Weird Gear - Thurs August 10th

[Nick Cope]

Weird Gear: Beyond Your Listening Pleasure. Thursday August 10 at the Royal Oak, 594 Union St (Cnr of Richardson), Brooklyn NY, 11211. Free entry and free goodies, 10pm til late.

Weird Gear number three is in effect this Thursday and it’s picking up speed – if you haven’t been yet, then for heaven’s sake come down.

What is Weird Gear again? Anything that doesn’t fit into the normal channels – but it is more than that. The tracks played have edge, not just groovy for groovy’s sake (no silly records, no lounge or cheese records). And we try not to behave like DJs either. We’re not interested in making people dance – with alcohol, people can dance all by themselves. Trying to make people dance just means there will be tracks you won’t let yourself play, and it’s precisely those tracks that we’re interested in – in principle at least.

And this month, we have our very first, carefully selected guest DJ. He has been fully briefed in the ways of the Weird Gear Swordsperson and he’s known as Mr. Chilly Freeze Steak. He'll be playing from an excellent room-temperature platter of coddled Polish prog, creamy French freak, roasted Hungarian hairless and braised Greek kookinama.

Like the two times before, there will be a special, giveaway Weird Gear CD and of course, some delicious sweet delicacies courtesy of DJ Honky. I think this time the mystery ingredient is gooseberries (last time it was lavender).

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How did it go mate?

[Nick Cope]

It was fun. Lots of girls dancing (least to Mike's more pysch set). Rahmin played some great stuff, never get tired of Kriminal Theme... Here's pretty much what I played, though other DJ's sets come in between at various points


Chiyo Okumura - Shoko LP
Geoff Love - 3 Days Of The Condor LP
Do-Re-Mi Childrens Chorus - Spooky LP
Hot Rocks - Chopper 45
Ennio Morricone - Svolta Definitiva 45
Lalo Schifrin - Kelly's Heroes 45
Melody House - Drill Team LP
R.D. Burman - Baby Let's Dance Together 45
John Barry - This Is How You Dance 45
Alan Price Set - Shame 45
Nino Ferrer - Mao Et Moa 45
Les Baxter - Wheels 45
Paris Jazz Sound - Gloaming 45
Guy Delbrouck - Rock In The Moog 45
Francois De Roubaix - Astralement Votre 45
Francois De Roubaix - Poursuite A Anvers 45
Osanna - Milan Calibre 9 45
Mark Lindsay - Lone Wolf's Theme LP
Silhouettes - Fonky First 45
Johnny Almond - Solar Level 45
Voodou Juju - Voodou Juju Drug 45
Gran Am - Get High 45
Black on White Affair - Bunch of Changes 45
Circus - Bad Woman 45
Plain Brown Wrapper - Real Person 45
Heatwave - Rastus Ravel 45
Trademarques - Free Your Fears 45
Burke Price - Distant Visions 45