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Herbert’s Gigs
tonight - dj wiz’s big birthday bash! - m1-5 (52 walker b/w broadway/church)
the original good times wil’ out dj from KID N’ PLAY turns … 63! (sike!)
rap/80s/old school/house/classics/dancehall by HERBERT + EVIL D + D NICE!
(wait a minute … that’s crazy … i am not worthy … i don’t know sh*t!)
8:30PM till close - NO COVER - casual chic dress code - SEE YOU THERE, PUNKS!

fridays - the freedom party - star64 (64 east 1st b/w 1st + 2nd aves)
#1 LEGENDARY nyc friday night dance party - NOTHING comes close!
classic hiphop/80s/dancehall/classic r&b/disco/classic house/new soul
$6 peach punch - $4 beers - mojitos - 2 bars - cool folks - NO DRAMA
11 to 4 - $5 gals/$7 guys/g.a. = $10 - rsvp: djherbert@earthlink.net

tuesday (3/28) - kevin powell fundraiser - canal room (285 west broadway/canal)
house of representatives - 10th congressional district - brooklyn - GO KEVIN!
soul/funk/house/conscious rap/neosoul/afrobeat = herbert + cosi + marc smooth!
live vocal stylings by shannon holt - lots of special guests - a big to-do!
7PM to 11PM - business attire/casual chic dress code - $50/$100/$250 to get in!
kevin is a writer/activist/cool mofo!!!!! - rsvp to: jen@kevinpowell2006.org

Herbert’s Hot Picks
WED(22): CANAL ROOM - HERBERT/EVIL D/D NICE - SEE “GIGS” ABOVE!
wed(22): cielo - kevin hedge/louie vega/guests - house
wed(22): apt - rich medina - afrobeat/soul/funk/old school/neosoul/classic r&b
wed(22): aer - m.o.s./guests - hiphop/80s/rock/reggae/old school
wed(22): home - dj eli - soul/funk/rock/hiphop/classics/80s
wed(22): botanica - mr fine wine/madlib’s beat konducta listening party - beats!
wed(22): solomon’s porch/bk - yaz band - live jazz

thu(23): apt - eman/cosi/lono brazi - house/classics - GO!
thu(23): 5 spot/bk - large professor - rap/classic soul/breakbeats/rare grooves
thu(23): housing works used books cafe - qool marv/book discussion - soul/lecture
thu(23): sutra - chris logan/reborn/selly/monica - soul/house/old school/brazil
thu(23): knitting factory - obah/cato/scientific/dbr/the mission - live soul!
thu(23): madame x - jon oliver - rare groove/deep soul/b side hiphop/GREAT listen
thu(23): lotus - ted the dillinger - hiphop/house
thu(23): duvet - larry tee/live guests - new wave house/freaky mash-ups
thu(23): opus 22 - m.o.s./g brown - classics/90s hiphop
thu(23): morgan’s bar - captain needles of clinton hill - r&b/rap/edible soul
thu(23): sugar bar - live, good backing band - open mic - check it out
thu(23): china 1 - wicked/nvee - hiphop/old school/rock
thu(23): eugene’s - enuff/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton
thu(23): quo - tony touch - hiphop/r&B/reggae/80s/rock
thu(23): plan b - elle/king solomon/irak/sxrz - soul/funk/rap/80s/rock
thu(23): afterwork/wish 26 - snatch 1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/classics
thu(23): afterwork/negril village - music rocka - soul/funk/hiphop/reggae

FRI(24): STAR64 - FREEDOM - NYC’S #1 DANCE PARTY - SEE “GIGS” ABOVE
fri(24): the frying pan - nickodemus/mariano - house - turntables on the hudson!
fri(24): boudoir (old suite 16/rebar) - guest djs - hiphop/rock/80s/house - trend
fri(24): aspen - life walks in (and herbert’s shut down at the door) - soul!
fri(24): blvd/pink room - dj soul/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/old school
fri(24): ps450 - dj red rokk - hiphop/rock/soul
fri(24): duvet - guest djs - hiphop/rock/80s/house - i found you, tanaka-san!
fri(24): pacha - guest djs - hard house
fri(24): vivid - sure shot - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s - mih = macking in the ho’s
fri(24): lotus - angola/naomi/michael t/guests - house/hiphop/rock
fri(24): black betty/bk - emskee/monkone - soul/funk/rare grooves/b sides
fri(24): crobar - robbie rivera - hard house/hiphop
fri(24): eugene’s - kulcha/fame fortune - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(24): pm - dj m.o.s. - hiphop/80s/rock
fri(24): show - enuff/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton/80s
fri(24): strata - self/goldfinger/kaos - hiphop/r&b/reggae
fri(24): spirit - guests - hard house
fri(24): supper club - goldfinger/s&s/snatch 1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(24): b.e.d. - mighty mi/ted dillinger/kenny summit - hiphop/house/80s/soul
fri(24): happy ending - jaclyn/kasper bjorke/lindsey - 80s/electro/weird ish
fri(24): jade terrace/china club - will/steelie bashment - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul
fri(24): kingsize - malik/dhundee - rap/soul/funk/afrobeat/broken/reggae/house
fri(24): afterwork/bliss - dj sweets - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/classics
fri(24): afterwork/lq - jinx paul/lucho/live guests - latin/hiphop/reggae

sat(25): movida - alex english/dj wool/guests - rock/punk/hiphop/soul
sat(25): bungalow 8 - dj eli - soul/rock/classics/rap/80s
sat(25): pacha - dmitri from paris - hard house
sat(25): rock candy - kast one - hiphop/rock/80s
sat(25): star64 - dj van vader - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(25): crobar - roger sanchez - hard house/hiphop
sat(25): underbar - jvc - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock/soul
sat(25): papoo’s - snatch 1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(25): strata - big ben/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
sat(25): apt - qool marv - soulful music across all genres
sat(25): sutra - obah/cato - hiphop/soul/funk/afrobeat/reggae/classics
sat(25): spirit - goldfinger - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classic
sat(25): sullivan room - kane juan/earthian/subkulture/avax/reid - progress house
sat(25): spider room/avalon - enuff - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton
sat(25): canal room - pm dawn live!!/dj john mcaskie - 80s pop/new wave/rap/rock
sat(25): black betty/bk - michael lawson/musicnoir!!! - dub affair, dude!
sat(25): gypsy tea - frank delour - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/house

sun(26): bkny/bk - guest djs - reggae superstar tributes!
sun(26): langston’s/bk - ruben toro/guests - soulful house - the latin bull!
sun(26): lotus - goldfinger - hiphop/80s/soul
sun(26): pm - ani quinn/guests - hiphop/old school/rock/reggae
sun(26): opus 22 - evil d/mr walt/butta l - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sun(26): pravda - obah - jazz/funk/rock/soul/latin/afrobeat
sun(26): deep - camillo/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaton/latin
sun(26): rock candy - sussone/hot day - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics

mon(27): botanica - dj shakey/dj saucey - soul/funk/real ish
mon(27): sin sin - obah/qool marv/chris annibell - soul/funk/ill shite/go!
mon(27): apt - prince paul/jazzy jeff/bobbito (rotate) - soul/funk/classics/rap
mon(27): cielo - francois k/guests - deep house/space vibes
mon(27): sway - guest djs - hiphop/rock - downtown crowd

TUE(28): CANAL ROOM - HERBERT/COSI/MARC SMOOTH - SEE “GIGS” ABOVE
tue(28): happy valley - guest djs - 80s/punk/rock/soul - big hullabaloo over dis
tue(28): nublu - small change/kudu/cocoa kracker brown - everything fonky!
tue(28): sapphire lounge - eman/lola - house
tue(28): cain - d nice - rap/rock/80s/house/old school
tue(28): home - cassidy - hiphop/rock/80s/pop stuff
tue(28): union square coffee shop - emskee - b sides/old school/neo soul/soul
tue(28): guest house - allister doomington/stretch armstrong/eli escobar - rock?
tue(28): lotus - big ben - hiphop/rock/80s
tue(28): afterwork/thompson hotel - miss saigon/guests - soul/80s/funk
tue(28): afterwork/soho 323 - snatch one - hiphop/soul/r&b/reggae/classics

Herbert’s Heard
1. “You Got the Love” — The Source feat. Candi Staton (Remix. I GOT DOUBLES!!)
2. “Without You” — Kem (”Wherrrrrrre will I goooooo …. “)
3. “Stuck” — Peven Everett (Soul Heaven Records)
4. “My Joy” — Leela James (Shelter house remix)
5. “You” — Raheem Devaughn (Both the house remix and the original.)

Word To Herbert
Sorry, but as long as rap sucks, as long as this brief time period lasts where Lil’ Bow Wow is #1 on the radio, I’m probably going to be spending more time with house music. I mean, no disrespect at all, and I like some of his music, but it angers me to no end when a song like that is reportedly #1. In NYC? You must be crazy. Do you think we’re fu*king stupid? I mean, c’mon????? I start thinking yet again about politics, and money, and I know full well that the song’s throne will only run last till the last check goes through to you know who, but … still. It just gets me, you know? Music is my passion, is my sanctuary, my little neck of the woods that I go to for peace, for understanding, for remembering who I am and not who I am supposed to be, and I will not stand for someone coming in and …building a Starbucks, you know? Enough already.

Let’s keep it moving.

If you saw “Hustle and Flow,” and you thought it was good, there’s something wrong with you. I felt like that movie was made for white people who think old school is Jay-Z’s third album. “Ohhhh. So that’s how they do it. They go from a pimp and drug dealer to a rap star, but not before doing the jail time, of course.” It was too easy. And at times, ridiculous. The main dude, I forget his name, is INCREDIBLE in general, no doubt. He did a good job in this one, in “Crash,” and in the other ones I forget. Of course, the fat guy from this movie I forget his name too, but he’s on “The Shield” and he was in “Romeo Must Die”) is REALLY GOOD. I think he’s gonna get the Oscar soon, too. But, I mean, like, that moment where the prostitutes go from … being screamed on and beat and treated like animals too being … a vital part of the production experience? Like, one second you’re punching them in the face, and the next they’re smiling and really feeling your work and you’re supposed to believe in them as characters and then you almost do until they’re given the important job of turning on and off the fan.

Was it completely misogynistic, a parody, or a heartfelt drama? Uh … it sucked.

Speaking of “suck,” the fact that we have nowhere to go on Saturdays for the time being really sucks. DON’T WORRY: We’re on it full time. We will have a place by April without question. We got teams scouring the city for the next big place. We thought about Stereo … HAHAHAHAHA. Sike! (I had to–more and more stories are coming out about that place. It’s CRAZY.) But we will be partying hard again Saturday nights real soon. Of course, you can make your way down to Freedom every Friday. We’re ALWAYS packed. We’re ALWAYS number one.

“Weeeeeeee are the champions, my friends. And weeeee’ll keep on fightiing, till the end …”

Last, thank you for your feeback. I got lots. And I got lots of work to do now, but thank you very much. I”ll get back to you guys with the overall results. Now, please understand one thing about my listings. I list events that feature good musical talent, be it djs or live musicians. Then, I also might give a chance to parties with musical talent I’ve never heard of IF I think they sound interesting and I’ve heard of the promotional team behind them. Of course, if I’ve actually been somewhere, I’ll really sign off on it. BUT … I never EVER EVER know if an event that I DO NO PERSONALLY WORK ON will go down the way it’s supposed to. For instance, DJ Take 5, a great DJ and passionate music collector, was playing for a party in a hotel in Times Square. It looked cool, it was for a movie, I knew the music would be great, and the space itself wasn’t an oft-visited destination. I mean … they have a pool by the bar! Cool, right?

When I got there, I found myself smack-dab in the middle of a party full a lots a half naked homosexuals. Now, I have no problem with homosexuals at all (everyone needs lovin’ and how you get it is your business, unless you get it from animals and then you definitely need help) but, well, they were half naked, about to go swimming, and it was elbow-to-elbow. Sorry, but I felt a wee bit uncomfortable. That doesn’t qualify me as homophobic, so don’t even try it. That’s not fair. I mean, give me some room to breathe. Let me go to the bar and get a drink for my wife without rubbing against skin. What had happened was the upper lounge where the party was became “private,” and they roped off the lower section where some guy was having his birthday party, and the invite must’ve said clothes optional or something.

Anyways, ALWAYS call the place before you go. Make sure everything’s cool.

Peace, love, light, understanding,

DJ Herbert

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