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Herbert's Hot NYC Picks
wed(24): apt - rich medina/guest djs - soul/afrobeat/old school/funk/classics
wed(24): lotus lounge - southpaw/rez/sims - old school/classic soul/b-sides
wed(24): angel bar - scratch famous/teflon - reggae
wed(24): marquee - stretch armstrong - rock/old school/hiphop
wed(24): afterwork/rumor - snatch 1/m.o.s./kaos - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
wed(24): satalla - african mondo festival thru 28th - live african music
wed(24): jazz standard - jimmy greene quartet - www.jimmygreene.com
wed(24): mission - ketner part/guest djs/ave mag release - soul/hiphop/rock/reggae

thu(25): tonic - dj herbert - hiphop/rock/soul/house/80s - 8PM to 2AM
thu(25): guernica - blessed/selly/reborn/monica pineda - soul/funk/house/hiphop
thu(25): joe's pub - sure shot - hiphop/reggae/soul/r&b - cornerstone release jam
thu(25): 110 university place/5th fl - dj naomi - hiphop/classic soul
thu(25): crobar - riz/stretch armstrong/swamee - hiphop/rock/r&b/house/reggae
thu(25): afterwork/kanvas - dj sweets - hiphop/70s/80s - 6PM
thu(25): afterwork/flat - dj elle - hiphip/soul/reggae/old school/classics
thu(25): flat - stimulus/life walks - classics
thu(25): suede - ani - hiphop/r&b/old school
thu(25): show - erick sermon live/mark ronson/ody rock - hiphop/rock/old school
thu(25): pm - crooked - hiphop/funk/soul/classics/80s/house
thu(25): afterwork/deep - dj lucho/live latin music - latin music - 6PM
thu(25): deep - erick sermon/ed lover hosts/latin djs - hiphop/r&b/reggae/latin
thu(25): manhatta - max glazer/edwin houghton - reggae/reggae/reggae/reggae/reggae
thu(25): joe's pub - mary mack - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
thu(25): rumor - sure shot/jlayne - new soul/classics/house
thu(25): mumbai - red alert - old school/hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
thu(25): afterwork/tangerine - do it - hiphop/reggae/classics - 6PM till 2AM

fri(26): starfoods - thank god it's freedom - the illest - see gigs above!
fri(26): south paw/bk - live comedy/mcs/djs - hiphop - lyricist lounge
fri(26): play - jozen/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/old school
fri(26): spirit - clark kent/astro&glyde/guests - house/hiphop/ron jeremy's b-day!
fri(26): vue - hud/extreme - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(26): lotus - matt safe/angola/naomi/michael t - discopunk/house/rock/hiphop
fri(26): level 3 - jus ed - house
fri(26): babalu - dj kay slay - hiphop/r&b/reggae - album release party
fri(26): mars 2112 - kulcha - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(26): joe's pub - van vader/snatch-1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/old school
fri(26): bauhaus - dj m.o.s./peter paul - hiphop/reggae/soul/funk/house/80s
fri(26): sob's - rekha/dub cub/live visuals - bollywood disco bonanza
fri(26): ponte's/39 desbrosse + west side hwy - eclipse - hiphop/soul/reggae/80s
fri(26): guernica - mano/ola - hiphop/reggae/house/old school/80s
fri(26): nocturne - crooked - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s
fri(26): planet 28 - guest djs - 70s + 80s soul classics/deep, jazzy, gospel house
fri(26): 9 1/2 - big ben - hiphop/r&b/reggae/rock/80s
fri(26): float - mario winans live/dj ty boogie - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(26): 5 spot/bk - dj language/hashbrown/esnavi - soul/funk/old school/breaks

sat(27): lot 61 - herbert - hiphop/r&b/80s/reggae/rock/house
sat(27): cafe deville - cosi/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/house/80s
sat(27): nocturne - pete moss/dj fabio bill - funky house/brazilian
sat(27): candela - stimulus/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/neosoul
sat(27): nv - ski hi/will/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/soca/latin
sat(27): metronome - big ben/lucho - hiphop/r&b/reggae/latin/house
sat(27): 40/40 - rahlo/k.o. - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/80s
sat(27): coral room - reach friedman - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock
sat(27): sullivan room - tyler stadius/francis harris/fame - techno/house
sat(27): discotheque - hud - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(27): shelter - kenny bobien live/timmy regisford/marques wyatt/guests - house!
sat(27): guernica - mano/ola - hiphop/reggae/house/old school/80s
sat(27): star - snatch luver - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(27): pm - crooked - hiphop/funk/soul/classics/80s/house
sat(27): 430 w 205th st/apt 3a - apartment party - live dj - food - caribbean hits
sat(27): chetty red - van vader - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/classics/old school

sun(28): bowery ballroom - herbert/mark ronson/stretch armstrong/guests - see gigs
sun(28): fez uptown - marc smooth/guests - rare groove/soul/hiphop/reggae/classics
sun(28): joe's pub - evil d/lord sear/butta l - classic hiphop/reggae/old school
sun(28): pravda - obah - soul/funk/old school/afrobeat
sun(28): lotus - soul - hiphop/80s/r&b/rock/old school
sun(28): nocturne - suss.one/m.o.s. - hiphop/r&b/classics/reggae
sun(28): vudu - dj lou gorbea - house music all night long
sun(28): blvd - camillo - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sun(28): cielo - ben watt/automagic - house/broken beat/electronic dance
sun(28): anju - joe budden host/goldfinger/kulcha/hud - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sun(28): eugene's - crooked - hiphop/funk/soul/classics/80s/house

mon(29): manahatta - greg poole/pal joey/dinesh/live vocals - house/garage/brazil
mon(29): apt - cucumber slice - soul/funk/rare grooves/latin/uprock/old school
mon(29): cielo - francois k - future dub/space vibes/abstract grooves (aka house)
mon(29): lot 61 - reach/ody rock - hiphop/reggae/rock/house/r&b
mon(29): anju - dj big kap - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
mon(29): sapphire lounge - life walks/melvin moore/paul slater - house/soul

tue(30): blue note - roy haynes celebrates 79th b-day - bluenotejazz.com
tue(30): joe's pub - guest djs/live soul performances - soul/funk/classics/hiphop
tue(30): open air - jlayne/elijah - rare grooves/70s/80s/old school/house
tue(30): afterwork/2nd nature - stimulus - soul/funk/rock/afrobeat/hiphop/r&b
tue(30): pangea - crooked - hiphop/rock/classics/house/old school/r&b
tue(30): sapphire lounge - eman/lola/guests - house
tue(30): belmont lounge - qool marv - soul/funk/r&b/old school/house/afro/world
tue(30): nocturne - spinbad/cassidy/reach - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
tue(30): suite 16 - stretch armstrong - hiphop/rock/old school/80s
tue(30): joe's pub/9:30PM - stephanie mckay live/dj scribe - live soul
tue(30): afterwork/climate 8 - derrick spaulding - salsa/merengue/house/olskool
tue(30): social club - camillo - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
tue(30): red & black/bk - ultra/james808/voodoru - indieleectrodancepunk (?)

Herbert's Heard
"Talk Dirty to Me"--Poison
"There But for the Grace of God"--Machine
"Tush"--Ghostface featuring Missy Elliot
"Ready Or Not"--Fugees
"So Fine"--Howard Johnson

Word Is Bond
Tippidot ... tippidot ... tippidot. Inkabibble Freedom!!! Once again, we packed it in Friday, tipping the scale at just over 350 people. Full blown dancing all night, lots of drinking, the best crowd in town (balanced ratio), and simply the best party you'll find on Friday night hands down. We ran into a little thing and had to end on the early side last week, but best believe we'll be rocking till 4AM this coming week--no question. And big shout out to the members of UMC and Lords of the Underground for rolling through. I had the distinct pleasure of fostering a little reunion between them, and I gotta tell ya, it was most extraordinary.

"I gotta tell ya." I feel like Paul Jr. and Sr. from "American Chopper" when I say that. Anyways, big shout out to DJ Crooked for rolling through, Gram Oliver, Seth Zaplan, Stan Sigma, Van Vader, Francis Poku and anyone else I forgot to say. And they still keep stroking this party, all them promoters and cats that talk about "bring dancing back" and "bring back the party" and all that stuff. Yes. It's true. Freedom is like the parties you remember going to back in the day. Freedom is now. Today. Tonight. Thank God It's Freedom!!!

Speaking of other hot parties, Thursday nights at Guernica is a dope-arse, steamy little dance party that really rocks the week. In it's third year already, the party is indeed a party and that's all you can ask from a party, right? Big shouts to Blessed Productive, Reborn, Selly, Lovett Hines, Kim and Monica Pineda. And a special big shout out to Life Walks for playing the original to Mojo's "Lady"????

In other news ...

Grandmaster Flash wanted me to let y'all know that on Sunday morning, some time between 9AM and 10:30AM on CBS (Time Warner Cable channel 2), he's gonna be interviewed for a piece on the science of deejaying and the turntable as an instrument. That's pretty dope, if ya ask me, so big shout out to him for continuing to pave the way for deejays like moi. Also big shout to Catherine Kim at CBS for putting this whole thing together.

Mazel Tov to all the heads involved in preserving John Coltrane's house in Dix Hills. According to Kim Smith (ksmithpr@earthlink.net), jazz belle afficionado, the Huntington Historic Preservation Commission has voted unanimously for the recommendation. It's been designated a landmark, and plans are moving forward to buy the property from the developer. Also a mazel tov to Aretha Franklin, who appears to have fully recovered from an unknown ailment that sent her to the hospital last week. Rock steady, mama!

In other news ...

What's this crap about Plum Island? Apparently, a few miles off the coast of Long Island, near Connecticut, there's this biochemical laboratory on this little island of doom where they play around with all sorts of planet-threatening viruses like Ebola and such. Does that bother you? It does me, especially when I read that a year or so ago, there was this big mishap on the island and the generators that seal the laboratory environment broke down, and then all the experts that are depended on to keep us safe went on strike and now I'm starting to get this weird

lump on my neck and Lord help me please I don't wanna die and come back a bloodthirsty zombie.

Speaking of blood-thirsty zombies, I saw Dawn of the Dead the other day. I thought it was good. Worth the money and all--at least the old $7 price. They did a good job recreating the horror that George Romero mastered in the original "Dawn of the Dead," except for in the original, there was this real weird lady zombie that wore an outfit she stole from a mannequin, complete with big 70s sunglasses and a head scarf like my mom used to wear, and I truly missed her this go-round. And one more thing: I was pleased to see that this new-age horror flick didn't use

pointless nudity like the rest of today's scary movies, but then, while the credits rolled, they went and flashed some titty! Almost, I said! Almost! You're spared the senselessness, but then, while you're putting your stuff together, picking up your trash, grabbing your coat, boom. Titty.

And finally ... my pinky. I think it was sprained or maybe fractured, but I'm not so sure anymore. It's all bent and kind of mangled looking. And then the other night at Lot 61 (which was packed and crazy as always), while I was cuttin up a 112 record, I felt in wiggle in a funny way. So ... for this reason and this reason alone, I've decide to go get it X-rayed. I'll let you know what happens, since I know you all love me and care for me unconditionally and pray for me every night.

Humminah humminah humminah,

DJ Herbert

P.S.--The Night of the Living Dead movie saga goes like this: Romero makes the original, ground-breaking horror classic in 1968; in 1978, he gave us the shopping mall shiver Dawn of the Dead; then, in 1984, he finished the story with Day of the Dead, the one where survivors are stuck in an underground missile silo. In 1985, Dan O'Bannon did Return of the Living Dead (which ends with a creepy attic scene) and then gave us Return of the Living Dead 2 in 1988 which was both scary and very, very funny. In 1990, the orignal Night was remixed by Tom Savini.

Herbert's Gigs
thursday - club tonic (727 7th ave b/w 48th + 49th)
rock/hiphop/soul/funk/old school/house/80s
8PM to 2AM - no cover - huge new megalounge!

friday - freedom - starfoods (64 e. 1st b/w 1st + 2nd aves)
classic hiphop/soul/dancehall/80s/house/classic r&b/afrobeat
djs herbert + cosi lay it down -- dj marc smooth keeps it kosher
no dress code - dancing - food - $6 peach/cran punch
$5 on my list ... rsvp djherbert@earthlink.net

saturday - lot 61 - 21st st + west side hwy
hiphop/r&b/80s/rock/reggae/house
sexy + upscale + hot + dancing
$10 all night ... rsvp djherbert@earthlink.net

sunday - bowery ballroom - 6 delancey st b/w bowery + christie
benefit for lower east side girl's club building project
8:30pm - 2:30am - hosted by rosario dawson
djs herbert/mark ronson/stretch armstrong/rekha/groove hoops
raffle - prizes - charity - for the love afterparty at mission!
$20 to get in - no questions - a good cause - holler!!!!

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