Rubulad
DCarfagna
983 Posts
Will some NY dude tell me the score on this party?
DCarfagna
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Iron Monkey and I DJed at one of the last ones in 2002 and it was the best crowd either of us had played for ever. They danced to anything and everything, we just played whatever we wanted, no joke. Adrian's records inspired crowd surfing and spontaneous lesbianism.
Why, is there a possibility you might spin at one of these???
You'll have to ask Adrian, he hooked up the gig.
One live room, 3 DJ rooms. Slightly home made feel but that is lacking big time in NY these days. I DJ'd there a few months ago and yeah, it's fun as hell. Mad brownies and drinks.
This is such a great band name.
Apparently at 338 Flushing (at Classon) in Brooklyn.
My boy called it "Burning Man East - Hipster version."
Sounds like a Makers and joints night.
Cosmo, come down and get cooked!
"sabadabadabada"
Dante I'll give you a shout that day. I have something to do on the 10th but I think I can slide through and whatnot. Plus don't these parties go dumb late as well?
yes, I left at 8am and the end was no where in sight.
they kinda do it by e-mail lists, they don't like to put it on public bulletin boards n stuff, as to not get the attention of the cops...
anyone needs the info PM me...
i've spun it a few times and yes, it is one of the best DJ experiences you can have in nyc... you can be basically throw on all the records you don't wanna take a chance on in the club and watch people go off to them... yes, some shit can jump off on the sex n drugs tip, (i.e. people tip the dj...) sometimes they can be too crowded to be fun, as a spectator, but the music is almost always exellent...
as for hipster burning man, eh, i wouldn't be that negative, i mean the people who run it are that type, but the crowds are real diverse...
no but funnily enuff i was talking to my girl the other night and she mentioned that she went to Kill Whitey once... i asked why and she said her dyke girlfriend (no homo) took her and that the crowd has very gay and lesbian heavy, with a lot of black gay boys.
that is all.
It was predominantly a black lesbian party.
SOMEONE PLEASE CAPTURE THIS MADNESS ON CAMERA THIS YEAR? SOUNDS AMAZING.
THEN, POST UP, PLAESE.
HI ADR*AN, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR A CHEAPO MINTY COPY OF ENGLISH ROSE, LOL.
if i wasn't apartment hunting this month id seriously consider flying out to catch that.
lord/anyone who lives here knows i'll have to fly somewhere to see a good funk spin now that i'm in LA.
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i was rolling joints on one of the downstairs bars last (and first) time at the rubulad. small change birthday bash. and yes, a female i was with impromptu made out with another chick. when i left it was the middle of the next day. i can still feel and echo of the hangover from that party.
it's fun. a bit hectic though, i think i'm getting old. huge crowded parties with multiple rooms isn't my idea of the best time anymore.
CJ Records + -2.5 = Make Out[/b]
Real squeals. I know you. Deal?
damn, makes me wanna drive out to new york this weekend to see this.
visions of
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they don't advertise the parties, it's very word-of-mouth, and since the mouths I know that know I don't talk to that often, this list keeps me in the loop.
zoinks...that sounds like a little smidgen of heaven is a place on earth type insinuation.
Suit yourself, old man!
Actually Rubulad does get a bit bottlenecked, we're trying to figure out a solution for that, maybe move the bar downstairs to another location.
Anyways I've been involved with Rubulad for 8-9 years, definitely my favorite place to play and/or throw a party in the city. 4 rooms, 6000 sq. feet and the party goes as late as you'd like it to go, Ieft the last one around 9am. They are a bit under the radar so don't like to list in traditional outlets like Time Out, etc. Sometimes the equipment isn't optimal (the old rubulad space had gemini turntables, ug--slightly better now) but I've had some of my best DJ experiences there, playing favorites like Bob Azzam's 'Batucada Por Favor', Eazy E's 1st rekkid, ragga jungle off the Labello Blanco label, Grauzone and other 80's electro/post punk, Terry Ganzie and classic dancehall, Extra T's 'Cornflakes', and rocking doubles of Sugarman Three's 'Funky So and So'. And on and on. Maybe ending with a classic like Deniece William's 'Free'. The crowd, as people say are down for anything.
As for the burningman east comparison, I know some may scoff, but burning man ain't as bad as the pictures make it out to be. Especially if you've been to Plug 4, which is the camp run by Charles Raggio, who runs Kajmere distribution. Superfunky. Anyways there's some of that crowd, NYC hipsters, homeboys, rock n' rollers, record nerds, and of course, lesbians.
Considering how restrictive the NYC party scene is these daze (and if you think the caberet law bullshit is over, the NYPPD just did another round of busts), rubulad is a beautiful alternative. It was a lifesaver to spin there during the Ghouliani era. God forbid that fascist becoming prez. Not that it could get much worse.
Most of the parties I've booked there I've kept the talent local so as not to stress their budget, but big ups to Mahssa from Other Music and my friend Robbie aka Gerald McBoing for putting together this killer line up on Saturday. Andy Votel, Cherrystones, Dante, etc, etc.
I book a party there every other month, have a bunch of people I still want to get in there, but you're interested hit me up.
Jim aka $mall ??hange
stylee (at) wfmu (dot) com
actually, its
stylee (at) wfmu (dot) org.
back to the crack pipe.
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