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this has nothing to do with anything really, but just thought it was interesting to note the UK's Guardian reported that St. George's Medical School in London published a study about a man who apparently had taken upwards of 40,000 pills of E over the last 9 years. at one point he was up to 25 a day. read the rest of the article to be further horrified.
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Try and get tickets to see the Raconteurs on Friday at Irving Plaza. I'm not going to pay $150 to see them, but I do like their music.
This is big news: no more heavy record boxes...Numark might have finally done it. They just announced the release of iDJ2. If this works like they are describing it, all of the assclowns who "DJ" at the bars/parties I frequent won't have any excuses for not learning to beatmatch. I'm going to try and find a demo of this thing and test it out...If it in fact works, stay tuned for an announcement of the inaugural Slap You in Public "Eat the Cat Poop" party... 
Highlight was definitely De La Soul killing on Feel Good Inc. Shaun Ryder on Dare was pretty sweet too. This is a picture of the puppets up in the balcony (via Brooklyn Vegan).
They were Nazis about picture-taking in the Apollo, so I didn't get any pics from last night. I wanted to snap some of the amazing Jamie Hewlett cartoon visuals playing during the set.
I heard that some tickets were released for the next two nights. Do your best to get up to this show. Very, very cool.
UPDATE: If you aren't in NYC, the lovely MSN network will be streaming the final show (Thursday night 4/6) live.
I just looked at my calendar. April is a ridiculous month for shows, I need to get healthy immediately. I'll post the line-up tomorrow.
Whiskas tells me they'll be here in June...
Their album will be out soon as well. It's called Give Me A Wall and is out 15/05/06 in the UK on Whiskas' awesome label dance_to_the_radio Records. Pick up the dttr compilations for a killer cross section of the rawk coming out of Leeds right now.
Give Me a Wall Tracklisting:
1. Thirteen
2. Twelve
3. Fifteen pt I
4. Nine
5. Nineteen
6. Seventeen
7. Eighteen
8. Sixteen
9. Seven
10. Fifteen pt II
11. Eleven
Watch the video for nine.
New Rapture track leaked...Get it while its hot. I've got it on repeat right now. This is from their recent recording session in Los Angeles with Paul "Phones" Epworth and Ewan "Dirty Beats" Pearson ...I dig it.
Rapture - W.A.Y.U.H.
Sorry, EP asked us to take it down...it was an unfinished mix. Stay tuned.
if you haven't seen the plans for the New Contemporary Museum of Art, the intersection of Bowery and Prince is going to get a shot of some culture. in a couple of years, you'll be able to get more than restaurant supplies and cheap dim sum here -- it'll hopefully be the home of some weird, ridiculous, and (possibly, though i doubt it) thought-provoking modern art. if not, at least the building's exciting.
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I'm officially obsessed with local comedians Aziz Ansari and Nick Kroll. Among a zillion other gigs, Aziz hosts Monday nights at the UCB Theater Crash Test. Nick hosts "Oh, Hello" Thursday nights at Riffi.
We went to Crash Test on Monday and were blown away. Aziz and his buddy Paul Scheer were pitching their new teen girl magazine, YB, "Young Bitch". To the right is one of the featured articles...Why have sex on a bed, when you can do it on a table?
Nick did his bit as "Nico Payamas," Argentina's #1 Comic. Every time I see this guy, he gets funnier and funnier.
Tomorrow (Thursday) Aziz guest hosts with Nick at "Oh, Hello". I highly recommend it.
Oh, and go see the Sounds tonight. Sweden in full effect.
If all The Sounds songs sound like the same song, but that song rocks the shit out of the place, do The Sounds still rock? Maja Ivarsson will spit in your face and tell you she doesn't give a shit. Neither do I. I haven't seen them before, but I was impressed by their show at Irving last night. Energetic and Acne-clad, the Swedes blew through an hour-long set. I really thought that I heard the same song twice a few times. Nonetheless, the crowd was bouncing and Maja crowdsurfed...Not bad for a Wednesday night.
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The Clap Your Hands Say Yeah boys are back in town tonight for a two night run at the Bowery Ballroom. You might know CYHSY from their unprecented artist-direct distribution deal, or from any number of their shows that you've seen by now. I've never been floored by these guys live, but after a full blown national tour I'm excited to see how they've come together as a band.
Tonight & Tomorrow at Bowery Ballroom
Our homies over at the Fixed camp are back in action. You might remember their salacious and smokey affairs down in the basement of the Tribeca Grand. After an extended hiatus...Their new home is at Don Hills. Not ideal, but who really cares when they consistently book top notch talent...
The plan is to alternate Fridays with the also brilliant Night Time party.
Super fantastic launch party:
Wednesday, May 10th
Justine D & Tommy Saleh Present:
FIXED meets Night Time
w/ VERY special guest EROL ALKAN (Trash/ Bugged Out/London)!!
Plus resident DJs JDH & Dave P!!
@ Don Hills- 511 Greenwich @ Spring
10pm, $10, $5 reduced w/ RSVP to:
weare138nyc@yahoo.com (please include event name in
subject line)
I'm jazzed for this one.
Master at work...Hot Chip - And I Was a Boy From School (Erol Alkan Remix)
Regular Fixed parties commence on May 19th...Put it in your Google Calendar: 1st, 3rd, and 5th Fridays.
I think L.Lo is the only "celebrity" that SNL can con into hosting...but this is brilliant.
WATCH THIS NOW.
Hot off the presses over at Brooklyn Vegan:
Thursday July 6: Broken Social Scene at Prospect Park Banshell in Brooklyn
The only thing better than a Broken Social Scene concert, is a Broken Social Scene concert OUTSIDE!
(Hopefully, none of the numerous members of the band will try to purchase illegal drugs prior to the show.)
UPDATE: TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE. THEY AREN'T CHEAP. BENEFIT GOES TO THE CELEBRATE BROOKLYN SOMETHING OR OTHER. I HEAR YOU CAN SEE THE STAGE JUST FINE FROM THE HILL NEXT TO THE BAND SHELL. I'LL BE INSIDE.
We like to keep you guessing here...Let's flip the script:
This wicked 3 1/2 hour DJ set from Kompakt boss Michael Mayer is via the awesome One Louder, via the Resident Advisor message board. If you have a few minutes, jump over to One Louder and read up...They've been killing it lately.
Michael Mayer Live at the Moshi Club
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Michael Mayer plays Cielo on April 27.
Holla! Do yourself a favor and go see The Glorious Ninth tonight at Pianos.
These guys have been steadily gaining ground in NYC and their live shows are stuff of legend. I've been told that giant pink transvestite bunnies are commonplace.
TG9 held down a residency at Sin-e in March and are currently featured at addVice's uber-hip First Taste party at Hi-Fi.
Tonight's show is a CD release party. Get there at 8:30 for a beer. Show starts at 9 pm.
I've slowly been posting more and more about dance music. There has been a lot of exciting music coming out of the scene recently.
The zeitgeist is Get Physical.
These cats have their fingers on the pulse of dance music.
Get Physical won Label of the Year from DJ Magazine. Individually, label owners DJ T, M.A.N.D.Y., and Booka Shade are responsible for the biggest dance tracks of last year (maybe of the last 2 years).
"Mandarine Girl" by Booka Shade and "Body Language" by M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade blew away every club I went to in Ibiza. House DJs, Techno DJs, Trance DJs...it didn't matter. Everyone plays their tracks. "Body Language" won track of the year at the Ibiza DJ Awards.
I saw Booka play live at the Revolver party in Miami during WMC. If the volume would have been louder, they would have had the set of the conference...
Long story short: These krauts fucking kill.
I wasn't aware of their post on Friday, but it looks like Music for Robots posted about Booka Shade too. I'll send you over there if you want more info on Booka, et. al.
Booka Shade's new album "Movements" is brilliant. I think its out now. Go buy it.
Booka Shade - In White Rooms (via MFR) (Money's favorite track)
Booka Shade - Night Falls (via some dude) (My 2nd favorite)
I'll put up the summer stormers when I get home...Enjoy these for now.
**Personal note: For those of you who remember my "Freedom Party" 2004 @ Rothko & our lovely entertainment SNAX...Get Physical signed him, so what's up now??**
Brooklyn Vegan is all over the upcoming mid-90s secret shows. Break out your flannel shirts and put a sock on your cock:
Pearl Jam @ Irving Plaza (How to get tickets)
Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Irving (How to win tickets)
Not sure that I have the attention span/energy to get these tickets. I'd love to see RHCPs rock Irving though. That was the first (of many) cassettes that I tore the Parental Advisory tag off of as a kid...
What do you mean why is the cover ripped Mom? Columbia House Tape Club damaged it in the mail!
Alright, there has been little to no commenting going on recently...so I'm giving you the opportunity to post your feedback on the site. What do you want to see more of, less of, etc...no posting until there are 5 comments with feedback in the comment section of this post...
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