I’ll be joining Steve ShakeWell and Duckcomb for a SHAREGROOVE party over at Tandem in Bushwick. Check out the guest mix they did on A Downtown Affair this past summer to get yourself in the mood… Expect deep flavors all night long!

We’ll be in the back room starting at 10pm.

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I played the show solo for the first time in a while and decided on a mixed bag of classic 12s as well as some new acquisitions including the Asona album, which I recently picked up when a bunch of 80′s Ghanaian LP’s turned up at a local shop. Be sure to tune in next week when we have Vin Sol joining us for a guest set. Enjoy.

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Last week we had James Mulry (Black Label/Chicken Hut) and Matt Harrison (1/2 of Rockers Galore) come on the program to do a guest mix. We had a super fun time playing records all weekend – thanks to all those that made it happen!

Mike McGill starts it off:

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The Partners “Give It To Me All Night Long” (Moby Dick Records) 12″
David McPherson “You Can’t Stop” (SAM) 12″
Fonda Rae “Heobah (Instrumental)” (Posse Records) 12″
Revelation “Feel It” (Handshake) LP
Shep Pettibone “Falling In Love (instrumental)” (Salsoul) 12″
Sinnamon “Thanks To You” (Beckett Records) 12″

James Mulry takes over:

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Visual “The Music Got Me” (Visual) 12″
Nightlife Unlimited “Tonight” (Uniwave) LP
Jazzy Dee “Get On Up” (Laurie Records) 12″
People’s Choice “You Ought To Be Dancin’” (Casablanca) LP
202 “Get Up (Rock Your Body)” (Fire Sign Ltd.) 12″
Debbie Jacobs “High On Your Love” (Mca) 12″
Gregg Diamond “Danger” (T.K. Disco) 12″
Air Power “Be Yourself” (AVI Records) 12″
Bambu “I Don’t Wanna Lose It” (Zebra Records) 12″
Vera “Take Me To The Bridge” (Qio Records) 12″
South Shore Commission “Free Man” (Wand) LP
Suzy Q “Tonight” (RFC) LP
Esther Williams “You Gotta Let Me Show You” (Friends & Co.) LP

Matt Harrison of Rockers Galore finishes off:

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Peter Brown “Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me” (T.K. Disco) 12″
Loleatta Holloway “Hit And Run (Moxie edit)” (Moxie) 12″
Marvin Gaye “A Funky Space Reincarnation (Space Race rework)” (PPF) 12″
Queen Samantha “Take A Chance” (Bull Ding Recordings) LP
Nitro Deluxe “Let’s Get Brutal” (Cutting Records) 12″
Daniel Wang “In A Golden Haze” (Balihu) LP
40 Thieves “Yanks Abroad” (Rong) 12″
- “For A Ride (Horse Meat Disco mix)” (HMD) 12″
Boney M “Ma Baker (C.O.M.B.I. edit)” (c.o.m.b.i.) 12″
Voyage “From East To West” (Power) 12″
Harry Thurmann “Under Water” (Unidisc) 12″

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Rockers Galore were kind enough to invite James Mulry and myself to play records with them this Saturday night. Seriously nice digs over Bushwick Starr, a spacious loft space replete with boudoir, roof deck, and a full soundsystem enclosing the dance floor. Hey, we’re even poppin’ off some bubbly to start, so arrive after treading the FINELINE in Williamsburg.

Tomorrow night I’ve invited Greg & Matt of RG and James for a special guest appearance on A Downtown Affair. 89.1FM to the outerzones of the Tri-state from 10:30pm-1:00am.

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We double booked guests last week with Mark Murphy of Choice Cuts and DJ Kamui, who Mike linked up with at Lost And Found’s night at Santos Party House. Mark started things off with a set of classics and soul obscurities and Kamui took over halfway with an all 45 set. Big thanks to each guest for joining us on the air.

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Dave Bendeth “Feel The Real”
Xavier “Love Is On The One”
Bobby Nunn “Try My Love”
Sister Sledge “Pretty Baby”
Star “Another Love”
Leo’s Sunship “I’m Back For More”
Womack & Womack “Baby I’m Scared Of You”
Eddie Kendricks “Girl You Need A Change Of Mind”
Cameo “Love You Anyway”
James Mason “I Want Your Love”
- “Love Shock (Edit)”
Mtume “Juicy Fruit”
Nolani Cypriano “Lihue”
Debra Laws “Very Special”
Ned Doheny “To Prove My Love”

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Spectrum 7 “Trapped In The Pocket” (Le Cam)
Esquires “The Fish” (Lasco Records, Inc.)
Linda Jones “Let’s Go Party (Take Me By The Hand)” (Spirit)
Gloria Gaynor “Anybody Want to Party?” (Polydor)
Symbal 8 “I Thought You Want To Dance” (Shock)
A Different Bag “Lets Put It Together” (Bag Records)
Bridge “Put Your Finger In The Ground (And Turn The World Around)” (Grayton)
Banbarra “Shack Up” (United Artists)
The Sun “Wanna Make Love” (Capitol)
The Dealers “Satisfy” (Mosaic)
Vanesia Jean “Heartbreaker” (TNT Soul Records)
Lee Moore “Get Off” (Score Records)
Mahogany “My Chance To Dance” (Mahogany)
The Plant Life “Got2Get2Gether4Luv” (Gut Records)
Brooklyn People “Wreck” (Cheri)
David Matthews “You Keep Me Hanging On (Part 1)” (KUDU)
Sondra Simon “Funky Fairytails” (Midsong)
J.S. Wedge “Bessie” (Brownstone)
The Exclusives “New Breed” (Ben-La-Rose)
Leon Peterson “Don’t Squeeze The Sherm” (Fire Mountain)
Symbol 8 “Call Me” (Shock)
Skip Jackson “Microve Boogie” (Catamount)
Eko “Fly Me Back To Kribi” (Dragon Phenix)
Lalo Schifrin “Flamingo” (CTI)
Vass Corporation “One More Day (Kenny Dope Mix)” (Kay-Dee)
Inner Passion “After Hours Spot” (Delmar Intl)
Billy Always “More Than A Minute” (Naylo)
Brooklyn People “Peace And Love” (Cheri)

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FineLine – A new monthly at The Kontrol Room @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn.

Resident DJ Bennett4$enate builds on a synth disco bedrock to display jams and gems of 808 electro, sweet stepping boogie, and drum machine r&b. With special guests each month, FineLine is a place for to DJs get loose with outsider sets, and for listeners to soak up the benefits.

Guaranteed to be a great place to have a beer and hear something new to you. The room is a bit lacking in the dance-floor department so I want to make this a night for DJs to go a little bit farther, bug it out, and play some weirdo tracks.

Luckily I’m joined by two DJs well prepared to do just that:
AMIR
…and if you don’t know, now you know. Amir (of Kon and Amir) brings the rarest of digs, always tasteful. Hopefully he’ll play some African joints off his upcoming BBE comp.

TACKLEBERRY
Let’s Get Serious’ own, half the menergy of A Downtown Affair. You know his disco, but he knows his Psych too, and has wiped the cat piss off enough local rap 12″ buried in the back of decrepit stores to have some mind-bending tunes.

Invite yourself on Facebook, come through, have a drink, and lets make this night a success so we can keep walking that FineLine!

-B4$

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Tackleberry and Mike McGill get back on the saddle for the standard program of choice selections after consecutive weeks of guests followed by the Halloween Special. Doin’ a little steppin’ on our own…

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Deodato “Whistle Bump” (Wb) LP
Universe City “Serious” (Midland) LP
Deodato “Whistle Bump” (Wb) LP
The Brothers “Under The Skin” (RCA) LP
Soiree “You Keep Me Hanging On” (Unison) LP
- “Tangled” (c.o.m.b.i.) 12″
The U.N. “Hot Lover” (Prelude) 12″
Powerline “Double Journey” (Prelude) 12″
Francine McGee “Delerium” (RCA) 12″
Air Power “Be Yourself” (AVI) 12″
Starship Orchestra “You’re A Star” (Columbia) 12″
Shadow “Love Lite” (Elektra) LP
Kwick “We Ought To Be Dancing” (EMI) LP
- “I Love Your Beat” (Factory Beat) 12″
Chain Reaction “Sweet Lady (Dance With Me)” (Jam Sessions) 12″
Total Unity “Green-Eyed Lady” (Claridge Records) 12″
Terry Nova “Push with Size” (Prospect) 12″
Moodymann “The Thief Who Stole My Bays…Ya Blessin’ Me (B)” (KDJ) 12″
Carl Bean “I Born This Way” (Next Plateau) 12″
Inner Life “I’m Caught Up” (TCT) 12″
Universal Robot Band “Barely Breaking Even” (Moonglow) 12″

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Gene Chandler “Get Down” (20th Century) 12″
Eklips “My Love” (Real to Reel) 12″
Sandy Barber “I’ll Do Some Steppin On My Own” (Olde World) LP
Ramona Brooks “I Don’t Want You Back” (Q) 12″
Night Bandit “Like A Thief In The Night” (Cherry Hill) 12″
Mint “Perfect Guy” (E.Q.) 12″
Gene Van Buren “Rock The House” (Motown) LP
Laurice Hudson “Feel My Love” (Snowflake) 12″
Black Ivory “You Are My Lover” (Panoramic) LP
Cashmere “Try Your Lovin’” (Philly World) 12″
Rhetta Hughes “Crisis (Inst)” (Aria) 12″
Gaznevada “I.C. Love Affair” (Italian) 12″
Discotheque “Disco Special” (Carrere) 12″

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DJ Ghostdad of the Fully Fitted crew is hosting myself, Josh Dunn of 100 Limousines, and Sober, on MoFo Radio on WZBC in Boston. Should be an epic meeting of the minds! I’ll be doing my best to play some bugged out beats and weird internet videos with standout soundtracks.

We’ll be on Wed 11.11.09, 10pm – 1am.

90.3 FM in greater Boston, and streaming.

(p.s. CLICK THROUGH FOR THE ARCHIVED SHOW IN THE COMMENTS)

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LIGHT UP THE NIGHT is joined by special guests Vietcong Disco this Saturday night at Le Poisson Rouge. Check out their recent guest mix on the radio program for a peek at what to expect. Or, if you’ve been to one of their loft parties than you already know what’s good! Daniel Auster, Tackleberry and myself will be deejaying throughout the night as well.

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Friday Nov. 6th
10pm onwards
at The Bell House
149 7th St., Brooklyn
most definitely free

This Friday B4$ joins Greg Ferguson and Matt Harrison of Rockers Galore in the Front(ier) Room at the Bell House in the Gowanus. If you’re not glued to your hifi catching every second of A Downtown Affair, come through and have a beer!

http://www.thebellhouseny.com/home.php
http://rockersgalore.tumblr.com/ <— Check out their new mix, ‘Space Race’

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