Nick, the guitarist, played with us at Velvet Lounge when he was in town with his other band, Circles. John, the bass player, also shared an evening at Velvet Lounge with his other trio, Zevious. Having heard them each separately, I can vouch for the ridiculous amount of talent that will be on hand at Galaxy Hut on Monday night. As for DCIC, our trio lineup has really coalesced into something over the last two years. Mike, our sax player, has been getting quite busy playing around town with every improv "supergroup" in town. Ben is crazy busy as usual playing in something like two hundred and fifty other bands. It's always a treat for me to get together with those guys and see what happens. I'm especially curious about this one because I've been taking guitar lessons again, after a very long hiatus, and I'm curious to see what kind of impact that may have, even after only a few months. Then I'm at Dance Place for the weekend of March 28 and 29. They're presenting a shared evening by Daniel Burkholder and Jane Jerardi. I'm playing in Daniel's half. His dance company has been working on a big (epic?) piece about water. We've been at this for several years now. This will be the biggest version yet. Originally, I tried to make the music out of very very limited materials (like four or five notes for the whole thing). For this big big version, I had to cave in and write some more music. While I'm usually quite happy to play a simple five note pattern for hours on end, this piece really seemed to be asking for something more so I'm gonna bring it... Then, on Thursday April 2nd, I am delighted to announce the premiere performance of my rock band, Reversal. We've been playing together for over a year collaborating on new music. Finally we get to share it in public. While I hope this music will have some appeal beyond math-rock geeks like me, I can say with some confidence that fans of the math-rock will not be disappointed. We're playing at Solly's Tavern on U Street (corner of 11th and U). They have $3 PBR and the show costs only $5. Do the math. It's a recession proof night out on the town. Celebrate Spring: allergy medicine plus pabst equals big fun. Hope you can join us. Here's all the details and links, etc.: Monday, March 23rd: DCIC and Altamira at Galaxy Hut 2711 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA 22201 9pm, $5 DCIC: http://dcic.alkem.org/ Altamira: http://www.myspace.com/altamiraphilly Galaxy Hut: http://galaxyhut.com/ ----- Saturday, March 28, 8pm Sunday, March 29, 7pm Daniel Burkholder and Jane Jerardi at Dance Place 3225 8th Street, NE Washington DC 20017 $22 Tickets: http://www.danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=181 Daniel Burkholder: http://web.mac.com/theplayground/Site/Welcome.html Jane Jerardi: http://janejerardi.com/ ----- Thursday, April 2 Reversal, Sun Committee, The Foreign Press at Solly's Tavern 1942 11th St, NW (11th and U St) Washington DC 9pm, $5 Reversal: http://www.myspace.com/reversalisaband Sun Committee: http://www.myspace.com/suncommittee The Foreign Press: http://www.www.myspace.com/theforeignpressdc> Solly's: http://www.sollystavern.com/ http://jonathanmatis.alkem.org |
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