Sampling the thought streams of D.C. musicians past and present.

Sean McArdle:

-Really nice show last night. On my way to Leutkirch. New levels of exhaustion today, but feeling good.

-2 planes 6 trains one bus and almost 30 hours later, I am in Berlin. Best Borsht I have ever had. Being well looked after. What time is it?

Raheem DeVaughn

-Im amazed how beautiful woman are exploiting themselves on twitter no clothes on & ect leave something for the imagination. Stop advertising

-its not a attack on woman! Im saying yall are bigger than that its 90% of the reason u fell disrespected & overlooked. U a QUEEN ya dig?

-1 said we do it for attention, another cuz Im a model so its to get work, another was dont judge us basically Im beautiful & wanna show it

Tabi Bonney

-On a serious note though. Why are women so deceptive & hide? U guys got make up, weave, surgery(some) & now booty pop underwear. Why??

-And when u see us men, there is no deception. If we are ugly, funny looking or something you know off the tippy top. Ain’t no hiding

-All of my real true girlfriends never wore makeup & didn’t really have to. I guess you guys can call me soulful after all LOL!!!

Beauty Pill (Chad Clark)

-Christina Billotte needs to sing again. She’s in L.A. now. Some dubstep producer oughta ring her. Not kidding. Great voice.

-(Apologies to all who get bored when I tweet about technical shit.) Cytomic = virtual substitute for the C1 while I await the Vandergraph.

Come next week DC is going to be one singer-songwriter lighter, as Sean McArdle is packing up the U-Haul and heading West, to San Francisco, California. No, don’t cry, it’s not goodbye forever. McArdle will, hopefully, be back for shows and visits in the not-too-distant future. And you can always pick up his much-slept-on full-length LP Northern Charms, if you need something ease the separation anxiety. You can find a copy, and also bid him a fond farewell, when McCardle performs his last show as a DC resident Monday, June 8th at Black Cat.

Sean McArdle, Meredith Bragg @ Black Cat
1811 14th St. NW
Monday, June 8th 9 PM, $8

Ever see that documentary Heartworn Highways? There’s that great scene where Steve Earle and Rodney Crowell are hanging out in Guy Clark’s dining room drinking wine and singing songs. If you haven’t, it’s worth seeing because, first of all, it’s three of the biggest country revival personalities from the late ’70s sitting in a room together getting drunk and playing music. Furthermore, it also looks like a pretty good time.

Sean McArdle’s record release party, this Sunday at Black Cat, is liable to have a similar vibe. A huge cast of friends and well-wishers from the local music scene–including Stella Schindler, John Bustine, and Shortstack’s Adrian Carroll–will be dropping by and, presumably, doing something musical. Just like the movie. You might have to rejigger the title a little bit, though. Maybe make it something a little more evocative of DCs contemporary cultural climate, say something like Heartworm Beltways? Just a thought, I guess.

Sean McArdle: “56th Street”

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It still gives off a nicely creepy silent-film vibe, though. Here’s the clip for the local singer-songwriter’s “Still Working”:

You can also check out video of McArdle performing the song as part of our short-lived “Live From BPB HQ” series: