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Oh weekend, how we’ve missed you, and clearly you miss us because you give so much without taking. It’s another one of those “which way do I go, George, which way do I go???” weekends where there’s just so much quality trouble to choose from – and the weather is drop dead gorgeous to boot! And for once Saturday has even more going on than Friday! Well, you are all tough boys and girls, so tighten up your wigs, button your garters, and steel your livers!

Friday May 11th

Show of the night goes to the folks behind the resurgent series of parties under the banner of Cavestomp, tonight over at Parkside Lounge on East Houston Street: kicking off at 8pm it’s the long awaited return of  psycho-soul garagepunk witches The Electric Mess (of which I am a proud member, end of disclaimer), a solo performance by Paul Caporino of legendary New Orleans garagepunk group M.O.T.O. (more on that on Saturday!) lo-fi dirty garagers Light Bulb Alley,the Drugfront Records signed Bamboo Kids and The Mess Around! Top to bottom, it’s a kick to your soul’s gall bladder and a punch in your sad! All the bands, in that order, with strict start times and a measly $6 dollar cover…

Oh happy day: fresh off his huge joyous smash of a welcome home party last weekend at Brooklyn Bowl, the mythical beast Jonathan Toubin returns to his party Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down at Home Sweet Home…the man ain’t missed a beat. You know the score, he’s on from 11pm till close rocking all those wicked soul, R&B and garage 45′s for a $3 cover…tonight as a special treat for happy hour it’s none other than dance fanatic and now best selling pulp mystery novelist Jumpy spinning garage and soul from 8pm till 11!

Not much farther away at Motor City you’ve got Gories / Dirtbombs man Mick Collins spinning rock and roll for all the sharks from 10pm till close…no cover for that one…

As always on a Friday night, La La Linda is making it alright at The Ding Dong Lounge, spinning garage punk classics, summertime psych, sensuous soul and funk from 10pm till close…

Saturday May 12th

I’m just going to use the words from the promoter’s mouth as they summed this up the best: “Psychedelic sounds, garage reverberations, druggy Americana, spaghetti-western cinematic spacescapes” – yes, YES to ALL of that. For once, a good reason to be at Lit on the weekend comes to us in the form of an outstanding bill featuring the haunted talents of  Spindrift, Weird Owl, Twin Guns and The Strangers Family Band…first act hits at 9pm and you’re going on one hell of a trip for a mere $6 dollars…

Wow, these guys don’t stop ever! I applaud. A SECOND Cavestomp show this weekend back at Parkside Lounge: check out 60′s garage and mod obscurities cover band Shaw’Nuff, a supergroup that comprises various members of The Headless Horsemen, The Left Banke, The Brimstones and The Grip Weeds, amongst others! They are first at 8:30 and followed by Chris Such and The Savages, which is pretty much most of The Headless Horsemen in of itself…I’m thinking this will also be a $6 cover, or maybe free? Find out!

Another Saturday night, another rager at the natural home for all things fuzzy and savage Don Pedro: it’s a new party called Rockerville Strikes Back, with a bill kicking off at 9pm with Foster Care opening, followed by 1-800 Band, Midnight Creeps and a ultra rare appearance by the aforementioned M.O.T.O. ! With Mr. Tony Lo-Fi spinning in between and after sets and an $8 cover for one for the ages…

Over at Cakeshop: tonight it’s the psych-roots-band of gypsy hobos Your 33 Black Angels performing: they are headliners and are preceded by two heady, touring acts:  a band that encapsulates the “Haight Ashbury” era of sound, psych band Sky Picnic and Boston’s acid harmony trio Sand Reckoner! Doors at 8pm, $7 cover…

Come say bon voyage to the soul punk kings Mighty Fine before they embark for a tour of the land of “pip pip cheerio fish and chips football oi! sweetey darling” (If I’ve offended any Brits reading this, it’s only out of love)! They are joined on guitar by Mick Collins and headline a bill featuring the baroque disco sexbots Discovery and girl gang a go-go Crazy Pills, with Leah from The Nouvellas spinning all kinds of sick records between bands! 8pm doors, $8 cover…

Onto DJ gigs, chief of which tonight is the long awaited return of The Soul Clap Dance Off! Jonathan Toubin is back in the saddle slinging high octane soul and R&B 45′s while all the kids do their best to shake it to make it, competing for a $100 cash grand prize and a $75 Metropolis Vintage gift certificate! And even better, Phast Phreddie appears as guest DJ to boot! The party starts at 11, the contest is on at 1am (filled with select judges from the scene) and you’d best make sure to stake your place on the dance floor as I expect Glasslands to fill to capacity with sweaty lovers…not sure of the cover, but count on at least $8…

DJ C’Mon is your surest bet to not hear horrible top 4o music in the East Village on a Saturday night – nay, she is your your salvation, your bastion of garage rock, power pop and punk at whisky palace Idle Hands! No cover from 1opm till close…

Lovers of exotica, soul jazz (and we aren’t talking pretentious and inaccessible college jazz here) wah wah guitars, Hammond organ jams, tribal beats, international go go and grind, Latin grooves, bossa nova, all that good stuff that rich hipsters from the 50′s would shag and frug to – get thee to Zebulon for Let’s Boogaloo! Your captain’s of the high coolness for the evening are Ol’ Stark, Kamui (Hot Peas and Butta from Japan) and Popwell (Take My Tuesdays/Living For Kicks)…I suspect the Boogaloo Omnibus may stop by later on…10pm till 4am, and come to dance!

If you’re at that bad ass Mighty Fine show there’s no reason to go running out the door at the drop of the last note, as Jumpy and Big Sir immediately follow the live jams with another edition of Soul A Go-Go! They are going for high frantic right off the bat, non stop soul and 45′s for rump shaking all night from 11ish till close…

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Great Googly Moogly, that is some fucking weekend. I am exhausted just writing all that.

Enjoy each and every moment that is your night and your life, child…                                                                                                                                   Captain Heartlock

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