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Herbert’s Gigs
thurs, june 22 - tnr BIG designer sale - chelsea market (75 9th ave b/w 15+16)
a whole day of shopping, music, art and food - lots of djs - come for lunch!
house/soul/funk/80s/classics/old school/baile funk/afrobeat/latin/rock/pop
dj herbert (11-1)/sujinho+cassiano/dj elle/oxy cottontail/the bangers/more
10AM to 9PM - 20 top emerging designers - big sales - www.thenewregime.com

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

Herbert’s Hot Picks
wed(21): cielo - kevin hedge/louie vega/guests - house
wed(21): apt - rich medina - afrobeat/soul/funk/old school/neosoul/classic r&b
wed(21): boudoir - sky nellor/ruckus - hiphop/rock/80s - heavy bottle/model/mtv
wed(21): m1-5 - dj wiz/old school luminaries - video mix party!
wed(21): nest - sky nellor/dj logic - hiphop/rock/80s - industry hoity toity
wed(21): lotus - soul - hiphop/rock/80s
wed(21): aer - m.o.s./guests - hiphop/80s/rock/reggae/old school
wed(21): home - eli escobar - soul/funk/rock/hiphop/classics/80s
wed(21): subtonic - dj spinoza/SMALL CHANGE/guest djs - techno/dub/electro
wed(21): guesthouse - dj eleven/brooklyn dawn - rap/soul/funk/80s/reggae

thu(22): sob’s - rich medina/francis mbappe - afrobeat - JUMP N’ FUNK!
thu(22): cielo - turntables on the hudson 7 year anniversary - soul/house/funk
thu(22): mood ny/4 e. 28th b/w 5 and madison - g brown’s bday - wild stuff
thu(22): apt - tony humphries/jon cutler - house/disco/dance classics
thu(22): belmont lounge - dj center - soulful hip-hop/classics/int’l sounds
thu(22): triple crown/bk - ali shaheed muhammad (tribe) - “elton john 2 lil’john”
thu(22): sutra - reborn/selly/monica - soul/house/old school/brazil
thu(22): madame x - jon oliver - rare groove/deep soul/b side hiphop/GREAT listen
thu(22): kingsize - neil nice/elle - 80s/90s - SAVE THE RHINOS!
thu(22): eastside co. - sims/small change/STEINSKI - all things you never hear
thu(22): hiro ballroom - mstrkrft/alex english/guests - dance rock electro freak
thu(22): duvet - larry tee/live guests - new wave house/freaky mash-ups
thu(22): soho 323 - oxy cottontail/guests - 80s/rap
thu(22): gypsy tea - funkmaster flex/big ben/brinka - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton
thu(22): morgan’s bar - dj needles - disco/funk/r&b/new wave/new jack swing
thu(22): afterwork/pacha - kid capri/dj brinka - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton
thu(22): afterwork/crobar - AFRIKA BAMBAATA/lucho/rob-lo - hiphop/r&b/reggaeton
thu(22): afterwork/jade terrace - lucho/wreck/ivan - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton
thu(22): afterwork/wish 26 - guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/classics

fri(23): STAR64 - FREEDOM - NYC’S #1 DANCE PARTY - SEE “GIGS” ABOVE
fri(23): teatro la tea/107 suffolk street - sugar johnson live - 7:30PM - GO
fri(23): frying pan - nicodemus/mariano/guests - house/world beat
fri(23): happy valley - jason ojeda/richie santana/guests - house - fight cancer!
fri(23): black betty/bk - emskee/monkone - soul/funk/rare grooves/b sides
fri(23): sullivan room - dj true/miller cruz/carlos mena - brasilian dance
fri(23): crobar - deep dish - hard house
fri(23): boudoir - guest djs - hiphop/rock/80s
fri(23): pacha - guests - hard house
fri(23): lotus - guests - hiphop/mash-ups/house
fri(23): the cabanas (maritime hotel) - dj cato - soul/latin/world beat/house
fri(23): eugene’s - kulcha/mc fame fortune - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(23): pm - dj m.o.s. - hiphop/80s/rock
fri(23): strata - self/goldfinger/kaos - hiphop/r&b/reggae
fri(23): supper club - rotating djs - hiphop/r&b/reggae
fri(23): b.e.d. - kenny summit/ted dillinger/mighty mi - hiphop/house/80s/soul
fri(23): love - hector romero/ted patterson - deep house
fri(23): apt - jazzy jay/neil armstrong/j rocc - introducing the serrato mixer!
fri(23): jade terrace - snatch one - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(23): the vault/element - bruce tantum/roy dank - techno/electro/house/disco
fri(23): the puck building - toshi’s legendary swedish party - www.toshifilms.com
fri(23): afterwork/pier 63 - deepa/ed dunn - house music - they stole our name!
fri(23): afterwork/lq - jinx paul/lucho - hiphop/latin/house/classics
fri(23): afterwork/sequoia’s - derrick spaulding/willie rodriguez/don juan - !
fri(23): afterwork/bliss - dj sweets - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/classics

sat(24): tobbaco warehouse/bk - HUGE ALL DAY FESTIVAL - www.brooklynbodega.com
sat(24): shelter - most legendary house music party has new home - (old flow)
sat(24): embassy - guest djs - hiphop/80s/rock - hoity toity
sat(24): movida - alex english/dj wool/guests - rock/punk/hiphop/soul
sat(24): bungalow 8 - dj eli - soul/rock/classics/rap/80s
sat(24): pacha - guests - hard house
sat(24): crobar - victor calderone - hard house
sat(24): underbar - jvc - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock/soul
sat(24): strata - big ben/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
sat(24): apt - qool marv/emskee - soulful music across all genres
sat(24): sutra - obah/cato - hiphop/soul/funk/afrobeat/reggae/classics
sat(24): star64 - marlon b - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(24): reign/bk - dj hud/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(24): savannah’s - kaos - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(24): boudoir - m.o.s. - hiphop/rock/80s
sat(24): sol - guests - house/techno - AFTERHOURS TILL SUNDAY MORNING MORNING
sat(24): kush - cato - rap/world/salsa/broken beat/afro beat/soulful house
sat(24): love - adam goldstone/bruce tantum/guests - house/electro
sat(24): nuyorican - kervyn mark/royce - house/soul/funk - they stole our name!
sat(24): quo - dj riz - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton/80s/rock/house

sun(25): pier 83/circle line cruises - danny krivit - house boat cruise - SH*T!
sun(25): home - guests - house/soul/afrobeat
sun(25): bed - angola/tabu/unknown people - house music/live percussion
sun(25): apt - neil aline/dj angola/guests - house
sun(25): bkny/bk - guest djs - reggae superstar tributes!
sun(25): langston’s/bk - ruben toro/guests - soulful house - the latin bull!
sun(25): lotus - goldfinger - hiphop/80s/soul
sun(25): pm - ani quinn/guests - hiphop/old school/rock/reggae
sun(25): rock candy - sussone/hot day - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics

mon(26): cain - dj eleven - 90s jams all night
mon(26): cielo - francois k/guests - deep house/space vibes
mon(26): apt - prince paul/jazzy jeff/bobbito (rotate) - soul/funk/classics/rap
mon(26): sway - elle/guests - hiphop/reggae/rock - real nyc underground heads
mon(26): afterwork/tavern on the green - johnny famolari/norry cotto - salsa!
tue(27): southpaw/bk - dj spinna release party/dj qool marv - you shouldn’t miss!

tue(27): hotel qt - prince language - soul/funk/underground - POOL PARY?!
tue(27): union square coffee shop - emskee - b sides/old school/neo soul/soul
tue(27): r&r - guest djs/guest performances - THE ECLECTIC RIDE RETURNS!
tue(27): marquee - dj reach - hiphop/rock/80s
tue(27): sapphire lounge - eman/lola - house
tue(27): cain - d nice/guests - rap/rock/80s/house/old school
tue(27): afterwork/soho 323 - snatch one - hiphop/soul/r&b/reggae/classics

Herbert’s Heard
1. “Sailing” — Tony Curtis (Lover’s rock reggae remix. Thanks, Cosi.)
2. “Love Should Have Brought You Home” — Tony Curtis (Ditto. Thanks, Cosi.)
3. “New York Girl” — Conroy Smith (Lover’s rock. Thanks, Cosi.)
4. “Love Is Guaranteed” — Jack Radics feat. Reggie Stepper (Thanks, Cosi.)
5. “Classic Joints: Lovers’ Rock” — DJ Cosi CD (MUST HAVE. djcosi@hotmail.com)

Word To Herbert
Bonjour mes amis. C’est moi, DJ Herbert, avec nary a full phrase of French in my dictionary, autre than une petite peu (sp?), but a complete understanding of fresh, preservative-free food that somehow doesn’t make you fat. I’m talking tons of baguettes and cheeses and foie gras and duck and creme brulee and red wine. Oh the red wine! You’ve never had wine till you have a Bordeaux. Nothing compares. There’s so much more to tell, so many pictures (I’m talking over 1,000!), but I’ll save it for a future book. I’ll just give you the skinny.

We started in London for a few nights, staying in the smallest room with the most lighting fixtures I’ve ever seen. I tried to photo them all, but couldn’t get’em all in 5 shots. We went all over London, saw many things and places and ate some really good food. I don’t know what they mean when they say British fare sucks. First of all, if you’re a tourist, British food = Indian food because nobody will tell you that Brit eateries close at 10:30PM. Only the Indian ones remain open, and that was okay with me. They were good as hell. If you get to a Brit spot in time, you’ll be treated to steak and ale pie, bangers and mash, fish and chips and this amazing dessert called bread and butter pudding. With cream. Off the hook.

All in all, I could live in London easily for a year or two.

Next was Paris via the Eurostar. Paris is a beautiful, magnificent, breathtaking city, but I don’t think I could live there. It was cheaper than London, and the streets felt safer (no one-laners with roaring double-decker buses zipping by), and the architecture and history is unparalleled, but, I don’t know. London just felt do-able. And mysterious. And more dance-ready. Paris radio played a lot of Black Eyed Peas, so no Visa for me. London music is the sh*t, plain and simple. Where else will you hear Colonel Abrams at the fu*king airport? Whoa. I cried.

Back to Paris. It was gorgeous, and amazing, but a better place to visit. I met some guy who said he missed living in New York. “Where did you live, exactly?” I asked. “Bedford Stuyvesent,” he replied. I almost choked. Here’s a full-blooded Parisian, born and raised, living in the most marvelous city in the world, saying he misses Bed Stuy.

“Never taking shorts cause Brooklyn’s the burough.”

In the end, I found France not in gay Paree, but in the countryside. In the Loire Valley, in Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion (the capital of wine country), Dordogne, on the Mediterranean, in the way the country men loved their food and family. It was awe-inspiring, moving, so enchanting, and I would urge all of you to rent a car and do a country-wide drive. Imagine a world built around religion instead of business. Where people seem to speeding not to work, but to dinner, to a warm baguette and a glass of wine with family and friends. One more thing about the wine: It has layers. When you sip wine you bought in the store in NYC, it may taste good, not be too offensive, go down smooth, all that. And then, after a few seconds, it goes away. When you sip a Bordeaux, it stays on your couch for a few nights. It warms, delights, plays, enriches, intrigues … I know I sound like a big dork but I can’t stop thinking about those God damn Bordeauxs eses!

I’m back now for sure. I was walking down 5th Avenue yesterday, shopping for my baby’s birthday (she deserves an extra big one this year, because the trip was entirely her idea, her planning, and it was incredible), and I passed Aberzombie and Fitch. They were playing some rap music, though African American culture has little to do with the brand, but whatever. So does everybody else. What struck me was what I saw inside. A kid, just standing there, posing, with his shirt off, with a 6-pack stomach. It was completely ridiculous. Absurd. “Yup,” I said. “Back home indeed.” I felt like running in there and taking off my shirt and standing next to him. You think you’re bad ass with a 6 pack? Check out my party ball, bi*ch!!!

My wife made a good point: At least they’re making men do it now, too.

I gotta go because I’m back in the Rat Race, NYC being the home course, but I promise to hold on to some of that joie de vivre (sp?) that I got from my trip. Big shout out to DJ Cosi, my good friend and FREEDOM booth partner, who has just released an AWESOME 2-set CD collection of lover’s rock reggae. I listened to them 4 times each while driving in France and I’m in love!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM. DOPE. I love this kind of reggae, and you do too. DJCOSI@HOTMAIL.COM!!

Also respect to the Deadly Dragon Crew for helping FREEDOM get a plug in the Japanese magazine. And big up to my FREEDOM FAMILY. I love you. Let’s have some wine.

Cheers,

DJ Herbert

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