Lampin'.

Oh, hey there. Long time, no blog.

I did a DJ night at my local dive bar last night. Here's what I played:

Work Hard/Play Hard- Palace Music

Thank You Friends- Big Star

Incident On 57th Street- Bruce Springsteen

Sax Rohmer #1- The Mountain Goats

Do Ya?- The Move

Till The End Of The Day- The Kinks

Paisley Pattern Ground- The Black Hollies

Watch That Man- David Bowie

Mr. Tough- Yo La Tengo

What Is Life?- George Harrison

Movin' On Up- Primal Scream

And Your Bird Can Sing- The Beatles

The Train From Kansas City- The Shangri-Las

Union City Blue- Blondie

People Who Died- The Jim Carroll Band

Massive Nights- The Hold Steady

Web In Front- Archers Of Loaf

Unfair- Pavement

Yeah, It's Beautiful Here Too- Superchunk

Dream Police- Cheap Trick

I Keep Singing- Them

Slip Inside This House- 13th Floor Elevators

Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)- Los Hombres

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man- Prince

Roll With It- Oasis

Badlands- Bruce Springsteen

Counting Down The Hours- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

Unless It's Kicks- Okkervil River

I Will Follow - U2

Whole Wide World- Wreckless Eric

My Impression Now- Guided By Voices

Sing This All Together- The Rolling Stones

What Goes On- The Velvet Underground

Ping Pong- Stereolab

Cracklin' Rosie- Neil Diamond

The Way We Get By- Spoon

Handbags And Gladrags- Rod Stewart

No Cars Go- The Arcade Fire

Big Time Sensuality- Björk

Funny Little Frog - God Help The Girl

It's Gonna Work Out Fine- Ike & Tina Turner

Long As I Can See The Light- Creedence Clearwater Revival

I wasn't too psyched to do it, especially because there was nobody in the bar when I showed up with my laptop. (Shut up, vinyl purists!) But it ended up being a super fun night with super fun people. There was some dancing, some singing and some arguing over the relevance of Rod Stewart. And two Springsteen songs because it was the the Boss's 60th birthday. 60!

So yeah, fun!

Adventureland

Continuing on the Action Park nostalgia train, I went to see a screening of Adventureland last weekend.   Want to know what I thought?  Click on over to the Center of the Action.

What's Up With What's Going Down

I'll be speaking about the fairly maligned, yet legendary Action Park as a part of the Adult Education lecture series on Tuesday night at Union Hall in Park Slope.  

And, if you direct your eye to the right side of the screen, you'll see a link to the WFMU fundraising marathon.   I will be co-hosting the Dusty Show with Clay Pigeon on Thursday, March 5th and the Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling on Tuesday, March 10th.  They're two of my favorite shows, and I am unbelievably honored and excited to be a part of them.   Tune in, and pledge! 

Oh Felix, What Have You Done?

io9, my go-to site for all things geeky, posted a great take on what Gaeta was thinking.   

Sunday Morning Fill In

I set three alarms to make sure I woke up in time to do this show.  Enjoy.

How I Spent My New Year's Eve

Listen for yourself here.

Jersey City Politicians- The Gifts That Keep On Giving

Since I can't find a link to his Christmas album, Mayor Jerramiah Healy's rendition of Folsom Prison Blues will have to do:

As a bonus, there's a link to his disorderly persons trial in the related videos column.  And yes, I voted for him.  Twice.