On January 4, The Shim Sham Shimmy rolled into the Salt Box in Kingston, NY. Folks, this is the fun one, the one that rocks, the one that swings, the one that bops the one that everyone is talking about. At the Shim, DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus spin fantastic 45s: R&B, Blues, Soul, Surf, Rock’n’Roll, Rockabilly, Jump Blues and all kinds of nasty, jumpin’, rockin’ and swingin’ trash. On this particular night, things got so hectic that we forgot to take but one photo! You know it was a grand affair when drinks got spilled and glasses got broken!
Although The Shim Sham Shimmy is supposed to take place on the first Saturday of the month, it moves around from time to time. For example, the February Shim will take place on February 8—the second Saturday. With any luck it will return to the first Saturday in March. Stay tuned.
At the Shimmy, Pete and Phast trade mini-sets of three songs each. Sometimes the three songs are related; often they are not. Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the January Shim Sham Shimmy:
This is is the program notes for the corresponding GO Mechanism Number Twenty Six as it premiers on the Luxuria Music web-O-net as a Saturday Night Special on January 18 (or, as a podcast the next day). The GO Mechanism is an audio Odyssey that is hosted by Phast Phreddie. It is scientifically engineered and programed in the secret laboratory of Boogaloo Omnibus Productions incorporating ultra-phonic techniques not available to other broadcast entities. The G stands for GROOVE, and there will be plenty of GROOVE in each GO Mechanism. The O stands for O’ROONY, an intricate and complex attitude that is incomprehensible to those who possess standard-issue precepts. Listen and you will hear.
Half way through the program, there is a segment called The Science Corner in which a musical subject is explored and illustrated with three songs. For this Science Corner we have featured three songs written or co-written by George Clinton but performed by other artists.
The Parliaments
George Clinton is known internationally as a pioneering funkateer. His acts, Parliament, Funkadelic, solo recordings, and other assorted side projects, have all been devised to move funk music forward. In the late fifties, George Clinton formed a doo wop group in Plainfield, New Jersey and called it The Parliaments. They cut a few records that went largely unnoticed. At some point, in the mid sixties, Clinton was hired to write songs for Motown. The arrangement didn’t work out, but while in Detroit, he connected with other fledgling Motor City record companies, such as Golden World (who issued a Parliaments single), Ric Tic and Solid Hit. Some of these seemed to share ownerships. Revilot Records signed The Parliaments and were rewarded with a hit called “(I Wanna) Testify.”Clinton wrote and/or produced several records by other artists on these labels and we have a few of them here in The Science Corner.
The first song is “Hey Mama, What’cha Got Good for Daddy” by The Flaming Embers, a local Detroit rock group that first recorded for the legendary Fortune Records Company. This was the first of six singles they issued on Ric-Tic Records in 1967 and 1968. The following year the group signed to Hot Wax Records, a company owned by songwriters Brian Holland, Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier after they left the Motown fold. In 1970, the group would score a Top Thirty pop hit with “Westbound #9.”
Pat Lewis started her career as a member of Detroit girl group The Adorables that recorded for Golden World. When she went solo, her first five singles featured a song written or co-written by George Clinton. We picked “Look At What I Almost Missed” from 1966. By 1967, she was a back-up session singer at Motown, then worked on the road with Aretha Franklin before becoming a member of Hot, Buttered & Soul, a vocal group that worked with Isaac Hayes. In the eighties, George Clinton enlisted her for several projects that he worked on, including his solo records and an album by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 1968, The Parliaments released their own version of “Look What I Almost Missed.”
The last song we have is highly significant in the George Clinton sphere of influence. It’s called “Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good” by Rose Williams and it marks Clinton’s first use of the word Funkadelic—the record was issued on Funkedelic Records (it’s only release) and shows the backing band as George Clinton and the Funkedelics (note the spelling!). This was released in 1968, when Clinton was in a legal battle over the Parliaments name and the Funkadelic concept was just forming. During the seventies, Rose Williams would join Pat Lewis in Isaac Hayes’ backing band.
During this period, Clinton was also recording his own group—still called The Parliaments—and those records are really good examples of non-Motown Detroit soul music. In 1969, Clinton formed Funkadelic, a sort of separate entity whose music was different from Parliament. Both groups would tour together and become very popular during the seventies.
Liquid Liquid was a product of the art/punk scene of lower Manhattan during the early eighties. Here at The GO Mechanism we enjoy presenting works of folks banging on shit and screaming. The screaming part on this is a bit subtle, but the banging-on-shit is perfect!
Hank Jacobs was a Los Angeles keyboard player who cut some cool records for Sue Records and the Call Me label. He also did some arrangements for artists for Money Records (“Doin’ the Thing” by The Question Marks is a fave.). He cut an album for Sue called So Far Away and that’s where we found his fantastic rendition of “Summertime.” Obviously a talented individual, it’s a shame that he didn’t record more.
Los Sirex was a rock band from Spain, based in Barcelona. Here we have the band’s take on “Train Kept A’Rollin’,” a song first recorded by the R&B bandleader Tiny Bradshaw. In 1956, the song was reworked as a rockabilly raver by the Johnny Burnette Trio. That version became the template for the rendition by The Yardbirds in 1965. Los Sirex version, called “El Tren de la Costa,” also comes to us from 1965, and it is possible that they never heard the one by The Yardbirds or they surely would have copped the boss riff that Jeff Beck came up with—just as every garage rock band has done ever since. Still, Los Sirex delivers an exciting and unique rendition of Tiny Bradshaw’s fabulous tune.
Jon Hendricks came to prominence in the late fifties with his jazz vocal group, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. He would write lyrics to famous jazz compositions, including the solos, and the group would sing them. In GO Mechanism Number Twenty Two, he was heard singing the Thelonious Monk composition “In Walked Bud.” “No More,” his song selected for our program today, was only released as a single on Verve in England in 1968. Hendricks must have had a fond attachment to the song, because he re-recorded it for albums in 1975 and 1982.
Freek’s Garage
Freek’s Garage is a band made up of musical mechanics who perform mostly organ-driven instrumental music: a sort of cross between Booker T & the M.G.’s and The Meters. They hail from the Kingston/Woodstock area in the Hudson Valley of New York State and they’ll play at any setting they’re allowed to set up at. We’ve seen them at a beer garden in Kingston, a restaurant up in the Catskills and a tavern in Bearsville. The group has also performed at concert venues in Woodstock and at car shows. Recently, Freek’s Garage recorded a few tracks and “Meter Made” is a fair representation of what this band can do.
If you only know about Andy Griffith from watching The Andy Griffith Show, then his appearance as Lonesome Rhodes in the movie A Face in the Crowd will be a revelation. On the TV show he is a warm, good-hearted country sheriff who is kind and thoughtful. In the movie, Griffith plays a clever country bumpkin who becomes mean-spirited and obsessed with power once his schtick becomes popular. “Mama Guitar” is a song from the film—probably re-recorded for single release.
The Street Cleaners were a one-off project by songwriters/producers P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. Around the same time (1964) they were enjoying a little success as The Fantastic Baggies with a song called “Tell ‘Em I’m Surfin.”The GO Mechanism presents “Garbage City” by The Street Cleaners, the flip-side and remixed instrumental version of “That’s Cool, That’s Trash.” The latter is used as the opening theme song for one of our favorite Luxuria Music programs, No Condition Is Permanent. Hosted by Count Reeshard and his dog Le-Roy, the show is an eclectic mix of rock and rhythm and is produced in an original manner. The show first airs weekly immediately after the Saturday Night Special (which presents The GO Mechanism, when there is one) and it is highly recommended by The GO Mechanism producers.
The GO Mechanism closing theme has always been “Freddie’s Dead” by Curtis Mayfield—a hit song from the movie Super Fly. The GO Mechanism producers recently uncovered an answer song called “Freddie’s Alive and Well” by an obscure funk group called Spirit of Atlanta. So, because The GO Mechanism producers are wisecrackers, they put it in the show preceding the closing theme.
The Dave Clark Five often get lumped in with the so-called British Invasion rock groups of the mid-sixties. Indeed, they are British and their popularity peeked during that period, but to think of them as just another band would be doing a disservice to yourself for not paying attention. The DC5 made a lot of fantastic, exciting records and we close this GO Mechanism with one of them, “I Need Love.” This song was issued as a flip-side to “Nineteen Days” in European and Asian territories, but never in the U.S., where it only appeared on the I Like It Like That album. The song has the same amazing, pounding rhythm that the best DC5 records are known for, thus The GO Mechanism producers consider it one of the Greatest Records Of All Time and it closes the show. (For extra credit, check out this fantastic video of the song!!)
The artist who provided the graphic for our poster is Sunshine Dunham. The GO Mechanism producers first met her in the late eighties when she was employed at the Rhino Records Store in Westwood, CA. They have stayed in touch ever since. During the nineties she ran Fiasco Records that issued records by Congo Norvell, Kendra Smith, The Karl Hendricks Trio and several others. Since then, she’s gotten into other businesses, but she’s always had a toe in the art scene. Her work is unique and exquisite. This particular painting is titled Oil and Cold Wax #8. Dig her website for more information and to view—and perhaps purchase—her work.
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Here is a complete list of all the songs played on GO Mechanism Number Twenty Six:
Earl Bostic—Lester Leaps In (King)
Charles Mingus—Gunslinging Bird (from LP Mingus Dynasty; Columbia)
Gentleman June Gardner—Mustard Greens (from LP Bustin’ Out; EmArCy)
Chuck Berry—Butterscotch (from LP Chuck Berry In London; Chess)
Junior Byles—Fade Away (from soundtrack to Rockers; Island)
Liquid Liquid—Bellhead (99)
Riccardo Chailly: Asko Ensemble—Déserts – 1st Interpolation Of Organized Sound (from album Varèse: Complete Works; London)
Patti Smith—Oath (February 10, 1971)
Hank Jacobs—Summertime (from EP So Far Away; Sue; UK)
Lee Fields—Steam Train (from album Let’s Get a Groove On; Desco)
Tito Puente—Take the “A” Train (from album The Complete RCA Recordings Volume 1; RCA)
Lord Buckley—The Train (edit) (from LP A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat; Straight)
Los Sirex—El Tren de la Costa (Vergara; Spain)
Jimmy Nicol and the Subdubs—Night Train (Mar-Mar)
Manfred Mann—Last Train to Clarksville (from album The Ascent of Mann; Fontana; UK)
Bo Diddley—Down Home Special (Checker)
Big Jay McNeely—Ice Water (from LP Big J in 3-D; King)
The Lollipops—Busy Signal (RCA Victor)
The Bar-Kays—A Hard Day’s Night (Volt)
Climaco Sarmiento y su Orquesta—La Cigarra (from album Cumbias y Gaitas Famosas; Discos Fuentes; Colombia)
Ernie K-Doe—A Certain Girl (Minit)
Sam & Dave—I Thank You (Stax)
Pee Wee Crayton—Do Onto Others (Imperial)
The Stoned Soul Picnic—Crosstown Traffic (Stoned Soul Picnic; UK)
The Zodiacs—Caravan (from EP The Primitive Instrumental Sounds of The Zodiacs; Norton)
Pierre Boulez: Ensemble InterContemporain—Varèse: Intégrales (from album Varèse: Arcana, Amériques, Ionisation, Etc.; Columbia Masterworks)
Jon Hendricks—No More (Verve; UK)
The Flaming Embers—Hey Mama (What You Got Good for Daddy) (Ric Tic)
Pat Lewis–Look at What I Almost Missed (Solid Hit)
Rose Williams, George Clinton and the Funkedelics–Whatever Makes My Baby Feel Good (Funkedelic)
Freek’s Garage—Meter Maid (unreleased)
Freedom Sounds featuring Wayne Henderson—Respect (from LP People Get Ready; Atlantic)
Wes Dakus—Hobo (Capitol; Canada)
Lawrence Beauregard—Density: 21.5 (from album Varèse: Arcana, Amériques, Ionisation, Etc.; Columbia Masterworks)
Nancy Wickwire—I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed (from LP The Poems of Emily Dickinson; Spoken Arts)
Iron Butterfly—In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (edit) (from LP In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; Atco)
The Drifters—If You Don’t Come Back (Atlantic)
Bobby Land with Ralph Sayho & His Calypso Singers—Knock the Bongos (Tico)
The Destroyers—Compass (Cotillion)
Andy Grifith—Mama Guitar (Capitol)
Ozz & His Sperlings—Somebody to Love (M.I.O.B.)
The Street Cleaners—Garbage City (Amy)
Marlowe Morris—Tropical Madness (Epic)
Lalo Schifrin—End Game (Paramount)
Les DeMerle—I Am the Walrus (United Artists)
Spirit of Atlanta—Freddie’s Alive and Well (Buddah)
Curtis Mayfield—Freddie’s Dead (Boogaloo edit, closing theme) (Curtom)
Dave Clark Five—I Need Love (Odeon; Japan)
This edition of The Go Mechanism will be available as a podcast on the Luxuria Music website after its initial air-date of January 18, 2025 as a Saturday Night Special. After a few weeks it will be posted on the Mixclouds and then it will magically appear below…
New Year’s Eve is always a gas; big party night. I mean big PAR-TAY night! Right? Last year, Dj Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus turned it out at Bar 190 in Newburgh. Although the owners of the joint admitted to Pete Pop that it was the absolute best New Year’s Eve event that they ever witnessed, for some reason the dynamic DJ duo were not asked back!
That’s okay, though, because Pop and Phast were enlisted to DJ a gig at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock. That’s right, they were the opening act for the fantabulous Lee Fields!!!
Lee Fields has got to be one of the last great classic R&B singers still standing. He’s been around the block several times, having started his recording career in 1969 when he was only 18 or 19 with the single “Bewildered” an old swing era ballad that was made popular by Billy Eckstine and, subsequently, James Brown; (the flip “Tell Her I Love Her” is a very cool funk number). Fields has been working in and out of music ever since. Before the nineties, he had several singles but only one album to his name. Thirty years ago he hooked up with a rejuvenated Ace Records—the company from Jackson, Mississippi that issued boss records by Huey “Piano” Smith and Frankie Lee Sims in the fifties. Mr. Fields reached his full potential soon after that, when he began recording for Desco Records—the Brooklyn label that eventually splintered into Truth & Soul Records and Daptone Records. Since he began this phase of his career, he has been making great soul and funk records for Truth and Soul, Daptone as well as Big Crown Records.
On New Year’s Eve at the Bearsville Theater, Lee Fields was on fire! He is totally a classic soul singer. His ballad singing will melt you. His uptempo R&B numbers will make you jump and shout. Plus, his band was hot and included a couple of our friends, saxophonist Freddy DeBo and bass player Benny Trokan. The show was fantastic. At midnight a bunch of balloons dropped from the stage. It was a wonderful way to spend New Year’s Eve.
For their part, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus played a mixture of mostly soul and funk records, along with a bit a reggae and latin boogaloo things, trading mini three-song sets. Here’s a list of all the records played by The Phast One:
Newburgh, New York has a brand new old night club—Untouchable Bar and Restaurant. “Old” because the place has been there for a long time—in fact, it has a bit of a history. “New” because it has been taken over by the folks who own Quinn’s in Beacon. This means that most likely DJ Pete Pop will be playing his records there regularly. That also means there’s a good possibility that Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus will be doing likewise fairly often.
This new Untouchable Lounge—as we like to call it—opened in October. It has a cozy bar in the front and in back is a small concert hall—about as big as The Mercury Lounge, if you know your Big City rock clubs—complete with a stage and sound system. DJ Pete Pop already spun there once—on November 23. On December 5 the local rock band Decent Colors became the first act to appear on the stage. Other acts were scheduled, including one of our favorite surf bands, The Time Surfers, but they all got cancelled and the club had to close for a while as it dealt with red tape before it could reopen. That was all cleared up by Friday December 27, when DJ Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus worked their magic in the front room.
Pete and Phast kept the attendees boppin’ all night, with their eclectic mix of funk, soul, mambo, boogaloo and reggae. The two traded twenty-minute sets until it was time to close, around midnight.
Untouchable is bound to be a popular addition to the ever-growing scene on Liberty Street in Newburgh, where several new bars, boutiques and restaurants have been popping up lately. It seems the locals are determined to make Newburgh as groovy as Beacon or Kingston. Let’s wish them luck in that regard.
Here’s a list of all the songs played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Untouchable Lounge party:
The Shim Sham Shimmy at the Salt Box in Kingston is the newest addition to the Pete Pop DJ hustle. It is supposed to take place on the first Saturday of the month—but for two months it has been on the second, due to conflicting DJ schedules. Mr. Pop is a very busy man. In December it was the Benny Trokan show at Tubby’s. So for this month the event was held on the 14th, the day after Do The 45 in Beacon—another wild weekend!
Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and DJ Pete Pop swing at the Shim Sham Shimmy!
For the Shimmy, Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus bring out their rockin’ stuff: early R&B, rockabilly, rock’n’roll, doo wop, rockin’ blues and all sorts of reet music. They trade off playing sets of three records the whole time. Sometimes the three records played are related in some way. Often they are not. However, the music was boisterous and folks were jumping all night long. Somehow the old building didn’t crumble to the ground!
Pete and Phast were pleased that several of their friends came by to swing; plus there were plenty of other locals who ventured up the stairs to the famous Salt BoxRumpus Room and they all joined in on the fun and excitement, which went into the wee hours of the next morning.
Here is a list of records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the December Shim Sham Shimmy:
It may have been Friday the thirteenth, but Do The 45 held on that date was anything but unlucky. In fact, it may have been one of the best ones yet! All night folks were boppin’ to the boss sounds laid down by host DJ Pete Pop, his co-host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus and their guests Marty Shane and James Pogo. Go-Go dancer Bella Bombora performed so enthusiastically that dozens of folks got up on the raised dance floor to boogie with her throughout the night. In all, it was quite a success.
Marty Shane, again, played some pretty great records—even some seasonal ones. Much as he did last month, James Pogo delighted everybody again with his excellent selection of dance tracks. Pete Pop, of course played his fantastic records. Miss Nancy made her yummy chex mix and pumpkin cookies.
Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the December Do The 45:
A Shim Sham Shimmy was scheduled for Saturday December 7—the first Saturday of the month. However, host Pete Pop got the call from our pal Benny Trokan: his band was to play that night at Tubby’s in Kingston, can he and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus be DJs for the event? What to do! Pete and Phast moved The Shim Sham Shimmy from the first Saturday to the second Saturday in November—now they need to move it in December!
Anyway, not only did Benny Trokan’s great band play, but so did The Ar-Kaics, a cool band from somewhere down in Virginia. Both bands have made some excellent records for Wick Records, a subsidiary of our favorite record company, Daptone. Also, between the bands there was an appearance by the writer Lucy (nee Luc) Sante who read from her new book Six Sermons for Bob Dylan. Another added bonus to this show was that our buddy Mikey Post, a significant DJ himself, plays drums in Benny’s band.
The whole event went fantastically well. What even made it better was the presence of our friend Bruce Bennett. He was the guitarist for The A-Bones and a side-kick to The Hound when he had his radio show. We haven’t seen Bruce in a mighty long time and we were very happy to see his smiling face. He now lives somewhere up in the Hudson Valley and dropped by the joint to dig the heavy rock scene at Tubby’s.
Miss Nancy, a guy with tattoos on his face, Bruce Bennett and Phast Phreddie swing at Tubby’s!DJ Pete Pop swings at Tubby’s rock show!
Due to the type of music of this big rock show, DJs Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus mostly played some super rockin’ stuff—spiced with a few exotic beats. The took turns playing three-song sets. All the records played by The Phast One are listed here:
The November Funky Kingston affair was the most fabulous one yet! Funky Kingston is held on the fifth Saturday of the month—when there is one—at the Salt Box in downtown Kingston, NY and hosted by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus. He encourages his guest DJs to play funk, soul, reggae, ska, boogaloo and assorted rhythmic beats as the Bat Signal is displayed on the ceiling. This particular Funky Kingston featured two incredible guest DJs that most definitely delivered the goods: Jeff the Chef and Nogood Nick.
Nogood Nick and Jeff the Chef swing at the Funky Kingston!
Jeff the Chef is a legend. He was one of the movers and shakers behind the Empire State Soul Club—the grandpappy of sixties soul music DJ nights in New York City during the late eighties and through the nineties and even a bit into the new millennium. The others involved with the ESSC were the late, great Warren Lee, Brother Weems (who is now the official MC of the Keystone State Soul Weekender) and Connie T Empress—who continues her fantastic DJ activities in New York City. This was a coming out party of sorts. Jeff the Chef hasn’t spun his great records for anybody in about eight years, and before that, probably five years. The Funky Kingston hosts were proud of themselves for being able to coax this fellow out of DJ retirement! What a spectacular job he did, too, playing all sorts of extremely funky tracks for the Funky Kingston faithful. Among those in attendance were his ESSC co-hostess Connie T Empress—the Empress of Soul. Glad to see her smiling face in the Box!
Although happy to be out and about and spinning his records again—Jeff the Chef succumbed to geezerdom and insisted on going home early. He was gone before midnight when the original version of our theme song is played. That’s okay, though, because warming up in the bull pen was Nogood Nick.
Nogood Nick has been one of our favorite DJs for a long, long time. He was a regular guest DJ at the Subway Soul Club (in fact, he guested at the last one a month ago) and nearly every DJ night that was hosted by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus, including The Dynagroove, The Wham-O-Watusi and other assorted events. Nick hosted his own Rip! Rig! Panic! mod jazz night and recently has a show that runs occasionally on the WFMU Give the Drummer Radio web stream called Electric Lazy Susan. He knows his stuff, that’s for sure, and he played some wonderfully funky records for the crowd at the Funky Kingston.
The entire night went very well: Miss Nancy made some yummy snacks, dancing people didn’t knock over turntables, the sound system never cut out and some glasses were smashed! All-in-all, a very successful event.
Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Funky Kingston, including a series of ‘hot pants’ and ‘thing’ records:
However, in November, the Shim Sham Shimmy took place on the second Saturday, the 9th, since host Pete Pop had a more pressing (ie, more money) event to deal with on the first Saturday! So, there we were, the night after the Do The 45 in Beacon, we were blasting away at the Salt Box in Kingston!
It doesn’t really matter when the Shim Sham Shimmy takes place (hmmm… it’ll most likely be the second Saturday in December, too!) it is always a good time. Pete Pop and the Phast One bring their bossest records—mostly from the fifties and early sixties: R&B; Doo Wop, rockabilly, Rock’n’Roll, rockin’ blues, tuff instrumentals, et al. They bring the records and trade off playing three records at a time; Miss Nancy brings some snacks; guests bring their dancing shoes and the party goes on until about three in the morning.
Miss Nancy’s yummy snacks, prepared just for the Shim Sham Shimmy!
Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the Shim Sham Shimmy on November 9, 2024:
On November 8, Do The 45 rolled into Quinn’s—that fabulous rock ’n’ ramen joint in Beacon, NY. Host Pete Pop gathered some DJs together and, along with regular guest DJ Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus, produced a dynamite presentation for all who attended—which was many! Also on the bill were Go-Go dancers Bella Bombora and Sheba Shake. Ms Shake had a health situation and couldn’t make the scene, but Ms. Bombora danced the night away, often accompanied by several of her friends on the raised dance floor.
The guest DJs who appeared were Peter Aaron, Marty Shane and James Pogo. Mister Aaron we’ve seen before. He’s a rocker, a radio personality and a writer—and he’s got great records which he proceeded to play. He had the joint jumpin’ with a bunch of New Wave hits, much like the records he plays at his Smash Crash Bash at the Salt Box on the last Friday of the month.
Marty Shane is another cat we are familiar with. He runs the Mod Tiki Market at the Bennington Antique Center in Montgomery, NY. He played some cool records and made the place swing.
James Pogo is someone we just met. We don’t know a lot about him, except that he’s an artist and he plays in an art-punk band called The Armedalite Rifles based in Pine Bush, NY (home of the Pine Bush UFO Fair). On this night he played some fantastic records and we hope Pete Pop asks him back soon!
Miss Nancy made some yummy vittles: pumpkin bread and a chex mix she calls Spap Oop! All of it was gone by the end of the night.
If that wasn’t enough, we celebrated the birthday of Miss Deneane, a fine artist and a good friend.
It was an evening of fabulous music and jumping around and we thought it would never end. But somehow, it did.
Here is a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at this particular Do The 45:
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