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Readership Capture: DC Meet Up – Monday, May 16

by Anne Laurie|  May 8, 20166:34 pm| 46 Comments

This post is in: Meetups, Readership Capture

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Shakezula at LGM scoops us! —

You might think you know commentarion efgoldman, the resident Trumpeter against Trump. But how much do you really know? Is he a Bach man or a Yamaha fan? Silver or brass? And what about those strangely persistent flugelhorn rumors?

Well, he and Mme. efgoldman are in the DMV, possibly because they’re plotting to steal the trumpet from Gideon on top of the Mormon temple in Kensington, possibly not.

If you’re in the area, you can scope them out Mon. May 16, at Fado Irish Pub, 5:30ish until the authorities arrive. Fado is at 808 7th Street N.W., near Metro Center and Gallery Place stations, i.e. all of the Metro lines…

Leave a comment here if you’re interested, or need more info — I’ll make sure EFG sees this. If you’re shy, you can send me an email (click on my name in the righthand column, or annelaurie at verizon dot net) and I’ll forward it to him.

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  1. 1.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 6:51 pm

    I’m shy! Like a howitzer…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZlxDFRQ0KQ

  2. 2.

    MattF

    May 8, 2016 at 6:56 pm

    It’s certainly metro-accessible, so I’ll be there, barring unforseen catastrophes.

  3. 3.

    Xantar

    May 8, 2016 at 6:58 pm

    I’m going to do my very best, but I’m coming in from Baltimore. Hopefully the metro is working properly at that time.

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    May 8, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    Oh, how I wish I lived closer! This sounds like quite the gathering :-)

  5. 5.

    PsiFighter37

    May 8, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    We should do an NYC meetup sometime. I’ve never gone to one of the ones we had in the past here.

    I would also be interested to source out interest to do one on June 15 in San Francisco. It’d have to start not too late, as I need to drive out to Silicon Valley for the night, but I would be up for seeing some Bay Area Juicers.

  6. 6.

    bk

    May 8, 2016 at 7:19 pm

    I live in Las Vegas, and I would love to meet those of you who come out here!

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    May 8, 2016 at 7:29 pm

    That’s Moroni, not Gideon, atop the spire.

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    May 8, 2016 at 7:33 pm

    @Adam L. Silverman

    Or maybe Princess Fred?

    :)

  9. 9.

    aimai

    May 8, 2016 at 7:37 pm

    Damn! so sorry to miss it. Haven’t been back to DC in years, not since my grandmother died and I no longer had a reason to go.

  10. 10.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 7:58 pm

    @PsiFighter37: You understand Bay area juicers are people that live in the greater San Francisco area and abuse steroids, right?

  11. 11.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 7:59 pm

    @NotMax: I hadn’t seen that, but that’s too funny.

  12. 12.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    @PsiFighter37: Are “Bay Area Juicers” anything like the Bay City Rollers?

  13. 13.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    @Miss Bianca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn2ux5vRHk

  14. 14.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Why do I feel like I’m gonna regret this…even if I may have asked for it…

  15. 15.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Ask and ye shall receive. Seek and ye shall find!

  16. 16.

    A Ghost To Most

    May 8, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    @NotMax:

    That’s Moroni, not Gideon, atop the spire.

    Huh, I thought it was I-moron.

  17. 17.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    @Miss Bianca: This you’ll likely regret:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-X4NyQN6xA&list=PL6801B178AA5730BC&index=10

  18. 18.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 8:07 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Abandon hope, all ye who enter here…

    ETA: Oh, no, no, no…not a whole freakin’ show!

  19. 19.

    NotMax

    May 8, 2016 at 8:15 pm

    @A Ghost To Most

    Mormonisn is a Moronic faith system.

  20. 20.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    @Miss Bianca: You never saw their show? Produced by stoner TV producers extraordinaire the Krofts! I am surprised.

  21. 21.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: “For when it absolutely, positively, has to get blown up today…”

    ETA: “Stoner producers the Krofts, eh?” “Surprised?” What are you *really* saying here, Dr. Silverman? ; )

  22. 22.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Exactly!

  23. 23.

    Travels with Charley

    May 8, 2016 at 8:22 pm

    I’ll try to be there! Long time lurker, but willing to de-lurk to meet some BJ friends..

  24. 24.

    NotMax

    May 8, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    @Adam L. Silverman

    Sid and Marty Krofft (two Fs) have forever denied that base canard.

    Just sayin’.

    Can remember the cranial disconnect of viewing Howard Cosell introducing the Bay City Rollers on American TV.

  25. 25.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    @NotMax: Yeah, yeah, they *say* that, but…”H.R. Puffenstuff”? “*Lidsville*”, for God’s sake? They may not have been huffing the Wacky Tobacky, but some of their writers sure as hell had to have been…

    @Travels with Charley: Greetings! Love your nym. Wish I were going to be there, too!

  26. 26.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @NotMax: @Miss Bianca: What she said. Also, I owe them an “F” – apparently.

  27. 27.

    Shana

    May 8, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    I’ll be there. Hubby works at 10th and F so he may join us. Cheers.

  28. 28.

    NotMax

    May 8, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    @Miss Bianca

    Lamest Krofft product ever.

  29. 29.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 8:52 pm

    @NotMax: OMG – that one was so bad I had completely forgotten about it! But that intro made me crack up so badly I had to let the dogs out – they were staring at me with incredible concern. Thanks (I think?) for that one – can you imagine being one of the actors in that turkey? Sitting in some bar years later listening to some drunk say, “Hey – hey! I’ve got it! Weren’t you in The Bugaloos?”!

  30. 30.

    Vickie Feminist

    May 8, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    Count one more person at the table.

  31. 31.

    Adam L Silverman

    May 8, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    @NotMax: @Miss Bianca: I loved the cockney one!

  32. 32.

    A Streeter

    May 8, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    The last time I was at Fado was for a GreaterGreaterWashington (DC oriented urbanist blog http://greatergreaterwashington.org) thing. My two favorite blogs, in the same place (if not exactly the same time)! See you there.

  33. 33.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 9:10 pm

    @efgoldman: true, very true, efg. I do so wish I were going to be at this meet-up, how delightful it would be to meet you and mrs efg face-to-face! Perhaps if I get out to Maine this summer to meet with my sibs, as they are clamoring for, we could make that an excuse for a Boston rave-up, if you all don’t find one before that.

  34. 34.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 9:12 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: @NotMax: That whole thing was such a pile of pastel paisley stink, it was actually glorious. Glorious, I say!

  35. 35.

    SmallAxe

    May 8, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    Finally a DC meetup that I’m in town for. I will be there too.

  36. 36.

    planetjanet

    May 8, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    I would love to be there but I am seeing a lecture by Buzz Aldrin that night at Nat Geo. Pout.

  37. 37.

    RedDirtGirl

    May 8, 2016 at 9:52 pm

    @PsiFighter37: I’ve actually been in touch with AL about organizing a NYC meet-up. I think she’ll post about it soon!

  38. 38.

    Yellowdog

    May 8, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    I’ll be there.

  39. 39.

    Miss Bianca

    May 8, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Was one of them Cockney? They all sounded Aussie to me…which is also weird, when you think about it, unless the show was produced in Australia…

  40. 40.

    Pinksnapdragon

    May 8, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    I plan on being there as well.

  41. 41.

    PaulWartenberg2016

    May 8, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    <— still stumbling about in Central Florida.

  42. 42.

    eemom

    May 9, 2016 at 1:09 am

    Who is Shakezula, plz?

  43. 43.

    Steeplejack

    May 9, 2016 at 5:08 am

    @eemom:

    A front-pager and person of note at Lawyers, Guns & Money.

    Hey, we’re not the only ones with a fucked-up website! When you hover over a front-pager’s name at the top of LGM’s home page, you see a drop-down list below it of links you can go to. But as soon as you move off the person’s name the list disappears before you can actually click on any of the items. Cool!

  44. 44.

    ET

    May 9, 2016 at 10:03 am

    I can probably make it. My only concern is how we find each other. I haven’t been to Fado in a bit but I remember the layout being a bit challenging.

  45. 45.

    Redshift

    May 9, 2016 at 2:53 pm

    Much belated, since I broke my phone and wasn’t online much this weekend, but I’m planning to be there, and hopefully Ms. Redshift as well.

  46. 46.

    boatboy_srq

    May 9, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    Going to try and make it, but a) new job isn’t especially Metro-friendly and b) just got my firat paycheck and promptly handed it to the landlord,… so I might have to pass.

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