On the day after Thanksgiving, our friends Peter Aaron and Sean McDJ were scheduled to work the dog at the Salt Box for their fabulous Smash! Crash! Bash! DJ night—it was the last Friday of the month. However, both of them have parents who are aged and ailing with whom they wanted to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with, so they bowed out of the gig. The Smash! Crash! Bash! needed to go on, so subbing for them was Pete Pop and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus.

Since the Smash! Crash! Bash! regulars are accustomed to digging punk and new wave records —and generally rockin’ records from the seventies and eighties and even newer—at these events, that’s what Mr. Pop and El Rapido brought to the show. In fact, Pete Pop went so far as to play LP tracks from actual 12” long-playing albums—something he never does!!! There are photos to prove it!

Because the Funky Kingston (fifth Saturday of the month, when there is one) was scheduled for the next night, Phast Phreddie brought his DJ gear; thus the presence of the Bat Signal! Once again, Miss Nancy supplied some yummy treats. A whole bunch of our friends showed up and the entire night was a swingin’ success. It was so successful that Mr. Pop and the Phast One were asked to return for the next Smash! Crash! Bash! on the day after Christmas for the same reason! Make that scene, won’t you?

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the November Smash! Crash! Bash!:

• The Surfrajettes–Toxic (Hi-Tide)
• Les Sinners–Les Disc-Jockeys (Jupiter; Canada)
• The Dirtbombs–No Expectations (Norton)
• Blues Dimension–Get Ready (Decca; Netherlands)
• The Long Ryders–I Had a Dream (Zippo; UK)
• Gregg Turner–I Dreamed I Met Lou Reed (White Noise)
• The Jay Vons–Night (Was Stealing From the Sun) (La-Ti-Da)
• The Soft Boys–Wading Through a Ventilator (Raw; UK)
• The Jokers–Goodbye My Love (RCA Victor; Belgium)
• World Famous Blue Jays–Do It for Hank (Diesel Only)
• Curtis Baker & the Bravehearts–Spoonful (Original Gravity; UK)
• Beat Farmers–Bigger Stones (Rhino)
• Herman’s Hermits–It’s Alright Now (M-G-M)
• Rolling Stones–Break the Spell (Rolling Stones)
• The Living End–Turkey Stomp (Mira)
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band–Frying Pan (A&M)
• Uncle Tupelo–I Wanna Destroy You (Rockville)
• The Zeros–Getting Nowhere Fast (Test Tube)
• New York Dolls–Jet Boy (Mercury; UK)
• Manny Bowsmund & Tito Ramirez with the Chicken Shakers–El Golpe (Antifaz; Spain)
• La Tribu–Para Que (El Eclypse)
• Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings–Don’t Give a Friend a Number (From a Man Like You) (Daptone)
• Sheiks of Shake–Bullets in My gun (Mystic)
• Eno–Seven Deady Finns (Island; UK)
• Jimmy Cliff–Guns of Brixton (Collective Sounds; UK)
• Denzil Dennis–Mama We’re All Crazee Now (Pama Supreme; UK)
• Julie Driscoll–Save Me (Part One) (Marmalade; France)
• The Twinkeyz–Aliens in our Midst (Grok)
• Television–Marquee Moon Part I (Elektra; UK)
• Plastic Ono Band–Cold Turkey (Apple)
• Aerosmith–Mama Kin (CBS/Sony; Japan)
• Blue Öyster Cult–This Ain’t the Summer of Love (Columbia)
• The Pop!–Down on the Boulevard (Black Door Man)
• The Spiders–Land of 1000 Dances (Philips; Japan)
• The Black Diamonds–I Want Need Love You (Festival; Australia)
• The Attack–Any More Than I Do (Decca; UK)
• The Luvin’ Kind–That Jungle Sun (Columbia; Canada)
• Karen Verros–You Just gotta Know My Mind (Ace; UK)
• The Wonders–That Thing You Do (Play-Tone; UK)
• T. Rex–Rip Off (Reprise)
• The B-52’s–Planet Claire (Island; UK)
• Roxy Music–Do the Strand (Warner Bros.)
• Eddie & the Hot Rods–Do Anything You Wanna Do (Island; UK)
• The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble featuring Kelly Finnigan–Impeach the President (Colemine)
• Winston Groovey–Funky Chicken (Jackpot; UK)
• Yamie Bolo–La Isla Bonita (Yam Euphony Music; Jamaica)
• Don Chicharrón–En La Grua Del Rey De La Montaña (Snappy Little Numbers)
• Lenny Kaye and the Fleshtones–Lost on Xandu (version) (Yep Roc)
• The Surfrajettes–Surfrajette City [from EP The Surfrajettes] (Hi-Tide)
• The Chrome Cranks–Dyin’ Style (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• The Dils–I Hate the Rich (What?)
• Damned–Sick of Being Sick (Stiff; UK)
• Flipper–Sex Bomb (Subrerranean)
• Gun Club–Fire of Love (Animal; UK)
• Chick Carlton and the Mixtures–Turkey Time – Part I (Faro)
• The Who–The Ox (Brunswick; UK)
• The Others–I Can’t Stand This Love Goodbye (RCA Victor)
• Bobby Arlin with the Hustlers–Mushroom Machine (Part 1) (Tiki)
• The British Walkers–Bad Lightin’ (Manchester)
• Weddings, Parties, Anything–Streets of Forbes (WEA; Australia)
• Gutterball–Trial Separation Blues (Singles Only Label)
• The Star Spangles–Which of the Two of Us Is Gonna Burn This House Down? (Capitol)
• Criminals–The Kids Are Back (Sing Sing)
• Bonzo Dog Band–Slush (United Artists)

None of these records are for sale!