When all the planets are in alignment, the WHAM-O WATUSI takes place on the first Saturday of the month at the Bootleg Bar in downtown Bushwick. However, due to circumstances beyond his control, WHAM host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus was out of town when the regularly scheduled event in August was to take place. Luckily, he was able to trade the night with his pal Drew Redmond—who moved his Sleaze to Please night (usually the third Saturday of the month at the Boot) to August 6 and the WHAM took place on August 20.

The good thing about this change of scheduling was this: our pal Mr. Vacation has a regular DJ night at the Commodore on the first Saturday of the month, so getting him to guest at the WHAM-O WATUSI is impossible. When the WHAM was moved to the third Saturday of August, asking him to guest was topmost on The Boog’s mind. When he agreed to swing, everyone here at the Boogaloo Bag headquarters whooped it up in glee!!

Mr. Vacation! Yayyy!!!

Mr. Vacation is one of the most eclectic DJs in town. At the Commodore, he can work a funk set into a heavy metal set, followed by bossa nova records, then turn some German prog rock, and if you don’t watch out, he’ll play a classic disco jam! This seems to go down really well with the fried chicken eaters at the Commodore. Mr. Vacation is also famous as a pioneer of Bushwick living, a skateboard enthusiast, a connoisseur of hard-core punk rock and has been known to play drums in heavy, heavy rock bands. The Boogaloo Bag strongly suggests that all readers dig his Interwebs radio show on KPISS.fm where he plays all sorts of solid stuff. Some of the shows are on the soundclouds and can be accessed. Dig one here!

However, when the WHAM-O WATUSI took place at the Bootleg Bar on Saturday August 20, a night that was expected to delve into the madness turned out to be a pretty cool evening of mostly soul, funk and reggae records, with occasional detours into rock-type things. Needless to say, the clientele at the Bootleg Bar was completely satiated with groovy sounds.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus:

• Bonzo Dog Band–The Intro and the Outro (United Artists; UK)
• The Cannonballs–New Orleans Beat (Brunswick)
• Ernie Fields & Orch.–Workin’ Out (Rendezvous)
• Johnny Little John and Guitar; Rogers tenor sax–Johnny’s Jive (Margaret)
• Chuck Higgins and His Mellotones–Pachuko Hop (Combo)
• The Rockin R’s–Nameless (Tempus)
• Hopeton Lewis with the S.P.M.s–Grooving Out on Life (Merri Disc; Jamaica)
• Eric Donaldson–A Weh We A Go Do (Jaguar; Jamaica)
• Lloyd Charmers–Come See About Me (Randys)
• Rudy Ray Moore–The Turning Point (Kent)
• Charles Spurling–Popcorn Charlie (King)
• Pigmeat Markham–Pig’s Popcorn (Chess)
• The Soul Set featuring Norman Seldin–Surfin’ Boogaloo (Johnson)
• Eddie Bo–Shake Rock and Soul (Cinderella)
• Timmy Norman and the O’Jahs–Let It All Hang Out (Sound Stage 7)
• Los Ros–¡Yeah! (Belter; Spain)
• Cliff Wagner–Exception to the Rule (Jewel)
• The Rivingtons–You Move Me Baby (Vee-Jay)
• Big Mama Thornton–Swing It on Home (Arhoolie)
• Siimon Dupree and the Big Sound–Reservations (Parlophone)
• The Warlocks–I’ll Go Crazy (Decca)
• Ray Brackens–Do the Craw Fish (Scram)
• Jerry Lee Lewis–Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (Philips; France)
• Teen Tone’s–Shoutn’ Twist (Tri Disc)
• Royal Teens–Leotards (Mighty)
• The Capitols–The Kick (Karen)
• Can–Moon Shake (United Artists)
• Dr. John the Night Tripper–I Walk on Guilded Splinters – Part I (Atco)
• Captain Beefheart–Glider (Reprise)
• Jimmy Reed–I’m Going Upside Your Head (Vee-Jay)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival–Run Through the Jungle (Fantasy)
• The Lyres–Don’t Give It Up Now (Sounds Interesting)
• The Jam–Start (Polydor; UK)
• Bunny Brown–Rock You Baby (Parks; Jamaica)
• Dillinger–Cokane in My Brain (Black Swan; UK)
• The Snapper–The Pig (Worthy)
• Johnny Zamot y su Orquesta–Bomba Africana (Gema)
• Mighty Sparrow–Calypso Boogaloo (RA; West Indies)
• Mike Sanchez; Conjunto de Ricky Rays; Ernesto Marroquin: sax–Papa Molida (Mashed Potato Time) (Falcon)
• The Ideals–The Gorilla (Cortland)
• Count Yates with Orch. & Chimpanzee–Chimpanzee (Regis)
• Magnificient Monta-Gue–The Breather (Era)
• Swamp Rats–Psycho (St. Clair)
• Ted Taylor–You Give Me Nothing to Go On (OKeh)
• Flamin’ Groovies–Slow Death (United Artists; UK)
• David Walker–Ring the Changes (RCA Victor; UK)
• The Classmates–Let’s Get Together Tonight (Decca; UK)
• The Eddy Jacobs Exchange–Pull My Coat (Columbia)
• Georgie Woods – The Guy with the Goods–Potato Salad Part I (Fat Back)
• Jesse Gresham Plus 3–Shootin’ the Grease (Head)
• Butterball–Butterballs (Part 1) (Fast Eddie)
• Joe (Youngblood) Cobb–It’s L.B. Time (X-spect-Mo)
• Augustus Pablo–King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown (Mango)
• Gun Club–Fire of Love (Animal; UK)
• Plastic Ono Band–Cold Turkey (Apple)
• Les Sound Track–Tous Ces Gens N’ont Pas Raison (Honky Tonk Women) (Bel-Air; Canada)
• The Poor Boys–Wash Board Take 1 (Apollo)
• Desmond Dekker & the Aces–It Mek (Uni)
• Basil Gabbidon; Randy’s All Stars–Going Back to J.A. (Blue Beat; UK)
• Prince Buster–Wreck a Buddy (Prince Buster; Jamaica)
• Marcia Griffiths–Feel Like Jumping (CoxSone; Jamaica)
• The Hot Tamales–Hot Tamale (Pac)
• Aaron Neville–Space Man (Parlo)
• Joe Tex–Chicken Crazy (Dial)
• The Soul Set–Mickey’s Funky Monkey (BB)
• Gene Allison–Somebody Somewhere (Ref-O-Ree)
• Diamond Joe–The ABC Song (Deesu)
• Lowell Fulsom–Lady in the Rain (Jewel)

None of these records are for sale.