Off-Mic DJ Activities for January, 2007

No rest for the wicked in 2007! Or in our case, no rest for the WFMU airstaff as we shake off the detritus of 2006 and focus the coming year in the scope of our cultural air-rifle. This January, we cordially invite you to put your eye out with any of the following:

The Glen Jones & X. Ray Burns Annual Christmas Party!
So what if Christmas was two weeks ago? Smart guys know the value of being late, and WFMU's wiseguys of Sunday afternoon are not the type who'd take kindly to you second-guessing their motives and ways. This Sunday, pack the car and make for the hills of scenic Passaic Park, NJ's Loop Lounge for an annual fest of beer, bands, and badassery. Expect the re-appearance of Santa Clown, and live music from Holmes. More info and directions here.

WFMU's Brian Turner and Tony Rettman do the in-between-band-tag-team DJ thing on January 27th at Cake Shop (152 Ludlow St.), where you'll also be shaking your hindquarters to sounds of the Magik Markers, Homostupids, Blues Control, plus an un-named combo that's said to feature Richard and Jon from Sightings. But why wait to get your panties in a twist to any of these band's delightful sounds? Click the above links for streaming Real Audio samples of each artist, or grow a spiritual handlebar moustache with this Blues Control jam [Download MP3] for a taste of what to expect.

Also coming up in January, Beware of the Blog contributer Resident Clinton will host the Buffy Sing-A-Long on January 19th and 20th at the IFC Center (323 6th Ave at W 3rd St), so come on out and celebrate your inner Gellar. Or Gell-AHR, if you insist. A third option is to just be a poseur like the rest of us and fall asleep each night while listening to this: [Download Buffy-Rific MP3]

Lest you think we've forgotten about the good people of Brooklyn, Bronwyn C.'s significant other, SLUGGO, has a big one-man show of his
teeny-tiny paintings opening on Friday, January 12, at McCaig-Welles
Gallery (129 Roebling Street) in Williamsburg. The show, titled "Actual Size," features 1-inch by 1-inch miniature paintings by the artist also known as Sean Taggart.

Finally, also spreading the WFMU love across Brooklyn like so much crusty Marmite, our own Dave the Spazz continues his faithful residency at Union Pool (284 Union, Williamsburg). Stop by on any given Sunday night for a taste of the toe-stubbing rock n' roll as popularized on the fine Music to Spazz By program.

Comments

[Chuck Jones]

Thanks again for posting my Buffies piece. I love the shit out of WFMU.

Someday I will have to stop by when I am in New Jersey.

c

www.babygorilla.com

[Pete]

Is that picture that grimy place back in the East Village where all the Batman villians used to drop by and jam? This could even be from one of the nights Robin came by completely blitzed and cut up his hands on Joker's strat. He was out partying a lot then and I guess he had to keep making up excuses to Batman the next morning. Batman supposedly totally knew about it, but he was worried about losing Robin's trust in those days so he never said anything. Plus Robin was blazing a new trail with the baddies after hours when they could all chill off the clock and work things out, so BM cut him some slack.

Anyway, thanks for bringing back the memories.