Chris Bacon at the Kennedy Center

Our own Chris Bacon will be performing at the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage...

Monday, February 9, 2009

6:00PM - FREE ADMISSION - All Ages

Kennedy Center (Millennium Stage)

2700 F St NW, Washington, DC

www.christylez.com

Progressive Hip-Hop Artist and native Washingtonian, Christylez Bacon, will lead a hour-long concert at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage on Monday, February 9, 2009. The concert is commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History & Culture and the Kennedy Center. The concert features a 12-piece orchestra including String Quartet, Piano, Upright Bass, Tuba, Didgeridoo, Human-Beatbox, and other diverse instrumentation. On top of that, this concert will be Free Admission for the public!

Barack To the Future!

So last week, Dave had one of his signature brainstorms, and started plotting. He enlisted the help of rob's graphic design talents...




And now we have our "Barack To the Future" commemorative Inaugural t-shirts! Get yours at HMT for $12 (girly t's $15). Comes in black and stylish black!




We also have these for sale in our eBay store!

Various Pictures

Just a few fun pictures to share...


Paul the Elder, Amelia and Keith amuse themselves with silly hats.



For our annual HMT holiday party we gathered at Justin Trawick's show as part of IMT's "Next To the House" concerts. Here's Chris, Kristen, Brie, Amelia and Paul the Younger mugging for the camera.



So, if you've been to Old Town Takoma Park in the last few months, you can't help but notice the massive amounts of construction. Sometimes it obstructs our daily lives and we've learned to live with the sounds of bulldozers, jackhammers and other large machines. But sometimes the silhouette of a backhoe against a gorgeous winter sunset is just too cool not to capture.

Holidays at HMT

We're all prettied up for the holidays...






Come in and enjoy a cup of hot cider while you shop! In addition to some great deals on guitars, banjos, mandolins and hand drums, we've got a buy-one-get-one-free sale on general interest music books which are already priced 50-80% off! Lots of great titles about Clapton, U2, Eva Cassidy, history of the blues, and more!

Our holiday hours are:
Dec. 17-20: 11-8
Dec. 21-22: 11-6
Dec. 23: 11-8
Dec. 24: 11-7
Dec. 25: closed
January 1: closed

Sunday Surprise

We were treated today to an impromptu filming of a music video by Cheick Hamala Diabate, a great Malian musician. Happy to have HMT featured in this and will hopefully post a link to the finished video!

Dear HMT,

It's been a great nine years, but...




I'm running away to join a Mariachi band.

Love Always,
Juanita

Just another Sunday at HMT...