[WARNING: this post is way out of order—the Boogaloo Blog writers apologize profusely for any confusion that it may incur]

Our friends Peter Aaron and Sean McDJ have a swingin’ DJ night they call Smash! Crash! Bash! that takes place on the last Friday of the month at the all mighty Salt Box in Kingston, NY. On these nights they tend to play a lot of punk, glam and new wave records, as well as old garage, soul, latin, funk—whatever they feel like playing. Both DJs are very eclectic, however, most of the night one will hear a lot of records from the seventies and early eighties. Miss Nancy likes to attend these affairs because they will play Devo, Bowie and T-Rex records, which she likes to dance to. The Boogaloo Bag writers like to attend these affairs because the DJs always play cool stuff they’ve never heard before—and that makes it interesting.

Peter Aaron is a musician (most famously a member of The Chrome Cranks), a radio personality (Go-Go Kitty on Radio Kingston), and an arts editor for the Hudson Valley culture magazine (Chronogram), and the author of books (most recently a biography of Ric Ocasek). He’s a busy guy who still finds time to collect groovy records and spin them at the Salt Box.

Sean McDJ is equally busy as a photographer, a computer specialist, a professional DJ (weddings, parties, anything) and, we think, several other employments that he doesn’t talk about. He’s also a neat guy who is happy to talk about any record you can think of.
This particular Smash! Crash! Bash! was held on July 25. Originally, Sean McDJ was planning on being absent due to other arrangements. Because of this, Peter Aaron asked Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to step into his shoes for the night. However, as it turned out, Mr. Sean was able to make the scene after all. Instead of kicking the Phast One off the bill, they decided to add him into the mix. Usually Peter and Sean take turns playing one record at a time. This time, the three of them traded three-song sets. Our pal Pete Pop showed up to dig the scene.



This was a gas for Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus, who had a chance to break out many songs he hadn’t played in a long time, including some new-ish ones and several by his friends from the olden days. He’ll be back on Halloween, as Sean has another gig that night!
Here’s a list of all the songs played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at Smash! Crash! Bash!
- Can–Spoon (United Artists; Germany)
- Mariette Levesque–L’Ete Revient (Trans-Canada; Canada)
- Oliveira Trio–O Justiceiro (Knight Rider Theme) (Discos Dinamite!; Portugal)
- The Motels–Closets & Bullets (Capitol; Germany)
- Curtis Baker & the Bravehearts–Is Vic There? (Original Gravity; UK)
- Darius and the Magnets–Saturday at 3:00 P.M. (Big Time)
- [no artist listed]–Space Battle (Stories In Sound)
- Les Bel-Air–Restons Ainsi (Tèlèdisc; Canada)
- Betty La Vette–What Condition My Condition Is In (Karen)
- Davy Jones–You Go Your Way (Relax; Netherlands)
- The Loons–Blue Ether (Dirty Water; UK)
- The Chesterfield Kings–She Told Me Lies (Mirror)
- The Rosalyns–Destroy That Boy [from EP Hide and Seek] (Ugly Things)
- Sakura–Stupid Cupid [from EP Sakura Goes Boom Boom] (TER; Singapore)
- The Ska Flames–Tokyo Shot (Sun Hot; Japan)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Wild Life (Straight; France)
- Eli “Paperboy” Reed & the True Loves–Ace of Spades (Q-dee)
- The Bonzo Dog Band–You Done My Brain In (Liberty; UK)
- The Furys–Moving Target (Beat)
- The Count Bishops–Train Train (Chiswick; UK)
- The Rubinoos–The Todd-O-Phonic Todd Show Theme (Bezerkley)
- David Johansen–Wreckless Crazy (Blue Sky)
- Minutemen–Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love from [EP Tour-Spiel]
- The Dream Syndicate–That’s What You Always Say (Down There/Blue Rose; Germany)
- The Velvet Underground–Train Round the Bend (Cotillion/Barclay; France)
- The Plugz–Achin’ (Fatima)
- The Nerves–When You Find Out [from EP The Nerves] (The Nerves)
- Ronny Kae–Swinging Drums (Band Box)
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Abba Zabba (Pye International; UK)
- The Hollywood Stars–All the Kids on the Street (Arista)
- Elliott Murphy–Last of the Rock Stars (Polydor)
- Los Babys–Jinetes en el Cielo (Peerless; Mexico)
- Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics–Our Favorite Martian (Donna)
- Beachnuts–Cycle Annie from EP Primitive: Pre-Velvets
- The Intimates–I’ve Got a Tiger in My Tank (Epic)
- Pill Box–Holly (Get Hip)
- Stalkers–Get It Together (Heron)
- Bonzo Dog Band–Slush (United Artists)
None of these records are for sale
