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August
3
Prof Murder
If you
can't beat the heat... join it...
HippieFest:
Dr. Hook, Rare Earth, Mitch Rider, Country Joe McDonald, Terry Sylvester,
Joey Molland, Mountain with Leslie West and Corky Laing –
Asser Levy Park (West 5th and Surf Avenue) 7:30PM FREE
You could
go to HippieFest (isn’t that a much more refreshingly straightforward
name than all of the other ones?z). You could see the dude from
Badfinger and the dude from The Hollies, but Dr. Hook, Rare Earth,
and Country Joe for free. But if I end up dragging my soggy ass
all the way down there in this heat, you better believe it’ll
be for a little Mitch
Rider and a lot of Mountain.
Bill
Frisell, Morrison and Woodring, The Moonlighters – Prospect
Park Bandshell $3
Also outside and early is consistently imaginative and masterful
guitar legend Bill
Frissell in Prospect Park. Morrison and Woodring will
be doing visuals and sounds. And TX gal gone good, Bliss Blood of
Painteens fame will be opening the festivities with her soulful
acoustic Hawaiian swing quartet, The
Moonlighters.
The
Meters – Nokia Theater Times Square $45
As for The
Meters… c’mon? It doesn’t get much
funkier than that. This ain’t The Funky Meters or any other
other half-assed assemblage. This is the original lineup of Art
Neville, Zigaboo Modeliste, George Porter, Jr. and Lei Nocentelli.
They got together at Jazzfest last year and apparently cook as spicy
as ever (duh?). I could recommend nothing higher, but, if you don’t
have the forty-five bills plus service charge, my top pick tonight
is…
Professor
Murder Record Release, Free Blood, DJ Caps and Jones – The
Cake Shop
The most practical pick of the night: Professor
Murder’s record release. That’s right,
one of the bands in the local indie scene that get folks to shake
it down have recorded their tracks for future sociologists to research
and catalogue upon. The new capsule is entitled …Rides the
Subway and should be a real mover. Speaking of which the fantastic
sweaty dance party trio Free
Blood is warming everybody up… as if they need
to get any hotter… DJ Caps and Jones’ll be shakin’
the basement throught the evening.
ALSO:
Bobby Matos & The NY Latin Allstars – Astoria Park 7:30
FREE
Cheesebuger, Extreme Animals, Doo Man Group, Fortress of Amplitude,
Mixel Pixel – Syrup Room (toddpnyc.com) $8
Dave Holland Quintet – Castle Clinton FREE
Doomriders, Panthers, Coliseum, Saviours, Young Widows - Northsix
$10
Dr. Billy Taylor and friends – Jazzmobile in Morningside Heights
FREE
Entrance, Lights, Dionysius - Tonic $10
Jimmy Bosch and Tiempo Libre - El Teatro Miranda - 52 Park Drive
7:30 FREE
Jonathon Finlayson and Steve Lehman – The Stone 8PM $10
Raheem DeVaughn – Pier 17, South Street Seaport FREE
Reut Regev R*Time – The Stone 8PM $10
The Crumbsuckers, Kill Your Idols, Subzero, Ironbound NYC, Car Bomb
– BB King Blues Club $30
The Minders, Palomar, The Kingdom, Arbor Day - Knitting Factory
Main Space $8/$10
The New Pornographers, Calexico, The Frames - Central Park Summerstage
$30
The Rosewood Thieves, Orange Park, The Black Hollies, James T. Abrahms
- R & R FREE
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