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

I asked Donnell how the studio sessions went; he said "Excellent." Before they started, Doc again said, "Damn keyboard players", since neither of them were there then, but shortly afterwards BJ arrived.

Familiar Faces
They opened up with Donnell, Dwayne, Doc, and BJ (although Adia, DP, and possibly Mike were already there). Donnell said, "Familiar Faces here every Wednesday, more than what you see now." Not too much later, Pooh and Godfather arrived. I said hello to DeeDee and Cookie. I also introduced myself to David, Jauhar's business partner. Dwayne had some aggressive soloing - that's what I like to hear! Pooh had some heavy beats in the first set as well. Bojack arrived and walked up and started playing. Donnell called up Donny Ray to sit in on vocals. After he finished singing, Donnell said, "I was really with him for a moment." Godfather responded by playing a few bars from the Theme to the Twilight Zone. Donny Ray was with a female vocalist that Donnell referred to as "Sweet Stephanie," probably Stephanie from EU. Towards the end of the set, Donnell talked about the boat ride on Saturday and sold tickets; he said he gets $1.50 for every ticket he sells. He said, "Jordan do you have a ticket?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Are you sure?" The audience laughed.

After the break I went into the sound area for the first time. Despite the brick coming down low, it actually has a higher ceiling than the normal ceiling in most of the rest of Takoma Station. At the end of the break, Dwayne, who is a drummer, played on the drums before they started up.

The second set opened up initially without Adia. Donnell said, "I don't know where Adia is, she must have gone solo." She walked up to the mic a minute later. The second set, as usual, was the best. A guy named Bud whispered something to Donnell. Donnell said that Bud was not going be going on the boat ride on Saturday night because he had to baby sit. Donnell said, "She told you that you had to baby sit, and you agreed to it?" During the set, a guy danced in an unusual manner: he would sort of hop on one foot. Bojack did most of the joning, but Godfather walked up the mic and did the "I'm Rick James, Bitch!" routine from the Dave Chappelle Show. Donnell responded by saying, "Not everyone should do drugs, they're too much for some people." I asked Donnell if the album was done, he said, "In theory. I still need to listen to it and approve it."