ask Dan Selzer!

Fuck citibank though...it should be "looking for a bank that doesn't have a million charges if you maintain a balance of less then 6000 dollars".

I need a new go-to store for $1-2 LPs. Not looking for 12" singles, hip-hop, house/dance or anything like that. Looking for classic rock, new wave, pop, country, r&b, jazz, etc. from the 70s-80s. Boz Scaggs, Chuck Mangione, Night Moves, Tubular Bells, et al. You know what I'm talking about.

Not a fan of Academy, Gimmie or Eat, to be honest--dollar bins are weak at these places. I love the PREX and Vintage Vinyl in NJ but I'm getting tired of hauling out there. How about that giant place in the Bronx that always gets mentioned, does that have this stuff? The place on Fulton downtown? The Thing? A-1? Places in LI maybe??

Thanks in advance

various flea markets? Not a lot of 1 dollar LPs in this city any more.

Housing Works on Crosby below houston.

That was all the info the guy gave me, do you know what they are?

hey, can I tell you about some parties?

a quick rundown would be:

1. Wed night...Dazzle Ships listening party at heathers with me, jeremy, matt and ryan
2. Fri night...Fixed at Don Hills with In Flagranti, Dave P. and me.

and now for the details:

1. Dazzle Ships return for another voyage, what is this, number 4? 5? Collect them all! Don't remember what Dazzle Ships is? It's where we play whatever records I feel like it, and you don't dance. Wait, that sounds like all my parties! No for real, early evening, low-key, great bar, nice people, great music. I bought a TON of AMAZING records this weekend, so you have to come check them out! Our guests this week are our great old friends Ryan Chowdhury of Mazing Vids (the one with no glasses) and Matt Radune of Oberlin College. Ryan used to join me at Transmission sometimes, we did 3 entire hours of Cabaret Voltaire once. That one was a winner. Expect more of the same. Matt bought all the great disco records in Texas. Expect to hear them all. Here's Ryan's email:

I'm going to play records at this neat bar called Heather's in the East Village tomorrow. The night is called Dazzle Ships. That's British for "cheap beer & spaced out music." Expect OMD, slowed-down disco, white funk, minimal synth, plain old minimalism, what they used to call "art rock," reggae songs where the city is too hot.

info:
"Dazzle Ships
w/hosts:
Dan Dna Selzer (Acute Records)
Tropical Jeremy Campbell
& guests:
Ryan Chowdhury
Matthew Red Hot Radune

8pm-1am at heathers
506 e13th at Avenue A
1/2 price well 'til 9, $2 tecate 'til 10

2. I'm djing at Don Hills for the first time ever! It's where Misshapes takes place on saturdays. Friday's has alternating great parties like Nite Time and Fixed, which is the old party that used to rock the Tribecca Grand on saturdays. Dave P. you know from RVNG, who put out that awesome Crazy Rhythms mix and the new Tim Sweeney edits 12". You also know him from DJing at Motherfucker and his legendary party in the 6th borough, Making Time. I haven't dj'd with him since we destroyed Table 50. Literally, they don't even call it that any more! There's also an awesome live band who should be cool, and best of all, it's FREE so long as you RSVP to [email protected]

So c'mon people...this is your chance to come to a seedy nightclub and dance. It may even be dark enough that nobody will recognize you and your stupid dancing! I'm going to play a lot of music, I'll play some of your favorite hits, but I'm going to play some really loud techno if I can. And some loud disco. Some loud New Wave. Some of the crazy records I bought last weekend, really loud. I learned the secret to exciting DJing. Play LOUD. Thanks to Scott Z. for that, you know what I mean if you came to Jeremy's bday party last week. What did you say? I can't hear you, it was so LOUD! I'd put on the most boring song and mix it really poorly and it still sounded like a life-changing moment. Know why? It was so LOUD! Anyway see you at these parties, friends. Please spread the word.

Friday, June 2nd
FIXED

w/ very special guests IN FLAGRANTI (Codek Records) LIVE @ midnight!!
www.codek.com

and special guest DJ: DAN SELZER (Acute/ Crazy Rhythms DJ Crew)

Plus residents JDH & Dave P

@ Don Hills- 511 Greenwich
10pm, $10 at door or FREE W/ RSVP to: [email protected]

FREE Sparks 11pm-midnight, 2 for 1 drinks 11pm-midnight!!

In Flagranti are producers Cosmic Rocker and Alex Gloor, whose sound
combines elements of disco, electro, house, funk and more. They have
numerous releases under their belt on their label Codek Records,
notably FIXED staples "Genital Blue Room" and "Just Gazing". They just
released a solid remix of Who Made Who's "Out The Door" on Gomma
Records, and their tracks are regularly included in DJ sets by Tiga,
Black Strobe, Trevor Jackson, Chloe and more.

or come to dazzle ships tonight and drink yr pains away.

i was talking to a friend of yours online (his name is the name of a famous r'n'b pedophile) and he told me one of the biggest parts of being a dj is being very network-y and marketing yourself all the time. what do you think of this statement?

jason

YES. Particularly in a city as saturated with DJs as New York, first rule is, it isn't usually about the music, it's about your friends. Personally, I found that when I was 26 and going out every night and staying up till 4 every night and knew everybody in NYC, more people came to my parties. Now that I'm 31 and I stay home every night and my friends are all entering their mid-life crises, I find it harder to drum up interest.

I mean, there's simple things you can do, just go out, say hello, remind people you exist. And if you go to their parties, often they'll come to yours. It's a you scratch my record, I'll scratch yours kind of situation.

And I don't think all that is an inherently bad thing, I think, personally, I'm a very good example of someone who's a good social networker and self-marketer who's been able to do that without coming across as sleazy or shallow or whatever. I had a long discussion with someone about some younger DJ who was a real problem child and our basic conclusion was that...being shitty, you can go really far really fast, but in the end it ain't like you're making friends. After a while you know who you can trust anyway.

But as far as the music is concerned...in some cases it matters, but often not. I'm sure there's some mathematical chart you can configure. There are plenty of successfull parties where the music and djing is just crap, or just barely adequate, but it's a place to be, it's a scene, the DJs have the right friends or whatever it takes. As far as the good parties, I believe even with those there's a quality of building up a crowd and having the right friends. Does No Ordinary Monkey or Rub-N-Tug have bigger mailing lists then I do? Probably not, but their mailing lists are filled with people who are really into going out at 4 in the morning to dance to disco, whereas my mailing list is filled with people into going to their computer at 4 in the morning to discuss disco on the internet. That's a key difference there, folks!

There's so many other issues, like frequency. When I started, all my friends came out and I had lots of support, but anyone who djs or is in a band knows that once you've been doing it enough, after a while the friends start to stay home. Maybe you get a few people who you don't know but if there's not enough people, you know that and everything else that can or can't make a party successfull.

Tell you this, almost every time I dj I have total strangers coming up to me complimenting me and asking where I dj. I get their names for mailing lists, I give them business cards. These people are so psyched, they love the music and want MORE MORE MORE....and I almost never see them again. You really just need to get that crowd who represents some aspect of NIGHTLIFE as opposed to people who may occasionally go out on a friday and be into what I'm playing. Maybe you're misshapes and it's a younger crowd in school and this is their scene or you're Rub-n-tug or A Touch Of Class and know all these older fashioned out night-life denizens, they'll come out. I have no doubt a LOT of people like what I play and have had good times when I've DJ'd, but I can't get them to all come out at the same time to every party I do.

And it helps to be part of the scene, and, despite Tricia's article in the voice this week, I think really PARTYING keeps you down with the other djs, gets you gigs and such.

There's other issues regarding the relative popularity of the music you play, or the perceived popularity. I know i've had some people who think I only play weird old stuff and some who think I only play really big cheesy hits. They're both right. But some people def play stuff that is just more popular then others. I'll never get around how people perceive what I do, some people are like "you're an indie-rock dj" or "you only play italo" or whatever, when I try to be really fun and eclectic. Oh well.

my response to "R.Kelley" (i thought you knew him) was, well, i've got a full time job and a full time wife, i think that's too much as it is.

-- hstencil (hstenc!...), May 31st, 2006 3:51 PM. (hstencil)

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guess what? record player broken! i'm like a toothless person with a giant box of peanut brittle. this is killing me!

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8pm

YOU'RE GOING HOME EARLY?

I have to pack.

YOU'RE MOVING?

yeah, to queens.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH LOTS OF CRAP?

giving it away sunday at stoop sale in front of girlfriend's house.

IS IT ALL CRAP?

no, in fact there will be a few really fucking cool things amidst the crap.

LIKE WHAT?

forgotten nz noise comp CD and UK FREEK CDs

WOW!

don't get yr hopes up, it's mostly She Wants Revenge promos.

TELL US MORE!

later.

(don't play too many songs everyone knows)

(also don't play too many songs nobody knows)

watch to see if people are enjoying it. If they're not. Change what you're doing. Or, don't change what you're doing, be persistent and they'll come around. Or they won't.

Michael Jackson.

She works at museums.

With lil ghetto kids.

(please feel free not to answer any of these if you find them weird or stalkerishy)

my gf works for the Museum of the City of New York, doing education stuff for kids who come from all over the city. She also works/worked through Symphony Space and/or doing after-school stuff in East New York. She's really really good with the little kids, and tells me insane stories about their circumstances.

also good luck with your move, i live on the woodside-astoria border but (i think?) you are really close to where my friend shannon just moved AND ALSO some awesome delicious food places.

People, Sunnyside is just cross the creek from Greenpoint. Move to Queens already. Brooklyn is over. Done. They're trying to rent my apt for 1750$!!!!

LEAVING BROOKLYN SALE

471 HUMBOLDT ST (BTWN FROST AND RICHARDSON)
SUNDAY JUNE 18TH @ NOON

CHEAP
DRESSERS
DESKS
SHELVES

VERY CHEAP (maybe even free…)
VHS COLLECTION
CD RACK
BOOKS
RECORDS
MAGAZINES
FEATHER BOAS
BELTS / ACCESSORIES

NEVER USED
CANDLES
STATIONARY
TOYS
OTHER GIFT ITEMS