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Friday, February 2, 2007
A Rant, and Lost Vinyl Treasures #5: Those Lovable Korean Orphans...on Tour!
[transmission from...Tyler Sonnichsen]
 I stopped into Crooked Beat tonight to check up on the merchandise and say hi to the friendly neighborhood proprietor Bill. As I was on my way out, Bill
began to extrapolate on how Capitol, that wonderful money devouring machine, albeit the machine responsible for some of the
finer music we’ve heard in the past half-century, has upped the list price of the latest Decemberists album “The Crane Wife”
to $18.99. 
Allow me to highlight the part of this abruptly-staged intro that I found somewhat intriguing and disappointing. Eighteen
fucking dollars and ninety-nine cents. NINETEEN FUCKING DOLLARS. The Decemberists. Remember when they made pleasant little
records for friendly neighborhood label Kill Rock Stars and could still headline clubs all over the country? Ah, yes, I was
in college then. Now, they’re stars, though I’m sure Colin Meloy hasn’t gotten degenerately greedy like those bastards in
Men Without Hats (so much potential that band had!!) with a taste of success. If I ever hear a Capitol executive complain
about record sales, I’m going to hit a small mammal in the head with a giant board. And that mammal may be a human. We all
know that the music industry has been riddled with hypocrisy for years, but this is just abject defiance of logic. Here’s
what is completely logical, though… getting a bunch of Korean Orphans together and making them sing!

I think I spent fifty cents on sheer Christian irony here. World Vision is (was?) a missionary attempt to capture these former
"waifs" and turn them into adorable, singing messengers of God.

To be fair, Side 2 is infinitely more secular. (Does finding humor in the Word Records 'sword cutting a Bible in half' logo
make me a terrible person?) I think that most bed-ridden kiddies all over the world in need of inspiration will appreciate
the break after being Jesus'd out on Side 1.

Essentially, these kids did great things for themselves and humanity as a whole, and many of them probably still do. Check
out these "tour" pics from the back of the album. On top, they're watching a crippled formosan girl "proudly hobble" as she
shows them how she's learning to walk. On the bottom, we see Indian prime minister of the day Jawaharlal Nehru greeting the
choir director Dr. Bob Pierce and the choir in New Delhi. What excitement for a bunch of little orphaned Korean kids! I've
never met the Prime Minister of India or the King of Norway (you can see the kids meeting Olaf, too, on the record sleeve),
and my parents are alive and well in Connecticut. What's in it for me? Well, the chance to see these kids live on their
first ever east-coast tour this summer! To hell with Pitchfork, TDC Presents is where your ass now knows to come for the
hottest, late-breaking tour news. Here are some dates (all not confirmed as of press time):
- JUNE 2 - NEW YORK, NY - HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM (w/ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Rapture, and other skinny white people
who sound like Talking Heads!)
- JUNE 3 - CAMDEN, NJ - SOME CRACKHOUSE (w/ Bobby Brown and the starting line of the '79 Miami Dolphins)
- JUNE 4 - BALTIMORE, MD - THE HAMILTON ARTS COLLECTIVE (w/ comedian Tom Myers)
- JUNE 5- ARLINGTON, VA - GALAXY HUT (w/ nobody else, since they will fill up the entire bar)
- JUNE 6 - VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - PAT ROBERTSON'S ESTATE (private Pat Robertson benefit concert for Pat Robertson, who will
watch while sitting upon a giant pile of money)
- JUNE 8 - ATHENS, GA - SOME BROKEN DOWN HOUSE (Athens? Seriously, who likes Athens anymore? R.E.M. was there like what-
24 years ago? I rest my case)
- JUNE 10 - ORLANDO, FL - EPCOT CENTER (in the 'Korea' station at the International Exhibit...they still have that, don't
they?)
- JUNE 12 - NEW ORLEANS, LA - PRESERVATION HALL (for the preservation of good old style choir music..okay, this is getting
kind of dumb)
- JUNE 13 - AUSTIN, TX - EMO'S [SXSW FESTIVAL] (isn't South by Southwest in March?)
- JUNE 15 - ARIZONA - THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT (w/ Supergrass, because they make it look cool)
- JUNE 16 - TIJUANA - SACRED HEART ORPHANAGE (in a heated choir rap-battle with the Mexican Orphan Choir, the winner of
which will be flown directly to the sun)
- JUNE 17 - THE SUN (IF THEY WIN) - SUN SECTOR A2F (Private concert for Zeus, or whoever lives on the sun)
- JUNE 17 - HOBOKEN, NJ (IF THEY LOSE) - GET IT? 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL LOSERS GO!!! OH, MAN! Actually, my friend Matt's
pretty cool.
What an exciting summer these kids, and you, have in store!
Dammit, I need to get some sleep.
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Wednesday, September 3
THE FAMILY HEMERLEIN @ THE PALACE OF WONDERS **DJ SET** 9 pm I'll be helping out my friend
Matt Hemerlein's family band's variety show on the tail end, but definitely come out early. You don't want to
miss this. Site. 1210 H St. NE, DC Saturday, September 13th (Stay tuned) LAUGHING
LIZARD COMEDY SHOWCASE 10pm, 21+ 1324 King St, Alexandria Date my change. Keep you posted.
Friday and Saturday, November 14 & 15.
ARLINGTON CINEMA & DRAFTHOUSE w/
Paul F Tompkins!! $18 or so. This was the show rescheduled from 7/25-26. Hope you see you out! Sorry for any confusion.
Website.2903 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA
Check
out TDC on... Thanks Josh!
Sign the Guestbook! (It's been there for some time, but seriously, sign it).
 Watch the video for Wes Mann's "If Only You Knew" right here! THROUGH THE WASHWhat happens to common appliances and gadgets mistakenly go through the wash and dry cycle? Do they come out alive?
Check out this handy site, with appearances from myself, Jake, and Aparna. Hosted by Chris and filmed my Joe "the man"
Deeley.
MUZAK!? The Slackers are playing the State Theatre
in Falls Church on Sunday, Sept. 7th...
Oppenheimer are coming back from Belfast to play
DC9 on Tuesday, 9/16...
The Ergs! are hitting the Talking Head
in BMore on Wednesday, 9/17...
So Many Dynamos are playing the Rock
and Roll Hotel in NE DC on 9/18...
Pleeseeasaur is doing whatever it is they do
at the Velvet Lounge on Monday, 9/29...
Pinback are back at the Black
Cat on October 1st...
Against Me! are Ted Leo are probably going
to oversell the Black Cat on October 8th...
Ra Ra Riot are hitting the Black
Cat Backstage on Sunday, 10/12... Chuck Ragan, Tim Barry, and other southern punk
staples are doing a big acoustic show at the Black Cat on Tuesday 10/14...
IF YOU LIVE IN THE DC AREA, HAVE A SOUL, AND ENJOY GOOD LIVE COMEDY, I highly recommend
these weekly/biweekly shows.
MONDAY 11TH ST. LOUNGE First and third mondays
of every month. It's intimate, friendly, and the servers upstairs are fine. Even an audience of 10 non-comics can
whip the place into a frenzy. Hosted by Lou Giglio, or Bart Voisin if he couldn't escape the calling. Oh Highland Dr,
right across from the Clarendon Grill.
SPY LOUNGE Eli "the man" Sairs and Tyler "da
man" Richardson run this open mic at a bizarrely posh but still fun place right in the heart of Adam's Morgan, on
18th St. Starts around 8pm.
CHIEF IKE'S MAMBO ROOM Run by the luminaries behind DCC4N. On Columbia
Rd. right north of that intersection in Adams-Morgan.
TUESDAY Nema is gone, but
info about Takoma Station and the Library (both in Northeast) coming soon.
Wiseacre's happens on this night,
out in Tyson's.
WEDNESDAY Wiseacres will always be there, hopefully, out in
Tyson's.
DR. DREMO'S IS DEAD. LONG LIVE DR. DREMO'S.
THURSDAY College
Perk First and third Thursday of every month, this is probably the most fun you'll have at an open mic in the
area. Maybe because it's a college hangout with a liquor license. 9078 Baltimore Avenue, College Park, MD
RIDICULOUSLY GOOD SONG OF THE WEEK
Weston - "Feeling
Stupid Feelings"
The TDC Archive of the Greatest Things Ever Said, Ever"I'm
gonna hire a fat person to sit in the driver's seat whenever I'm not using the car. Maybe get a midget with ice in
his mouth to blow on the back of my neck while I'm driving." "If I ever won a source award, I would go
onstage and speak ebonics." "If you can be fat and do it, its not a sport." - Forest "Socrates"
Godwin
"I'm gonna hire a fat person to sit in the driver's seat whenever I'm not
using the car. Maybe get a midget with ice in his mouth to blow on the back of my neck while I'm driving." "If
I ever won a source award, I would go onstage and speak ebonics." "If you can be fat and do it, its not a sport." - Forest "Socrates" Godwin
[Firth. It's pronounced Firth. Like the actor. Like our planet if it started with F.]
Welcome to the official TDC Productions website. Glad you could make it. Hope you enjoy yourself. If you want to check out
any recent postings, just check out the archive below the blog at the bottom of this page. If you've got anything to publish
here, send it right here.
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