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Chip Py
@chippyphotographer.bsky.social
Photographer, Documentarian, Author
Signed copies of my book, "DC Go-Go: Ten Years Backstage" are available at
http://ChipPyPhotographer.com
This MoCo PoPo recruiting ad from FB is a perfect ad for recruiting future officers who would love to work in a militarized police Dept! www.facebook.com/story.php?st... @willjawando.bsky.social@natalifg.bsky.social @kristinmink.bsky.social @themocoshow.bsky.social Is that who we want to recruit?
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April 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is a Great Gift for the Graduate.
www.ChipPyPhotographer.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My book "DC Go-Go: Ten Years Backstage" isn't modern art, but it does include 250 artistically created images taken by me during the ten years I spent photographing DC's Go-Go scene as Chuck Brown's photographer. Signed copies are available for only $29.99 at www.ChipPyPhotographer.com
December 14, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Reposted by Chip Py
Days after Phil Lesh’s death, I sat down with the remaining living members of The Grateful Dead to discuss their long, strange trip from the Acid Parties to the Kennedy Center Honors.

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
The Grateful Dead ran this madcap country through their ‘fun machine’
Three surviving core members of the Grateful Dead — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bobby Weir — are receiving the Kennedy Center Honors.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Put Some DC Under The Tree!! Limited edition signed and numbered giclée Chuck Brown and Go-Go prints as well as my book "DC Go-Go: Ten Years Backstage" make wonderful holiday gifts www.ChipyPyPhotographer.com PlsShare!
November 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Spent Saturday with my great niece Alice
November 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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D.C. has tried and failed to build a new pool in East Potomac Park for years. The latest belly flop? Suing the wrong contractor for $14 million. Read more here.
D.C. Took the L on a $14 Million Lawsuit Over the Abandoned East Potomac Park Pool Project
D.C. lost a lawsuit it filed against one of its own contractors on the tortured effort to build a new pool at East Potomac Park.
washingtoncitypaper.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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Well, now that everyone's here, may I offer some personal hype? Both of my feature documentaries are on the PBS App: "Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM" is here www.pbs.org/show/feast-y...
And "The Bayou: DC's Killer Joint" is here: www.pbs.org/video/the-ba...
Enjoy!
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM
Feast Your Ears takes you on a trip back to the ‘60s-'80s when free form FM radio was in its heyday.
www.pbs.org
November 20, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Chip Py
DC bouncebeat go-go band TCB used to play @ Power Nightclub in NE DC every Friday, but in October DC police suspended the club’s liquor license & closed it. TCB has been playing at various locations since then. This Friday per their IG they will be @ Culture in NE Dc mpdc.dc.gov/release/abca...
ABCA, MPD Shutter Dreams Smoke Shop, In the Cut, and Power Night Club
On October 10, 2024, the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration’s (ABCA) Enforcement Division, accompanied by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, served Closure Orders to the owners...
mpdc.dc.gov
November 22, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Someone set up a fake BlueSky account claiming to be Marc Elrich. I thought BlueSky was supposed to be a better place.
November 22, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Well here I am.
November 21, 2024 at 11:46 PM