Hot Funk on a Cold Night!

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January 31 was the fifth Saturday of the month. That means it was Funky Kingston night, and so, Funky Kingston rolled into the venerable Salt Box with much fanfare. This actually marked the last time the Funky Kingston will be held on a fifth Saturday. Going forward, the Funky Kingston will now be held on every other third Saturday night, starting in March. It will be alternating third Saturdays with Pete Pop’s new concoction, Shingaling Boogaloo—an evening of jumping around to exotic, Afro-Cuban rhythms and other hot stuff from south of the border.

Meanwhile, January 31 was one of the coldest nights of the year. However, inside the Salt Box was some of the hottest music imaginable: about six hours of super bad funk and reggae records played by host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and his special guest DJ Mikey Post of Daptone Records.

The place was packed most of the night. Miss Nancy brought brownies and chex mix. The adjacent food truck was in full operation (the cold weather had it literally steaming!) and the Phast Man partook in its excellent French fries.

Our pal Sean McDJ (whose DJ night Smash! Crash! Bash! is a must attend event on the last Friday of the month at the Salt Box) got into a deep conversation with Mikey Post about growing up in the same town in Long Island. It’s a small world after all!

Mr. Post played some fantastic records, including a test pressing of Daptone product that won’t be available until the spring. We’re looking forward to seeing it race up the charts!

For his part, Phast Phreddie played a bunch of funky records, some reggae records and a few other interesting things, including a bunch of “thing” records. Here’s a list of it all:

None of these records are for sale.

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