Another rock-solid party week from New York Night Train! Celebrate Bastille Day Motor City Style tonight w/Mr Jonathan Toubin’s wild French e.p.’s, Shake All Over with Toubin and guest Ian Svenonius Friday night at Home Sweet Home, and get ready to Soul Clap on Saturday at Glasslands! And stay tuned next week for Boyd Rice, David Johansen, Primo, and more…

Weds, July 14: NYC: Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Weds Bastille Day w/DJ Jonathan Toubin, 10pm-ish, 21+, FREE: A downtown institution for nearly four years! The “Cheers” of the Lower East Side’s rock and roll underground and New York Night Train’s only relaxed hang-out! Tonight’s special edition is Bastille Day Motor City style – tonight Mr. Jonathan Toubin and guests turn exclusively the finest French fuzz, ye ye, rock and soul 45s ever in honor of a revolutionary jail break!

and, Friday, our boy is back in town….



Fri, July 16: Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin guest DJ Ian Svenonius, Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie), 10:30pm – 4am, $3: New York Night Train’s weekly rough and ready 45rpm maximum rock’n’soul get-down! This week once again he’ll be joined by one of his favorite DJ partners and people, MSSR IAN SVENONIUS (moderator of Vice TV’s “Soft Focus,’ author of “Psychic Soviet,” vocalist/leader of Chain and the Gang, Weird War, Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses, etc etc etc)! These two famous explorers just returned from a safari in Alabama – where the tusks are looser… and have a jungle of fine jams for you to swing with. DRINK SPECIAL: $5 El Night Trains (the nynt signature beverage) until 12am. Fall by after the OH SEES, GOLDEN TRIANGLE, SO COW show at the SEAPORT, the GRAND MAL record release at CAKE SHOP, or one of the other amazing earlier events downtown!

go to the facebook event for more info

and… YES!… it IS that time again!



Sat, July 17: Glasslands (289 Kent, Brooklyn, NY 11211): Soul Clap and Dance-Off, 12am, 21+, $5: It seems like a mighty long time but the Soul Clap is back in its NYC home turf – establishing a new monthly date (3rd Sat of every month). As always, the doors open at MIDNIGHT and it features ALL NIGHT DANCING to MR JONATHAN TOUBIN’s latest and greatest get-down recipes (MR T has been shopping around the world and has 100s of new killer dillers to try out on you!) – paused for a 1AM DANCE CONTEST for a $100 GRAND PRIZE hosted by the lovely MIZZ LAURA LEIGH and judged by the following upstanding members of our community:

(This month’s panel celebrates the opening of HONEYCHILES’, Brooklyn’s new informal gourmet Cajun restaurant opened by local bands just this week – located inside the Charleston on Bedford. Congrats on yr new spot!)
- ELEANOR of ADULT THEMES
- JAMISON of The Weight and Honeychiles’
- JESSE and JOSH of Ex-Humans and Honeychiles’
- KAREN of Foster Care and Honeychiles’
- NICOLETTE SANTOS of the world famous 66SICK party
- and a SPECIAL SURPRISE GUEST from outta town!

go to the facebook event for more info

upcoming night training

- Wed, July 21: NYC – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Jonas Stein (Nashville)of Turbo Fruits

- Thu, July 22: NYC: Le Poisson Rouge – Boyd Rice live w/DJs Jonathan Toubin and David Johansen

- Fri, July 23: Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin guest DJ Primo from San Francisco’s Oldies Night

Sat, July 24: Asbury Park Soul Clap and Dance-Off

- Wed, Mar 28: NYC – Motor City Bar: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and guest DJ Carlos Tropicaza (Mexico City)

- Fri, July 30: NYC – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/DJ Howie Pyro (LA)


and, a few special events in August…

- Aug 5: WIlliamsburg, Brooklyn – TBA: Dan Kroha Trio (Dan of the Gories), Mr Jonathan Toubin, and more
- Fri, Aug 6: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin guest Dan Kroha
- Sat, Aug 7 – 14: West Coast Soul Clap tour
- Fri, Aug 13: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/Josh Styles and guest Todd-O-Phonic Todd
- Fri, Aug 20: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/Jonathan Toubin and guest James Chance
- Sat, Aug 21: Williamsburg, Brooklyn – Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Sun, Aug 22: East River, Manhattan: “Ya Ya” Yacht Floating Soul Party
- Fri, Aug 27: Chinatown, Manhattan – Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over w/Jonathan Toubin and guest Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus