$12 / 10pm / All Ages at Comet Ping Pong
RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY 10/9!
Scott Crawford and Jim Saah's Salad Days: A Decade of Punk In Washington, DC (1980-90) has been selling out screenings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, and more. The documentary film that examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Marginal Man, Fugazi, and others released their own records and booked their own shows-without major record label constraints or mainstream media scrutiny.
Contextually, it was a cultural watershed that predated the alternative music explosion of the 1990s (and the industry's subsequent implosion). Thirty years later, DC's original DIY punk spirit serves as a reminder of the hopefulness of youth, the power of community and the strength of conviction.
Join the Salad Days team in celebrating the release of the film's DVD with local DC punks Dot Dash and Nox.
Dot Dash (DC)
http://www.facebook.com/dotdashdc
http://dotdashdc.bandcamp.com
Nox (DC)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nox/340423539366000
http://noxbanddc.bandcamp.com