New Wave Night: May 2012

LORD HIGH FIXERS i had a dream ~ THE CLASH lost in the supermarket/clash city rockers/armagideon time/this is radio clash/city of the dead ~ MONO MEN slammer ~ OBLIVIANS she’s a hole ~ KISS she ~ TED NUGENT cat scratch fever ~ CHEAP TRICK hello there/surrender ~ GORIES thunderbird esq ~ THE UNDERTONES here comes the summer ~ TEENGENERATE right now ~ THEE HEADCOATEES dirty old man ~ THE MUMMIES your love ~ DURAN DURAN planet earth ~ GENERATION X your generation/ready steady go ~ THE GERMS lexicon devil ~ THE MODERN LOVERS roadrunner ~ RAMONES sheena is a punk rocker ~ DEAD KENNEDYS california uber alles ~ THE KINKS you really got me ~ STEPPENWOLF born to be wild ~ THE BEACH BOYS louie louie/california girls ~ BLACK FLAG nervous breakdown ~ THE CURE a forest/the walk ~ BLONDIE atomic/rip her to shreds/union city blue ~ DEAD BOYS what love is ~ FANG law & order ~ GUN CLUB sex beat ~ THE MISFITS skulls/attitude/london dungeon/we bite ~ NIRVANA blew/drain you/school ~ VIOLENT FEMMES blister in the sun ~ RAMONES swallow my pride ~ VAN HALEN happy trails

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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