Inaction:Action Vol. 5 Podcast

As promised! My first tracklist...

Portugal. The Man - How The Leopard Got Its Spots (Blake Miller Remix)
Young Love - Discotech (Weird Science Remix)
Van She - Kelly
Codebreaker - Here Comes The Night Time
Walter Meego - Wanna Be A Star (Walter Sees Stars Remix)
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Epic Man & Plan B - More Is Enough
Modeselektor - Dancingbox (Featuring TTC)
Teki Latex - Disco Dance With You (Spankrock Remix feat. Amanda Blank)
Peaches - Downtown
Revl9n - The Box
Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward (The Knife Remix)
Para One - Dudun-Dun
Zetena ft. Filia & Peny - I luv U I h8 U
Quiet Village Project - Circus of Horror

The Knife - Marble House (Booka Shade Remix)

I'm really miffed to be missing this show. These guys are my #1.

A track to get you excited? Of course...

Hot Chip - A Glue Too Thick

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Go see Hot Chip if you live in NYC. If you can get to Chicago go to Lollapalooza.

If you can't do either, sit in front of an air conditioner and listen to my podcast and jump around in your underwear.

I love you, I hate you.

Friday August 11th

Walter Meego (9:30) @ Pianos

Super Meego (DJ Set) @ Royal Oak for the Fingers on the Pulse 1 Year Anniversary party

Rock on.

Here are two recommendations.

1. Daniel Pink's Book A Whole New Mind
It's my new bible. If you read this blog regularly, it should be yours as well.

2. This new HBR article: "What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?"

I haven't finished it yet, but it started with this, so its got to be good:
"Life in the Long Tail is a busy routine involving the downloading of anything digital from the Internet; paying for some things, such as iTunes, but sharing and trading many others; creating and maintaining blogs, some of which are more frequently visited today than network television shows; contributing and editing items on the ever-changing open-network encyclopedia, Wikipedia; and when watching television (rarely), doing it when and where it is convenient to do so, through such devices as TiVo and cell phones. It is a world where everything digital is available at all times."

Discuss the Modern Age in the comments.

You will also then know that I shit my pants when I saw this on BV:

THE KNIFE
2006 US TOUR DATES

WED NOV 1st - WEBSTER HALL, NYC

FRI NOV 3rd - MEZZANINE, SF

SAT NOV 4th - EL RAY THEATER, LA

CMJ is going to be rad this year...Hopefully we'll have something tasty put together pre or post CMJ for you party people.

Whitest Boy Alive - Burning

Instantly, I recognized Erlend Øye's haunting, but fragile voice. It woke me right up. I investigated a bit further and found that Whitest Boy Alive was originally an "electronic" side project for Øye. As you can hear, its no longer electronic. If you like Kings of Convenience and Erlend's solo work, you'll love this. I've been listening to it on repeat all morning.

Enjoy.

Whitest Boy Alive - Inflation (good timing Errr)
Whitest Boy Alive - Above You

I will post a full rundown of the weekend's activities later today or tomorrow.

I know repetition works: Tomorrow night WALTER MEEGO live NYC debut 9:30 @ Pianos.

Here's a new track from their forthcoming Romantic EP on Brilliante.

Walter Meego - Romantic

It's funky, sleazy, & sexy. Just the way we like it.

The EP is b/w Wanna Be A Star (featured on Inaction:Action Vol. 5) and a bunch of remixes. You'll probably get a taste of the whole thing this weekend. I also got word that Super Meego will be DJing early at the Modular Monthly on Saturday! More info to come.

Also of note, Mamoun's Falafel opens today on St. Mark's between 2nd and 3rd Aves.

Saturday
Sonic Youth & the Yeah Yeah Yeah's play McCarran Pool. FYI, the beer line is fuckall, either come drunk or don't plan on drinking.

PS1's Warm Up is pretty rad again this week as another day/evening option. Rub-n-Tug turn things out and Escort plays shimmery disco LIVE. Crazy, right?

If you want to stay in/go to Queens. The Water Taxi beach throwdown "Rebound" has Metro Area from 8 pm and what looks to be sand...

Modular's NY outpost office puts together their monthy hoe-down back in Manhattan at Midway (formerly Scenic). It reads like a Fixed party...Totally kooky Holy Hail plays live, JDH & Dave P play cocaine sex jams, and SUPER MEEGO livens things up early. I'll be pogo'ing around the place.

(I might post a bunch of MP3s of all the bands mentioned above tomorrow...if you are nice)

Stay real.

Thanks to the Walter Meego crew for an awesome weekend. Full details to come when I feel better...

They absolutely killed it on Friday night at Pianos. I think they won over a few fans as well...Acid basslines and killer hooks, from really nice guys. If only the show were at 1 AM instead of 9:30 PM...

NYC needs to see these guys more often. Hopefully, we'll make that happen in October.

Saturday was probably the nicest weather that NYC has seen in 2 years. We trekked out to McCarran Pool with 4 liters of John Daniels and Coke. We rolled into the Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Sonic Youth show and only got 1 confiscated. Plus, the powers that be fixed the beer situation. We got lit. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs rocked as the sun set, drawing heavily from their first EP and their first LP. I haven't heard them play Rich in like 2 years. Awesome. Sonic Youth killed as well, I've never seen them before. I hope to catch them again in the near future.

After dinner at Mamoun's on St. Mark's, we rolled over to the Modular NYC monthly party. Super Meego opened up, Holy Hail played live, and Dave P and JDH rocked the party until 4:30. Fantastic music all night long. Next month (Sept 19th) Modular brings the neo-rave Klaxon's over for their 1st NYC appearance! Expect lots of whistles and sirens.

News/Half-Truths:
Buy Basement Jaxx tickets today at Noon. October 10th and 11th at Webster Hall.
(presale password = crazyitchradio)

Buy The Knife tickets before they sell out. CMJ Show at Webster Hall Nov. 1st.

Hot Chip is playing CMJ at Webster Hall Nov. 2nd. I assume that Justice will be playing with them.

Para One will be here to start off Labor Day Weekend. August 31st at Element with that ho Uffie.

NEW SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO!!!
Simian Mobile Disco - Animal House
Simian Mobile Disco - Tits & Acid

I don't have much time right now, but the Fixed dudes have awesome awesome news re: partying on Thursday September 21st. Put a sick day on the calendar for the 22nd. I'll fill you in when I get back.

Saturday, August 19th
FIXED
w/ special guest DJs
SCRATCH MASSIVE (France)
Plus residents JDH & DAVE P!
@ Club Midway (Downstairs)- 25 Ave B
11pm, FREE!!
*Cheap drinks too!

Scratch Massive are a DJ duo from Paris, where they throw the
N.A.K.E.D party at the world famous Le Pulp club. Their recent Naked
mix has tracks from Pixeltan, !!!, Who Made Who, Soulwax, and more, so
their syle will fit right in at FIXED! Check out their ace tracks
"Make It High" (included on Ivan Smagghe's Bugged Out mix) and "Girls
On Top" a regular FIXED tune.

http://newyork.tourfilter.com/

Tourfilter allows you to track every band you could possibly imagine and never miss a show again...It might put me out of business.

Back to the rocking out.

Tonight (Wednesday)
Revenge of the Bookeaters @ the Beacon Theater with Jon Stewart, Sufjan Stevens, David Byrne & more. The theme is "Words or music: Which is better?" I say shut up and sing. I'm going, I'll report the verdict tomorrow.

If I weren't, I would be rocking out at the Friction Party at Sine-E:
Apes & Androids Foundry Field Recordings
Cassettes Won't Listen
Head over to Pop Tarts Suck Toasted for some MP3s of FFR and CWL.

If you go, let me know how all 3 bands are. They are all on my list to check out, especially Apes & Androids. Check out the crazy live clip on their website.

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Now its the penultimate weekend of summer motherfuckers.

Friday
South Street Seaport has a good lineup tonight. Will it rain?
Ted Leo & the Pharmies
Tokyo Police Club
6 PM
I really want to see TPC, I've been digging their EP. If you like Tapes 'n, Arcade, Wolf P, Sunset Rubdown, etc...you'll probably like this:

Tokyo Police Club - If It Works

My buddy Mr. Blair DJs the sex tech beats at the very cool (and Swedish) Good World bar on the LES tonight from 10 pm.

Also of note, the Belgians invade this weekend. Armed not with waffles and chocolate, but rather spacey disco, leftfield breaks, and obscure techno edits. You've got 2 chances to catch one of their trademark all-over-the-map DJ sets this weekend.
THE GLIMMERS
@ APT Friday Aug. 25 10 PM
Presented by the Even Further Crew

Saturday
THE GLIMMERS @ PS1 QNS
Saturday Aug. 26 3 PM

You can whet yourself with a listen to a few of their DJ sets at Play FM. You've got to register, but its well worth it.

Get 'er done.

Enjoy.

Cassius - Eye Water (Feat. Pharrell)
Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above
Peaches - Get It
Lotterboys - Blazer
YUKSEK - Break Ya
Brazilian Girls - Jique
The Sunshine Underground - Dead Scene
The Rapture - Get Myself Into It (Serge Santiago UK Edit)
Cassius - Toop Toop (Oliver Koletski Mix)
Simian Mobile Disco - Animal House
The Knife - Marble House (Booka Shade Remix) (click to find MP3s)
Junior Boys - In The Morning
Helena - Can't Get You Out Of My Head

(I took this picture in Rittenhouse Square in Philly. I guess, A.I. teaches Philly youth how to protect yo' ass.)

Besides the VMAs and Justin Timberlake...the hipster universe collides.

I really can't say which party I would choose, but the ED BANGER party should be pretty blotto. PARA ONE & SEBASTIAN are reason enough for you to go, but the night is jammed packed with hotness. It will be just like the basement of Paris Paris. I wouldn't be surprised if Thomas & Guy-Manuel show up...

On the other hand, Ellen Allien really destroyed me when I saw her at Circo Loco last summer, but the crowd sucks at Hiro. What conflict you must have if you can get into the Virgin Mobile party....Argh the choices you have, you assholes.

ENJOY the MOTHERFUCKING LAST MOTHERFUCKING WEEKEND OF SUMMER! Snakes on a plane.

UFFIE (10:30), PARA ONE (1-2), DJ MEHDI (11:30-12:30), SEBASTIAN (2-3), FEADZ (12:30-1) and BUSY P (3-4)!