New Site: Everything That Will Happen…

…will happen Beyond Beyond! So see ya there…

beyondbeyondisbeyond.com

The Amazing and The Blakes in the booth [Updated].

Rubblebucket CD Giveaway and Tributes to Two ‘Blue’ Men

Hi, it’s me, Mike…sitting on the other side of your computer.  Come BEYOND this week and listen for your chance to win a new CD from a new BBiB-approved band called Rubblebucket!  I’ve been listening to it all week and man, it’s a mesmerizing blend of afrobeat, reggae, funk, soul and of course ROCK!  And their chick singer kicks serious ass!  So tune in to East Village Radio at noon Thursday to hear how to win it…

And stay tuned in for some songs from a couple amazing BLUE bands who are extra blue now, as both Blue Cheer and Blue Ash both lost original members this month.  Rest In Peace, Dickie Peterson…

…and Bill Bartolin of Blue Ash…

AND, thanks to the good rockers over at Anthology Recordings, I’ve also got some great EXMAGMA music in ‘Anthology is Also Beyond’.  You gotta hear it all on Beyond Beyond is Beyond, Thursday at noon eastern at East Village Radio dot freakin’ com!

CHEERS!

Mike

Legendary Krautrockers, Faust on BBiB This Week

Thursday at noon, eastern time, FAUST will be on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio!  They’ll be warming up in our studio for their Williamsburg Music Hall show Thursday night.  This should be awesome, to say the least.

*photo by Bettina Herzner

Remaining U.S. tour dates:

10/1 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY WFMU Festival
10/3 Pop Montréal Festival Montreal, QC daytime workshop followed by
evening performance
10/4 The Polish Combatants Hall Toronto. ON
10/5 Detroit Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit, MI workshop
10/6 Detroit Museum of
Contemporary Art Detroit, MI performance
10/7 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
10/8 Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH
10/9 Buster’s Lexington, KY Boomslang – WRFL’s Festival
10/10 40 Watt Club Athens, GA presented by AUX
10/11 venue TBA Athens, GA workshop, presented by AUX

*photo by Ole Tommy Pedersen

The Amazing Imelda May on BBiB This Week

Dudes,

I saw Irish rockabilly boogie-woogie belter, Imelda May, last week at Piano’s with Eric Silverman…and we were both floored! What a voice…and what a band!!! And we’re all lucky enough to have her on the Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio on Thursday at noon eastern. I’ll be talking to her right at the top of the show and she’ll give us an exclusive live performance, so be sure to tune in right on time! Right on?

photo by Mike Newman

AND…Great New Band Alert: I will be giving away a few copies of the excellent new Zoos of Berlin album to lucky emailers and Tweeters. I’ve been listening to it and it’s really good! Get a jumpstart by emailing now at beyondbeyondisbeyond (at) gmail (dot) com or Tweeting at BBiB!

Talk to ya Thursday at noon on East Village Radio!

Zoos of Berlin NYC shows this weekend:

Sep 25 2009 11:00P	Pianos [FREE MIDNIGHT SHOW]	New York City, New York
Sep 26 2009 8:00P	Market Hotel	Brooklyn, New York

Alberta Cross on the BBiB Show Today

What’s up, Be Yawnders…

Tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond today at noon eastern to hear lots of great jams and tunes, and I’ll be talking to Alberta Cross…a band that Rolling Stone just deemed ’stoner-rock revivalists.’  After a summer of touring and festing at Bonnaroo and Coachella and a very critically-acclaimed and well-received first EP, they are ready to drop their first full-length, Broken Side of Time, on Tuesday, September 22nd.  They’ll also be playing for us live for us in the studio.  Some come along to the land of beyond on East Village Radio where nice things happen to your ears.

Was Justin Timberlake at ATP?!

Was JT at Indie-music fest, All Tomorrow’s Parties in Monticello, NY this weekend.  It sure looks that way!

Timberlake a Jesus Lizard fan?

Bryan Scary on Beyond Beyond is Beyond

Greetings Bee Yonders,

This week I will be welcoming the super-talented Bryan Scary of Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears fame!  I’ve been championing these guys since last year when I chose their Flight of the Knife album as one of the best new releases of 2008.

“[Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears] revives everything you love about psychedelic pop…”  – New York Post

Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears will release their Mad Valentines EP on Elijah Wood’s Simian Records and Brooklyn-based Old Flame Records on October 27th, just in time for Halloween.

Plus plenty more hot rocks and phazed cookies on this week’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio, live Thursday…noon to 2:00pm Eastern~!

Cheers!

P.S. – BBiB is on Twitter, are you?

Mike Newman and Chippy B’s Psychedubic Mix

Click the arrow that lies below for the Psychedubic Mix that Chippy B and I created one fine night…

Here’s the playllist. Dig…

“Curious Electric” – Jon & Vangelis
“The Four Horsemen” – Aphrodite’s Child
“Waterhouse Rock (Groove Corporation Mix)” – Big Youth
“Hot Smoke & Sassafrass” – Bubble Puppy
“Ragga Muffin Style Dub” – King Tubby
“Madman” – Klaatu
“Cocaine in my Brain” – Dillinger
“NYCNY” – Daryl Hall
“Tam Tam” – Gregory Isaacs
“Sombre Reptiles” – 801
“Draw Your Brakes” – Scotty
“Hole In My Shoe” – Traffic
“Atmospheric Dub” – Mad Professor
“Journey to the Center of the Mind” – Amboy Dukes
“Blood on His Lips” – Scientist
“Long Piece No.3 (Part 4)” – Egg
“Dub Dat” – the Upsetters
“China Cat Sunflower” – Grateful Dead
“Law” – Andy Capp

Thanks for allowing us to spike your bar mitzvah punch…

You Gotta See Imelda May…

And Dave Gilmour and Jeff Beck love her.  What better endorsement can you get?!

New Beatles Remasters and Corn Mo on BBiB

Hey B. Yonders…

I’ve got a hefty show coming up this week on Beyond Beyond is Beyond.  I will be welcoming the amazing Corn Mo to the show who is releasing an album called Diorama of the Golden Lion with his band .357 Lover later this month.  It is dramatically and epically rockin’, you better believe!

Says Ben Folds about the band: “.357 Lover are too good.  I doubt many people will like this because music audiences in general aren’t smart enough for this kind of quality. Only years from now will people understand what they’re missing. Ridicule them all you like. Ignore them, but history will not ignore .357 Lover. You are f*cking up if you don’t get it…”

And if that weren’t enough, in the first hour of the show, I will be playing newly-remastered Beatles songs since I got my hands on them a week early.  So tune in and check out the sonic superiority!  I’ll also play some other stuff that I’m not sure about yet, so come be surprised with me…or even request stuff at beyondbeyondisbeyond (at) gmail.com or Tweet requests to BBiB!

See you at noon Thursday live at noon on East Village Radio.

Cheers!

Mike

Spindrift and Chippy B & Me on Thursday’s BBiB Show

Hola B. Yonders,

Psych Pspaghetti-Western rockers, Spindrift, will be joining me on Thursday’s Beyond Beyond is Beyond show!  Their new Legend of God’s Gun soundtrack album is fukkin’ fantastic and they’ll be playing at Union Pool Wednesday, the 26th and at the Cake Shop Thursday, the 27th.  They’ll be with me live in the second hour of Thursday’s show, noon to 2pm ET…

…and in the first hour, I will have my sometime DJ partner-in-crime, Chippy B, in the studio to do a nice live mix of psych rock sounds and ‘verbed out dub.  Feel free to spark a doob…it’s after noon!

Dig it…all at noon Thursday, live on East Village Radio!

Stalkers on Beyond Beyond is Beyond

I will be joined in the booth on Thursday by kickass NYC garage-rockers, Stalkers.  They’ll be spinning some of their fave records and drinkin’ beer with me!  So see you at noon on Thursday, Beyond-style.  Come with!

Animal Collective Soundcheck at Prospect Park

…I was riding my bike through Prospect Park today and heard Animal Collective sound-checking for a show tonight. Here’s what my iPhone and I overheard>>>

Animal Collective – ‘Bits of Sound Check 8/15/09′:

Night Horse, Woodstock, and More on BBiB

Hey sisses and bros,

I’m back from my intergalactic travels to a planet called Maine…and oh, what a time it was!  Filled with blueberries, shellfish and unbridled love.   I’m feeling extra-inspired to spin some exciting jams for you this week including stuff from a band I just discovered called Strangefeather, plus White Denim, Food Brain, Bryan Scary, Jan Akkerman, Sleepy Sun, and lots more.

And don’t for get my Woodstock Vision book giveaway contest to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock.  All you have to do is subscribe to Beyond Beyond is Beyond for a chance to win it!

Not to mention I’ll have a very special guest…in the form of a band…

I will be welcoming heavy blues riff-rockers, Night Horse, to the second half of the show to talk about touring, rocking, and how played-out daytime horses are.  The guys are playing some select shows on the East Coast to celebrate the 8/11/09 release of our 2nd of 3 new split singles on Tee Pee Records, including a couple right here in beautiful New Fukkin’ York!

Aug. 13 – New York City, NY
@ East Village Radio (In Studio Acoustic Performance)

Aug. 13 – New York City, NY
@ Pianos w/ TK Webb & The Visions, Barracks

* Official AFTER PARTY hosted by New York Night Train
@ Beauty Bar- Brooklyn w/DJ sets of deep soul by Mr. Jonathon Taubin, Sam James Velde (Night Horse) & Justin Maranga (Night Horse)

Aug. 14 – Providence, RI
@ Firehouse 13 w/ Doomriders, Howl

Aug. 15 – Baltimore, MD
@ Hexagon w/ Caverns, Solar Powered Sun Destroyer

Aug. 16 – Brooklyn, NY
@ Union Pool w/ Tournament, Orphan, Chronic Youth DJs

http://www.myspace.com/nighthorsemusic

TOON IN to BBiB, Thursday noon to 2:00!

Cheers,

Mike

Beyond Pussyfooting on this Week’s Show…

The lovely and talented Margaret the Prog Lady from EVR’s own No Pussyfooting show will be manning my usual noon to 2:00 decks this Thursday, August 6th.  I will be away with Ranyart and QoQuaq on the Moorglade Mover.  Margaret will be spinning a nice blend of the things you find on both of our shows.  And her voice is much nicer to listen to than mine!

Margaret will also be talking to Pete Bernhard, frontman for the ‘neo-Americana’ band, The Devil Makes Three.  And Pete will also perform some of his solo stuff live in the studio which will make you wanna slap your knee and drink new moonshine from a dissed still life.  His solo album is out on Milan Records on September 15th and he has two NYC shows this week…

Thursday, August 6th at the Living Room

Saturday, August 8th at Southpaw (opening for the amazing Seasick Steve)

So be sure to tune in as usual on Thursday, noon to 2, live on eastvillageradio.com for Beyond Beyond is Beyond, with your special guest host, Margaret the Prog Lady.  She claims it will be lots of fun.  Until next week…I’ll miss you!

BFF…Mike

Come Join Me Where I’m At…

Hey old NewmRadio friends.  I’ve been missing the daily bs and banter ’round this blog…and of course RT…but my time has been tied up lately with new things.  If you haven’t heard my weekly radio show yet, there’s actually a lot of overlap.  I’ve even been rockin’ the ‘Case for (Phil) Collins’ segment every week on the show!  I noticed it’s harder to put parentheses around (Phil) when you’re speaking.

The show is called Beyond Beyond is Beyond and yes, I just learned the word ‘Beyond’ and am over-using it like a 3-year old.  It’s listenable at all times on eastvillageradio.com but I record live weekly on Thursdays between noon and 2:00 ET.  After that, you can listen to the most recent show in the archive.

When writing about an event that I’ll be DJ’ing at this weekend, a writer on the EVR page recently (today) said this about the show…and pretty much nailed it…

Let’s face it: most of your hipster types were too cool (or, secretly, too geeky) to go to their proms. But that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on that primal rite of passage, and just think: now you don’t have to wash your older brother’s van to get him to buy beer for you. EVR’s own Mike Newman, host of the hot new heavy-psych show Beyond Beyond Is Beyond will be manning the decks at The Shalimar Theatre Company’s fifth annual prom-themed benefit party Prom-iscuous, a note-perfect recreation of your typical high school prom right down to the crepe paper streamers and disco ball, except with the welcome addition of an open beer bar provided by Brooklyn Brewery. The party starts at PS 122 (150 1st Avenue [at East 9th], New York, NY) at 9 p.m.; tickets are $30 at the door, $20 through the website.

And if you haven’t yet checked out Beyond Beyond Is Beyond (every Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. ET), make this the week. Mike mixes hard rock, heavy psych, a hint of prog and some thematically appropriate softer sounds featuring vintage rockers like Roky Erickson, Man, Moby Grape and the almighty Edgar Broughton Band (best known for their mindbending 1970 single “Apache Dropout,” mashing up the Shadows’ dead-cool twang instrumental “Apache” and Captain Beefheart’s scarifying “Dropout Boogie”) alongside the best of the new acts mining those inspirations, like Wooden Shjips, Dungen and Akron/Family. Trendy folk have only recently realized it’s cool to like this stuff, but Mike’s been there all along.

I like that description!  And if you’re in New York and can come out to the shindig on Saturday, I can guaratee a good time.  Here’s the Time Out New York listing for Prom-iscuous.  If you can make it, then do!  If not, check out my radio show some time and maybe get in touch with me for show ideas or requests.  I’d always love to hear from ya!

Cheers!

Mike

Beyond Beyond is Beyond Is Now Weekly on East Village Radio

I just got word yesterday that my radio show, Beyond Beyond is Beyond, is going to become a fixture on East Village Radio.  The show received lots of great feedback after a couple test run slots and it will now be airing weekly, every Thursday from noon to 2:00 (starting March 5th).  Tune in live!

Wanna hear the first two test-run shows?  Well, here they are…

Beyond Beyond is Beyond #1 (podcasted mp3 file via Sendspace)

Beyond Beyond is Beyond #2 (link to a stream of the show)

Those should tide you over till March 5th, when I go back live!  You can email me requests, rants, raves, mp3 messages…to beyondbeyondisbeyond (at) gmail (dot) com.

Thanks for lissnin’!

My Radio Show: Download The First, Tune In To The Second

Hay…

In case you missed the first edition of my new radio show, Beyond Beyond is Beyond, you can download an mp3 of the stream here.  The sound quality isn’t perfect as it was a rendering of a stream and there were a couple mic anomalies, but still definitely listenable.

And, the second edition will be airing live on East Village Radio’s “On the Fly” spot on Thursday, February 12th from 2pm to 4pm.  After that, a stream will be available there for a week too.  The second BBiB show, aka Lovepsych, will have all kinds of lovey Valentine’s-related stuff and emails and requests from you, your loved one, or perhaps someone you know.

And then after that, I’m hoping that my show will become a permanent fixture on East Village Radio and you’ll be able to hear me there whenever you want!  Fingers crossed.

You can also email requests, rants, stories, mp3’s of your own recorded voice for use on future shows to beyondbeyondisbeyond(at)gmail(dot)com.

Thanks for listening…and participating!

Mike

* lynx sys by Macho Mel

Oh yeah…and check out my first photography assignment for the Flavorwire

R.I.P. Skynyrd’s Billy Powell

Another Skynyrd original, and rock original, passed…

Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter Daytrotter Session

Hey guys, I just played Jesse Sykes on my first Beyond Beyond is Beyond radio show on East Village Radio and was happy to stumble on this brand-new Daytrotter Session that the band just did.  There are 4 songs that are recorded live in a studio and there is plenty of fuzzy guitar and haunting vocals and that other nice trippy stuff I dig.  Check out the session here, you can even download all of the songs to put in your very own iTunes library!

Says Jesse of the live Daytrotter Session:

these songs were recorded in early october as we were be-lining it home from a US tour to catch a plane to europe where we were to continue for a couple more weeks…as we pulled into the daytrotter studio our van started to make some funny noises…the kind of noises that are suggesting to you that you may be screwed!! well, luckily we did the recording and the fellows there at daytrotter were very kind as i couldn’t have been more stressed out at that moment, as i wasn’t convinced we were going to make it home to catch that plane! needless to say, im so glad we have this document, as it was one of the best autumns of my life in some ways and as it always seems to be the case, the memory of that day stands out as such a cool testament of how close we have become as a band…dealing with things that seem insurmountable at the time….anyway, as we pulled away from the studio hours later, our vans u joints completely shit the bed (clunk clunk clunk….thats what it sounds like if you ever hear that noise…)and somehow we lucked out and found a kind hearted mechanic a few blocks away who fixed it on the fly….i remember the big white puffy clouds of iowa and the birds chirping as i sat waiting for the van to be fixed…lots of kind gentle souls there in iowa-thank you to all of them who helped us get home safe, we made that flight too!! anyway, enjoy this recording j.s.

King…Look Where Your People Are Now

Let’s remove everybody’s chains…

Cheers and tears to MLK and President Barack Obama!!!

Beyond Beyond is Beyond Radio Show #2: Lovepsych- Now Taking Your Requests and Dedications

My radio show, Beyond Beyond is Beyond, will once again go live on February 12th from 2-4:00 pm on East Village Radio after a successful first episode.  It will also be streaming afterward, for those that miss the live feed.  The hope is that after the second show, BBB will be offered a regular weekly slot on EVR.  Download the first show here.

Show #2 will be just two days before the most popularly unpopular Hallmark-created holiday for lovebirds, Valentine’s Day.  And wouldn’t you (or your better/worse half or stalker/stalkee) want to hear your lovey-dovey or lovelorn song requests dedicated to them by you and read by amazing radio host, Mike Newman?  Well, of course they would!  So send me all your email requests for great love-themed songs to BeyondBeyondisBeyond (at) gmail (dot) com.  Keep in mind the show’s format…make it rock or at least be trippy…or best case, BOTH!  I won’t be able to play all requests…only the bests.

Can’t wait to see what yun’s have in store, and your lover will be blown away when they hear their psychedelic dedication!  Remember, send ‘em now (no SASE required) to BeyondBeyondisBeyond (at) gmail (dot) com.  Sorry…trying to dodge spam…… literally!

*amazing lynx love imagery brought to you by Macho Mel, whose art is currently on display at Capricious Space in Brooklyn through Valentine’s Day

First Reunion Announcements of 2009

Well, I’ve heard of a couple reunions that are going to happen this year…and both get a fuckin’ rousing thumbs up from this rock-bloggin’ fool!  The one I JUST heard about today is Mott the Hoople…yes please.  They only have a couple London dates lined up thus far, but they best bring their asses across the pond!

And this one I heard rumblings about last year, like Flea will play bass, but it has been confirmed since the start of 2009…The Faces!

Bring ‘em on!  I just hope that tickets for these shows aren’t through the roof (who am I foolin’…they will be).  I’m actually pretty tired of big gigs any more.  There’s so much about them that’s unappealing.  First, the ticketing ‘class system’ is a shame.  It means that the kid that loves the band the most will never get good seats because he can’t afford them and rich douchebags will have all the good seats.  But rock & roll isn’t about them, it’s about that little kids dreams and the blues of the blue-collar working man.

And also the way that shows ’sell out’ within minutes of going on sale, but then tickets magically appear on a scalper site…which Ticketbastard and Jive Nation claim to have no hands in.  Bullshit.

My advice is to seek out the up-and-coming great rock bands and catch them at small clubs for $10-$15, and be able to say you saw them before they were huge.  And ususally those shows are more fun anyway!  The big problem with it though is for those kids in Kansas and East Buttfuck, Wherever.  Nobody comes to their town.  There are no cool rock clubs there.  Well, find all that cool music online, and move when you turn eighteen…to a city that rocks!

Okay, big tangent there.

In summary, big ‘YES’ for the Mott and Faces reunions!  And a big ‘NO’ to the current class system of live music ticket sales.  I’ve said my peace.

My Show, Beyond Beyond Beyond, is on East Village Radio Today

Check it out…will be chock full of great jams!

UPDATE: Now you can hear it here till January 22nd!

Thursday, January 15th, 2-4 pm

Blog Jammin’ Into 2009

Hey guyz,

Sorry it’s been a little slow around here, and I’ve virtually ended RT.  I know we have a round to finish and Kev is one answer away from winning, but I may phase out RT after this round…but maybe not!  I’ve been spending time on different things and evaluating which ways I will lead myself into 2009.  This weekend I’ll be preparing my audition ‘maiden-voyage’ show for East Village Radio, which will air live on Thursday from 2-4 pm right here at this link (listen live upper right of webpage).  The show will be called Beyond Beyond is Beyond and I’ll be crossing my fingers that I pass the audition and end up with a regualar time slot!  If nothing else, it will be a great two hours of far-out rock radio!

Btw…here’s what my neighborhood looks like from the train these grey wintery days…

Here are a few things that have caught my eye lately that I’ll bring your attention to…

@ The Pretty Things have cancelled their 41st Annniversary Tour, which is a shame because the Pretties are unrightfully forgotten in the rock world, and actually released a tremendous album in Balboa Island last year!  As a matter of fact, check out “Feel Like Goin’ Home” from that album…

Pretty Things – Feel Like Goin’ Home

@ Brian Eno speaks out against Israel, which seems kind of stupid to me since neither side is right or wrong.  Keep it ambient, Brian.

@ Then there’s this.

@ And Ace is to truly become ‘Space Ace‘!

@ Last but not least…R.I.P. Ron Asheton!

Have a great weekend!!!

Apple Knows What You Want Before You Know You Want It

The truest sentence in this piece is “Apple knows what you want before you know you want it.”  Dig…

NUTS!  But we’ll all have ‘em by 2011.

Apple’s iTunes Store will also be changing it’s strict one-price for all songs pricing scheme to a pricing triumvirate … $ .69, .99, & 1.29.  Seems fair enough.  The only ones that will be $1.29 are the popular ones, and we hate that crap anyway!  Oh yeah, and everything will be DRM-free by March.  Clutch.

Perhaps THE Band of This Era?

Sometimes a band comes along who reminds you that not all of the good music has already been made.  Unfortunately there’s way much more crappy novelty.  But when we look back in 10, 15, 20 years on the ground-breaking and lasting music from this era, we will certainly be listening again to Animal Collective.

I just ordered Animal Collective’s new Merriweather Post Pavilion album on 180 gram gatefold vinyl, and all record labels should take note.  First of all, it’s a band that are true musical artists with longevity.  Huh?  Wha?  Yeah, remember that crazy notion?  And there is really no one else in Animal Collective’s league.  They’re not indie, they’re not rock, they’re not electronica, they’re not jam… they’ve created their own thing.

Secondly, the vinyl was released today, January 6th, two weeks before the official release of the CDs and iTunes downloads.  How cool is that?  And of course, inside the vinyl is a download card which entitles you to download the mp3s or wav files.  It costs a bit more, $22.98, but I don’t care because I will pay extra for exactly what I want!  That’s what the major labels had forgetten.  They just wanted to charge a lot for everything across the boards.  No thanks.  That’s not what I want.

And lastly, I heard the last track from this album from some music promo site, which was streaming it a few weeks ago, and I knew I had to have this record.  Granted, I have been an Animal Collective fan pretty much since the band started in 2000 and was making a lot of very out-there music.  And I bought those ‘out-there’ albums because I heard something going on underneath that was truly sublime and original.  And now, I feel like Animal Collective are reaching their fully sublime, creative potential.  I played the aforementioned promo song, “Brother Sport” (which I recorded into Pro-Tools), when I DJ’d my New Year’s Eve party, and it was just perfect in a roomful of revelers.  Since I will respect Domino Records’ policies, I will not post the album version of “Brother Sport” here, but here is a live video of the band performing the song a while back (but keep in mind…the studio version is much better)…

Meanwhile, I will wait for my vinyl to arrive, since I ordered it a little on the late side for it to show up today and I’ll see what kind of things you guys have to say about Animal Collective.  Is it possible that they are the most innovative band of this era or are they just geeky little knob-twiddlers…or somewhere in between?

Whatever the case, I’m intrigued.

Also…check out the brand new song ‘My Girls’ on AC’s MySpace page

Happy 2009, Everybody!

Happy New Year everybody!  I’ve been laying low on the blog lately as the end of 2008 rushed by, sending me to Florida over Thanksgiving, then Chicago the first week of December, then upstate NY for Chrismukah, and then to Heather’s bar in the East Village of my good ol’ NYC for New Year’s Eve, where I was proud parent and DJ of what had to have been the raddest NYE throwdown in town..and which also raised over $350 for the NY Times Neediest Cases Fund!  Matter of fact, here’s a pic of the two super-handsome DJ’s and their uber-stunning foxes at said event…

Ever since  7:00 pm on NYE when I finished my work and met up with my DJ accomplice, Rudeboy Chippy (left above), everything has come up roses.  We started the load-in and tech with some good hearty beer-soaking San Loco tacos and got the party ready to roll for 9:00.  I loved hearing from people that were expecting to have a nice chill NYE with friends at a bar, who actually had a drunk. sweaty, rockin’-till-the-wee-hours night of mayhem.  The beer, champagne, tequila, whisky and weeds flowed like a pirated steamboat on a delightfully stormy sea carrying its drunken mates to an island of renewal and hope.

The days that followed have been perfect too.  We had our friends/family, Scott and Mara, staying with us so we ended up doing all kinds of fun things.  Recovery day was spent in PJ’s brunching, watching football and setting up the new juicer and Saturday was packed full of fun stuff like the transit museum, a Broadway show (Speed the Plow sans Piven), impromptu ice skating at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and more drinks and football with Paul and Scott at Hi-Fi in the East Village, where we even had seats at the bar on a Saturday night.  As our guests headed back to sunny Miami Sunday morning, the rest of the day was spent catching up at home, playing guitar, watching a little more NFL playoff football and a little college basketball.

So I’ve got some music-related stuff that I’ve been thinking about coming up in the next post but before anything, I wanted to wish you all a phenomenal 2009, filled with music and love and all the things that make you happy!  And no more BUSH!  Good riddance, you fink!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

CHEERS!

NYC NYE

Hey All,

If you’re in NYC, be sure to come by my DJ-event and super-badass New Year’s Eve party at Heather’s Bar in the East Village.  It is being billed as ‘Journey Into 2009: Werewolve Bar Mitzvah’.  It will be a night full of great music, awesome people, and plenty of drinking and debauchery!  And the small $6 cover will go to the NY Times Neediest Cases Fund to help the hungry and homeless in NYC during the brutal winter months.  Hope to see ya…

*poster art by Macho Mel Shimkovitz (whose amazing work is currently on display at Capricious Space in Williamsburg till mid-February)

So what is everyone else up to tonight, wherever ye may be?

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!