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wed(05): apt - rich medina - old school/soul/funk/afrobeat/80s
wed(05): nuyorican cafe - live poetry/live mcs/live music - legendary night!
wed(05): madame x - jon oliver - soul/rock/rare grooves/hiphop - 8pm to 1am
wed(05): cielo - kevin hedge/adam cruz - soulful house
wed(05): suede - big ben/noble - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock
wed(05): lotus - ani quinn - hiphop/r&b/rock
wed(05): baraza - eric rodriguez/steve martin - soul/funk/hiphop/80s/reggae
wed(05): ripple/bk - dj sanaqui/kidtronix - soul/funk/house
wed(05): duke + duchess - guest djs - hiphop/r&b/80s
wed(05): pm - crooked - hiphop/reggae/rock/80s/house/disco/classics
wed(05): coral room - dj will/dj capone - hiphop/r&b/reggae
wed(05): belmont lounge - qool marv - soul/funk/old school/r&b/world beat
wed(05): afterwork/rumor - snatch 1/kaos/self - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics

thu(06): guernica - reborn/selly/guests - house/old school/soul
thu(06): table 50 - q tip/mark ronson/guests - hiphop/rock/soul/funk/classics
thu(06): tribe - red rokk - hiphop/rock/80s/reggae
thu(06): ruby falls - soul/guests - hiphop/r&b/rock/80s
thu(06): black betty/bk - monk one/emskee - soul/funk/classics
thu(06): joe's pub - miss mary mackalicious - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
thu(06): snitch - dj xander - live rock and roll and stuff
thu(06): 4X4/bk - dj eleven/cosmo baker/ayres/guests - soul/funk/old school/reggae
thu(06): quo - crooked - hiphop/reggae/rock/80s/classics/funky house
thu(06): social club - da union djs - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggae-ton/classics
thu(06): viscaya - big ben - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/house/rock
thu(06): joe's pub - misbehavior - misbehavior/live rock and soul - TSUNAMI RELIEF
thu(06): sob's - rekah/eddie stats/visuals by fictive - bhangra - TSUNAMI RELIEF
thu(06): afterwork/kanvas - sweets - classics/soul/old school/r&b/80s

fri(07): FREEDOM - LAST NIGHT AT STARFOODS MOVING TO DISCOTHEQUE - SEE BELOW!
fri(07): blvd/crash mansion - nickodemus/mariano/live drums - house/brazilian
fri(07): lot 61 - dj soul/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(07): mission - dj harry bellyfonte - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul
fri(07): sin sin - red rokk - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s
fri(07): luahn - guest djs - hiphop/r&b/reggae/house/soul/classics
fri(07): coral room - mada/finesse - hiphop/rock/house/classics
fri(07): etoile - self - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(07): delancey - small change/guests - rare records/funked up sh*t/rock/soul
fri(07): time hotel - legendary chris washington - r&b/soul/hiphop
fri(07): joe's pub - dj snatch one - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(07): show - crooked - hiphop/reggae/rock/80s/house
fri(07): crobar - that kid chris/mike whitmore - house
fri(07): knitting factory - beat the donkey/dj true/live percussion - brasilian
fri(07): the door - reborn/sanaqui/guests - dance classics
fri(07): aer - disciple/sky nellor - whatever
fri(07): eugene - kulcha - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
fri(07): roxy - dj qua (107.5) - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggae-ton/classics
fri(07): na - dj reach/lee kalt - hiphop/r&b/80s/rock/house
fri(07): viscaya - finesse/ody roc - hiphop/house/rock/80s
fri(07): vue - commish - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggae-ton/classics
fri(07): canal room - big ben/danny o - hiphop/r&b/rock/80s/house
fri(07): sullivan room - dan barnes/alex pearce/stadenko - tribal house
fri(07): moe's/bk - dj obah - funk/soul/rock/hiphop/r&b/reggae/world beats/house
fri(07): table 50 - qool marv - soul/funk/classics/world beats/hiphop/house
fri(07): cellar bar - scumfrog/static revenger/benke - house

sat(08): social club - herbert/slinkee/cel - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/rock/old school
sat(08): etoile - goldfinger/precise - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sat(08): shelter - timmy regisford/guests - soulful house
sat(08): route 85a - redlox/fuddy knight - soul/funk/r&b/hiphop
sat(08): discotheque - erick morillo - house - AFTERHOURS THRU SUNDAY EVENING!!
sat(08): crobar - stephan luke/dj cue - house
sat(08): starfoods - osiris/jason douglas/nappy g - house/live drums
sat(08): plaid - camillo/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton
sat(08): octagon - da union djs - hiphop/r&b/reggae/reggae-ton/classics
sat(08): viscaya - dj soul/aphrodita - hiphop/80s/rock/reggae
sat(08): w hotel union square - jvc - hiphop/reggae/regga-ton - DOPE DEEJAY!!!!
sat(08): pm - crooked - hiphop/reggae/rock/80s/house/disco/classics
sat(08): satalla - dj big joe - free world music dance party - www.satalla.com
sat(08): sutra - dj obah - hiphop/r&b/reggae/80s/old school
sat(08): apt - qool marv - soul/funk/disco/world beats/classic hiphop
sat(08): southpaw/bk - ayres/eleven/cosmo baker/guests - soul/olskool/80s/reggae

sun(09): fez uptown - marc smooth/dallas green/dan.ce - classics/hiphop/r&b/reggae
sun(09): 1073 atlantic b/w franklin + classon/bk - ruben toro - house + classics
sun(09): mouton lounge - crooked/dj eleven - everything dope
sun(09): table 50 - d nice/beverly bond - classics/new soul
sun(09): piano's - scratch famous/selector JD/guests - reggae/reggae
sun(09): lotus - goldfinger - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
sun(09): lq - self - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics - hosted by JA RULE!
sun(09): lot 61 - camillo/guests - hiphop/r&b/reggae/latin
sun(09): kos - dj obah - funk/soul/rock/world beats
sun(09): leopard lounge - guest selectors/live performances - reggae/reggae/reggae

mon(10): cielo - francois k/guests - future dub/space vibes/house
mon(10): apt - eli escobar/bobbitto/spinna (rotation) - soul/funk/disco/olskool
mon(10): select - stretch armstrong - hiphop/80s/rock/olskool - "metroselectual?"
mon(10): bamboo - dj o/dj ibe - "music for b-boys and b-girls"
mon(10): le souk - guest djs - house/trendy shmendy
mon(10): joe's pub - leron thomas/nappy g - live jazz fusion dance stuff
mon(10): 9 1/2 - sussone - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics/reggaeton
mon(10): sapphire lounge - disciple!!! - house
mon(10): afterwork/justin's - commish/mc frank jugga - hiphop/r&b/reggae - 5pm

tue(11): sapphire - eman/lola - deep house - happy b-day, miss boogie!!
tue(11): joe's pub - guest djs/live performances - soul/classics/hiphop/house
tue(11): union square lounge/coffee shop - emskee - soul/funk/old school
tue(11): cain - crooked - hiphop/rock/80s/house/disco/classics
tue(11): gallery - kulcha - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
tue(11): lobby - self/will - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
tue(11): temple - camillo/big ben - hiphop/r&b/reggae/classics
tue(11): apt - karl injex/tyler askew/gamall - future dance/house/uk stuff
tue(11): afterwork/aubette - snatch 1 - hiphop/r&b/reggae/soul/classics

Herbert's Heard

Nothin'. Been too busy with New Year's Eve, the Freedom Party's move, closing on my apartment, and my birthday. Haven't tuned in for a minute. Still singing the Mario song. Really sick of it now.

Word To Herbert
Yeah, yeah yeah. Happy New Year and all that jazz. Don't make much difference to me, you know? Another day, another dollar, another week, another Holler. I don't even remember much of last year, to tell you the truth. Let's see. 2004. Uh ...er ... well. I guess ... okay. I know I ate a lot of nachos this past year, that's for dang sure. I prolly ate more nachos than ever before. Beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, jalapenos for kick, and of course, chicken. San Loco would be my first place winner for their "Macho Nachos" down on Stanton, prolly because you can taste the freshness in each bite. Yeah. And we can't forget Spanish food. I know I must've eaten me enough plates of arroz con pollo to feed a whole project in Washington Heights, and I'm sure I bought 95% of them at that spot in the back of the Blimpie's on 35th between 7th and 8th. Yeah. I'm pretty gangster when it comes to me belly! I also gotta give the coveted "Hamburger Trophy" to L'Express on 20th and Park. It's their lamb burger, and it's the only chuck sandwich Herbert would EVER eat without Heinz 57. So dang good! Like the snack of the year, jalapeno polenta chips (by Good Eats or something) and red chile pepper hummous. DANG! Follow that with an out-of-this-world glass of 8th Continent Choc Soy milk, and you are talking tasty AND healthy.

What else? Let's see. Oh yeah. Music. Freedom hit the top of the party list, and not just because it's mine, but because ... it was just plain dope. AND it was mine. We went from an empty dance floor at Culture Club to 400 plus people at this little unheard-of restaurant on the Lower East Side called Starfoods. We basically showed New York that you could still have the livest party NOT just on a weeknight and you could keep the dance floor packed and NOT have to play 50 Cent or "Lean Back." We saw REAL celebrities like Grand Puba, D-Nice, the UMC's, Lords of the Underground, Dana Dane, Red Alert, and all of you, who in my mind, deserve celebration. Now we're onto our new home, Discotheque, and we've only just begun. But, I do have to be honest and mention a couple other notable events of 2004, so here goes: the Eclectic Ride at Joe's Pub on Tuesday (again), Little Ricky's Rib Shack at Apt on Wednesdays (again), Turntables on the Hudson (again), some cool art gallery party I went to on Broadway, and the MAW Christmas party at Deep.

I think I'll dub Ludacris as my favorite MC, only because the guys cracks me up (I don't even like his music that much). Kanye West put the soul back in hip-hop, so he should get props for that. And comeback of the year has to go to Ja Rule, who managed to get love in the streets with "New York" even after getting completely shi**ed on by 50. Wait ... should I give that award to the M-o-b-b?? "Got It Twisted" was crazy, not to mention the track they did with Alchemist and the one with Lil' Jon. I think we can all safely say "Lean Back" was the #1 single of the year, and the #1 album prolly goes to Usher, who helped push R&B music back into the limelight. (Finishing up with Mario's "Let Me Love You" was a good look too. I think my favorite one just might very well be Anthony Hamilton's "Charlene" or Eric Roberson's "Couldn't Hear Me Over the Music." The best new sound of the year goes to Reggae-ton ("Pobre Diabla" being my most favoritist), though I really liked the uptempo Caribbean explosion with Kevin Lyttle's "Turn Me On" and Rupee's "Tempted to Touch." The illest reggae riddim was the Coolie Riddim hands down.

AND THE #1 SONG OF THE YEAR GOES TO ... (drum-roll) ... "AS" BY STEVIE WONDER!!! (What'd you think?)

Now. Onto the wack stuff. The most played song lyric of 2004 is "VIP." I'm sorry, but if you say it, you're a cornball. And the worst lyrics might end up in a tie. What was worse? Pharrell's "And think before you fu*k wit little skateboard P" or 50 Cent's "50, uh. Bentley, uh?" The most played fashion accessory is the glorious trucker hat, but the fact that it was still being worn in 2004 is what really gets me. I think it was brought back to life by the whole "metrosexual" thing, which is one of the worst trends I've witnessed to date. Men turning into women, basically. How can you have a penis and spend more time in the bathroom/tanning salon than the girl you're dating? How do women like that sh*t? I'm convinced that the 20-something generation is completely homosexual, which is fine, but have some balls and come out with it. Women checking out bodies and men checking out shoes? What?

What else sucked? George Bush winning the office kind of sucked. New York City definitely sucked more than anyone can remember, which would explain all those Los Angeles people taking over the party scene, with their novel approach to the rock and hip-hop remix called the "mash-up." LA sucks. (SEE the Anthrax vs. Public Enemy single "Fight the Power" or the "Judgement Night" soundtrack.) So does Miami for the most part, except Trick Daddy. He doesn't suck. But Las Vegas sucks. Did you know that Atlantic City and Las Vegas make the same amount of revenue from gaming? And Atlantic City REALLY sucks!! That restaurant Craft ... ... sucked (a little bit of suspense for ya). So overrated it wasn't funny. Go to Mama's in the East Village for the same type of food and spare your wallet (and your taste buds).

Now. What was the greatest thing that happened to me in 2004? The greatest thing that happened to me EVER, in my entire life? Getting the balls to propose to and marry my soul mate, Alexandra. (Racking up the points, fellas. You'll understand.)

Quickly, my resolutions. Don't eat before bed, drink more water, step up my DJ game (website and CDs in early 2005!), be better to my baby, be a little more confident in my decisions, and call my momma more often. There's others, but it's getting late, and Umbrella took the wind out of me tonight. Last but not least, the news. Check out Anthony Mills new album "Cry" at cdbaby.com/cd/anthonymills. And for more info on the kid, go to expage.com/page/musicalwarfare. I do also owe Anthony another big thank you for singing "Ribbon in the Sky" at that restaurant. (She said yes.) Now ... how about Ashlee Simpson getting booed at the USC game? I think she deserves it, but not cuz of her music (which isn't that bad), but cuz she blamed her band for her SNL screw up. Plus, what the fu*k is she doing singing at a football game? What is this world coming to? (The program directors are prolly metrosexual.) And what was her PR agent thinking when he/she told the world that the SNL blunder was due to ... "acid reflux?" Ew!!! You kidding? I didn't need to know that!

BUUUURPPPPPPP! (Gurgle gurgle).

Oh yeah. That just reminded me of another one of my resolutions.

GOOD LUCK IN 2005!!!!

Love, light, wisdom, peace, great health and much happiness,

DJ Herbert

P.S. - The second best email of the year (after mine, of course) goes to Dallas, Freedom frequenter, writer, woodsman and streaker. If y'all want a funny, intelligent, sometimes out-of-line email, hit him up: polo_bear@hotmail.com

Herbert's Gigsevery friday - freedom - starfoods (64 e. 1st b/w 1st+2nd aves)
!!!!!!!last night at starfoods - moving to discotheque!!

#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 wednesday - umbrella new york - 440 w. 202nd (10th ave)
you gotta come uptown! these cats know how to have some fun!!!
hip-hop/r&b/reggae/reggaeton by dj herbertowitz all night long!
free!!!!! - new crazy venue!!! - rsvp djherbert@earthlink.net

every saturday - social club (14 e. 27th st b/w 5th + madison)
the HOT HOT HOT new saturday weekly - party people from all walks!
!!!!main floor dance space has been extended!!
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

january 14 - it's time, people -- freedom finds a new home!!!
discotheque - 17 w. 19th b/w 5th + 6th avenues (f train to 23rd)
STILL no attitude - STILL no dress code - STILL no expensive drinks!
NOW more room to dance - NOW easier bar access - NOW a dope sound system!
SAME incredible music - SAME cool, real people - SAME bang for your buck!
(and a back room boasting a sexy lounge for all y'all bullshi**ers!!) 10 to 4 - $7/$10 list - $10/$15 g.a. - rsvp: djherbert@earthlink.net

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DJ Herbert

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