whaaaa! a really big week on the night train… three weeks of “record release” parties start tomorrow in which New York Night Train gives away every record for free. Shanky afterhours is back on Saturday late late night, Thursday Thump with Josh Styles and Sophie Thunder at Enid’s, a big benefit at Bell House friday followed by Shakin’ All Over at Home Sweet Home, plus Princeton and Portland gigs. really good stuff and loads of holiday parties of all shapes and sizes all over the place in coming weeks…

WEDS, DEC 9: Record Relase at New York Night Train Wednesdays. Motor City Bar (127 Ludlow), 10PM – 4AM, FREE: In honor of the holiday season New York Night Train has a present for you – we will be giving away each and every record we play for free each Wednesday 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!

Thu, Dec 10: Portland, Maine Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin, Space Gallery (538 Congress St. Portland, ME), 9pm – 1am, $5: Portland, Maine gets the clap – tell yr peops up there…

meanwhile, back in NYC…

Thu, Dec 10: Brooklyn, Thursday Thump w/DJs Sophie Thunder and Josh Styles, Enid’s (560 Manhattan Ave), 10pm – 4am, FREE: You got it – Sophie Thunder has arrived all the way from London to rock your face off with all kinds of obscure glam nuggets, power poppers, punk classics, mod favorites, and more. She will be assisted by New York Night Train’s favorite DJ – her partner in crime, Mr. Josh Styles. You will definitely hear some of the best stuff there is…

and Mr T is back for two events on Friday…

Fri, Dec 11 (early – 8pm – 10pm): The Desk Set’s Biblioball, The Bell House, 8pm, $20/$25: The Desk Set is an organization of librarians who do all kinds of work to promote prison literacy. This night they’ve assembled an astounding cast of DJs, musicians, and artists of every kind to bring you an amazing night benefiting Literacy for Incarcerated Teens w/live music from Nine/11 Thesaurus, Living Days, Hungry March Band, The Rude Mechanical Orchestra, & Lucky Chops Brass Band, foot juggling and trapeze artists The Anne-tipodist & Jean Loscalzo, DJs Jonathan Toubin, Duane Harriott, Rob Sheffield, Rob Dyrenforth, Jay Diamond, Jimmy T., Brian Kraft, Ryan Tozzi, Matt Fiveash, Don Stahl, & Megan Awesome, etc etc etc

and, later, in the city…

Fri, Dec 11 (late – 10:30): Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin, Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie), 10:30pm – 4am, FREE: New York Night Train’s 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. Fun!

Sat, Dec 12: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin: Princeton gets the clap!

then, Shanky afterhours is back – smack dab in the middle of Williamsburg!

Sat, Dec 12 (technically, Sunday the 13th): Burymeinbrooklyn presents ‘T’was a Late Night Before X-mas’, Badlands (80 ainslie @ union), 3am – 8am: late-night dancing w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and friends! OK all-night party people! you asked for it and now you got it – the cast and crew of the now-legendary Shank afterhours are going all night long in this very convenient location (literally two blocks from Kellog’s Diner). Dance all night then stroll out into the morning light…

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upcoming night-training:

- Weds, Dec 16: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds: Record Release w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends – each record given away immediately following play
- Thu, Dec, 17: Brooklyn: Monster Island Holiday Dance Party SEMI-FOMRAl with Golden Triangle, New York Night Train DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin, y mas
- Thurs, Dec 17: Brooklyn, Enid’s: Thursday Thump with punk legends Rad Richard (houston) and Jim Bradford (austin)
- Fri, Dec 18: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Weds, Dec 23: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds Record Release w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends- each record given away immediately following play
-Thu, Dec 24: Brooklyn, Southpaw: JDub Jewltide Party w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and live music
- Thu, Dec 24: NYC, Motor City: NY Night Train Christmas with special DJs
- Fri, Dec 25: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down XMas w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Dec.26: NYC, Glasslands: Special Holiday Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Weds, Dec 30: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Dec 31: NYC, Motor City, Home Sweet Home, and Cake Shop: NY Night Train 3rd Annual Lower East Side New Years til way past dawn with all kinds of bands, DJs, and performers going all night long in a few block radius
- Fri, Jan 1: NYC, Home Sweet Home: New Years Day Slow Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and black-eyed peas
- Sat, Jan 2: Brooklyn Museum hosts Mr Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Jan 16: Asbury Park, NJ: Asbury Lanes Soul Clap and Dance-Off
and loads of excitement in the coming year