@ TOMMY'S TAVERN
1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | -> $7 | 718.383.9699
the HOMOSEXUALS were an enigma of a band when they began in London in
the late 70s & they have gone on to spawn an obsessive afterlife legend
among feverish record collectors through to today. An indescribable
amalgam of hundreds of influences - from psyche-folk and power-pop to
punk and dub - the HOMOSEXUALS were probably the most eccentrically
avant-garde band in the UK scene in the late 70s, while also writing
the most perfect pop songs. "As potent and visionary as Wire or Pere
Ubu," - Village Voice
the HOMOSEXUALS' continued obscurity is a story of a recorded output of
just a smatterring of cassettes & impossible to find records - though
filled with genius pop experiments - obscured & deconstructed &
otherwise challenged in every possible way. Hauntingly catchy & amazing
pure pop snippets of vocals or guitar would be left as deliberately
unfinished fragments, perfect finished pop songs would be stripped of
all recognisable features and buried in layers of dub and cocophany,
and to guarantee all obscurity, they'd relase finished vinyl records
sleeveless and nameless or under pseudonyms.
it's unlikely the HOMOSEXUALS wil be preforming again anytime soon, so
don't miss this chance to see an genuine legend play in an intimate
setting in Brooklyn - only their 2nd show in the USA ever.
also don't miss - 2nite 7/23 -> LA LAQUE, MOB STEREO, THE ART OF
SHOOTING, & FULL MOON PARTISAN @ TOMMY'S TAVERN
.. the HOMOSEXUALS in Exile (Bruno Wizard + the Fuses)
.... DAN MELCHIORS BROKE REVIEW
...... TALLBOYS
.. CRAZY RHYTHMS DJ CREW (DAN SELZER & MIKE SIMONETTI)
.. DJs PICKPOCKET & BURGERTIME (KAT & KEREN)
1041 Manhattan Ave @ Freeman St | Greenpoint, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Ave | doors 8pm | $7 | 718.383.9699
[ organized by Bryan Swirsky, Todd P, & help from Dan Selzer ]
[ the HOMOSEXUALS in exile ]
"Bruno Wizard was a psychedelic child of the sixties who got caught up
in the excitement of the 1977 UK Punk scene. Despite being amongst the
first, naming his band The Homosexuals was only one of a dozen reasons
he never made it. Another reason was the sheer brilliance and
uniqueness of their music. While they may have been the most
avant-garde band on the scene, they also wrote the most perfect pop
songs. But while mining everything from psyche-folk and power-pop to
punk and dub, the Homosexuals managed to record a world of brilliant
sounds all uniquely their own, each deconstructed gem having more ideas
then most bands have in a lifetime. Since then Bruno has been involved
in other worlds of music we're only now catching up with, and with the
excitement over the release of the long needed Astral Glamor 3cd box
set, he's been convinced to revisit his past for a moment, and in
typical Homosexuals fashion, play some favorites with a band he's never
met." - Dan Selzer, Acute Records / NY Happenings
*press: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0429/wolk.php
*listen: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/heartsin.rm
[ DAN MELCHIOR'S BROKE REVIEW ]
"Dan Melchior's a brazen, talented songwriter from the wilds of London.
He used to play with the likes of Billy Childish and Holly Golightly,
but escaped to NYC to focus on his band, the Broke Revue." - Version
City records. "Dan Melchiors Broke Revue is one of NYCs finest
transplant bands to arrive on the scene. Their new EP is a foot
stomping collection of four covers. Subway Sect Chain Smoking, Dob
Dylan From A Buick 6, The Toggs I Just Sing, and The Small Faces
Whatcha Gonna Do About It. The songs on the EP were chosen to
represent the bands roots. It is a terrific vinyl piece to play at any
party." - Lio Cerezo, Crashin' In
[ TALLBOYS ]
"Tallboys, a helter skelter/herky jerky quartet from the back alleys of
New York, create their own off-kilter and distinctive art-damaged punk
sound in the spirit of old-school Rough Trade bands like The FAll and
Kleenex/Liliput . Live, lead singer Shelia Sixteen hypnotizes audiences
by her without-fear-or-favor stage presence, her spastic-snarling
vocals, and drunken fly-by-night banter while the band plows through
their set full of thunderous, sweaty energy." - Indieworkshop.com
*mp3: http://www.tallboys.net/mp3s/Talleq.mp3
*press: http://indieworkshop.com/interviews/66
Friday July 30th @ ON THE Q TRAIN @ CANAL - 2ND TO LAST CAR
== AFTERPARTY FOR CRITICAL MASS ==
== FEDERATION X
friday july 30th flim flam (free blow!!!) starts with critical mass at
union square park 7:30pm then at 10pm meet at the Q station on broadway
and canal second to last car and bring your bikes with, where
federation x will blow a song over the manhattan bridge with their
amazing back pack amps" - Bill Badgley
Q Train @ Canal St Station on the 2nd to last car | NYC, NY
Q train at Canal | 7:30pm SHARP! | free | dont tell the MTA
68 Taaffe St @ Park Ave | Clinton Hill / Navy Yard, Brooklyn
G train to Classon | 10PM SHARP!! | $? | dont bother calling
get of the train from the subway show @ the dekalb and flatbush stop
and go to a house party at 68 taaffe pl (bt park and flushing)brkln
jerk. show starts promptly at 10:30pm w/the cheeps, VAZ, fleshies, FED
X and black labels own dj dirty fingaz. if you come from the Q take
dekalb or myrtle towards Queens to Taaffe turn left past park, green
door 68. THIS IS ALSO A UNDERWEAR PARTY. START YOUR DIET NOW FLABBY. IF
YOU DIDNT WENT TO THE LAST ONE IT WAS A BLAST. THIS IS UNDERWEAR PARTY
TWO: THE REVENGE OF UNDERWEAR. - Bill Badgley
you see Spellbound? yeah, so did Josh. Actually heres the story, this
last May we were all watching the Kentucky Derby and drinking straight
bourbon with mint and sugar in it and then, after yelling at the
horsees on the teevee got finished, the sports channel suddenly started
showing these crazy kids spelling ichthyology and what have you, in
front of a crowd. So we substituted workaholic junior high school nerds
for horses and re-commenced with the bets and the screaming. Alas, an
interest in spelling bees was born.
Come on out and compete, itll be be totally awesome! Joshs gonna be
the spellmaster, costs one dollar to enter, and the winner takes the
pot (less expenses and the winner has to buy Josh a beer).
485 Dean St @ Portland | Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
1/2 train to Bergen, any train to Atlantic or Pacific | 8pm | $1