Black Heart's birthday at Takoma Station
Takoma Station, 6914 4th St NW, Washington, DC 20012

I talked with Lorenzo. I told him my computer crashed; he said it would come back. I talked about Wayne Short'ers performance at the Sylvan Amphitheatre on October 1st. He said he had played with Wayne Shorter and knew his wife. He said he thinks she left him. I said, "Because he's shorter?" I don't know if Lorenzo referred to Wayne Shorter's late wife Anna Maria, who died in 1996 aboard Paris-bound flight TWA 800, or his more recent wife Carolina Shorter.

Tim (LJ), Donnell Jr., Nita, Michon, Shaun, and Tamara were there.

I let in Halima. Halima had a flower in her hair.

Doc talked to me about the PFunk Documentary, One Nation Under Groove and whether Eddie Hazel or Michael Hampton played lead guitar on Cosmic Slop in the Houston 1976 concert on DVD. (It was Michael Hampton, Hazel only played on a studio track for Mothership Connection.)

Familiar Faces
First Set
1) The band performed Quincy Jones' Sanford & Son theme during warm up.
Darrell was there. I asked him why he hadn't been out much lately.
2) Anthony Hamilton's Comin' from Where I'm From - instrumental
Donnell said, "Where you at Halima. Halima singing this Sunday and every Sunday at the National Grille with half the band."
Halima said, "A funny thing happened to me tonight. She talked about having had her drawers gone through and asked the audience if they had similar experiences, reading what you wrote (in your diary), etc."
Donnell said something and then said to Halima, "I'm not breaking your concentration?" Donnell went onstage on the right side (where Godfather sits) with his horns
Halima continued her talk on the dance floor.
Donnell said, "Sing it, baby!"
3) Halima-led Whitney Houston's You Give Good Love - Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and bounced, she moved around the dance floor and the stage floor, Tamara sang back up, Halima's singing was excellent, Michon took pictures, Halima thanked Tamara for singing backup and said, "I always let you do your thing, whether it's singing your songs or whatever."
Tracy Smoot and Archie Paige were there.
4) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Diary - Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and moved around, her singing was excellent
Ray was there.
5) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself - Halima stood onstage, she said, "I want to be tall, this song makes me feel big.", Mike gave the verse signal, Halima went on the floor then the dance floor, she kicked up her leg, she used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, her singing was excellent, Halima bounced and danced, Donnell went on the floor ->
6) Alternating Halima-led Floetry's Say Yes - Halima's singing was excellent, Halima and Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures / Lionel Richie's Hello (tease)
Mike shouted, "Yeah!" and Halima said, "Thank you."
Mike said, "I guess everyone is in a love mood, right Paulette?"
Halima laughed.
Mike said, "Welcome everyone to Takoma Station, if nobody else tells you I love you, I will".
Halima laughed.
7) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - Mike said, "That's how much I love you baby, I love you from the bottom, I love you from the top", Godfather replaced Donnell onstage, Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, he went on the dance floor, Donnell went onstage
8) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - intro, Halima went on the floor / Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Slow Down - Mike and Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell said, "We're trying to get this party warmed up on behalf of Jauhar Abraham, Mike Come on with it", Donnell said, "Let's go Tamara, Let Go T", Donnell shouted, "Yeah!", Donnell said, "You better dance, you better get with it, right there Mike, right there Smoke", Donnell shouted, "Yeah!"
Arielle was there.
The dance floor filled for
9) Halima-led Jill Scott's Whatever - Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and moved around, Donnell said, "You hear me, Mike?", Mike danced, Halima bounced.
Angie was there.
Donnell said, "Ghingus is in the house y'all. I see my man Sixx, where you at Sixx?"
A member of TCB, wearing a black TCB varsity jacket was also there.
10) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Stars Be Partyin' - Donnell did announcements: "Each and every Wednesday night...", Halima and Mike danced, there was a nice crank, Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about Wheeler Road, That's what were talking about Trinidad", Stomp played the drum machine, Donnell said, "It won't be long, before I..."
Donnell said, "Sixx did you have these problems with Stomp? Come here Ghingus, I want to ask you about Stomp."

I teased Nita and told her she needed to get down, especially considering the black jacket she wore. She said she was going to leave after the first set but stayed for the whole performance.

It was raining when we went outside during the break. Mike talked with Stinky Dink and a minister. I told Mike about my computer crashing, he said it was God. I told him I had emailed him at his hotmail address. He asked where I got that info, I told him it was in the registration for his site. He asked if I knew his shoe size too. In the gas station, Mike joked about me having buried five bodies. Dwayne said something to me and I said, "You could be the sixth." They asked where they were buried, I said at a house in Manassas (where Doc lives). I told them about some serial killer in Canada that kept burying bodies closer and closer to his house. Doc said he'd have no problem turning me in (as if there would be any reason to!) I said I'd never even had a passport. Doc said, "I bet you haven't". He implied I didn't need one, I had other means. Lorenzo bought a big bag of stuff. We got into Doc's SUV and listened to a recording.

Second Set
Ray, Nikki, and 6'9 were there.
1) Donnell acapella "DC n*ggers, oh my my..." - warm up
Black Heart was there, celebrating his birthday at midnight.
Donnell did a birthday shout out to Tony, the security guard. Donnell said, "He's working, don't buy him any drinks."
The two hot light skinned women from September 28th were there.
Donnell said, "Special dedication to everyone who came to the Fur on Sunday".
Donnell said, "My man Ray, my man Stinky Dink."
Donnell said, "Each and every Wednesday night on behalf of Jauhar Abraham..."
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - Mike said, "I'm going to dance with...", Donnell said, "My man Stinky Dink", Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about Tata, Hey Jacques, Hey Smoke, Come on with it Mike"
Shawn and Jennifer were there.
Donnell said, "Where you at, Sweet Halima? She's going to do something for the ladies."
3) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable - Halima moved around, the rest of the frontline bounced, Halima used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures
4) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - Mike and Donnell held their mics to the crowd
5) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - Halima danced
6) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized - Donnell said, "Special dedication to my baby Stacey", a woman said, "Excuse me" to me and as she passed by me, she adjusted my collar, Halima moved around, Halima bounced and used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell shouted, "Yeah!", the crowd clapped during the hits, the crank started, Halima bounced, the horn hits were pronounced, Mike said, "Get all the way to the ground", Halima smiled
7) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up - Donnell held up his lit cell phone, Halima held up a lit lighter, Halima smiled, Donnell said, "Let's go Halima", Halima rapped, Donnell called out names, Halima moved around and smiled, the frontline danced, the frontline danced, Halima danced
8) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Donnell said, "That's what we're talking about 58, Wheeler Road", Halima mimed, Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Halima danced, Mike and DP bounced, the frontline danced the bowing dance as did some people on the dance floor while Stomp played a dialtone, Halima flapped her cloth / Notorious BIG's Warning - Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and bounced, DP bounced, Halima went onstage, Halima danced / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) - there were different echoes of Donnell, Stomp again played a dialtone / "Wait a minute" echoes - Donnell bounced, Donnell shouted, "Yeah!" three times, there was a different echo, Donnell signaled to Halima and she returned to the floor
9) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That - the crowd sang along, Donnell said, "Let's go, Halima", Halima moved around and used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, one of the light skin girls (I later found out her name is Tiffany G.) danced in front of Mike on the stage floor, Halima moved to the edge of the monitors, Halima went onstage, her singing was energetic, Lima (the other light skinned girl) danced on the dance floor facing Donnell
10) Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - it went dark then the lights came back on, Donnell said, "One more time, Michael Muse", Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Donnell called out names, Donnell said, "By yourself ladies, by yourself", Donnell & DP held their mics to the crowd, Halima danced
Shante was there.
11) Donnell-led Hold the Note - Donnell called out names, Lima danced with her back to Tiffany G., Dwayne bounced, Halima and Lorenzo smiled
Trina Boo was there.
12) Donnell-led "Now that I... Familiar Faces" - Jauhar went behind Donnell, Halima clapped along
13) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love - Donnell did the keyboard effects vocally / Rare Essence's Spotlight - Donnell used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Halima smiled, Donnell went onstage / Rare Essence's Get on the Wagon?
Stinka was there.
14) Alternating Donnell & Mike-led Lisa Stansfield's All Round the World (tease) - Donnell said, "Old school yeah!", Donnell said, "One more time, Michael Muse" / Vinnie D's $55 Motel (tease) / Vinnie D's Porno Star?
Donnell said, "New School".
15) Donnell-led Trina Was Great - Donnell used lots of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Smoke whipped Doc with a towel, Donnell said, "Look here y'all, we're getting ready to get out of here."
Donnell said, "Where you at, Stinky Dink?"
Donnell said, "Come on man, hey Whitie!"
16) Whitie rapped - he used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures and bounced
17) Stinky Dink-led One Track Mind - Whitie was on backup vocals, "Gotcha getting, Rickety Raw", Halima and Mike used a lot of nonverbal arm & hand gestures, Whitie shouted, "Yeah!"
Donnell said, "Old school, new school"
18) Donnell-led Common's The Corner - the sample and Donnell rapping
Donnell said Mike was Champ Bailey. I said, "What about Fred Smoot." Donnell said, "You mean and the whores?"
Donnell said, "Jauhar, good luck with that, let me know how that goes." Donnell said to the woman, "Please date him, he's the owner of a lonely heart." Tracy asked me to get Donnell to stop talking, but I said that's not possible.
Donnell said, "Mike is rapping. He sealed it with a kiss. That's an old school move. He gave her the ultimate kiss." Mike talked to Tiffany G. and kissed her on the cheek.
Mike said, "The wedding is in six months."
Donnell said, "Cherry to the chapel."
Donnell said to the crowd, "If you haven't got the number yet, it's too late."
Packy said, "She's cheating". Tiffany G. talked to a guy named Bobby Ray who wore a Redskins jersey. Donnell said, "Bobby Ray about to intercept. Too many men on the field. He's running it back. Hey Mike, you still got to tackle. He threw what looked like a perfect pass. You went from quarterback to safety.
19) Donnell acapella "Look at..." - Donnell said, "Can I get to this song."