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Herbert's Hot Picks
wed(15): 17 - herbert - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/classics
wed(15): apt - rich medina - old school/soul/funk/afrobeat/80s
wed(15): cielo - victor duplaix LIVE/louie vega/kevin hedge - soulful house
wed(15): joe's - wordsworth+jean grae+masta ace+mr.complex live/dj evil d - hiphop
wed(15): angel bar - scratch famous/teflon - reggae
wed(15): bOb - rholi rho/5th platoon - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s
wed(15): lotus - ani quinn - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock
wed(15): aubette - qool marv - soul/funk/r&b/old school/house/afro/world - 8 to 2
wed(15): belmont lounge - kyle smith/reborn - soul/funk/house/afrobeat/old school
wed(15): madame x - jon oliver - soul/rock/rare grooves/rare sounds - 8pm to 1am
wed(15): serena - d nice the dj/dj scratch - hiphop/r&b/reggae/old school
wed(15): canal room - synapse/madsol desar/paul ethnik live - reggae/hiphop/soul
wed(15): afterwork/coda - guest djs/live performances - soul/r&b/hiphop/reggae
wed(15): afterwork/rumor - snatch 1/kaos - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics

thu(16): guernica - blessed/reborn/selly/monica pineda - soul/funk/house/hiphop
thu(16): table 50 - q tip/mark ronson - hiphop/rock/soul/funk/classics
thu(16): ruby falls - good rotating djs/high fashion - hiphop/r&b/rock/80s
thu(16): cherry lounge - suss one/dj m.o.s. - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul - new spot!
thu(16): black betty/bk - monk one/emskee/cosmo baker - soul/funk/classics - BIG
thu(16): spirit - dj kid capri/dj soul - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
thu(16): marquee - reach - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock - bottles/models/a.k.a. no herbert
thu(16): quo - crooked - funky house/hiphop/80s/rock/reggae
thu(16): suede - ani quinn - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
thu(16): canal room - rob flow - hiphop/r&b/reggae - a-list event guide party
thu(16): show - mada/finesse - hiphop/r&b/reggae/old school/80s
thu(16): crobar - dimitri from paris/larry tee/jon jon battles - house/electro
thu(16): sullivan room - dara/db!!! - drumnbass/freeskool/bassheavystuff
thu(16): b3 - elin band/kim jade band - live brazilian jazz/soulful rock - 9:30pm
thu(16): sob's - rekha/eddie stats/dave sharma/deep singh - bhangra bhangra dood!
thu(16): strata - goldfinger/snatch 1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics - 6-4
thu(16): brooklyn new music festival - www.seedsandbones.com - live craziness!!!
thu(16): afterwork/kanvas - dj sweets - hiphop/70s/80s - 6PM
thu(16): afterwork/viscaya - camilo/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
thu(16): afterwork/suede - k.o./rahlo - soul/r&b/hiphop/reggae/classics

fri(17): starfoods - thank god it's freedom - the illest - see gigs below!
fri(17): halcyon grand opening/57 pearl street/dumbo - big guest djs - 6 to 10pm
fri(17): show - crooked - hiphop/reggae/80s/rock/house
fri(17): frying pan - nickodemus/mariano/guests - house/brazilian/new dance music
fri(17): mouton - dj carol c/neil ochea on drums - brazilian beat/house/classics
fri(17): capitale - snatch 1/dj will/showcase bashment - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul
fri(17): union square lounge - marlon d/guests - deep house
fri(17): open air - evil d/butta l/mr. walt - hiphop/soul/80s/reggae/old school
fri(17): quo - disciple/live percussion - house/"21st century disco"
fri(17): luahn - reborn/mary mac/XX guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/deep house/classics
fri(17): lot 61 - dj soul - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(17): joe's pub - guest djs - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/old school
fri(17): madame x - jon oliver - soul/funk/rap music/ill stuff you don't hear
fri(17): sullivan room - charles feelgood/dj fame/james miller junior - dance
fri(17): spirit - big ben/shadee/maja - house/trance/hiphop/r&b/reggae/latin
fri(17): ida mae - da union/x-factah (rotating) - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(17): ruby falls - ani quinn - hiphop/r&b/rock/80s
fri(17): carnaval - liftkid/david hollands/live percussion - house/dance
fri(17): satalla - african friday night party - dj beto - www.satalla.com
fri(17): eugene's - kulcha - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(17): afterwork/sequoia's - willie rodriguez/john sciascia - latin music

sat(18): social club - herbert/slinkee/cel - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/old school
sat(18): viscaya - ani quinn/aphrodita - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
sat(18): rehab - dj mono/stimulus - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(18): mission - stormin normin - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(18): 40/40 - rahlo/k.o. - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/80s
sat(18): chetty red - van vader/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/old school/80s
sat(18): sullivan room - francis harris/tangun/eric andrew - house
sat(18): coral room - dj reach - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock
sat(18): etoile - goldfinger/precise - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(18): shelter - timmy regisford - deep deep deep deep house
sat(18): pm - crooked - hiphop/80s/rock/disco/house/reggae
sat(18): spirit - dj camilo/jonathan peters - house/hiphop/reggae/r&b
sat(18): sob's - rich medina - brazilian/afrobeat - big brazilian music night
sat(18): strata - ody rock/big ben - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/house
sat(18): plaid - big ben/peter parker - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
sat(18): afrique/259 halsey st/newark - dj earon/ultra nate live - house/soul

sun(19): battery park city - live house vocals/soulful dance - meltingpotnyc.com
sun(19): fez uptown - marc smooth/guests - rare groove/soul/hiphop/reggae/classics
sun(19): joe's pub - evil d/mr. walt/butta l - old skool
sun(19): lotus - goldfinger - hiphop/80s/r&b/rock/old school
sun(19): 32 newark st/hoboken - lou gorbea/great guests - house music - happy born
sun(19): pravda - dj obah - soul/funk/old school/afrobeat
sun(19): lq - snatch one chicken fried steak - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sun(19): deep - camilo - hiphop/r&b/reggae/latin
sun(19): st. peter's church - jimmy lovelace benefit w/jazz show! - fatcatjazz.com
sun(19): room 203 - smooth c - hiphop/r&b/reggae/rock/soul

mon(20): union square ballroom - louie vega/jellybean benitez - house music all...
mon(20): tavern on the green - johnny famolari/nory cotto - latin music - 7:30
mon(20): apt - cucumber slice - soul/funk/rare grooves/latin/uprock/old school
mon(20): cielo - francois k - future dub/space vibes/abstract grooves (aka house)
mon(20): sway - guest djs/nyc style fashion and art - hiphop/rock
mon(20): ideya - ola fresco - live salsa/new art - 6 to 8pm
mon(20): crobar - mada/finesse/live new rock - rock/rap/house/techno
mon(20): afterwork/coda - dj chase/live comedy - soul/r&b/reggae/hiphop - 5:30pm

tue(21): joe's pub - dj soul/guests/talib kweli listening - soul/classics/hiphop
tue(21): sapphire lounge - eman/lola - house/deep grooves
tue(21): lobby - will/self - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
tue(21): table 50 - swamy/john creamer/david vasquez/guests - house
tue(21): suite 16 - big ben - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
tue(21): 65 4th ave b/w 9th + 10th - jus-ske/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul
tue(21): vela - dj crooked - hiphop/reggae/rock/80s
tue(21): plan b - dj omi - hiphop/rock/80s
tue(21): afterwork/aubette - snatch 1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul/classics - 6:30PM

Herbert's Heard
"You Got the Love" -- The Source (Can someone buy this for me? I'll pay you back.)
"The Best I Can" -- The Muthafunkaz (Thank God there's still some dope house.)
"Love Street" -- R. Kelly (Yeah yeah yeah yeah.)
"You Haven't Done Nothin'" -- Stevie Wonder

Word As Bond
Big teengs a gwan! Herbert's got a big important job to do the beginning of next month, so until then, he'll be crazy and screwfaced every time you see him out. Not because I'm an angry dude--never that. Rather because I'll be on so little sleep, I'll basically be sleepwalking when you see me. If I turn to you and say "tuna, lettuce and dressing please," understand I'm sleepwalking (and probably dreaming about food I used to eat when I came home from school). Or if I say "double bogey," I'm dreaming about the golf I played in high school.

Once again, I need to confess how much I like R. Kelly's music. His latest album is what we all need: good, positive happy dance music for lovers and friends. DJ Will from the Bronx put me up on some of the other tracks on the album, and then I returned the favor and put him up on the Maroon 5 song. Yep. You heard me. DJ Will from the Bronx bought Maroon 5's "This Love." 2 of them. For sure, dude. (Haaaa--got you, homie!). Anyways, I picked up a copy of "Love Street," my new favorite R&B tune. And you already know what "You Saved Me" did to a Herbert. Now, when I come home Saturday night, my baby comes out of the bedroom cuz she hears the TV, and she says "What are you doing??"

On the television is Roy Brown, Channel 67. Gospel hour. Hallelujah!

Last Wednesday, Umbrella was really really nice. It continues to grow in numbers, with some of the nicest, sharpest folks uptown partying to new hiphop joints and some of the old school for sure! We got something big--something REALLY big--comin up soon, so check us out. Umbrella's on 202 and 10th Avenue, and I'll be back in full effect next week. Tonight, gotta play for the lovelies at 17. If only they'd stop sweating themselves so hard!

Freedom on Friday was bananas. Off the chain. Folks were in there from about 11PM till 4:15 when the last record was dropped. Of course, I laid a little Muthafunkaz on 'em, cuz they got that song "Best I Can" and it's good, not like the rest of the House songs I hear that are ... good musically, you know, Brazilian drums and African vibes and soulful and stuff, but lack energy and real dance floor appeal that yanks you outta your chair. It all sounds so ... Sunday afternoon, you know? But this joint really rocks. Big shout out to the legendary D Nice. Thanks for the love, homie. I got you this week.

"My name is Her-bert. My name my name my name is Her-bert."

Saturdays at Social Club was really fun, no doubt. Prolly cuz they had a crew of heads who I used to party with at NYU in full effect. These kids know how to party and dance and get crazy, as do most of the heads that come through every week. Now if I only remembered to put my freaking house keys in my pocket later that night! Yeah ... I locked myself out. I contemplated using a credit card to shimmy the lock open, cuz you know I'm not trying to pay some jerk off $175 to let me back in to my apartment, but, I tried doing that once in the college dorms and I sucked real bad at it, so I crashed with a friend (celebrity door man Dan Tanner, to be exact) on the Lower East Side and called my super the next day. Thanks, Dan!!!!

I'm okay! Don't worry. I know you're concerned. Everything was okay. I even went out that night and got really drunk at DJ Marc Smooth and Stone Jackson's Ear Candy party uptown at Fez. Now, for those of you who know me, for those of you that've seen me out at night, you know that I am never drunk. I rarely drink at all, so when I do decide to get a little toe-up, it gets outta hand. I was pretty shi**y, I gotta tell you that. I think Rocwilder was in there and he gave me a look like "What's wrong with this crazy white boy?" It ain't bad enough I was the only white boy in there, and it ain't bad enough I have such an ... extraordinary dome, but now you got the only white boy with an ... unusual head size (that actually sounds worse than just saying "big") swaying to and fro, foaming at the mouth, eyes all googly, barely mouthing the words to some song that I thought I knew but prolly didn't.

Next time, I should make it an event all its own. Come out and see DJ Herbert drunk. It's quite a site to see, I tell you. Ask Roc. In the meantime, I'm going to reload the nutrients in my body by buying about 6 boxes of Bolthouse Farms' "Perfectly Protein Vanilla Chai Tea" drink. Not just because there are 10 grams of soy protein with each serving, not just because there are 530 milligrams of potassium per serving, not just because each serving is 30% calcium, 200% B6, 20% magnesium, 180% vitamin C, 15% iron, 195% vitamin B12 and 20% zinc, and only 160 calories with no more than 3 total grams of fat (2 of them saturated), but, well, because it tastes so darn good!

After all that, you know you're gonna go to the deli and get some.

Peace, love, good health, excellence, and definitely none of this season's Real World (it's one of the worst yet),

Herbert's Gigs
tonight - the rich bi*ch party - 17 (37 West 17th St b/w 5th + 6th)
herbert's hired again for the hottest hump-day party in nyc!
hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/classics by herbert, ya herb?
very exclusive - dress really really sharp - models/bottles/etc.
10pm - $20 - free if ya get a table!! - rsvp djherbert@earthlink.net

every friday - freedom - starfoods (64 e. 1st b/w 1st+2nd aves)
#1 funnest friday night dance party in nyc, son-n-n-n!
classic hiphop/soul/dancehall/80s/house/classic r&b/funk
$6 peach punch - food till 2am - dancing - come as you are!
$5 before 2am, $7 after - rsvp djherbert@earthlink.net

every saturday - social club (14 e. 27th st b/w 5th + madison)
the Hot Hot Hot new saturday weekly - No More Lot 61!
hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/house/classics by me - main floor
a mix of the same sort of music downstairs by slynkee and cel
look sharp - ladies free b4 12 - $15 - rsvp djherbert@earthlink.net

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