Once again, there were protesters at the Gallaudet University on my way to the club.
Phish Tea Cafe, 1335 H St NE Washington, DC 20002
June, "original" Nikki, Darrell F., Tamara, Kimberly, Darrell, and Shawn were there.
Tamara told me she is now singing and rapping (which I've never heard her do) for the Firm Project.
Familiar Faces
First Set
1) Blueprint (instrumental) - Donnell did his speech on how they started from elementary school, Donnell played his Sax on the dance floor / Sean improved, "We are Familiar Faces, we are doing our thing for you tonight" - it cranked
2) Sean-led Brian McKnight's Anytime - Sean sang on the dance floor
3) Sean-led Jamie Foxx's Heaven
4) Halima-led Sade's Pearls
5) Sean-led Peabo Bryson's Feel the Fire - Sean & Halima sang on the dance floor
6) Halima-led Sade's No Ordinary Love - it cranked, either Godfather or Lorenzo played different keyboard riffs / Percussion solo - it cranked, Donnell did a shout out to Little Benny in the audience: "We got Little Benny in the house, this is where the stars be partyin'" -->
Peg Leg and Mousie were there.
7) Sean-led Ne-Yo's Sexy Love - it cranked / Percussion solo - it cranked / Michael Jackson's Human Nature (tease)
Los was there.
8) Donnell-led 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - verses for June and Rico -->
Yaquim was there.
9) Halima-led Shareefa's Need a Boss - Tamara sat in / Percussion solo
10) Halima-led Mary J. Blige's My Life - Halima said, "Thank you, Tamara"
Sharmba Mitchell was there.
Tomeaki gave me a flyer for their Halloween costume party. She said, "You're everywhere."
A guy talked to me about seeing me at so many shows.
Second Set
A woman was filming the second set with a camcorder. I talked with her after the show. Her name is Natalie Hopkinson and she is doing a doctoral thesis on GoGo. Donnell said, "The Washington Post is in the building, keep rolling, just no fights". Natalie does write for the Washington Post, and is a visiting professor at my alma mater, the University of Maryland.
1) Sean-led Brian McKnight's Find Myself in You / Trey Songz' Gotta Go (tease) / Percussion solo
2) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh"
3) Sean-led B.G.'s I Know
4) Halima-led Christina Milian's Say I featuring Young Jeezy / Aaliyah's I Need You Tonight (tease) / Donnell chanted, "Killazoo" repeatedly / "Brandywine, friends of mine" chant
6'9 was there.
5) Donnell-led "Party, Party, everybody" - Donnell stopped their playing to watch a guy's dancing, Donnell said, "He's been with us since the Market Lounge. I love you, but now we gotten buttons on our shirts and sh*t." / Sean-led Ne-Yo's So Sick / Percussion solo, Donnell said, "Hey D-O-C, Get with him Lee"
6) Halima-led "I've been doing it so long"
7) Donnell-led "Reggae" - it cranked /Percussion solo / Donnell-led "___ Is in the house" / Sean-led Damien Marley's Beautiful
8) Donnell-led "___ Is yes!" / "You make me want to see, just how freaky you can be" / "Keep it low"
9) Donnell-led acapella Rare Essence's Hey Tamika (tease)
10) Donnell-led acapella Sade the Bartender (re-wording of Nicole the Bartender) (tease)
11) Donnell-led acapella "On the small of her back, she got a tattoo" (tease) - Shawn was covering her ears, for some reason she doesn't like that song
12) Donnell-led acapella Vinnie D's Porno Star? (tease) - Donnell said, "He (Googie) pressed the Halima button. He's just jealous from back in the day when I tried to have him fired"
I introduced myself to the promoters Tomeaki and Teresa, both of whom danced with me in the second set.
I talked for a while with Natalie and Nico, one of her two colleagues. He asked me a number of questions about my blog saying, "GoGo is really fragile right now (which I know and is a shame) and I've known a lot of whites who have said they were trying to help GoGo and have hurt it". I found some of his questions a little strange like, "Why did you decide to write the blog in first person?" I understand his concern, it's a damned shame that authorities are trying to eliminate GoGo.
