Stomp's Birthday at Takoma
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

I talked with Doc - he said he heard they lost a lot of money at the DC Armory show, he said that wasn't the proper venue, they should have gone to the 9:30 Club. DP had his flugelhorn. GoGo Mickey was there - I introduced myself, told him about my project, have seen him perform with them and also went to the DC Armory show - he gave a thumbs down, said they (the promoters) lost a lot of money.

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Grover Washington Jr.'s Lock It in the Pocket
Donnell said it was Stomp's birthday, the whole right side of the dining area was people for his birthday, he joked that he's 17 (actually 26)
Stomp's mother screamed out, Donnell repeated: "That's my baby!"
2) Mike-led Bernard Ighner's Everything Must Change / Halima-led Rodgers & Hart's My Funny Valentine
3) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Didn't Cha Know
Donnell introduced Tom Ellis, author of a book of poetry, Maverick Room, including poetry on GoGo. Mike added that he is a Dunbar graduate.
4) Mike-led John Legend's Ordinary People
5) Mike-led Lap Dance - Go-Go Mickey played congas for most of the song
Adia came up and sang as a special request for Stomp:
6) Adia-led Jill Scott's Not Like Crazy

RE Angie, Michon, Ray, Robin, Tracy and Angie were there. I talked with Tom Sayers Ellis about his book, we will talk more later.

Second Set
Donnell said that Adia is also celebrating her birthday, Peaches, Tyree, and Mike's is Friday
1) Mike-led Stevie Wonder's As
2) Halima-led Erykah Badu's Cleva
3) Donnell-led "Hay ay, Ho oh"
6'9 was there, he said hello
4) Halima-led Amerie's 1 Thing
5) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease)
6) Adia-led Erykah Badu's Danger
7) Mike-led John Legend's Used to Love U
8) Mike-led Rare Essence's Take Me Out to the Go-Go
9) Mike-led Rare Essence's Roll Call
10) Donnell-led Ludacris' Number One Spot
11) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut / Notorious BIG's Warning / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease)
12) Donnell-led DIP
13) Mike-led Michael Jackson's I Can't Help It
14) Donnell-led Prince's Purple Rain - mostly instrumental
15) Donnell & Stomp instrumental Maceo & the Macks' Soul Power '74 (tease) - instrumental (sampled in Jennifer Lopez' Get Right)

Godfather said to me, "That's the man (pointing) do you know who that is?" Since his white cap (with red shirt) was blocking my view of his face, I said no. Godfather said Rah Rah. He took me over, talked about my project and introduced me to him.