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Smashing Crashing and Bashing!!!

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Peter Aaron and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swing at Smash! Crash! Bash!

As noted here in a previous post, our friends Peter Aaron and Sean McDJ have a swingin’ night at the Salt Box where they play all sorts of rockin’ stuff; though it leans toward punk and new wave records. The event is called Smash! Crash! Bash! and it takes place on the last Friday of the month. Once in a while one of them can’t make the scene, so they call on either Pete Pop or Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus to come and guest DJ. This was the case on May 29 when Mr. Sean was away on family matters and the Phast Man was tapped to play a few of his platters.

This is always a gas, as Phast Phreddie still has some of his records from back in the olden days and he enjoys playing them at Smash! Crash! Bash!—especially those by his friends.

Peter Aaron is an enthusiastic collector of seventies/early eighties punk and new wave records and he has a ton of them. Every gig he brings several boxes of hot punk records and always delights with jams we’ve never heard—but should have!

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus on May 29 at Smash! Crash! Bash!…

  • The Twinkeyz–Aliens in Our Midst (Grok)
  • Cindy Lee Berryhill—Me, Steve, Kirk and Keith (Awareness; UK)
  • The Pale Fountains–Jean’s Not Happening (Virgin; UK)
  • The Fabulous Jokers–Caravan (Arcade; Belgium)
  • The Gamblers–Moon Dawg! (World Pacific)
  • Dexy’s Midnight Runners–Plan B (EMI; UK)
  • Velvet Crush–Hold Me Up (Parasol)
  • Rank and File–Amanda Ruth (Slash/Rough Trade; UK)
  • The Jam–That’s Entertainment (Polydor)
  • Hell Cows–Slaughterhaus [from EP G-Spot Crush] (Pig Face)
  • The Bridge–I Feel Free (Buddah)
  • Eddie Angel–Casbah (Spinout)
  • The Chocolate Watchband–Sweet Young Thing (Uptown)
  • The Bonzo Dog Band–Mr. Apollo (Liberty; UK)
  • Thin Lizzy–Little Darling (Decca; UK)
  • The Fleshtones–I Can’t Hide (Yep-Roc)
  • Junior Dell & the D-Lites–I’m a Man (Original Gravity; UK)
  • The Rudees–Give Peace a Chance (Pama; UK)
  • Jerry Walsh–Why (Clan; Italy)
  • I Ribelli–Ribelli (Clan; Italy)
  • Tina Turner–Ball of Confusion (Virgin; UK)
  • The Human Switchboard–Prime of My Life (Square)
  • Dave Phillips & the Hot Rod Gang–Tainted Love (Rockhouse; Netherlands)
  • The Gorillas–She’s My Gal (Chiswick; UK)
  • Wild Weekend–Don’t Push Me Around (Munster; Spain)
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees–Hong Kong Garden (Polydor; UK)
  • Go-Go’s–Surfing and Spying (I.R.S.)
  • James Red Holloway–Ala Carte (Mad)
  • The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (GNP Crescendo)
  • The Bandidos–The Mark of Zorro (Elkay)
  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band–Electricity (Buddah; UK)
  • Brinsley Schwarz–(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace Love and Understanding (United Artists; UK)
  • The Plimsouls–Playing With Jack (Bam Balam; Spain)
  • Los Comandos–Moby Dick (Odeon; Peru)
  • Climax Blues Band–Reap What You’ve Sowed (Sire)
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival–Walk on the Water (Fantasy)
  • The Jam–Start (Polydor; UK)
  • David Bowie–John I’m Only Dancing (RCA; UK)
  • The Loons–Alexander (Dirty Water; UK)
  • Wizzard–See My Baby Jive (United Artists)
  • Fleshtones–The Dreg (Fleshtone – 77) (Illegal; France)
  • Tupelo Chain Sex–Dr. Night Call (Selma)
  • Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds–Bruce Juice (In the Red)
  • The Last–Up in the Air (Warfrat Gramophone)
  • The Zeros–I Don’t Wanna (Sympathy For The Record Industry)
  • Party Lights–He’s Gonna Hurt You (Hidden Volume)
  • Fumaça Preta–A Bruxa (Music With Soul)
  • The Star Spangles–I Live for Speed (Parlophone; UK)
  • The Jadewalkers–Jumpstart (¡Puta!)
  • Stalkers–Yesterday Is No Tomorrow (One Little Indian/Dollar Record)
  • Lou Reed–I Can’t Stand It (RCA)
  • X-Ray Spex–The Day the World Turned Dayglo (EMI; UK)
  • The Jam–The Modern World (Polydor; UK)
  • The Rosalyns–Destroy That Boy [from EP Hide and Seek] (Ugly Things)
  • The Rosalyns–Hold On [from EP Hide and Seek] (Ugly Things)*
  • Surfrajettes–Banshee Bop (Hi-Tide)
  • Screaming Dizbüsters–This Ain’t the Summer of Love (Amigo; Sweden)

None of these records are for sale.

  • Someone was away from the DJ booth and this two-song EP was inadvertently played through. No big deal since both songs are great!
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Smash! Crash! Bash! Goes Cold Turkey!

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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!:

None of these records are for sale!

Smash! Crash! Bash! Boogaloo!

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

Peter Aaron and Phast Phreddie swing with cool records at Smash! Crash! Bash!

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.

DJ Peter Aaron

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

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!

None of these records are for sale