Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down: NYC’s Daftest 60s Shindig

w/DJs Melissa Fanni Tutti & Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Beauty Bar, 10:30 pm, FREE

Halloween starts NOW! Wish the NY Night Train Happy B-Day

Calling all fools and ghouls! Halloween starts tonight. Either you’re part of the problem or drinking my bloody solution because New York Night Train is now entering its terrible twos. Let me make you wiggle and shake all night long… And creep you out at the same time! OK, that’s what i do every night, but check this out…. FUN…

Fri, Oct 26: Savalas (285 Bedford, Williamsburg): Ants In Yr Pants Dance Party - New York Night Train 2nd Anniversary Hoodang and Monster Mash
New York Night Train turns 2 years old and the Halloween season is inaugurated with an exclusive repertoire of spooky dance floor jams from the most obscure garage, soul, and funk nuggets to the more obvious Thrillers and Monster Mashes to absolute over-abuse of Lord Nonesuch, Misfits, 45 Grave, Cramps, Bauhaus, Screamin’ Jay, and Rocky Erickson catalogs. With special surprise guests. Come wish the train a happy birthday!

Sat, Oct 27, Glasslands (289 Kent, Williamsburg): Animal Train 5: Haunted Hop and Contortion Clambake w/James Chance AKA James White of the Contortions, Ron Ward, and S-S-S-Spectres
Animal Train Happening wouldn’t miss out on throwing a Halloween party - particularly because we’re all about dressing up and creeping people out anyway. We are beyond thrilled that our celebrity DJ this time is noneother than Mr. James Chance himself! That’s right, THEE James Chance, the central figure in No Wave (check out these cool photos), also one of the most important forces in the establishment of the dance punk genre (he pre-dated Gang of Four and made them look like Air Supply), the leader of The Contortions and James White and the Blacks, whose songs I spin more than perhaps any other artist (do any of you know that you’ve gotten down to three seperate studio versions of “Contort Yourself”?. This massive skyscraper in the skyline of subcultural music history (look at his discography!) will be hauling his legendary collection of get-down tunes from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s - super rare deep cut soul, funk, r&b, and other kinetic rough delights. He’ll also be assisted by noneother than Ron Ward, the drummer for loads of seminal Boston punk bands, best known in NYC for fronting the downtown institution better known as Speedball Baby in the 1990s and currently a the singer for new underground supergroup Five Dollar Priest (ex-Swans, Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, etc.). You may also recognize Ron from his distinguished work in Seinfeld as Kramer’s stand-in on New York street scenes. Another distinguished New Yorker with nuthin’ but style and taste…New York Night Train’s own s-s-s-spooky and theatrical S-S-S-Spectres, who sound a bit like a more immediate and concise combination of The Contortions and Birthday Party, perform an explosively spastic yet meticulously crafted set of top shelf clairvoyant mumbo jumbo with all the costumes and props! Mighty Robot’s Eric Z, Golden Triangle’s Vashti, and New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin will be throwing down spooky Halloween-themed platters all night long, The Marmaladies, Raul, Micky, and Alix are the gogo dancers, Secret Project Robot is still in charge of the mindblowing projections, and the fine artistes of Live With Animals gallery are in charge of the decor…. Contort yourself one time! Contort yourself two times! Contort yourself three times!… Only $5. All people coming from the giant Brahloween Party (with an incredible bill that includes Knyfe Hits, Dirty Faces, Pterodactyl, and Library on Fire!), down the street at Monster Island (Metropolitan and Kent), a complex of course includes Animal Trainees Live With Animals and Secret Project Robot, get in for only $3… Kent Street’s a flaming jackolantern!

Sun, Oct 28: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th, Manhattan): Zombie Beauty Pageant with guest Misfits judges
NYNT’s soul proprietor finds himself providing the soundtrack to the Halloween take on Beauty Bar’s monthly pageant. Along with the jams and the sexy undead vixens, Bobby Steele himself, from Undead and the Misfits, and Peter Greene from Pulp Fiction are among the judges and Michael T and Burnt Sparks host…

Tue, Oct 30 (9pm - 2am): Union Pool (484 Union, Williamsburg): Nicole Atkins Record Release Party
My girl Nicole finally has her Columbia Records debut album ready for public consumption and, to celebrate its release, and her appearance on Letterman that night, had the good taste to invite the finest DJ in town to get her and her people down with the choicest mashes.

Tue, Oct 30 (2am - 4am): Club Midway (25 Avenue B): Tail end of spooky night featuring Star Spangles, Dave the Spazz, etc.
Miss Molly at Midway has cooked up an amazing garage and rock bill and, the minute the SOUL PROPRIETOR leaves Nicole’s party, will be on a car to relieve one of New York’s finest WFMU/Union Pool’s Dave the Spazz

Wed, Oct 31 (10pm - 4am): Motor City (127 Ludlow): Welcome to My Nightmare: Haunted House of Rock: This is the final night of the Halloween set in all of its glory coming straight from the home base. Need I say more… This is the mash of all mashes!

Thurs, Oct 25: Club Midway (25 Avenue B): Freaky-deaky r’n'r chillout
Tonight is the last night before I go Halloween on yr arse! East Village People are encouraged to pop by, climb in the booth, and chew the fat with me some time before 4am.

…Trail of Dead to Rock Ants In Yr Pants

Legend has it that long long ago, in a town far far away, I hit …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead’s Conrad Keely in the head with my guitar. He, along with his friend Jason Reese, since went on to rock stardom beyond their wildest dreams. While many argue other reasons for their success, their demolition stage antics, electrifying live show, their powerful compositions, even the Pitchfork 10.0 rating, or just their stunning model-boy good looks, I would like to add another dimension to the discussion. Before I knocked Conrad senseless they couldn’t even get a gig, had no recordings, and no fans. Since then,… well, look at ‘em. You can’t argue with the facts. They are eternally indebted to me!

And, since Conrad and Jason are in NYC for CMJ and, and since they owe me their entire music careers, they’re taking time off of their busy schedules to make you dance your pants off Texas style tonight at NewYorkNightTrain’s weekly AntsInYrPants! Dance Party, as always, featuring me, NYNT’s soul proprietor, Mr. Jonathan Toubin, at Savalas (285 Bedford, Billyburg). Can you get down/keep up with us?

Sat, Oct 20: Motor City (127 Ludlow, Lower East Side): New York Night Train’s CMJ Handshake Night - Tribute to the Men and Women of the Music Industry, Pt.2 (High Fiving, I-Phone, and Blackberry Deals Will Also Be Permitted)

Weds, Oct 24: Motor City (127 Ludlow, Lower East Side) w/guest DJ The Shins

Thurs, Oct 25: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th, Manhattan)

Fri, Oct 26: Savalas (285 Bedford, Williamsburg): Ants In Yr Pants Dance Party

Sat, Oct 27: Animal Train 5: Orgasmic Ectoplasmic Boo-tee Shake (289 Kent, Williamsburg)w/James Chance AKA James White of the Contortions plus surprise musical guests

Sun, Oct 28: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th, Manhattan): Halloween Beauty Pageant with guest Misfits judges

Tue, Oct 30 (9pm - 2am): Union Pool (484 Union, Williamsburg): Nicole Atkins Record Release Party

Tue, Oct 30 (2am - 4am): Club Midway (25 Avenue B): Tail end of spooky night featuring Star Spangles, Dave the Spazz, etc.

Wed, Oct 31 (10pm - 4am): Motor City (127 Ludlow), Haunted House of Rock

Hanks Saloon

46 3rd Ave. at the Corner of Atlantic
Brooklyn, NY

Website
Map
Subways: G to Fulton St.
C to Lafayette Station
D, M, N, R to Pacific St.
2,3,4,5 to Atlantic Ave.

Intelligence, Golden Triangle & S-S-S-Spectres

Free! at Hanks Saloon around 10PM

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James Chance to CONTORT NO HalloWAVE Animal Train Happening!

Calling all Bedroom Athletes and Roving Eyes!

Animal Train Happening wouldn’t miss out on throwing a Halloween party - particularly because we’re all about dressing up and creeping people out anyway. So the party is once again at Glasslands (of course) on Saturday, October 27 and, while, as always, we have the most distinguished guest DJs and performers on the planet (subterranean legends and current phenomenons like Brian DeGraw, Ghost Exits, Genesis P-Orridge and Lady Jaye (R.I.P. beautiful), Puddin’ Tang, Ian Svenonius, Kid Congo Powers, etc.), we’ve been holding out a bit on announcing the surprises that we have in store this time as a little Trick or Treat. But, we are too excited to contain everything and thought we’d indulge you first with the identity of our celebrity DJ - Mr. James Chance himself! That’s right, THEE James Chance, the central figure in No Wave (check out these cool photos), also one of the most important forces in the establishment of the dance punk genre (he pre-dated Gang of Four and made them look like Air Supply), the leader of The Contortions and James White and the Blacks, whose songs I spin more than perhaps any other artist (do any of you know that you’ve gotten down to three seperate studio versions of “Contort Yourself”?. This massive skyscraper in the skyline of subcultural music history (look at his discography!) will be hauling his legendary collection of get-down tunes from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s - super rare deep cut soul, funk, r&b, and other kinetic rough delights. He’ll also be assisted by noneother than Ron Ward, the drummer for loads of seminal Boston punk bands, best known in NYC for fronting the downtown institution better known as Speedball Baby in the 1990s and currently a the singer for new underground supergroup Five Dollar Priest (ex-Swans, Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, etc.).

Mighty Robot’s Eric Z, Golden Triangle’s Vashti, and New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin will be throwing down spooky Halloween-themed platters all night long, The Marmaladies, Raul, and Micky are the gogo dancers, Secret Project Robot is still in charge of the mindblowing projections, and the fine artistes of Live With Animals gallery are in charge of the decor….

Contort yourself one time! Contort yourself two times! Contort yourself three times!…

Here’s a short bio of James Chance lifted from Trouser Press:

James Chance arrived in New York from his native Milwaukee in the mid ’70s, hauling his saxophone and his given surname, Sigfried. He soon hooked up with Lydia Lunch and her crew of downtown adolescent artists/mischief-makers, playing briefly in the seminal Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, but he left in 1977 to form his own band, The Contortions. Maybe more than anyone else in the so-called No Wave set, Chance was fascinated with black music of the era, and with The Contortions, sought to integrate the horn-spiked stop-on-a-dime rhythms of funk and the heady freedom of Ornette Coleman’s sax playing with the confrontational and political theatricality of punk. A tight rhythm section provided the band’s funky skeleton, while open-tuned slide guitar, lurching organ, squawking sax, and all manner of groans and yells gave The Contortions their wild dissonance. Even today, with numerous bands in the post-punk renaissance acknowledging their indebtedness to No Wave in general and Chance in particular, The Contortions’ blend of organized twitchiness and raw anarchy sounds remarkably unique. But like the scene to which they were so central, The Contortions burned out quickly, releasing only one album, Buy the Contortions, along with the four songs they contributed to Brian Eno’s legendary No New York comp. Chance soon resurfaced as James White (in honor of James Brown) with a new band called The Whites which actually featured almost the same personnel as The Contortions. Part parody, part homage, part smirking catastrophe in action, James White and the Blacks moved away from the punk that had defined their earlier incarnation, and towards a fusion of the soul, funk, and free jazz with disco that ranks as one of the weirdest musical hybrids of its era. But like all of Chance’s endeavors, The Blacks’ one album, Off White, called into question in all sorts of interesting ways the meaning of “black” music and “white” music and the ways racial identity is inscribed in artistic creations of any sort.

a week of business!… as usual

Weds, Oct 17: Motor City (127 Ludlow): NYNT Tribute to the Charming People of the Music Industry

Thurs, Oct 18: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th, Manhattan): Kork Agency Showcase Afterparty

Fri, Oct 19: Savalas (285 Bedford, Williamsburg): Ants In Yr Pants Dance Party w/guest DJs Conrad and Jason Reese from …And You Will Know Us The Trail of Dead…

Sat, Oct 20: Motor City (127 Ludlow, Lower East Side): NYNT Tribute to the Cool People of the Music Industry, Pt.2

tonight!