- Tue, Mar 16: Boston, MA: Mr Jonathan Toubin at Bay State College lecture then Soul Clap

a few more great upcoming New York Night Train/Jonathan Toubin events:

- Wed, Mar 17: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday ST PADDY’S DAY special w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Mar 18: Austin, TX – High Ball Bowling Alley (10pm – 2am): Dance Party with the Royal Butchers and DJs Jonathan Toubin and Kid Congo Powers
Thu, Mar 18: Austin, TX – afterhours excitement
- Thu, Mar 18: Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Enid’s: Thursday Thump with DJ Captain Heartlock (Oweinama Biu) and Professor Z
- Fri, Mar 19: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin All Over w/Ian Svenonius
- Fri, Mar 19: Austin, TX: Jonathan Toubin dance party action early and late
- Sat, Mar 20: Austin, TX – Spider House: NY Night Train 5th Annual SXSW Hoodang (Noon – 2am) w/47 bands like Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Dum Dum Girls, So Cow, Cheap Time, Awesome Color, Garotas Suecas, Golden Triangle, Turbo Fruits, Beets, and many more… go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=387898905630&ref=mf for details !
- Sat, Mar 20: Austin, TX (12AM – 4AM); Mr. Jonathan Toubin spins VICE party
- Sun, Mar 21: Monterrey, Mexico – The Garage: Todd P presents Soul Clap and Dance-Off (check out the line-up of this fest – dozens of different things from Liars to Indian Jewelry – http://toddpnyc.com/mtymx/)
- Mon, Mar 22: Monterrey, Mexico – TBA: Todd P presents special dance party w/Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Wed, Mar 24: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Jello Biafra(!)
- Thu, Mar 25: Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Enid’s: Thursday Thump w/DJ Eric Davidson, journalist, frontman of New Bomb Turks and author of Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 and guest Aaron Lefkove of Live Fast Die
- Fri, Mar 26: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Tim Warren of Crypt Records
- Sat, Mar 27, Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Live With Animals: Kid Congo Powers all-night birthday extravaganza featuring the first NYC Pink Monkey Birds show in years w/openers Stalkers, K-Holes, Tommy Volume, and, later, Le Congo: International Discotheque Psychedelique: all night dancing to tripped out 60s beat, garage, and psych from around the world with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and Josh Styles!
- Wed, Mar 31: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Thu, Apr 1: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Knitting Factory: Garotas Suecas w/DJ Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Thu, Apr 1: Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Enid’s: Thursday Thump
- Fri, Apr 2: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Sat, Apr 3: Ft. Green, Brooklyn: The Outpost Lounge: a night with Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Thu, Apr 8: Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Enid’s: Thursday Thump w/DJ Primo of San Francisco’s Oldies Night
- Fri, Apr 9: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and DJ Primo of San Francisco’s Oldies Night
- Sat, Apr 10: Williamsburg Brooklyn – The Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off

road gigs and special events in the distant future:
– Thu, Apr 15 Chicago, IL: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, Apr 17: Portland, OR – East End: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Wed, Apr 21: Arcata, CA – Arcata Theater: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Thu, Apr 22: Oakland, CA – The Uptown: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Fri, Apr 23: San Francisco, CA – 111 Minna: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, Apr 24: Los Angeles, CA – TBA: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sun, Apr 25: San Diego, CA – Bar Pink Elephant
- Sat, May 1: Portland, Maine – SPACE Gallery: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, May 8, Orlando, FL – Blackbooth: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Thu, May 13: Portland, OR – Rotture: I’ve Got a Hole In My Soul Party w/DJ Beyonda Doubt and guest Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, May 15: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Thu, May 20: Chicago – Beauty Bar: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, May 22: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Secret Project Robot: International Discotheque Psychedelique
- Thu, May 27: Austin TX – Beauty Bar: Chaos in Tejas (festival w/UK Subs, Australian X, English Subhumans, Quintron and Ms P, Poison Idea, NoBunny, etc) Soul Clap and Dance-Off
Sat, May 29 – Asbury Park, NJ: Asbury Lanes: Soul Clap and Dance-Off

- Fri, Mar 19: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin All Over w/Ian Svenonius


upcoming night training:
- Fri, Mar 19: Austin, TX: Jonathan Toubin dance party action early and late
- Sat, Mar 20: Austin, TX – Spider House: NY Night Train 5th Annual SXSW Hoodang (Noon – 2am) w/47 bands like Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, Dum Dum Girls, So Cow, Cheap Time, Awesome Color, Garotas Suecas, Golden Triangle, Turbo Fruits, Beets, and many more… go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=387898905630&ref=mf for details !
- Sat, Mar 20: Austin, TX (12AM – 4AM); Mr. Jonathan Toubin spins VICE party
- Sun, Mar 21: Monterrey, Mexico – The Garage: Todd P presents Soul Clap and Dance-Off (check out the line-up of this fest – dozens of different things from Liars to Indian Jewelry – http://toddpnyc.com/mtymx/)
- Mon, Mar 22: Monterrey, Mexico – TBA: Todd P presents special dance party w/Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Wed, Mar 24: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Jello Biafra(!)
- Thu, Mar 25: Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Enid’s: Thursday Thump w/guest DJ Eric Davidson, journalist, frontman of New Bomb Turks and author of Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001
- Fri, Mar 26: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Tim Warren of Crypt Records
- Sat, Mar 27, Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Live With Animals: Kid Congo Powers all-night birthday extravaganza featuring the first NYC Pink Monkey Birds show in years w/openers Stalkers, K-Holes, Tommy Volume, and, later, Le Congo: International Discotheque Psychedelique: all night dancing to tripped out 60s beat, garage, and psych from around the world with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and Josh Styles!
- Wed, Mar 31: Lower East Side, Manhattan – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Wednesday w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Thu, Apr 1: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Knitting Factory: Garotas Suecas w/DJ Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Thu, Apr 1: Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Enid’s: Thursday Thump
- Fri, Apr 2: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Sat, Apr 3: Ft. Green, Brooklyn: The Outpost Lounge: a night with Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Thu, Apr 8: Greenpoint, Brooklyn: Enid’s: Thursday Thump w/DJ Primo of San Francisco’s Oldies Night
- Fri, Apr 9: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and DJ Primo of San Francisco’s Oldies Night
- Sat, Apr 10: Williamsburg Brooklyn – The Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off

road gigs and special events in the distant future:
– Thu, Apr 15 Chicago, IL: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, Apr 17: Portland, OR – East End: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Wed, Apr 21: Arcata, CA – Arcata Theater: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Thu, Apr 22: Oakland, CA – The Uptown: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Fri, Apr 23: San Francisco, CA – 111 Minna: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, Apr 24: Los Angeles, CA – TBA: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sun, Apr 25: San Diego, CA – Bar Pink Elephant
- Sat, May 1: Portland, Maine – SPACE Gallery: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, May 8, Orlando, FL – Blackbooth: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Thu, May 13: Portland, OR – Rotture: I’ve Got a Hole In My Soul Party w/DJ Beyonda Doubt and guest Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, May 15: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Thu, May 20: Chicago – Beauty Bar: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sat, May 22: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Secret Project Robot: International Discotheque Psychedelique
- Thu, May 27: Austin TX – Beauty Bar: Chaos in Tejas (festival w/UK Subs, Australian X, English Subhumans, Quintron and Ms P, Poison Idea, NoBunny, etc) Soul Clap and Dance-Off
Sat, May 29 – Asbury Park, NJ: Asbury Lanes: Soul Clap and Dance-Off

While Mr Jonathan Toubin is busy with a slew of DJ gigs at SXSW (Thu the 18th dance at High Ball Bowling Alley, Fri the 19th two TBA gigs, and Sat the 20th, the Vice party) followed by two nights at Todd P’s MtyMx festival in Monterrey (Mar 20th and 21st), the big New York Night Train event in Austin weekend will be the 5th Annual New York Night Train SXSW Hoodang at Spider House – featuring 45 amazing bands from all over the world on a 4 stages from Noon to 2am. This event is co-presented by comrade in arms Panache Booking with a little help from NYC amigos Cake Shop and Sacred Bones Records. The indoor stage was co-curated by Jason McNeely of Spider House. This NYC promoting DJ, booking agency, venue, and record label have banded together out of friendship and solidarity to bring a sponsorship-free day of the kind of high quality old school communal underground music fun that rarely rears its head these days.

We’ve chosen to execute the party yet again at this relaxed oasis of courtyard tables, food, and drink as an alternative to the less comfortable downtown music events – in hopes that this will yet again be a destination instead of a stop-off. However, since it’s only three blocks from the University of Texas, this popular institution is easy to reach by a variety of city buses that run up and down Guadalupe (The Drag) every few minutes taking you downtown and back (roughly a 10 min ride).

Don’t take our word for it, just ask anybody – last year’s all-day/all-night fiesta, headlined by The Seeds’ Sky Saxon (R.I.P.), was the unofficial SXSW jam of the year. This one’s even bigger and better. Don’t miss out!

SPIDER HOUSE STAGE
- 12:15: TK Webb (NYC)
- 1:15 Sonny and the Sunsets(San Francisco – cult hero Sonny Smith’s music project backed by an indie rock supergroup including Kelley Stoltz)
- 2:15 Hopewell (NYC)
- 3:15 Turbo Fruits (Nashville_
- 4:15 Cheap Time (Nashville)
- 5:15 Garotas Suecas (Sao Paulo, Brazil):
- 6:15 Dum Dum Girls(San Diego)
- 7:15 Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Brids
- 8:15 Cause for Applause (Austin)
- 9:15 Chicken Snake (NYC – Jerry Teel, leader of Honeymoon Killers, Knoxville Girs, etc + underground supergroup )

COURTYARD STAGES
- 12:30 Wild Yaks (NYC)
- 1:00 Signals (Los Angeles – new band w/3/4 of the Mae Shi)
- 1:30 Z’s (NYC)
- 2:00 Notekillers(Philadelphia – re-reunited No Wave legends)
- 2:30 Talk Normal (NYC)
- 3:00 Eternal Tapestry (Portland, OR) -
- 3:30 UUVVWWZ (Lincoln, NE 3:30)
- 4:00 Shellshag (NYC)
- 4:30 Street Eaters (Oakland)
- 5:00 Swiss Dots (Chicago – Jason Ward’s and Shelley of Tellenova’s new joint)
- 5:30 The Beets (NYC)
- 6:00 So Cow (Tuam, Ireland)
- 6:30 Grass Widow (San Francisco)
- 7:00 Awesome Color (Detroit)
- 7:30 Golden Triangle (NYC)
- 8:00 SCREENS (NYC)
- 8:30 Frankie and the Outs (NYC – new solo project by Frankie of Dum Dum Girls, Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, etc)
- 9:00 Daily Void (Chicago – Sacred Bones Records presents)
- 9:30 Timmy’s Organism (Detroit – Sacred Bones Records presents)

INDOOR STAGE
- 12:00 New House (Tokyo, Japan)
- 12:45 Water Fai (Osaka, Japan)
- 1:30 Hard Nips (NYC/Japan)
- 2:15 The Hoa Hoas (Toronto)
- 3:00 Action Makes (Toronto)
- 3:45 The Postcards (Montreal)
- 4:30 Sixteen Deluxe (Austin)
- 5:15 Headdress (Austin)
- 6:00 Dead Meadow’s Jason Simon (Los Angeles)
- 6:45 Woven Bones (Austin – Cake Shop presents)
- 7:30 Eternal Summers (Roanoke, VA – Cake Shop presents)
- 8:15 International Waters (Austin)
- 9:00 Moonmen on the Moon, Man (NYC – Cake Shop presents)
- 9:45 The Happen-ins (Austin)
- 10:30 Wine and Revolution (Austin)
- 11:15 Kingdom of Suicide Lovers (Austin)
- 12:00 Royal Buchers (Austin – Aaron Blount’s new jam!)
- 12:45 Bosco Delrey (NYC)

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez babies! Mr. Jonathan Toubin is headed way down south to dixie to rock Atlanta, Mobile (the original Mardi Gras in the US!), and then, finally, New Orleans for the big game on Lundi Gras! Tell your peops!

- Fri, Feb 12: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down Big Easy Style w/guest DJ Beyonda (of Portland, OR’s legendary I’ve Got a Hole In My Soul Party)”Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez”
- Sat, Feb 13: Atlanta, Highland Inn Ballroom: Valentine’s Prom w/DJs Ching Dong and Heart Disease #1 Killa
- Sun, Feb 14: Mobile, Alabama Music Box: Mardi Gras Valentines Jam w/Turbo Fruits and Joe Cain Day Pinehill Haints
- Mon, Feb 15 (5AM): New Orleans, The Pearl: Annual Mardi Gras fiesta w/K-Holes, Bosco Delrey, MC Trachiotomy, Vohka Redue, Sarah Quintana FREE LOVE ORCHESTRA, Ven Pa’ Ca Flamenco Show, Rusty Lazer, and many more…
- Mon, Feb 15 (10PM – deep into Mardi Gras morn): New Orleans, One-Eyed Jack’s: Lundi Gras w/Quintron and Ms Pussycat, Katy Red, The Intelligence

Call him what you want – but don’t say he’s lazy. Mr Jonathan Toubin went global in 2009 – packing houses worldwide while keeping the New York Night Train chugging back home. Among other activities like designing 100s of posters, going on 100s of record-buying expeditions (both exotic and mundane), keeping up his website, facebook, twitter, myspace, mailing list, etc., partying practically every night, and trying to go to all of your shows, art openings, and dj nights on rare nights off, Mr. Toubin DJ-ed and/or promoted over 318 events in 2009 (there are far too many nights to keep a precise tally) including:

- 194 weekly NYC residency gigs (51 New York Night Train Wednesdays at Motor City, 52 Thursday Thump at Enid’s, 52 Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down at Home Sweet Home, and 39 Boogaloo Shampoo at Beauty Bar)

- at least 71 Mr. Jonathan Toubin road gigs in Israel, Turkey, Mexico, four Canadian stints, four west coast tours, and parties like Get Back (Las Vegas), Hole In My Soul (Portland), and Oldies Night (San Francisco)

- dozens of gigs featuring prestigious guest DJs like David Johansen, Jon Spencer, Gibby Haynes, James Chance, Daptone Records’ Head Honcho Gabriel Roth, Kid Congo Powers and Howie Pyro, Fine Wine, Norton Records, Todd O Phonic Todd, and, mostly, his favorite DJs Josh Styles and Ian Svenonius

- at least 32 Soul Clap and Dance-Off parties worldwide, some with MCs Laura Leigh and Ian Svenonius and judges like Mike Watt, Jello Biafra, and members of all kinds of new bands from punks like Monotonix to pop stars like MGMT.

- at least 26 Mr. Jonathan Toubin NYC one-off DJ gigs

- at least 18 rock shows like Jon Spencer Blues Explosion reunion, Oh Sees, Jelly NYC Pool Party with Mission of Burma, Fucked Up, and Ponytail, King Khan and the Shrines, Quintron/Ms Pussycat, even Faith No More, Dinosaur Jr, MGMT and LCD Soundsystems

- at least 16 afterhours gigs – multiple turns at the Shank, Todd P stuff, Rubulad, href="http://digitalheroine.blogspot.com/2009/04/lys-loft-party-this-saturday.html">loft parties, and road stuff

- 8 Happenings on the east coast and midwest – multi-media dance parties with DJs, performance, projections, go go dancers, and bands like HEALTH, Psychic Ills, Chain and the Gang, etc,

- festivals and special events: Vice Scion Garage Rock Festival (Portland), CMJ (NYC), WFMU Record Fair (NYC), Fun Fun Fun (Austin), Pop Montreal, NXNE (Toronto), Sled Island (Calgary), Ponderosa Stomp (New Orleans), and SXSW (Austin) – where he not only DJ-ed two afterhours parties but curated events like Boogaloo Shampoo w/the
King Khan and the Shrines, and the 4^th Annual NYNT SXSW Hoodang w/Sky Saxon, Crystal Stilts, Kid Congo, etc etc etc…

- highbrow gigs at places like the Brooklyn Museum, Princeton University, Erin Wasson RVCA Fashion Show, Bowery Hotel, the Downtown LA Hotel Standard, etc.

- an indeterminable amount of guest spots, benefits, and private events

- community-oriented holiday gigs like a New Years party at 3 downtown venues, indoor/outdoor 4th of July w/dozens o/bands and DJs, St. Patty’s at Daddy’s, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day at Enid’s, Christmas Eve at Southpaw, Christmas at Home Sweet Home, Valentines Day with Ian Svenonius at four venues . Mr. T remains always tries to remain in nyc on special occasions for his peops…

-Thu, Dec 31: NYC, Motor City (FREE!) / Home Sweet Home ($5) / Cake Shop ($15): NY Night Train 3rd Annual Lower East Side New Years Marathon way past dawn!, 9pm – noon, FREE and up: New York Night Train’s 3rd annual Lower East Side New Years consists of three interlocking events within a few blocks of each other (Cake Shop, Home Sweet Home, and Motor City) starting at 9pm New Years Eve and moving on until NOON New Years Day! Motor City and Home Sweet Home have 24 hour licenses so its totally kosher to pretend you’re in New Orleans and bounce around all night. Here’s what’s on our menu:

- bands (Screaming Females, A.R.E.Weapons, Frankie and the Outs, etc)
- DJs (Jonathan Toubin all night long in all three locations, Smashed! Blocked!’s Josh Styles, Caleb of Sacred Bones Records, etc.)
- unique acts such as comedian Jeff Jensen (Matador Records) doing his latest ventriloquist act, superstar go go performance artist Anna Copa Cabanna (!), and Quality of My Life fanzine’s 2009 year-end awards!
- open bars and drink specials

And, if you have enough energy to keep up, NYC’s hardest working DJ, Mr Jonathan Toubin, will be back at Home Sweet Home at 10pm New Years Day for his weekly Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down maximum rock and soul 45 dance party.

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CAKE SHOP (152 Ludlow Street – curated by Seva of MyOpenBar.com) 9pm – 4am $15
- Screaming Females (12am), Frankie & the Outs (1am), Talk Normal (10pm), CSC Funk Band (2:30am ex-USAisamonster)
- DJs Kathy T (Sophisticated Boom Boom) and a cameo by Jonathan Toubin (New York Night Train) upstairs
- Specials: PBR Open Bar (9:30 – 10:30) plus a complimentary midnight kosher tequila toast

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HOME SWEET HOME (131 Chrystie) 10pm – past dawn, $5
- Live music by A.R.E. Weapons (5am), the Hunt (midnight), Bosco Delrey (3am), HAPPY NEW YEAR! (1am), Jeff Jensen (2am, ventriloquist act – Matador Records comedy recording artist),
- DJs: 10pm – 1am: Caleb (Sacred Bones Records!), Jasper (The Hunt), and George (the pre-op tranny from Wierd party), then, Micki Pellerano (Cult of Youth! 2am), Jonathan Toubin (NY Night Train – 4am soul dance party!) Ivan Sunshine (Hidden Fees – 5am),
- Specials: Svedka Vodka open bar (11pm – 12am), midnight champagne toast, 2 for 1s (4am – 5am), coffee and donuts (6am)

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MOTOR CITY (127 Ludlow) 10pm – noon, FREE
(the home base and juncture – the best rock and roll of all time all night from rockabilly to r&b to mod to psych to glam to punk turned by NYC’s finest 45rpm rock DJs
- “Quality of My Life” 2009 Award Show (12:30)
- Go Go Dancing by Anna Copa Cabanna
- DJs Josh Styles and Jonathan Toubin ’til noon plus Jukebox Jody (1am cameo) and lots of extra-special suprise guests
- Specials: Midnight Champagne toast and special surprises!


Fri, Jan 1: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down New Years w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin, 10:30pm, FREE: Start the new year off right with a down-home Shakin’ All Over maximum rock and soul party with black-eyed peas, collared greens, and corn bread then shake and shimmy to wild 45rpm party favors – obscurities, novelties, and classics with a pumpin’ heartbeat from the 1950s to the present – soul, garage, girl groups, New Orleans beat, glam, punk, freakbeat, rockabilly, ye ye, new and local underground rockers – supreme jams from across the board performed, recorded, and now re-assembled with both rawness and immediacy for your dancing pleasure. Recent guest DJs have included David Johansen, Jon Spencer, Ian Svenonius, and many more. Don’t let Mr. T get lonely during this extra-long haul!


Sat, Jan 2: Brooklyn Museum: Target First Saturdays party series w/dancing w/DJ Mr Jonathan Toubin (9pm – 11pm), Cordero (live 5pm), Daphne Brooks (lecture 6pm), Stepping Out Studios (dance class 6pm), live nude model sketching (6:30), Hedwig and the ANgry Inch (6:30), Masquerade Ball (7pm), Gallery talk on transformation theme in Bddhist art (7:30), John Sellers discussing his book “Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life” (9pm), karaoke (9pm), 5pm – 11pm, all ages, FREE: New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin participates in the kickoff of the new monthly Brooklyn Museum Party, First Saturdays. This evening’s theme is “Transformation” and will include a live performance by bilingual indie rock band Cordero (5pm), a lecture about the women of funk rock and the aesthetics of James Brown by Princeton English/African-American Studies professor Daphne Brooks, group waltz lessons in preparation for the evening’s Masquerade Ball by Stepping Out Studios (6pm), “a live (and quite possibly nude) model will be available to sketch” (6:30-8:30pm), a screening of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” John Cameron Mitchell’s 2001 film about an East Berlin boy who undergoes a sex-change operation in order to marry and flee to the West (6:30), The Masquerade Ball (7pm), a talk on the theme of transformation in Buddhist art (7:30pm), a discussion by John Sellers of his new book “Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life.” (9pm), Karaoke (9pm), and a dance party featuring New York Night Train conductor Jonathan Toubin’s trademark 45 rpm “maximum rock and soul” sound (9pm – 11pm). Here’s a link to the event on the Brooklyn Museum’s website

then, the train pulls into the station for a couple weeks of maintenance.

WEDS, DEC 23: Record Relase at New York Night Train Wednesdays. Motor City Bar (127 Ludlow), 10PM – 4AM, FREE: NYC, Motor City: In honor of the holiday season New York Night Train has a present for you – we have be giving away each and every record we play for free Wednesdays leading up to Christmas between 10pm and 2am. The “Record Release,” a concept developed by Mr. Eric Z of the Mighty Robot and Wolfy of Red Dawn II years ago and revived by New York Night Train a number of times over the last couple of years, is where the records are given away to party-goers immediately after play. This a great excuse for Toubin, who doesn’t sell records, to get rid of doubles and other extras, and for you to pick up lots of amazing 45s and LPs, from standard and worn to valuable, from the 1950s to 2009 – primarily drawing from the 1960s rock and soul canon – but also lots of punk, post-punk, blues, country, and other genres – but all good enough to be included in a New York Night Train DJ set (which this is an exceptional form of). Get there early and stay all night to fill in yr belly, yr ears, and yr record collection! This is the final installment of this weekly December series.

Thu, Dec 24: Brooklyn, Southpaw: JDub Jewltide Party w/Dan Saks (of DeLeon) & The Funkadeli All-Stars and Mr Jonathan Toubin, Southpaw, 9pm, $15: J-Dub Records and Jewcy are back their 7th annual XMas Eve Jewltide party! Dan Saks (of DeLeon) & The Funkadeli All-Stars play then Mr. Jonathan Toubin takes over the ones and twos…


Thu, Dec 24: NYC, Motor City: NY Night Train Christmas with Alix Brown, Kathy T, y mas, 10pm, FREE While Mr. Jonathan Toubin is at Southpaw at the Jewltide Ball, Kathy T, Alix Brown, and friends play you punk rock all night long for your Christmas pleasure.







Fri, Dec 25: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down: A Lower East Side/Chinatown Jewish XMas w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin, 10:30pm, FREE: New York Night Train’s weekly rough and ready maximum rock’n’soul get-down celebrates Jesus’ belated birthday in true downtown style! Order Chinese Delivery with New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin then shake and shimmy to wild 45rpm party favors – obscurities, novelties, and classics with a pumpin’ heartbeat from the 1950s to the present – soul, garage, girl groups, New Orleans beat, glam, punk, freakbeat, rockabilly, ye ye, new and local underground rockers – supreme jams from across the board performed, recorded, and now re-assembled with both rawness and immediacy for your dancing pleasure. Recent guest DJs have included David Johansen, Jon Spencer, Ian Svenonius, and many more. Fun!







Sat, Dec.26: NYC, Glasslands: Special Holiday Soul Clap and Dance-Off Sat, Dec. 26, Glasslands Gallery: New York Night Train Day After Christmas Soul Clap and Dance-Off, dancing 11pm – 4am, MIDNIGHT Dance-Off for $100 prize, 21+, $5: It’s back! The New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off, one of the NYC underground’s more popular monthly nightlife institutions and most prolific exports, returns Saturday. This final SOUL CLAP AND DANCE-OFF of 2009 bids a fond farewell to James Brown’s “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto”, Nathaniel Mayer’s “Mr Santa Clause”, and all other great holiday jams and get ready for a 2010 full of all kinds of new 45 rpm soul excitement. As always dance to 5 straight hoursMR JONATHAN TOUBIN’s exquisitely wild 45rpm soul magic. And, at MIDNIGHT he’ll be be joined by MC LAURA LEIGH for the Dance-Off with a $100 grand prize featuring the following unusual collection of distinguished judges:

- AMBER DOYLE and RYAN COHN – Amber of deluxe suitmakers Doyle Meuser and Ryan of accessory line Ryan Matthew have joined forces in the Lower East Side’s classiest and most-talked-about new store AGAINST NATURE.

- JOE GAER and RICH ZERBO – the twin towers of the world’s best known subterranean labels – who bring you ethereal classics from the likes of GANG GANG DANCE, GHOST EXITS, and PSYCHIC ILLS to acclaimed recent releases by GROWING, Zs, and SIAN ALICE GROUP.

- MATT MONDANILE – the guitarist/vocalist/conceptualist behind a number of musical projects – most notably REAL ESTATE – whose debut full-length has in the last month has achieved international acclaim in the NY TIMES, PITCHFORK, ROLLING STONE, SPIN, and pretty much anywhere else you can imagine

- DJ MS CHIP – another DJ who came up with a wildly successful contest/party of her own, DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, and is now returning from a brief hiatus to rock your face off

- TOMMY VOLUME – the guitarist for STAR SPANGLES, both one of downtown’s last 20th century rock and roll bands and one of the secret progenitors of the 21st century’s new scene, Tommy will not be bribed.

Because its the Christmas weekend, we expect a more intimate family affair this time. Get up, get out, get in, and get down all night long… again!

Sat, Dec 5: Brooklyn, Glasslands: Panache/New York Night Train Holiday Party w/Stalkers, Beets, War Party, and late night dancing with Mr. Jonathan Toubin and Josh Styles, 9pm – 4am, $5: Need we say anymore? A reason to celebrate in itself. A bunch of familiar good-time local institutions rocking you all night long. The bands go on early and then the DJs get you dancing after midnight until the dawn. Also, NYNT enthusiasts, the beautiful and talented Anna Copa Cabanna is doing her special Anna Copa Cabanna show at Joe’s Pub – technically you could do both. Oh yeah, if you’re stuck at home, check out the Stalkers on Fox 5 at 12:30pm – but for only a fin you could have the real thing. Get down and get into it – we go late gate…

ny night train is back in town with shakin’, soul clap, and a big thanksgiving weekend!



FRI, NOV 20: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down, Home Sweet Home w/DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin (131 Chrystie, Lower East Side, Manhattan), 10:30pm, FREE: New York Night Train Conductor and Soul Proprietor Mr. Jonathan Toubin returns from tour tonight to preside over his weekly rough and ready maximum rock’n’soul get-down! Shake and shimmy to wild 45rpm party favors – obscurities, novelties, and classics with a pumpin’ heartbeat from the 1950s to the present – soul, garage, girl groups, New Orleans beat, glam, punk, freakbeat, rockabilly, ye ye, new and local underground rockers – supreme jams from across the board performed, recorded, and now re-assembled with both rawness and immediacy for your dancing pleasure. Recent guest DJs have included David Johansen, Jon Spencer, Ian Svenonius, and many more. Feel the excitement!

- Sat, Nov. 21 (early): Brooklyn, Knitting Factory: Blowfly at Knitting Factory w/DJ Mr. JT, AC, etc…

Sat, Nov. 21, Glasslands Gallery: New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off, dancing Midnight – 4am, 1am Dance-Off for $100 prize, 21+, $5: It’s back! The New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off, one of the NYC underground’s more popular monthly nightlife institutions and most prolific exports, returns home from tour Saturday. MR JONATHAN TOUBIN and his infamous party, along with MCs/guest DJs/judges like Ian Svenonius, Mike Watt, Jello Biafra, and Karla LaVey, going from Halloween in New Orleans through Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin and all the way up to Portland, OR, is finally back home. After Mr. JT wraps up his set at the Blowfly show at the Knitting Factory, he’ll hightail it over to Glasslands Gallery to throw down four straight hours of the wild 45rpm soul dancing magic that’s making the world go crazy. At 1AM he’ll be be joined by MC LAURA LEIGH for the Dance-Off with a $100 grand prize featuring the following unusual collection of distinguished judges: ALEXANDER CAMPAZ (of the “Alexander Campaz” men’s fashion imprint), ANA LOLA ROMAN (chanteuse/composer), ERIN SHEEHY (journalist – Jezebel Music), FRANKIE ROSE (drummer, Dum Dum Girls, ex-Crystal Stilts/Vivian Girls), JACKIE ROMAN (photographer – Jackie Roman Photography, Spin.com, etc), JUAN WAUTERS (The Beets), MICKI PELLERANO (director, performance artist, visual artist, musician)

- Weds, Nov 25: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds Thanksgiving edition w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends

- Thur, Nov 26: Brooklyn, Enid’s: Annual NY Night Train Thanksgiving Thirds Thursday Thump left-over party and dance w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends, 8pm – 4am free:You ate dinner, you had your seconds, next fall by Enid’s for thirds! Any of you who fell by last year know that this Thanksgiving party is fine a reason to feel OK about staying in NYC for the holidays. Bring your leftovers for the potluck – and we’ll eat and drink and dance again until we can’t take it anymore. Your eccentric cousin Mr Jonathan Toubin will bust out the tunes and Enid’s will offer a bunch of amazing $5 specials: frozen Harrisons, hot dickens cider (say it out loud!), hot maple toddy, and tecate and tequila shot. Come party all night with the wild side of the family…

and, more Thanksgiving weekend fun!

- Fri, Nov 27: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin

- Sun, Dec 29: Brooklyn, Home Sweet Home: Sophisticated Boom Boom w/Kathy T: girl groups and other delights


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upcoming night-training:

- Weds, Dec 2: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Dec 3: Brooklyn, Enid’s: Thursday Thump
- Fri, Dec 4: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin