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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! 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

20 Years of Garage Hangover!

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Chris Bishop of Garage Hangover swings at Do The 45!

The July 12th Do The 45 shindig at Quinn’s was an extra special affair. We celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Garage Hangover, the ultimate on-line Garage Rock source of information by inviting its host Chris Bishop to come and spin a few records.

Garage Hangover is jam packed with information about sixties rock bands—most of which sprung up in the wake of The Beatles climb to fame. The website features photos, bios, discographies, itineraries and other such information. Posts on the website allow for comments, and often the comments are from actual members of the bands or their friends and fans. It’s mind-boggling the amount of detail can go into a post regarding a band that may have made one or two independent singles about 60 years ago!! Dig this post regarding The Galaxies IV as an example.

Pete Pop, Chris Bishop, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus!

Meanwhile, back at Quinn’s—Beacon’s famous rock’n’ramen club—Mr. Bishop played some remarkable records. Of the dozens of boss records he played, The Boogaloo Bag writers could only recognize a handful of them. This guys knows his stuff, that’s for sure.

Do The 45 host DJ Pete Pop was right there with him. Mr. Pop is also a connoisseur of Garage Rock records and he played some fantastic platters. In fact, at one time, Mr. Bishop turned to The Boogaloo Bag writers and said, “Man, Pete Pop just played about $5,000 worth of records in 20 minutes!!!” Mr. Pop played one of The Boogaloo Bag writers’ favorite records: “I’ll Be In” by The Answer. It’s a record we had back in the seventies but lost it due to a… well it’s a long, sad story!

Miss Nancy was on hand with her yummy vittles: pecan tassies and vegan brownies. Plus, Go-Go dancers Sheba Shake and Bella Bombora were in full effect! Plenty of friends were on hand and the event was a total success. With any luck, Chris Bishop will bring his boss records back to Do The 45 again real soon. Let’s not wait for the 30th anniversary of Garage Hangover!!

For his part, Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus played about $60 worth of records in about an hour and a half!! Here’s a list of all of them:

None of these records are for sale.