The King is (Just About) Gone but he's not forgotten (Rockin' Revitalization Part Three)

Photo by Michelle Repiso/Express.

Today's Express blog, in "Tonight's Top Stop: One Last Show at Nation," reminds us that The Nation, which I still call Capital Ballroom (just like I don't use the RR words to refer to National Airport) is closing tonight, to be replaced with an office building (just like the Washington Post's parking lot and structure)...

I have fond memories--two amazing and completely different concerts by David Bowie; two Social Distortion concerts, Molotov and other Rock en Espanol gigs, an aborted Sisters of Mercy concert that was great only because I attended with the last woman I (at the time) truly loved* (*now I don't think she loved me, but because I was the #1 guy where we both worked, she was into hooking up with "power"), an incredibe concert with Morrisey where the guitars were kicking and the most dominant instrument, L7, Bad Religion...

The Capital Ballroom will not be forgotten, at least not by me.

Also see these previous blog entries:
-- Rockin Revitalization
-- John DeLorean, R.I.P (Rocking Revitalization Part II)
-- Even More about Rocking Revitalization
-- Do people who love music love Hard Rock Cafe?
David Bowie, Capital Ballroom, September 1996. Photo by Barry Wilson.

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