nyc nightlife in august, 1999 10 years ago this month: squeezebox, twilo, body & soul
august 4, 1999 ON! at club life on bleecker st. was 1 of the best weeklies of 1999. guests this night included chantal claret of morningwood, giving out promo ON! baby tees, justine d of MFer, and hosts nick marc & james spooner. top tunes incl. edwin starr 25 miles, bowie rebel rebel, stevie uptight & higher ground, cornelius bros. treat her like a lady, & 'ree rocksteady. *** of 5 stars. I started out the night at caliente cab ob 6th ave with antoine stark & sam kripalani & Im lucky I remember anything after those giant mango margaritas.
august 5, 1999 broadcast at bar 13 was a popular thursday weekly curated by EDM/GBH's alex english & MFer's Michael T. guests this night incl. ginger kathleen #1 & nanci from Staten. top tunes the drowners,. esther's ray of light, how soon is now, & girls on film. **1/4 of 5 stars.
august 6, 1999 germany's commander tom headlined twilo with a headbanging set of techno & hardhouse. it was teutonic & banging, too all night long I have a few of tom's import peacefrog techno cds around this time and thery are diamond-hard, and worth $50-100 each.
august 7, 1999 body & soul, the legendary disco/R&B/house sunday party from vinyl in tribeca hosted its annual summerstage saturday open-air afternoon disco jam. even in the bright scorching sunlight, the sisters & brothers got down to the musical stylings of francois K, joe claussel, and danny krivit. all 3 djs played superbly with their garage and disco classics, a mega-mix of dan hartman's relight my fire [re-edit/12" version of course!] was the top tune but the whole day was splendid & upful. *** of 5 stars.
* the same night aimee mann was at tramps, make sure you pick up her 90s CDs whatever & Im with stupid - you wont find any singer-songwriter LPs better than those from the last decade or so.
august 11, 1999 Fuzzy from Boston headlined the mercury lounge with brilliantine & sleepyhead in support. of all the 90s USA alt-college-rock almost-was/obscure bands, Fuzzy might be my favourite- a Lemonheads spin-off band fronted by 2 gorgeous ladies & great songwriters. Their 'electric juices' on warners is one of the 90s great lost LPs. set at merc: glad again. dead end day. true colors. neil young. summers gone. gave into it. are you living. set my sights. rock song. flashlight. flies. and encore: best song, my request, a cover of the beach boys girl dont tell me. *** of 5 stars.
* and over to ON! at Life with GirlToucher
8/12 magic touch was a short-lived soul revival weekly at idlewild/white rabbit. and frank's beavher was over at don hill's the original 80s revival night. soul kitchen is back at gold bar on mondays, they say
8/13 factory fridays: UK garage at 222 lounge on 14th st. there's always been a uk speed garage element to my partying.....
& the legendary squeezebox was at don hill's with mistress formika + dj miss guy. To some people squeezebox is a movie. for some of us it was one of the best rock & roll parties, friday in , friday out, in nyc of the last 30 years.
8/14/99 tiswas at don's with More headlining & michael moon.
8/15 Duran Duran [only simon, nick + guitar warren cucurillo] played jones beach. gosh I saw D2 on their first lp TOUR 1981 [in DC] up through Miami 2000 when they were on the comeback road.
8/18/99 lust for life at life with toilet boys, candyass & demon speed. after that ON! with nick marc's pop rocks & soul shots, 60s soul,, indie dance, hippie funk & britbeat.
8/19/99 beavher with 'the tide is high' **1/2
august 20, 1999 roger sanchez headlined the sound factory on west 46th st. S-Man is now one of the world's most popular djs, a ny legend, playing pacha, cielo and the Zoo festival in a couple of weeks.
8/21/99 tiswas with the rosenbergs, superflux & sweden.
august 27, 1999 derrick carter headlined sound factory, now known as pacha. In 2009 Ive seen DC twice at sullivan - among the top 5 dj sets of the year Ive heard in 2009.
* the same night steven erdman's lard dog & his band of shy headlined CBGB's with malik yoba & blackout. will you be his friend?
Currently listening :
Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary CD+DVD (Limited Edition Fuzzy Package)
By The Beach Boys
Release date: By 29 August, 2006
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