Location:
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street, NYC
Hours and Admission:
Friday, October 23rd, 7-10pm, $7
Saturday, October 24th, 10am-7pm, $7
Sunday, October 25th, 10am-7pm, $7
Early Admission: Friday, October 23rd from 4-7pm, $25 (includes re-admission all weekend)
Download this flyer (PDF), print it, and present at the ticket booth to receive $2 off admission.
Live Bands and Guest DJ sets
Saturday 10/24
- Chip Taylor (11:30am), wrote "Wild Thing," "Angel Of The Morning;" live acoustic set.
- The Trashmen (2pm), best known for their smash hit "Surfin' Bird."
- Heavy Trash (4pm), rockabilly love child of NYC rockers Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray.
- New York Night Train DJ set (6pm), with Jonathan Toubin spinning rock and soul.
Sunday 10/25
- Electric Chaircuts w/ Nelson Loskamp (noon), electrosonic haircuts.
- Kevin Blechdom + BARNWAVE + special guests (1pm, A/V Lounge).
- People Like Us (2pm, A/V Lounge), audio/visual collage... avant retard!
- Chris Brokaw (3pm), of Codeine & The New Year; 12 string guitar trio.
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Damu the Fudgemonk (3pm, A/V Lounge), an Akai MPC 2000 and turntables.
- La Cumbiamba eNeYé (4pm), European, African, and Colombian sounds.
(photo by the junes, CC by)
WFMU Live Broadcasts
Friday- Put the Needle on the Record with Billy Jam (3-6pm): Hip-hop open mic session, feat turntablist DJ ALF, SF scratch guitar pioneer The Genie, and more.
- Downtown Soulville with Mr. Fine Wine (7-8pm): Soul 45s.
Saturday
- Michael Shelley spins #1 hits (11am-1pm) and presents a live set by Chip Taylor.
- Fool's Paradise with Rex (1-3pm): with special live set by the legendary Trashmen.
- The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T (3-6pm): with special guests Heavy Trash.
Sunday
- Gaylord Fields (5-7pm): spinning 45 rpm records in celebration of WFMU's Singles Going Steady week.
Films in the A/V Lounge
Saturday
- Scopitone Jukebox Movie Dance Party (11am): Scopitone & Cinebox Films From the US, UK, France, Italy and Parts Unknown.
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (12:30pm): biopic about the avantgarde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer, Arthur Russell.
- TV Carnage w/ Pinky (3pm): hilarious and horrifying TV garbage.
- 80 Blocks from Tiffany's (4pm): documenting street gangs from the Bronx, circa 1979.
- Still Bill (5:15pm): follows the story of Bill Withers, known for his classics "Ain't No
Sunshine," "Grandma's Hands," "Lean On Me," "Lovely Day," and "Just the Two of Us."
Sunday
- Pirate Radio, USA (11:15pm): the underground world of illegal radio in America, where people play what they want and say what they want - unless the FCC catches them.
- For the Love of Dolly (4:15pm): vividly illuminates the Dolly Parton fan phenomenon by focusing on the human stories of five of the entertainer's most devoted followers.
- Fancy! Presents Soiree for Sore Eyes (5:15pm): rare music, cult movie trailers and other obscure tidbits.
Other Fun Distractions
Saturday
- The Home-Spun Merry-Go-Round (10am - 7pm): Glide past automated monkeys and robotic reptiles as you thrill to the wonders of this one of a kind contraption.
- LP Modification Station (noon-4pm): artfully deface your favorite record sleeves.
Sunday
- Electric Chaircuts (noon-4pm): the original electrosonic haircut performance.
- LP Modification Station (noon-4pm): artfully deface your favorite record sleeves.
- WFMU DJ Clay Pigeon spins his stack of dusty 45s, injecting even more jocularity into the proceedings (4pm).
For more info on all Record Fair happenings, visit this page.
We hope to see you at the Fair this weekend!
I think we were supposed to play this record fair?
Definitely would've been awesome!
-Trust, of the when mcgruff was king
Posted by: Trust | October 24, 2009 at 08:25 PM
has a swell time, though I could have worn more comforatble shoes
Posted by: bartleby | October 24, 2009 at 10:07 PM