tiswas blog:

Monday 16 August
I make no secret about my less than prolific blogging but I figured it was about time for an update so here goes. For those of you have made it down to TISWAS at the Beauty Bar lately you will have noticed the absence of Spiky Phil -- this is because he has a great new job and I wish him every success with. I am sure he will be making the occasional appearances now and then. Next month I will be welcoming an additional DJ/host to TISWAS Thursdays at Beauty Bar, more on that in a couple of weeks. Other than that we have been rocking it weekly and hope to see you there in the near future!

In other news I have a new residency Saturdays at downtown hot spot Kenmare -- sorry, guest list only! Starting in the next week or so I will also be starting a new weekly residency at a sweet new East Village lounge, more details to follow!

Saw a private Dead Weather show at Don Hill's a week or so back which was off the hook -- free Tequila and a slamming raw heavy blues set, an awesome night! Also checked out Empire Of The Sun at Terminal 5 which was another great show, and it was a show, amazing visuals, lights, costumes, stage set and dancers! The music was tops too. Today I leave you with the best video I have seen in a while, Nick Cave's Grinderman's latest, Heathen Child -- check it out!

Monday 1 March
So we have had a great start to our new Thursday night weekly party at Beauty Bar and we would like to thank you all who have made the trip, especially all those who made the trip during last week's blizzard, and those who have not we hope to see you soon! This Thursday we welcome a special guest DJ, Jamie Burke so we hope to see you then!

Monday 8 February
Well I am not exactly the most prolific blogger but it is time to announce the new weekly TISWAS party which opens this Thursday 11 February at The Beauty Bar with no cover -- ever! Nick Marc and Spiky Phil will be handling the DJ duties with the occasional special guest DJs. This openning week we will be celebrating the latest release from Hot Chip, One Life Stand and we very much hope to see you there!

We will still be doing TISWAS NYC at Don Hill's on the third Saturday of the month with the next installment on 20 February with a live performance from our friends GOODFINGER, DJs Nick Marc, Spiky Phil and Jess and a PBR open bar from 11-12!

Monday 16 November
We have two events coming up this week and we hope to see you at both at TISWAS NYC this Saturday 21 November and Thursday 19 November at our new bash THE SHAKE DOWN at Leopard Lounge.

Joining DJs Nick Marc, Spiky Phil and Jess at TISWAS NYC this month we look forward to a live performance by British transplants DELUKA who have earned comparisons to the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, The Kills, Blondie, Ladytron and even the Prodigy, been remixed by The Rapture and featured on Rockstar Games' GTA IV. Their debut Deluka EP was released earlier this year on Brooklyn's Vel Records. Come early to take advantage of a Pabst Blue Ribbon open bar from 11-12 and from our friends at Filter Mag we have giveaways to celebrate the release of new albums from both Wolfmother and The Cribs -- hope to see you all there at what will be the last TISWAS of 2009, we will be back next year!

This Thursday at The Shake Down at The Leopard Lounge Nick and Phil will be laying down the tunes, we have a Snow Patrol release party and a 2 for 1 bar from 11 to 12 and no cover charge!

Tuesday 10 November
I really am not very good at regularly updating this blog -- I will endeavour to do better in the future. This Thursday we will be celebrating Nick Marc's birthday at the opening of our latest party, THE SHAKE DOWN at The Leopard Lounge (248 East 5th Street at 2nd Ave) in the heart of the East Village. Spiky Phil and Nick Marc will be supplying the tunes, there will be 2 for 1 drinks from 10-11 and there is no cover charge -- hope to see you there!

Shake1

Saturday 26 September
Thanks to all those who made it out to both TISWAS and the Depeche Mode party cruise last week and thanks also to Wendy James for guest DJing and to Your Vegas for a great live set.

We hope to see you all next month when we will be welcoming electro posters The Dossier live as well as our old friend and a special guest DJ set from former TISWAS host and DJ Justine D. Hope to see you all there!

Wednesday 16 September
Alright, tomorrow we take our Depeche Mode themed party cruise and we are looking forwrad to spining on if not sea, then at least the Hudson River and I am totally phyched to spin somewhere I never have. Come on by and let us us know what nautically themed tunes we should play!

Do not let Thursday night's shenanigans make you forget TISWAS this Saturday Night when we welcome a special guest DJ in Wendy James from the legendary Transvision Vamp. When I was in my teens I tok part in a Transvision Vamp video shoot -- I don't know if it ever made the cut but I will always remember that night in Notting Hill. Here is taste of the amazing Transvision Vamp.

Performing live we look forward to the TISWAS NYC debut of YOUR VEGAS, Brit transplants with a knack for a tune, we would post a video but for some reason the video cannot be embedded. Check them out on You Tube or just give em a Google. This Saturday we will also be celebrating the release of Muse's latest "The Uprising' along with La Roux'xs self titled debut and ther is also an open PBR bar from11 - 12 so we hope to see you all this Saturday at Don Hill's.

Random shit. Why the opposition to health care, I like the idea of affordable heath care -- I am an independant contractor and my health care is non exisitant coz it is un-affordable. My health plan is a seven hour flight back to the UK where at least I will get treated and not go bankrupt in the process. Personally I find a for profit health care system in this country obscene and I want to see the insurance companies bite the dust. No-one should should go broke because they get sick. I know it is in the title of 'For Whom The Bell's Toll" but why exactly does Roberto has to die -- he has a broken leg and they have spare horses so why not sling him across the back of one them. All I can say it's a Hemingway novel -- there is always at least one death to a main character! I was worried about United for the first few games this season but feeling alot better now. Just want to beat City Sunday -- that would be sweet! My favorite band at this moment in the Black Keys, they played at Rose Bar last Friday and were awesome!

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What's going on, clubs, gigs, art & more...

CLUBS

Sundays:
Morrissey Night @ Sway -- 305 Spring St. NYC.

Mondays:
Happy Hour Mondays @ Lit -- 93 2nd Ave. NYC.
Mondays at Lit @ Lit -- 93 2nd Ave. NYC.

Tuesdays:
East Side Social Club @ Blind Barber -- 339 E 10th St. NYC.
Rando Rando @ Gallery Bar -- 120 Orchard St. NYC.
Disco Down @ Happy Endings -- 302 Broome St. NYC.
Girl Trouble @ Gallery Bar (upstairs) -- 120 Orchard St. NYC.
Trainwreck @ Angels & Kings -- 500 E 11th St. NYC.

Wednesdays:
Ella Wednesdays @ Ella -- 9 Ave A, NYC.
Shaken & Stirred @ The Delancey -- 168 Delancey St, NYC.
DFA DJs AT HUDSON @ Hudson Hotel -- 356 W 58th St. NYC.

Thursdays:
TISWAS @ Beauty Bar -- 231 E 14 St. NYC.
NC-17 @ Lit -- 93 2nd Ave. NYC.
Smell The Glove @ St. Jeromes -- 155 Rivington St. NYC.
Hot Pursuit @ The Woods -- 48 S 4th St. Williamsburg.
Downtown Top Ranking @ Happy Endings -- 302 Broome St. NYC.

Fridays:
NICK MARC @ The Rose Bar -- 2 Lexington Ave. NYC.
Germs @ Public Assembly -- 70 N 6th St. Williamsburg.
Trash @ The Studio -- 125 E 11th St. NYC.
Mondo (monthly) @ Don Hill's -- 511 Greenwich St. NYC.

Saturdays:
NICK MARC @ Kenmare -- 98 Kenmare St. NYC.
Crashin' In @ Stanton Public -- 17 Stanton St. NYC.
Supernature @ The Counting Room -- 44 Berry St. Williamsburg.

GIGS

AUGUST
8/30 Black Mountain @ Knitting Factory

SEPTEMBER
9/1 Deluka @ Ella
9/1 Lou Barlow, Wye Oak @ Mercury Lounge
9/2 Built to Spill @ Rocks Off Concert Cruise aboard the Temptress
9/3 Beak @ Bowery Ballroom
9/3-5 Black Francis @ Joe's Pub
9/4 Electric Zoo New York: The Chemical Brothers, Major Lazer, and more @ Randalls Island
9/4 Wye Oak @ Maxwell's
9/4 Holy Ghost, House of House, DJ Mendhi @ P.S. 1
9/4-5 The Chemical Brothers @ Electric Zoo
9/6 Sleepy Sun, Sweet Apple @ Knitting Factory
9/7 Hot Hot Heat, 22-20s, Hey Rosetta! @ Bowery Ballroom
9/8 Kele, Does It Offend You, Yeah? @ Webster Hall
9/8 Les Savy Fav @ Mercury Lounge
9/8 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Telekenesis @ Bowery Ballroom
9/9 Dan Black @ Bowery Ballroom
9/9 School of Seven Bells, Active Child @ Brooklyn Bowl
9/10 Brahms @ Rockefeller Center
9/10-11 The Soft Pack, Beach Fossils @ Bowery Ballroom
9/10 Neckbeard Telecaster w/ The Brooklyn Ladies Auxiliary Choir, Austin McCutchen, Rachel Lipson & the Tip Top Band @ Glasslands
9/11 The Charlatans, Sherlock's Daughter @ Maxwell's
9/11 Panda Bear @ Governor's Island
9/11 Dirty Projectors, Owen Pallett @ Terminal 5
9/11 King Kahn & BBQ Show @ The Bell House
9/13 The Charlatans, Sherlock's Daughter @ Bowery Ballroom
9/14 The Charlatans, Sherlock's Daughter @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/14-15 Mystery Jets @ Mercury Lounge
9/15 The Toadies, Gringo Star @ The Gramercy Theatre
9/15-17 Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Dum Dum Girls @ Radio City Music Hall
9/16 Biffy Clyro @ Brooklyn Bowl
9/16 Jukebox the Ghost, Via Audio, Drink Up Buttercup @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/16 Those Darlins, Strange Boys, Gentleman Jesse @ Bowery Ballroom
9/17 Indian Jewelry, Small Black, Oberhofer @ Monster Island Basement
9/17-18 Of Monteral, Janellle Monae @ Terminal 5
9/18 The Biffy Clyro @ The Studio at Webster Hall
9/18 Superchunk @ Bowery Ballroom
9/18 Broken Social Scene, The Sea and Cake @ Central Park Rumsey Playfield
9/18 Dum Dum Girls @ Knitting Factory
9/18 Holy Fuck, Indian Jewelry, Twin Shadow @ Le Poisson Rouge
9/18 No Age @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/18 Superchunk, Let's Wrestle @ Bowery Ballroom
9/19 Hanne Hukkelberg @ Joe's Pub
9/19 Klaxons @ Maxwells
9/19 Pavement, Jenny and Johnny @ Williamsburg Waterfront
9/19-20 Sea Wolf @ Mercury Lounge
9/19 Superchunk, Wild Nothing @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/20 Klaxons @ Bowery Ballroom
9/21-22 Ra Ra Riot Bowery Ballroom
9/21-24 Pavement, Thee Oh Sees Central Park Rumsey Playfield
9/21 Thee Oh Sees @ Santos Party House
9/21 Wavves @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/22 Caribou @ Webster Hall
9/22 Klaxons @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/22 Wavves @ Cake Shop
9/23 The Boxer Rebellion, Amusement Parks On Fire @ Bowery Ballroom
9/23-24 Ra Ra Riot @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/23 Simian Mobile Disco @ Santos Party House
9/24 David Bazan, The Mynabirds @ Brooklyn Bowl
9/24 Stars @ Terminal 5
9/24 The National, Owen Pallett @ The Wellmont Theatre
9/25 The Boxer Rebellion, Amusement Parks On Fire @ The Bell House
9/25 Electric Six, The Constellations @ Bowery Ballroom
9/25 Eels @ Terminal 5
9/25 Free Energy, Titus Andronicus @ Webster Hall
9/28 Dead Confederate, Mt. St. Helens Band @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/28 James, Ed Harcourt @ Webster Hall
9/29 Best Coast, Male Bonding @ Bowery Ballroom
9/29 Rogue Wave, Midlake @ Webster Hall
9/30 Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub @ Williamsburg Waterfront
9/30 Best Coast, Male Bonding @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
9/30 Film School, The Depreciation Guild @ Glasslands
9/30 The Gaslight Anthem, Rival Schools @ Radio City Music Hall
9/30 The Temper Trap, Delphic, The Hundred In the Hands @ The Wellmont Theatre

OCTOBER
10/1 Efterklang @ Santos Party House
10/1 Film School, The Depreciation Guild @ Mercury Lounge
10/1 Foals @ Bowery Ballroom
10/1 Menomena, Suckers @ Webster Hall
10/1 Shooter Jennings, J. Roddy Walston and the Business @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/1 The Temper Trap, Dephic, The Hundred In The Hands @ Terminal 5
10/1 Tired Pony @ Gramercy Theatre
10/2 Born Ruffians @ Bowery Ballroom
10/2 Efterklang @ Glasslands
10/2 Foals @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/2-3 Yo Gabba Gabba @ Radio City Music Hall
10/2 The xx, Warpaint, Zola Jesus @ United Palace Theatre
10/4 Wovenhand, Serena Maneesh @ Knitting Factory
10/4 Fol Chen @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/6 Tim Kasher (of Cursive) @ The Rock Shop
10/8 Gorillaz @ MSG
10/8-9 Ratatat, Dom @ Terminal 5
10/9 Olof Arlands @ Joe's Pub
10/6-7 Miike Snow @ Terminal 5
10/13 Avi Buffalo @ Mercury Lounge
10/13 Deerhoof @ Le Poisson Rouge
10/13 Here We Go Magic, The Love Language @ Bowery Ballroom
10/13-14 Jimmy Eat World, We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Terminal 5
10/13 Rodrigy y Gabriela @ The Wellmont Theatre
10/13 The Thermals, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Irving Plaza
10/14 Deerhunter, Real Estate @ Webster Hall
10/15 King Kahn and the Shrines, Golden Triangle @ Santos Party House
10/15-16 Los Campesinos! @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/16 Henry Clay People @ Mercury Lounge
10/16 Isobell Campbell and Mark Lanegan @ Bowery Ballroom
10/16 King Khan & The Shrines @ The Bell House
10/16 Seabear @ Highline Ballroom
10/16 The Sword @ Webster Hall
10/18-21 & 23 My Morning Jacket @ Terminal 5
10/20 Bad Religion @ Irving Plaza
10/20 Phoenix, Dirty Projectors, Wavves @ Madison Square Garden
10/20 The Drums, Surfer Blood @ Webster Hall
10/21-22 Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation @ Beacon Theatre
10/23 DeVotchKa @ Lincoln Center for the Perf. Arts
10/23 Muse, Metric @ Nassau Coliseum
10/24 Muse, Metric @ Prudential Center
10/23 School of Seven Bells @ Santos Party House
10/26-27 Bad Religion @ Irving Plaza
10/26-27 Matt and Kim @ Webster Hall
10/28-30 Deadmau5 @ Roseland Ballroom
10/28 Jeff The Brotherhood @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/29-30 Local Natives, The Ruby Suns @ Webster Hall
10/29 Phantogram @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/30 Frightened Rabbit, Plants & Animals @ Terminal 5