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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #30 on: September 22, 2003, 05:15:00 pm »
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  I feel old, I don't understand anything chkfngers or flawd101 are saying.
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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #31 on: September 23, 2003, 11:05:00 am »
Neither do I...'course, I am old.
 
 
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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #32 on: September 23, 2003, 11:14:00 am »
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  the booth = haven of the skeevy mckseevers
well, one who really would care to see the show wouldn't sit in the booth, but for a mom, it might be OK...please translate "skeevy mcseevers" [/b]
i think skeevy mcseevers is like a Stiffly Stifferson.
 
   and i dont know what in the hell those two clowns are talking about either.  I need my Generation X internet slang handbook.

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #33 on: February 05, 2004, 03:22:00 pm »
I went to Jammin Java last night to see Chris Whitley.  It's a cool little place.  
 
 As described above, there are some little cafe tables up front and rows of chairs in the back.  I don't see how they could fit 180 in there unless they did it as an all standing room.
 
 Smoke-free, and they have waiters that come to the tables.  Beer and wine and food.
 
 I don't think it will replace iota.  It's got too much of a mellow, polished vibe -- with the little tables and all.  Whitley was great, but I think I prefer to see road-worn, tortured, ex-junkie blues guitarists in a smokier and rougher place like iota.

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #34 on: February 05, 2004, 03:34:00 pm »
ggw, what general area do you live?  Wondering how far it is, and if they post their schedule on a website or anything...  And how much was cover?

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #35 on: February 05, 2004, 03:35:00 pm »
I had a hankering for going last night but my plans were derailed to Mr. Smith's.  I've only been on weekends so haven't seen a show there but it's definitely a nice spot food and soundwise.

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #36 on: February 05, 2004, 03:37:00 pm »
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I went to Jammin Java last night to see Chris Whitley. It's a cool little place.  
I was there too! first time seeing whitley - I thought he was pretty good but damn the guy is fidgety (and he looks like he could use a good meal!)
 
 jammin java is a decent venue - its always nice to leave a place not stinking of stale smoke

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #37 on: February 05, 2004, 03:38:00 pm »
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Wondering how far it is, and if they post their schedule on a website or anything... And how much was cover?
a couple of miles past tysons corner center on chain bridge road
 
 www.jamminjava.com
 
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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #38 on: February 05, 2004, 03:44:00 pm »
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I went to Jammin Java last night to see Chris Whitley. It's a cool little place.  
I was there too! first time seeing whitley - I thought he was pretty good but damn the guy is fidgety (and he looks like he could use a good meal!)[/b]
Yeah, he's fidgety.  
 
 I saw him last about a year or year and a half ago, and he was a total wreck.  The guitar tech had to come play guitar for the last half of the show while Whitley garbled and mumbled some incomprehensible lyrics, so it was good to see him back in playing shape.

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #39 on: February 05, 2004, 03:51:00 pm »
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 jammin java is a decent venue - its always nice to leave a place not stinking of stale smoke [/b]
Then let me invite you to Montgomery County Maryland...you can go in any bar you like and come out smelling of Fabreze. Of course there's nobody in these bars because they all went into DC so they could have a smoke with their beer. And come soon before they all go out of business.

Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #40 on: February 05, 2004, 03:58:00 pm »
No smoking in bars in NYC or California either. I hear all their bars are going out of business too.
 
 
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 jammin java is a decent venue - its always nice to leave a place not stinking of stale smoke [/b]
Then let me invite you to Montgomery County Maryland...you can go in any bar you like and come out smelling of Fabreze. Of course there's nobody in these bars because they all went into DC so they could have a smoke with their beer. And come soon before they all go out of business. [/b]

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #41 on: February 05, 2004, 04:00:00 pm »
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  No smoking in bars in NYC or California either. I hear all their bars are going out of business too.
 
Actually, many of them just ignore the law.

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #42 on: February 05, 2004, 04:04:00 pm »
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Actually, many of them just ignore the law.  
do they? admittedly I'm the last person to talk about smoking enforcement in NY bars BUT when I was up there last year I was astounded at the effectiveness of the anti-smoking law and the zeal with which barstaff stopped any would-be offenders
 
 then again, my sample size was 1

Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #43 on: February 05, 2004, 04:06:00 pm »
I remember Tonic and Bowery Ballroom being completely smoke free, and walking by numerous other bars where smokers were standing outside puffing away, freezing their nuts off.

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Re: Jammin' Java
« Reply #44 on: February 05, 2004, 04:16:00 pm »
Dang! I was there too, would have enjoyed hanging out with some other board folk as I was flying solo. BTW I highly recommend the spinach salad.
 
 I've known Chris for a long time, and was glad to see him so well last night. He is very shy by nature so it's not easy for him to perform in front of people, even after all these years. His guitars further complicate the issue, they are all vintage [his oldest is a 1929 dobro] and are not easy to get in tune, and some have a hard time staying in tune. Combine all that with the freaky tunings he uses in his songs, and it's easier to understand why he gets fidgety.
 
 I'm going back to see him again tomorrow night, anyone else going?