New Wave Night: May 2011

JAPAN cantonese boy ~ REVILLOS yeah yeah ~ RAMONES ramona ~ BUZZCOCKS you say you don't love me ~ JOAN JETT i love rock 'n' roll ~ BILLY IDOL white wedding ~ JONA LEWIE you'll always find me in the kitchen at parties ~ AFTER THE FIRE der kommisar ~ THE SMITHS this charming man ~ NENA 99 red balloons ~ DURAN DURAN american science ~ DEPECHE MODE enjoy the silence ~ ADAM ANT dog eat dog ~ THE SMITHS ask ~ KILLING JOKE eighties ~ GANG OF FOUR to hell with poverty ~ TALKING HEADS once in a lifetime ~ ELTON MOTELLO falling like a domino ~ VIOLENT FEMMES blister in the sun ~ BUGGLES video killed the radio star ~ BUZZCOCKS orgasm addict ~ THE CLASH jail guitar doors ~ TONES ON TAIL go! ~ BIG COUNTRY in a big country ~ BLONDIE youth nabbed as sniper ~ KRAFTWERK showroom dummies ~ DURAN DURAN hungry like the wolf ~ GUN CLUB sex beat ~ WAYNE COUNTY fuck off ~ DAVID BOWIE blue jean ~ THE CURE just like heaven ~ MODERN ENGLISH i melt with you ~ BOW WOW WOW i want candy ~ OINGO BOINGO weird science ~ PETER SCHILLING major tom ~ SPANDAU BALLET chant no. 1 ~ THE PRETENDERS message of love ~ SIMPLE MINDS (don't you) forget about me ~ BERLIN the metro ~ GENERATION X 100 punks ~ OMD electricity ~ DURAN DURAN planet earth ~ A-HA take on me ~ PETE SHELLEY homosapien ~ ALPHAVILLE forever young ~ TALK TALK it's my life ~ JAPAN ghosts

MIRIAM MAKEBA pata pata ~ ELLIOTT SHAVERS scratch that itch ~ MAJOR LANCE um um um um um um ~ WOOL funky walk ~ WYNONIE HARRIS good morning judge ~ THE ROMANS those oldies but goodies ~ SAVOY BROWN taste and try before you buy ~ TOMMY NEAL going to a happening ~ HANK BALLARD what is this i see ~ BOB & EARL ooh honey baby ~ FREDDY KING the bossa nova watusi twist ~ RUFUS THOMAS do the funky chicken ~ THE BEATLES honey don’t ~ LLOYD NOLAN fun fun ~ HANK BALLARD broadway ~ KING CURTIS Memphis soul stew ~ THE BEATLES all i’ve got to do ~ RUFUS THOMAS funky robot ~ ELVIS jailhouse rock ~ FRANKIE LYMON i’m not a juvenile delinquent ~ BLUES BY FIVE boom boom ~ J.J. JACKSON oo-ma-liddi ~ BIG “T” TYLER king kong ~ LINK WRAY branded ~ FATS DOMINO whole lotta lovin’ ~ WANDA JACKSON let’s have a party ~ GARY GLITTER baby please don’t go ~ THE DAMNED new rose ~ THE BEATLES help ~ THE WHO i can’t explain ~ DAVE BERRY don’t give me no lip child ~ THE KINKS you really got me ~ EUGENE CHURCH mind your own business ~ THE EARTHWORMS mo’taters ~ THE BEATLES i’m down ~ THE KINGSMEN louie louie ~ LULU shout ~ THE MIRACLES you really got a hold on me ~ DYNASORES jungle walk ~ THE ROLLING STONES satisfaction

talk talk talk - what people are saying...

"I love the fact that you can finally go somewhere and not care about what you wear or how you dance. Everybody is there to have a great time!" (new wave night)

"This is the happiest place on earth." (biff bang pow!!)

"The deejays obviously love this music and know it inside out... they know how to make people freak out, I mean really lose it!" (new wave night)

"You will hear music that is far better than anything on the radio today... mostly early 80's stuff, which many will argue is the best of the era, and it is all over the map... hits, cult classics, 7" and 12" versions, skankin' ska, synth pop, post-punk, and one hit wonders." (new wave night)

"The crowd was super diverse, no elitist bulls**t, everybody fit in. The drinks were pricey but strong... I danced my ass off." (biff bang pow!!)

"You will be hard-pressed to find anything that can top the sweat soaked, rip-roaring bliss of a New Wave Night... the cheering bodies on the dance floor were vibratin' like washing machines and flailing around with the breathless abandon of a group of toddlers." (new wave night)

"Ridiculously fun!" (MEOW)

"New Wave Night is not much different from dancing at home alone in your pajamas to your favorite Smiths or Cure albums, only here you've got someone to mix your drinks and change the records for you." (new wave night)

"The Root Cellar's mid-80's house party vibe fits the music like a glove and really adds to the time travel effect." (new wave night)

"The best part for me was the lack of hipster snobbery, the deejays were happy to play my requests." (new wave night)

"Great mix of freaks - goths, ex-goths, new wavers, post punkers, rock & rollers, it was awesome." (new wave night)

"Transports you back to a more simple era before cell phones, the Internet, and iPods." (new wave night)

"Mason and Jonny have turned what could have been a by-the-numbers dance party into a transcendent nightlife experience." (new wave night)

"Almost everybody was dressed up in fancy mod clothes, girls in shiny boots and weird sunglasses dancing everywhere." (biff bang pow!!)

"The whole room (I mean the WHOLE room) was dancing." (MEOW)

"The music was louder, grittier, faster and weirder than the usual fare of a "retro" dance night" (new wave night)

"It's loud, busy with sythesizers, snapping and cracking like a space station gone beserk" (MEOW)

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