Wednesday at Takoma Station
Howard University Library, 500 Howard Place, NW, Washington, DC 20059

I wasn't feeling well on Friday, so I missed the performance at Safari Steakhouse. I had a busy day - I went down to Howard University's Founders Library to try to look at the thesis, but the archives section was closing. I did manage to confirm that they did have the thesis. I think spent time reading Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely" to pass the time. At 8 PM, I went over to the Black Cat's box office to get advance tickets for the June 4th Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra show. I took the Metro back, but only got as far as Chinatown-Gallery Place. Red Line trains weren't coming to the station due to some problem, so I left and walked all the way to Metro Center. I caught the next train to Bethesda. I went to my car, changed clothes, and drove over by Takoma Station - it had been a very long day.

Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

Familiar Faces
Fortunately, I arrived before Familiar Faces started. This time I sat right by the stage (last time I was at the bar). This performance cranked the most of the three so far. Again there were guest vocalists, "Reggae Rae" (Ras Lidj), of whom Donnell said, "I don't what he said, but it sounded good." Ebony said hello when she saw me, and she rapped with the band during one cranking jam. Again, Donnell had humorous speeches. I picked up an advance ticket for Friday's performance. I made a point of going up and saying hello to Adia, as she had chided me on the TMOTTGOGO.com bulletin board for not doing so on last Wednesday. Donnell teased Adia about one of the pictures on the website from her birthday where her mouth was open. He said she asked Nephew to take it down, he refused, then she put up some embarrassing pictures of him, and he took it down right away.

Note: Another fans' response to that performance.