This evening Michelle, Brian, Lillian and I made the trip to Charlottesville, VA to see Thievery Corporation on their Radio Retaliation tour. It was pretty much the same show as we saw at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., in January, but as always it’s still worth the time and money.
If you want to see them they are playing again this January 21-23 at the 9:30 Club. All shows are already sold out but I’m sure you can get a ticket if you really want to go.
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Last night a crew of us left Richmond and drove to D.C. to attend a Thievery Corporation concert at the 9:30 Club. It actually felt like winter. As we headed more north the snow got consistently harder. Once we got to D.C. we headed to Local 16 for happy hour on U and 16th. Local 16 is owned by Thievery Corporation so it made since to make a visit. It’s much more of a 10pm and after place with a wide open dance floor, and a huge outside patio upstairs and dim light bar and booths downstairs. When it’s nice go there late night and you will not be disappointed.
We left Local 16 and headed to Gus’s Next Door on U and 12th for dinner. It is directly next to Gus’s Chili Bowl which has been around for 50 years. The Executive Chef is non other than Rock Harper from last years Hell’s Kitchen. He took the winning prize of a one year $250,00 salary to run the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, but when that ended he decided to return home. The decor was nice, the food was just ok, but it has only been open a few weeks so it’s always best to be understanding in those circumstances. The Duck and the Mac and Cheese were both very good though.
Once we were finished with dinner we headed to the 9:30 Club on V and 8th to see Thievery Corporation. If you have never seen them live I highly recommend getting on their mailing list so you know when they play again. Tuesday night was the first night of a five night gig at the 9:30 Club. They usually play every year around Decmeber or January so keep that in mind. Oh yea, tickets always sell out very fast so you must be quick. Their shows are always enjoyable, but as a long time Thievery fan and someone who has now been to four shows (‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09), nothing really compares to their first show. Maybe it’s the first time newness of their style and vibe, but it just wan’t the same. The new comers to the group thought it was amazing and were smiling ear to ear so that should tell you somehthing.
All and all this was a great trip to D.C. with a great group of friends.
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