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Mar 26, 2010 -- I DIG AT FERRY CORSTEN'S ROOTS, UNCOVER A PIECE OF MUSIC HISTORY HE STILL OWNS, AND DISCOVER HIS IDOL WHO IDOLIZES HIM KV-- As a teenager you were listening to your father’s record player. What records graced your turntable back then and inspired you? Ferry-- Well, it wasn’t really my father’s music. It was his turntable that I was trying to wreck. (Laughs.) I started buying the early electronic hip hop and electronic like Afrika Bambaataa and stuff like that back in the day so that’s basically the first music that I started buying at the age of 10 or 11, I think. I didn’t have any equipment yet so I used his turntables and yeah, with the result was a lot of broken needles. |
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Aug 9, 2009 -- REVIVING A PRINCE FAVORITE AND DUSTING OFF ONE OF THEIR OWN, INCUBUS HEATS UP MERRIWEATHER'S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES The sultry, late summer evening provided the perfect backdrop to the sounds of alternative/nu metal rockers, Incubus, who brought their Monuments and Melodies Tour to the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. The twang guitar effects opening tracks such as Stellar, the similar beginning riffs in Anna Molly, and the intro bongos in songs like Clean combined with the thick and steamy air magically transformed the ambience to a tropical oasis. READ MORE.... --PHOTOS from the INCUBUS MONUMENTS AND MELODIES TOUR |
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Sep 17, 2006 -- A FAMILY THAT PLAYS TOGETHER...., KORN'S FAMILY VALUES TOUR COMES TO NISSAN It's been over a decade that angst rockers, Korn, have been growling and spewing cathartic anthems, excising their right to lyrically rebel to the top of the charts. These Bakersfield, California boys set the precedent for those to follow in their unique rock style teetering on the verge of lamenting hip hop and subsequently mentoring acts like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park. READ MORE.... --PHOTOS from the FAMILY VALUES TOUR |
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Aug 10, 2006 -- THE VANS WARPED TOUR RETURNS TO NISSAN What brings veterans NOFX and rapper Talib Kweli together with the catchy, pop artists Greeley Estates and the 50’s fashioned, punk-driven Pink Spiders? Did I mention that you get all this and so much more and at only $30 a pop? It must be the bargain, summer music explosion, the Van’s Warped Tour. READ MORE.... --PHOTOS from the VANS WARPED TOUR |
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July 21, 2006 -- ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END - A FOND FAREWELL TO A DC CLASSIC The buzzlife events have been my catharsis and saving grace for so many years now; it will be difficult to assimilate without my Friday night fix at the legendary Nation nightclub. READ MORE.... |
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Nov 3 , 2005 -- OH HOLY NIGHT! - UNDEROATH BRINGS THE SOLDOUT CROWD TO ITS KNEES Doors open at 7:00 and by 7:30 there is no parking near DC's 930 Club or in its pay lot sans for a few reserved spaces. Approaching the venue from the back there are two male youths lingering at the corner. An oncoming, emo-esque male peeking out from his jet-black, side swooped hair politely asks, "Tickets?" READ MORE.... --PHOTOS from UNDEROATH @ THE 930 CLUB |
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Aug 17, 2005 -- THE VANS WARPED TOUR GAINING MOMENTUM WITH ITS ANNUAL TRADITION Temperatures were heating up in the DC suburban landscape of Bristow, Virginia, last Wednesday, as were the multiple stages when the Vans Warped Tour brought their high-energy antics to the Nissan Pavilion. READ MORE.... --PHOTOS from the VANS WARPED TOUR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apr 21, 2005 -- STING BROKEN MUSIC TOUR FIXING TO ROCK PATRIOT CENTER As a young lad hailing from Newcastle, England, delivering milk before dawn with his father he already had aspirations of making it big someday. READ MORE .... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Apr 17, 2005 -- MAROON 5 OPEN NEW SEASON AT MERRIWEATHER POST Cars lined the Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia, Maryland. Stirred up dust from the excess traffic clouded the crisp, clear, spring evening. READ MORE .... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jan 12, 2005 -- THE TRUE ALTERNATIVE, GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN The DC-area today at noon lost a main staple that has been the source of entertainment for thousands of alternative rock music fans for generations. READ MORE .... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dec 4 , 2004 -- HFSMAS NUTCRACKER BRINGS ALTERNATIVE ROCK TRADITION TO THE PATRIOT CENTER A monumental event took place at the Patriot Center Saturday night when local alternative radio station WHFS presented their sold out annual rock extravaganza, the HFSmas Nutcracker. READ MORE.... --PHOTOS from the HFSMAS NUTCRACKER |
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