Steve Kiviat
@dcsuburbanite.bsky.social
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
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.
washingtoncitypaper.com
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...
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/5440...
It was a busy Mardi Gras day in New Orleans ( schedule below from the WWOZ radio website Takin it to the Streets webpage )
February 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM
It was a busy Mardi Gras day in New Orleans ( schedule below from the WWOZ radio website Takin it to the Streets webpage )
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Olha essa energia do presidente Lula no Carnaval da Bahia!! Essa é a energia do tetra!
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Olha essa energia do presidente Lula no Carnaval da Bahia!! Essa é a energia do tetra!
The go-go is on Good Morning America at 8 am of course not pm
DC go-go on Thursday Feb 19 Good Morning America on ABC at 8pm et
February 18, 2026 at 5:57 AM
The go-go is on Good Morning America at 8 am of course not pm
DC go-go on Thursday Feb 19 Good Morning America on ABC at 8pm et
February 18, 2026 at 4:40 AM
DC go-go on Thursday Feb 19 Good Morning America on ABC at 8pm et
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"There have been nine potential sales canceled since news of the planned camps broke. On February 6th, we learned a warehouse sale in Mississippi was canceled thanks in part to the opposition of Senator Roger Wicker"
“WEXMAC TITUS allows ICE to treat immigration enforcement like a national security operation rather than a standard civil immigration one,” Michael Wriston, a 20-year veteran military analyst who is now a researcher and reporter with @projectsaltbox.bsky.social told me.
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
"There have been nine potential sales canceled since news of the planned camps broke. On February 6th, we learned a warehouse sale in Mississippi was canceled thanks in part to the opposition of Senator Roger Wicker"
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Lunar new year 2026: year of the fire horse around the world – in pictures
Lunar new year 2026: year of the fire horse around the world – in pictures
From the heart of Beijing to far-flung Manilla, Panama, Moscow and New York, communities around the globe ring in the year of the fire horse
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Lunar new year 2026: year of the fire horse around the world – in pictures
Tues. Feb. 17 in DMV DC- Margo Price @ 930 ( country);
Say She She @ Atlantis (retro r&b & disco); Bayou Gras Mardi Pardi 5-9pm w/ District Brass Band @ Bayou Bakery;
Lunar New Year event 8:30-10:30 pm w/ DJ Les @ Seki Nikai; Marcel Penzes celebrates Mardi Gras @ Blues Alley; 🧵
Say She She @ Atlantis (retro r&b & disco); Bayou Gras Mardi Pardi 5-9pm w/ District Brass Band @ Bayou Bakery;
Lunar New Year event 8:30-10:30 pm w/ DJ Les @ Seki Nikai; Marcel Penzes celebrates Mardi Gras @ Blues Alley; 🧵
February 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Tues. Feb. 17 in DMV DC- Margo Price @ 930 ( country);
Say She She @ Atlantis (retro r&b & disco); Bayou Gras Mardi Pardi 5-9pm w/ District Brass Band @ Bayou Bakery;
Lunar New Year event 8:30-10:30 pm w/ DJ Les @ Seki Nikai; Marcel Penzes celebrates Mardi Gras @ Blues Alley; 🧵
Say She She @ Atlantis (retro r&b & disco); Bayou Gras Mardi Pardi 5-9pm w/ District Brass Band @ Bayou Bakery;
Lunar New Year event 8:30-10:30 pm w/ DJ Les @ Seki Nikai; Marcel Penzes celebrates Mardi Gras @ Blues Alley; 🧵
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NY Rocker was one of the great ‘80s music periodicals. The June '81 issue with Prince on the cover revolved around racial crossover: Most memorably, blindfold tests of current music with local teenagers — a Black four-man DJ crew and a trio of white new wave fans. Should’ve been a regular feature.
Crossovered and Painless
New York Rocker in 1981: White, Black, Puerto Rican, everybody just a-freakin'
chuckeddy.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
NY Rocker was one of the great ‘80s music periodicals. The June '81 issue with Prince on the cover revolved around racial crossover: Most memorably, blindfold tests of current music with local teenagers — a Black four-man DJ crew and a trio of white new wave fans. Should’ve been a regular feature.
Instead of tearful rituals of mourning, families of those killed at protests have been filmed dancing, blaring folk songs and clapping over people’s graves — customs anathema to a once- lugubrious affair. The trend is seen as a way of defying traditionally somber religious customs that many Iranians
In Iran, Slain Protesters’ Memorials Will Test State Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Instead of tearful rituals of mourning, families of those killed at protests have been filmed dancing, blaring folk songs and clapping over people’s graves — customs anathema to a once- lugubrious affair. The trend is seen as a way of defying traditionally somber religious customs that many Iranians
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okay, i am actually going to do this. thirty posts over the course of march, each covering ten 2025 songs from a different loosely-defined scene, with the final 50 on the 31st.
i've been doing 50-song countdowns of my favorite music since 2020, but now i'm considering doing a 300-song megalist for 2025 with 10 songs each from 30 different countries/regions/ethnic subpopulations in order to cover the actual variety i'm hearing
February 11, 2026 at 4:40 PM
okay, i am actually going to do this. thirty posts over the course of march, each covering ten 2025 songs from a different loosely-defined scene, with the final 50 on the 31st.
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Alexis Krauss explains why Sleigh Bells can't easily walk away from Wasserman, Spotify, and Ticketmaster
Alexis Krauss Explains Why Sleigh Bells Can’t Easily Walk Away From Wasserman, Spotify, & Ticketmaster
Earlier this month, a newly-unveiled batch of Epstein Files revealed that Casey Wasserman, founder and CEO of the talent management company Wasserman, had traveled on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane during a ...
stereogum.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Alexis Krauss explains why Sleigh Bells can't easily walk away from Wasserman, Spotify, and Ticketmaster
Mon. Feb. 16 in DMV DC-MLK Library presents DCVybe, Push Play (feat. D Floyd), Sirius Company , Mature Clientele 2:30 pm @ Howard Theatre free via dc library ticket web link (go-go); Vigil & rally for immigrant families 5pm to 8 @ Lawyer's mall in front of MD Statehouse in Annapolis; 🧵
February 16, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Mon. Feb. 16 in DMV DC-MLK Library presents DCVybe, Push Play (feat. D Floyd), Sirius Company , Mature Clientele 2:30 pm @ Howard Theatre free via dc library ticket web link (go-go); Vigil & rally for immigrant families 5pm to 8 @ Lawyer's mall in front of MD Statehouse in Annapolis; 🧵
More dirt re Kennedy Center fundraising & questionable hiring www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Kennedy Center fundraising in deep turmoil after Trump takeover
Current and former employees say the center’s head of development Lisa Dale is the source of the fundraising troubles.
www.politico.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
More dirt re Kennedy Center fundraising & questionable hiring www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Third Rail Radio w/ bands playing live at WMUC University of Maryland radio is back for spring semester
February 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Third Rail Radio w/ bands playing live at WMUC University of Maryland radio is back for spring semester
Sun. Feb. 15 in DMV DC- Miguel, Jean Dawson @ Anthem (r& b); Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. w/ WPA Gospel Choirs, The Choral Arts Society of Washington 7 p.m. @ Strathmore; DJ Timmy Regisford @ Kaldi’s Rooftop via 3rd Place & UDP Music (house music pioneer); KBP El Alien @ Ibiza 🧵
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Sun. Feb. 15 in DMV DC- Miguel, Jean Dawson @ Anthem (r& b); Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. w/ WPA Gospel Choirs, The Choral Arts Society of Washington 7 p.m. @ Strathmore; DJ Timmy Regisford @ Kaldi’s Rooftop via 3rd Place & UDP Music (house music pioneer); KBP El Alien @ Ibiza 🧵
9 Immigrants who had documented fear of returning to own country & w/ no violent crime history have been secretly deported to Cameroon in bid by Trump admin to avoid the law
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal Protections
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
9 Immigrants who had documented fear of returning to own country & w/ no violent crime history have been secretly deported to Cameroon in bid by Trump admin to avoid the law
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Current Southern soul on WPFW Saturday 12 to 2 & archived for 2 weeks on the WPFW website. The station is also fundraising now & needs donations
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Current Southern soul on WPFW Saturday 12 to 2 & archived for 2 weeks on the WPFW website. The station is also fundraising now & needs donations
I got a rock event listed below for Saturday Valentines Day if that's what you're looking for
Sat. Feb. 14 in DMV DC-Afro Blue & Cyrus Chestnut @ Black Rock Center for the Arts (Howard U Jazz vocals group, & jazz pianist) ; David Bowie celebration night w/ 51 Peg, Winter Sect, The Wild Mutations, Capital Offender, Glassphalt, The Airport 77s, The Malvivants + special guests @ Pie Shop 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I got a rock event listed below for Saturday Valentines Day if that's what you're looking for
Sat. Feb 14 in DMV DC- Maritu Legesse the Queen of Ambasel scale Ethiopian music @ Hemen’s Lounge Alexandria; Monchy @ La Caverna in MD (bachata) & later @ Casa Mia Mexican rest.; TCB, New Impressionz, TOB @ Fast Eddie's (bouncebeat go-go); Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go) 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Sat. Feb 14 in DMV DC- Maritu Legesse the Queen of Ambasel scale Ethiopian music @ Hemen’s Lounge Alexandria; Monchy @ La Caverna in MD (bachata) & later @ Casa Mia Mexican rest.; TCB, New Impressionz, TOB @ Fast Eddie's (bouncebeat go-go); Rare Essence @ 11 @ Aqua (go-go) 🧵
Mdou Moctar @ the Atlantis in DC on February 12,2026
February 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Mdou Moctar @ the Atlantis in DC on February 12,2026
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Q: Can you confirm that CBP actually hit a party balloon it thought was a drone with a laser? And why wasn't that coordinated with the FAA?
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
February 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Q: Can you confirm that CBP actually hit a party balloon it thought was a drone with a laser? And why wasn't that coordinated with the FAA?
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
KRISTI NOEM: You know, this was a joint agency task force, um, mission that was undertaken. And um, we're continuing to work on communication
*ends presser*
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Postmambo is in Veracruz.
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Postmambo is in Veracruz.
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This man is a thief, coward and hypocrite. He argues the U.S. can't afford to protect workers from scammy corporations through the CFPB, but it CAN afford to pay millions and millions robbed from three different agencies to pay for his imperial guard. #stopvought
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This man is a thief, coward and hypocrite. He argues the U.S. can't afford to protect workers from scammy corporations through the CFPB, but it CAN afford to pay millions and millions robbed from three different agencies to pay for his imperial guard. #stopvought
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell warned of upcoming staff cuts and the reality of “skeletal teams” in a Tuesday night email to his staff that also touted a “total renovation of the building beginning in early July.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Kennedy Center president warns of ‘skeletal teams’ during ‘total renovation’
Staff at the arts organization brace for layoffs tied to President Donald Trump’s plan for a two-year closure of the building.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell warned of upcoming staff cuts and the reality of “skeletal teams” in a Tuesday night email to his staff that also touted a “total renovation of the building beginning in early July.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
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This DC artist Larry Cook’s work “Rare Essence “ is part of the “Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection “ exhibit @ Phillips Collection in DC through Feb. 15. Cook used to be a photographer in a dc go-go music club.
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
This DC artist Larry Cook’s work “Rare Essence “ is part of the “Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection “ exhibit @ Phillips Collection in DC through Feb. 15. Cook used to be a photographer in a dc go-go music club.