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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
At Noon, sound bites music series at the s st seaport with band
Ribbons
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Summer's here and that can only mean one thing: it’s time for Finger On The Pulse's annual BBQ BLOWOUT!
the Details:
Wednesday, June 16th
Chef: Not Eating Out In NY
DJs: Freelance Whales
and remember, the BBQ's are always rain or shine!
Good Company
10 Hope St. Brooklyn NY
Entry Free - Food $5 a plate
Service Starts at 7pm Party till 11pm
Full lineup and more info at www.fotpnyc.com.
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at delancey at 730 the holy roller sideshow followed by
Sugar Shack Burlesque presents Shaken and Stirred
Bringing you the best and most diverse live entertainment
Every Wednesday night at the Delancey
(168 Delancey Street between Clinton and Attorney)
Burlesque Sets at 10pm and 11pm
FREE
Each week a different cast of NY's finest burlesque stars and most gorgeous gaggle of gogo performers presents a night of high spirited entertainment with free huckleberry vodka shots served throughout the night. Each week features the infectious tunes of DJ JESS and the charming ladies of Sugar Shack Burlesque: RunAround Sue and Scooter Pie. Fill up on the 5$ all you can eat pre-show roof top BBQ! Airs live from location each week at www.nycliverock.com
This week featuring EKATERINA!
Giving good face on the gogo box is TANSY!
**Special Issue Release party for Overflow magazine!**
9:30 - SHAKEN AND STIRRED - Burlesque featuring a rotating cast of NY's most beloved burlesque beauties and most darling gogo sensations. DJ Jess on decks, burlesque sets at 10pm and 11pm hosted by RUNAROUND SUE and SCOOTER PIE.
Please note, there is no BBQ this week - but we'll be back cooking out on the rooftop next week.

Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Thursday, June 17, 7:30 PM
Steamboat: A Literary Humor Series
Hosted by Bob Powers and Jason Reich
Featuring Samantha Bee, author of I Know I Am, But What Are You?
Steve Hely, author of How I Became a Famous Novelist
Simon Rich, author of Elliot Allagash
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street
(at South Portland)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 246-0200
greenlightbookstore.com
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Diamondsnake , Persephone's Bees , DJ Miss Guy
Thu, 06/17/10
HighLine Ballroom
New York, NY
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copycat alum aloud play at arlene grocery
The lineup:
The Cool and the Deadly (11pm),
Aloud (10pm)
Tam Lin (9pm)
Jeff Gorra and Friends (8pm)
Tim McGlone and the Turn (7pm)
This show is 21+. Subway: F or V train to 2nd Ave.
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SPRUNG~ pool party THURSDAY
Start Time:
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time:
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 2:00am
Grace Hotel
125 W 46th St
New York, NY
One Good Reason is taking over the glorious grace hotel for another pool party with a warm and wet swim up POOL BAR, a sexy STEAM ROOM and a sultry SAUNA.
FIRST COME FIRST WET. There is a 70 person capacity for the pool and 75 for our own private upper bar area. Arrive early and stay as long as you like.
LIVE TEXT to our door person to make sure we can still fit you in our slippery den of debauchery. 347-722-1220
MUSIC & PERFORMANCE
- DJ Peter Munch wearing ONLY HIS TRADEMARK HAT
- DJ $mall ¢hange SHIRTLESS & showing swagger
- DJ April White PANTLESS & drinking tequila
- DJ Barney Iller SHOELESS & sipping mojitos
- Fire and Water Spectacular with ms phoenix and Sandhi!
- Visual Blender by VJ KRunch!
LIBATIONS
- 2 for 1 drinks till 9pm
- $5 beer all night
- $6 Tequila all night
LOCATION
~SPRUNG~ @ Grace Pool
125 W 46th St bet 6th and 7th ave
Thu June 17, 7pm - 2am or later
$15 w/ Your 1st drink FREE
$2 bag/clothes check avail thru hotel




Friday, June 18, 2010
The Sweet Rot Book Release/Art Exhibition
Date: Friday, June 18, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: New Toy Tokyo Gallery @TT Underground
Street: 91 Second Ave. (btwn. 5th & 6th st.)
City/Town: New York, NY
THE SWEET ROT Book Release Event to be Held at NYC’s
Toy Tokyo Gallery on Friday, June 18, 2010 (7-11 pm)
Rock Tour Poster Artist Joe Simko’s unique fusion of Neo-Punk Pop Art, Custom Candy Creations, and Wild Fashions comes alive in his newly released Illustrated Story Book, THE SWEET ROT.
Displayed illustrations from the book as well as first pressings of The Sweet Rot will be available for sale. Joe Simko himself will be in attendance throughout the evening and will be available for book signing.
Food and Drinks will be served.
An additional After-Party event will take place from 11pm - 4am at the new G2 Bar/Lounge located at 103 Avenue A (btwn 6th & 7th St) NYC. Custom Sweet Rot flavored alcoholic drink specials will be served to guests in attendance.
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Death is a Scream (a One-Woman Variety Show)
Start Time: Friday, June 11, 2010 at 9:30pm
End Time: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at 7:00pm
Location: The Brick Theater
Street: 575 Metropolitan Avenue (between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street)
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
THE BRICK THEATER, INC.
PRESENTS
DEATH IS A SCREAM
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY ESTHER CROW
DIRECTED BY RABEAH GHAFFARI
AS PART OF THE
TOO SOON FESTIVAL
JUNE 4-27 @ THE BRICK
Fri 6/18, 7pm
Sat 6/19, 3pm
Sun 6/20, 5pm
Wed 6/23, 7pm
What if you could choose your own "ending"? With the help of a highly skilled Death Agent, you can! And after you buy the farm, a “Corpsetologist” will make you look like your favorite celebrity. These and other death-dealing characters await you in Esther Crow’s one-woman variety show, DEATH IS A SCREAM. Chock full of gallows humor and “untimely” music, this show will take you by surprise. Kinda like death itself.
DEATH IS A SCREAM will run Fri 6/11 at 9:30pm, Fri 6/18, at 7pm, Sat 6/19 at 3pm, Sun 6/20, at 5pm, & Wed 6/23 at 7pm as part of the Too Soon Festival at The Brick (575 Metropolitan Avenue between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street, Brooklyn). Tickets ($18) may be purchased online at www.bricktheater.com or by calling 1-866-811-4111. ACT NOW BEFORE MAY 15TH AND GET $15 TICKETS!
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HULLABALOO Fri June18 w/FOSTER CARE,TWIN GUNS,SPLIT SIGNALS,MADAM ROBOT
Start Time: Friday, June 18, 2010 at 9:00pm
Location: PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
Street: 70 N. 6th St
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
Friends! Killers! Lovers! Drinkers!
Remember April 23rd?
No? Neither do we! Our last show at Public Assembly was so jaw-sockingly great, we completely erased everything from our memories, save for flashes of some of the greatest live rock'n'roll we've seen in over 3 years of binge drinking, er, booking shows. There was shiny shark-suited ramalama, streetpunk so perfectly dramatic it would make Hamlet blush and even, ahem, floor pizza!
This month's edition is the final show to be filmed for KILLER DILLER Records' New York DVD. In addition to the 10 bands already filmed, we're wrapping up the shooting with some of our favorite groups active in the scene today:
- FOSTER CARE
"This is my favourite punk band in NYC! No, in the world. And by 'in the world' I mean mean they're pretty rad and do it true." - S. Bakula
- TWIN GUNS
a two-headed savage beast that would make Jack White quake in his $2000 boots. Motorcycle mayhem without the motorcycle. Loud as leather!
- THE SPLIT SIGNALS
will be filmed for only their 2nd or 3rd show, but don't let the unfamiliar name fool you as this group is comprised of some of the leading lights of New York's garage inner circle including Jonny Chan, Mike Sin (Insomniacs), Michael Lynch (Royal Purple/Anything People) and Stu Rutherford (Brimstones)
- MADAM ROBOT & THE LUST BRIGADE
helmed by the good Captain Heartlock, this hairy bunch practice the kind of '68 style garage/psych that so few bands can master. Earsplitting solos, danceable melodies and lysergic candy for all!
As always, it will be SHIMMY and CHARLES GASKINS plus a sooper special guest DJ on the decks (TBA soon!)
Cover is only $7, but make sure to dress up rite -- you might not remember anything the next day, but it's for posterity!
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SUBWAY SOUL CLUB will present its famous GIRLS
NIGHT--when we gather some of our favorite female DJs and have them
spin their sweetest sixties soul records all night long.
Among this year's participants are Connie T Empress (Empire State Soul
Club), Miss Mary-Clancey (Hot Dog), Girlsoul (Soul A' Go-Go), The
Fabulous Lynne K (Union Pool), Jennie Wasserman (Sweet Divines) and DJ
Shakey (Shakey's Record Fair, Rubulad, etc)--plus, resident DJ Phast
Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus will wear a wig when he is spinning!!
Folks, the women DJs in this town are some of the best DJs PERIOD! In
more ways than one, a night like this is a thing of beauty to behold.
Dare it be said: Six swingin' soul sisters and Phast Phreddie (in a
wig!)
Make that SEVEN swingin' soul sisters, counting the SUBWAY SOUL CLUB
founder and hostess Lady Dawn, who will make you feel at
home--assuming your home has a big wooden dance floor, a disco ball,
swingin' sixties projections on the wall and and a bar.
The entrance is an unmarked door between Public Assembly and the Music
Hall of Williamsburg. Look for the SUBWAY SOUL poster on the door and
the groovy people going through it.
Admission is a mere $6.00 [This helps defray costs, pays the DJs and
weeds out that undesirable element--those who stand on the dance floor
and text]
NOTE: If you are attending the HULLABALOO show downstairs in Public
Assembly the same night, your admission to SSC will only be $3, after
your paid admission to Hullabaloo.
Friday, June 18, 2010 at 10:00pm
The Loft
70 N. 6th Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
$6 cover.
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Arkhams Matt the Knife's 30th BDay show
Start Time: Friday, June 18, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time: Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 4:00am
Location: Don Pedro's
Street: 90 Manhattan Ave.
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
The Arkhams with Johnny Carlevale & The Rollin' Pins, Escarioka, & The New Volume. Lisa Lush & Matt The Knife's Bday Show. Buy them drinks!
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Melvins @ Webster Hall, New York, NY
Friday 06/18/10
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Friday, June 18, 2010
at pianos, if you can push through the dbs
$10 WOLFF (free)12AM
GREAT LAKES 11PM
POISON CONTROL CENTER 10PM
FOLKLORE 9PM
MARISA BERGQUIST (ex THE BESTIES)8PM
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free at ottos
REBEL NIGHT
NYC's only Rockabilly (50's Rock n' Roll) Party.
Listen to good music, show off your vintage clothing and dance Jive, Bop and Stroll (Beginners who want to learn should come early)!

Saturday, June 19, 2010
SATURDAY MATINEE -- $7
SATURDAY JUNE 19 at 3:00pm
--DISASTER STRIKES (politcal hc - boston)
--RENTOKILL (political punk-Austria!)
--ASHERS (ex-unseen)
--ICONICIDE (nyc hardcore 21 years!)
ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
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Sat 6/19
12:00 PM Deluka, The Sundelles, Motel Motel, Oberhofer, Zongo Junction, Darlings, Wizardry
Crest Hardware All Ages free
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possibly interesting but still derivative band frog eyes at Mercury
http://www.myspace.com/frogeyes
New York, NY - The Mercury Lounge w/ Pearly Gate Music, Beach Fossils
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Saturday June 19th, is the opening day celebration of the third annual Crest Hardware Art Show!
Featuring performaces by Deluka, Sundelles, Motel Motel, Oberhofer, Zongo Junction, Darlings, Wizardry; DJ sets by Nick Catchdubs, Faux Mex, Lucas Walter, Petey Complex, DJ Teenwolf... and more!
Plus artwork,installations and design from 100+ artists, including Eric Haze, Dan Funderburgh, Scott Amron, Alexander Korsmo and Ryan Humphrey.
the Details:
Saturday, June 19th
558 Metropolitan Ave (between Lorimer and Union)
12pm-11pm
a free event for all ages!
www.cresthardwareartshow.com
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Brooklyn Gallery Launches Indie Publisher’s Art Book with a
Glass Pipe Exhibit Featuring the Works of Over 30 Artists.
– Easy Street Gallery invites you to the book and exhibit launch of
“Smoked Volume 2” on Saturday, June 19, from 7 to 10 p.m.
location at 155 Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY.
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SAT 6/19: 12pm - 5pm at the bell house. May be sold out? but sounds like its outside? But If one of these bands has Rachel Rays husband in it, stay away
BROOKLYN BLOCK PARTY:
SNAPPLE & RACHAEL RAY'S FEEDBACK
2 stages of Live Music! Featuring:
Freelance Whales
Justin Townes Earle
The Cringe
J Roddy Walston and The Business
Motel Motel
and more!
Free Food! Featuring:
Rachel's burgers
Pizza Moto
Daisy May BBQ
Tacombi Taco Truck
Snapple Beverages
Ommegang Beer
44 North Vodkas
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free at ottos-punk island pre show party
8-8:30-Joey Steele & the Attitude Adjusters
8:45-9:15-New Damage
9:30-10:00-White Goblin
10:15-10:30-the Baby Sandwiches
10:45-11:15-Poison Control
11:30-12am-Sewage
12:15-1am- The X-Possibles
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Saturday, 6/19
REIGNING SOUND / The Anabolics
18+ w/ ID
admission: $12 advance / $14 day of show.
door time: 8PM / 9PM SHOW
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Mods Love Rockers
10pm - 4 am
Beauty Bar Brooklyn
921 Broadway (at Melrose St)
Bushwick, Brooklyn
Hosted by Pixie 007 and DJ Mike Mortician
With special guest DJ Phast Phreddie
Every 3rd Saturday of the month
FREE!
JMZ train to Myrtle/Broadway
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is this still relevant? Are the 90s coming back? I used to love the chemical bros back in the day..
Chemical Brothers Listen & Screening Party w/ Huoratron LIVE +Alex English
Start Time: Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 10:00pm
End Time: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 4:00am
Location: Brooklyn Bowl
Street: 61 Wythe Avenue (N11 & N12)
City/Town: Brooklyn, NY
Chemical Brothers CD/DVD Release Party
Huoratron (Finland) Live
SATURDAY JUNE 19 at BROOKLYN BOWL
We are teaming up with Astralwerks Records and Filter Magazine to bring you the release party for The Chemical Brothers' new album. The night will feature the screening of the new Chemical Brothers' DVD with nearly 60 minutes of original music and visuals.
Plus we have HUORATRON (from Finland) playing live..
Alex English will be spinning a bunch of Chemical Brothers tunes...
FREE WITH RSVP: CLICK HERE
http://newyork.going.com/TheChems
When you arrive, tell the doorperson you are on the GBH guest list.
Brooklyn Bowl: 61 Wythe Ave (between N11 and N12)
Doors at 11.30pm. 21+ with I.D.

Sunday, June 20, 2010
June 6, 13, 20, and 27, 12 PM- 6 PM
FABfest!
Hosted by the FAB (Fulton Area Business) Alliance, FABfest is a new kind of street fair. Fulton Street from Fowler Square to South Oxford will be closed to traffic each Sunday in June, as we celebrate local Brooklyn businesses, arts groups and cultural organizations with music, food, games, dance parties, environmental demonstrations, crafts and activities for children, and more. Each day kicks off with a salsa dance party at 12 noon and the fun continues until 6:00pm, rain or shine!
June 20:
All day:Activities and giveaways, streetside Mad Libs, and information from New York Writers Coalition
2:00 - 6:00: Main Stage performances by Steamboat, Urban Word, Toure, Nelson George, and others
4:00 PM Free all-ages writing workshop from NYWC
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one of the more interesting ripoff bands frog eyes free show
http://www.myspace.com/frogeyes
Sunday
Frog Eyes
Sound Fix Records
5:00
FREE
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my love for indie rock has been withering of late, but heres a decent indie rock lineup thats not too wimpy
Knight School
http://www.myspace.com/knightschoolmusic
BRUAR FALLS w/ Boy Genius, Poison Control Center
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Humboldt Fog & Madam Robot BBQ PARTY
Sunday, June 20, 2010
5:00pm - 8:00pm
LIC BAR
45-58 Vernon Blvd
Long Island City, NY
All year we look forward to playing at LIC BAR's free Sunday afternoon backyard BBQ party.
Blue sky above.
BBQ churning.
Guitars crying.
Basses bumping.
Organs moaning.
Drums thumping.
Minds melting.
Marvel at the magnificent psychedelic stylings of
Madam Robot & the Lust Brigade!!!!
Toss your cares aside to the stoner pop musings of
Humboldt Fog!!!!!
Music kicks off at five but there's no reason to not get the party started earlier.
It's FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE!!!!!
See you there!!!!
http://humboldtfogblog.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/madamrobot
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NO PARKING ON THE DANCEFLOOR
Start Time: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time: Monday, June 21, 2010 at 12:00am
Location: House of Yessss
Street: 342 Maujer near Morgan
City/Town: New York, NY
SUNDAY, June 20th, we have another installment of america's favorite get your ass off jam dance dance revo-friggin-lution total destruction the only solution total destruction the only solution party NO PARKING ON THE DANCEFLOOR. The name sez it all, tho you can also check the Midnight Star jam of the same name for further investigation. Basically, if you're on the dancefloor, you HAVE to be dancing. Twitter/tweakerers, kicking game to ladies mofos, and general lame asses who just get on the floor and don't move will be forcibly removed by our dance police. Its simple ppl. Get down. Life is short so shake it until you break it.
No Parking on the Dance Floor
special Puloma bday throwdown edition
with selectros
Koushik (Stones Throw)
Veronica (Minimal Wave)
Duane (Bim Marx, Other Music)
Hatch (WFMU)
$mall s¢heezy
7pm-midnight-ish
at House of Yessss
342 Maujer near Morgan, L stop to Grand
5 bones.
dance bitches dance
Just added: Hot F**king Tamales by Laura and VJing by Dr. Mojo...werrrd!

Monday, June 21, 2010
Reggie watts is must see. Comedy beatboxer
Monday, June 21, 2010
REGGIE WATTS 11PM
HEATHER DUBY 10PM
LUNAR YOUTH (UK)9PM
FOLLOW THAT BIRD (TX)8PM
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FRANCE ROCKS - French Music Festival
General Elektriks+ Acid Washed + And Guests
Monday June 21 at Hiro Ballroom
Arrive before 7.30pm to receive a free glass of French wine.
It's a mini French Music Festival with some of our favorite acts on Monday June 21 at Hiro Ballroom.... Doors at 7pm so come early....
plus there will be La Grand Sophie and Sebastien Schuller playing live
Giveaways:
If you arrive before 7.30, you will receive a drink ticket for a glass of French wine....
And there will be a lot of goodie bags given away...
FREE WITH RSVP: CLICK HERE
http://newyork.going.com/francerocks
When you arrive, tell the doorperson you are on the GBH guest list.
Hiro Ballroom: 88 Ninth Ave. (between 16th & 17th Streets) Doors at 7pm. 21+ with I.D.


June 22, 2010
at public assembly
The Geek Girls present 'Wonka!,' a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tribute show
6/22, Back Room, 9 pm, $10, $5 RSVP
Wonka!
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010, 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM at Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
Enter a world of pure imagination.
Ever since its conception, Willy Wonka�s Chocolate Factory has always conjured up images of candies and sweets,
of things tempting to the eye but guarded against the touch by the warnings of the eccentric Wonka. On June 22
nd
Geek Girl burlesque brings you that same titillation. Come join the girls of Geek Girl as they embark on their own
interpretation of the fabled chocolate factory. Mixing together the sweetness of candy into their acts, but remaining
as forbidden to the touch, these performances will surely tickle your particular sweet tooth.
�Wonka!' will be held at Public Assembly in Brooklyn. Just a short walk from the Bedford Avenue L, Public
Assembly is located at 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211.





Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Copycat, a night of cover songs presents
Are We Not Cats?
DJ Xerox's DEVOtional Birthday Spectacular II
Rejoice fellow DEVOtees! It is time once again for Copycats Annual Tribute to De-evoloution!
You will have an Uncontrolable Urge to Dance as Dj Xerox and Special guest Djs Shimmy and Charles Gaskins from Garagepunknyc.com/Hullaballo spin DEVOted covers and rocking remixes of all the hits (rock, indie, garage, punk, old wave and new)
You will get much Satisfaction and be unable to be stiff as you jerk back and forth to our live music acts in the back room. Some of your favorite artists play cover versions of their favorite DEVO songs, along with their original sets:
Tonights bands
Golden Error
Dyeh'Vaugh-a mystery psychobilly band
Plus it will be our second annual JUMPSUIT DANCE PARTY!
and $5 Blockhead drink specials all night
NO COVER
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday!
at Ottos Shrunken Head, 538 East 14 Street, Near avenue B
10 pm to 4 am
L Train to First Avenue
Copycatnyc.com
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at Noon, at the south street seaport
the Beets play free