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Galaxy Hut Sucks (at Informing People)

Galaxy Hut has been unable to properly market itself for a long time. The biggest annoyance, though, is that you can’t see the music venue’s calendar unless you are a fan (or whatever they are calling it these days) on Facebook. Sure, this is easy/lazy for the booker, but it screws people looking to quickly check or for people who don’t participate in Facebook (dudes, the ‘net is about being open, not about giving away your private data).

Galaxy Hut isn’t the only music venue with silly calendar practices. For example, Rock ‘n’ Roll‘s calendar page used to note that its calendar is not a reliable source of upcoming shows.

And the problems don’t stop there. Other music venues fail basic spelling tests (Red and Black) or mobile technology (HR57), just to name a few current quibbles. None of these issues are much of a problem given the “quality” bands/groups these venues book, with the exception of HR57 (although it does feature a rather stale rotation). Plus, the vast majority of sites use a splash screen for some reason.

Just to prove I’m not a total hater, Black Cat is always a reliable and informative site, as is Velvet Lounge, which I consider to be the best basic DC-area music-venue site.

And to demonstrate I can criticize the things I still–because I’ve moved on from these scenes–I consider the Kennedy Center‘s page to be nearly unusable.

Album Reviews

1—->3—->5
Terrible—->Fantastic

3
A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head
Astatke, Mulatu – Mulatu of Ethiopia
Beatles, The – Live at Shea Stadium
Beatles, The – Past Masters, Volume 01
Beatles, The – Rubber Soul
Blick – All Strictly Rhythm Mix
Cadence Weapon – Afterparty Babies
Celebration – Modern Tribe, The
Cymande – Message, The A Cymande Anthology
Cymande – Promised Heights
Cymande – Renegades of Funk
Dear, Matthew – Body Language, Volume 07
V/A – Deep House Mix
Dinosaur L – 2424 Music
V/A – Discofunk, Volume 08
DJ Skot Dub, Olav Basoski, DJ Sneak, and Bob Sinclar – French House Mix
Doors, The – Essential Rarities
Doors, The – Greatest Hits
Doors, The – Morrison Hotel
Doors, The – Strange Days
Doors, The – Waiting for the Sun
V/A – Dusty Fingers, Volume 02
V/A – Earth, The, EP
Field, The – Yesterday and Today
Fujiya & Miyagi – Lightbulbs
Kool Keith – Colabs Tape
Lady Sovereign – Jigsaw
Lovin’ Spoonful, The – Daydream
Major Lazer – Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do
Marsalis, Wynton – A Fiddler’s Tale
Martyn – Great Lengths
Miller, Glenn and the Army Force Band – Glenn Miller and the Army Force Band
Misha – Teardrop Sweetheart
Morrison, Van – Van Morrison Poetic Champions Compose
Ogene – Nti Ike
V/A – Pulp Fiction OST
Raekwon – Only BUilt 4 Cuban Linx, Part 02
Reed, Lou – Magic and Loss
Reed, Lou – Transformer
Slug and El-P – Serum & Induce The Vapors Project
Terror Danjah – FACT Mix 47 [200905]
UGK – UGK 4 Life

2
Black Heart Procession, The – 1
Black Heart Procession, The – Amore del Tropico
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Dandelion Gum
Crenshaw, Mic – Thinking Out Loud
Cymande – Arrival
Diplo – Decent Work for Decent Pay, Collected Works, Volume 01
Eminem – Relapse
Gorilla Zoe – Don’t Feed da Animals
V/A – Got that Purp, Volume 02
Harris, Calvin – I Created Disco
V/A – High Fidelity OST
Iron & Wine – Norfolk
Kaskade – Grand, The
Kid Acne – Romance Ain’t Dead
Lean, Joe and the Jing Jang Jong – Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Lidell, James – Jim
Nadler, Marissa – Songs III Bird on the Water
Reed, Lou – Berlin
Reed, Lou – Best of, The Walk on the Wild Side
Reed, Lou – Ecstasy
Reed, Lou – Live in Italy [1984]
Skaggs, Ricky & Kentucky Thunder – History of the Future

1
V/A – Beach House
Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Asbo 4 Life
Kool Keith, H Bomb, and Marc Live – Game
Rainer Maria – Catastrophe Keeps Us Togther
Rainer Maria – Look Now Look Again
Rainer Maria – Past Worn Searching
Reed, Lou – Raven, The [Limited Edition]
Yes – Ladder, The