As noted in an early Boogaloo Bag post, our friends Peter Aaron and Sean McDJ host a fabulous night called Smash! Crash! Bash! on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box in Kingston, NY. The October Smasher landed on Halloween, which triggered two things to happen: 1) it was going to be fun; 2) Sean McDJ was bound to get another gig somewhere else that night! Both happenings happened. Due to the second happening, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus was once more called in to sub for Mr. McDJ.

Smash! Crash! Bash! is known for its eclectic mix of all things rockin’—especially punk and new wave records. On this night, Mr. Aaron and the Phast One played those kinds of records, but also quite a bit of scary-ish type of records in order to celebrate Halloween. A funny thing happened that night—a party of about twenty folks came upstairs to the Rumpus Room where the DJs are. None of them were in costume. They hung out for about an hour then left. After that, there were a bunch of folks upstairs in all sorts of costumes; witches and goblins bopped around all night. Yeah, it was a fun night.

The most impressive costume of the night had to be the fellow in the shark outfit!

Miss Nancy was able to round up a whole lot of treats for the occasion: brownies with eyeballs in them, chex mix, a candy assortment, Fab! cookies, gummy eyeballs and a jello brain! Wow! Plus, she supplied the room with a crawling brain and a walking severed hand (as seen in the photo above)!!!

Peter Aaron played a rich variety of his punk and new wave records (and he’s got an impressive collection of that stuff), plus other rockin’ jams, as he always does. Phreddie Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus played these records:

• The Boris Gardiner Happening–Spooky (Leal, UK))
• Telco Recording Orch.–Madam Dracula (Telco; West Indies)
• The Monotones–Zombi (Argo)
• The Mothers of Invention–My Guitar (Bizarre)
• Roky Erickson–Bermuda (Rhino)
• Shorty Billups–Black Cats (Blast)
• Can–Moon Shake (United Artists)
• Bonzo Dog Band–I’m the Urban Spaceman (United Artists)
• Los Straitjackets–2000 Light Years From Home (Norton)
• Los Shain’s–Niebla Púrpura [Purple Haze] (Odeon; Peru)
• 006–Like What Me Worry (Red Bird)
• Blue Öyster Cult–Hot Rails to Hell (Columbia)
• The Fleshtones–Screamin’ Skull (I.R.S.; UK)
• Madness–Un Paso Adelante… (Stiff; Spain)
• Hollywood Hillbillys–The Lonely Surf Monster (Hollywood Hillbillys)
• The Zippers–You’re So Strange (Back Door Man)
• Patti Smith–Ask the Angels (Arista)
• Edgar Broughton Band–Apache Drop Out (Harvest; UK)
• The Untouchables–Free Yourself (Stiff; UK)
• Them–Mystic Eyes (Parrot)
• The Droogs–Ahead of My Time (Plug ‘n Socket)
• Liquid Liquid–Push (99)
• China Street–Rock Against Racism (EMI; UK)
• The Beat–Hands Off… She’s Mine (Go-Feet; UK)
• Graham Parker & the Rumour–Hey Lord Don’t Ask Me Questions (Vertigo; UK)
• Heaven 17–(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thing (B.E.F./Virgin; UK)
• Bowie–Panic in Detroit (RCA Victor)
• Brinsley Schwarz–(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding (United Artists; UK)
• Television–Venus (Elektra; Japan)
• Elvis Presley–(You’re The) Devil in Disguise (RCA Victor)
• Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias–Fuck You (Logo; UK)
• The Schizophonics–Black to Comm (Pig Baby)
• The Weirdos–We Got the Neutron Bomb (Dangerhouse)
• The Stooges–I Wanna Be Your Dog (Elektra)
• Wailers–Out of Our Tree (Etiquette)
• The Primitives–The Ostrich (Pickwick City)
• Bobby Byrd–Back From the Dead (International Brothers)
• The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble featuring Kelly Finnigan–Impeach the President (Colemine)
• [no artist listed]–Dance the Slurp (7-Eleven)
• The Bandidos–The Mark of Zorro (Elkay)
• Les Yper Sound–Psyche Rock (Fontana; Italy)
• The Green Slime–The Green Slime (M-G-M)
• Bobby Fuller and the Fanatics–Our Favorite Martian (Donna)
• Los Babys–Jinetes en el Cielo (Peerless; Mexico)
• The Gamblers–Moon Dawg! (World Pacific)
• Antoine–Un an Dans L’Amazonie (Hot Love) (Disques Vogue; France)
• The Jesus and Mary Chain–Bo Diddley Is Jesus (Blanco y Negro; UK)
• Captain Beefheart–Click Clack (Reprise)
• Rex Garvin (and the Mighty Cravers)–Strange Happenings (Chieftain)
• [no artist listed]–Space Battle (Stories In Sound)
• The El Capris–Safari – (Part 2) (Ring-O)

None of these records are for sale.