Smart Patrol: a club night in London, from Friday 23rd March

[Mr Bear]

Hello,

I'm starting a night downstairs at the Slaughtered Lamb in Clerkenwell from 23rd September. It's called Smart Patrol, after a song by Devo, and the theory is that it'll be the 4th Friday of the month thenceforth (unless no-one comes to the first one). It'll be open from about half 8 'til 1am, and it's free to get in.

I guess the music that'll be played there will be fairly eclectic, but it's reasonable to expect to hear a fair amount of 60s/70s/psych/funk/new wave/electro (and electropop)/krautrock and what I would vaguely describe as modern alternative (basically the bands you'd usually get playing at festivals like ATP and Primavera Sound). I understand that that doesn't quite fit in with what most people here listen to, but it's all good stuff regardless, promise.

To find out more:

http://smartpatrolclub.wordpress.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smart-Pa ... 5225199653 (it'd be great if you could click 'Like' on this, so that I can make it into a proper url)

[a layer of chips]

Ah, nice one. Good luck, Andy!

[Mr Bear]

Thanks! What could possibly go wrong?

[Tomb]

Ah - I wondered who had nicked some of the Friday night spots I was after. Good luck. may well come down to this.

[linus]

expertly and elegantly timed to coincide with my birthday... may very well be down that way about then and if we are then, rest assured, this is the only ticket in town I'll consider

[linus]

also, digging the merch:

[Library Girl]

Cool! :-) Best of luck from us in Librarians Wanted, looking forward to check it out! x

[Mr Bear]

Hello! Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?e ... 4486016785

For people who haven't got Facebook...well, to be honest you're not the demographic I'm going for. (JUST A JOKE!).

I put up another sample mix here: http://smartpatrolclub.wordpress.com

Follow me on twitter here! http://www.twitter.com/clubsmartpatrol

Over and out.

[Mr Bear]

This is tomorrow! WAAAAAAH! Finally worked out pretty much what I was going to play at 1am this morning.

Requests welcome!

[Mr Bear]

Here's what I played (needless to say, there weren't many people there for the first half hour):

Maria Bethania – Ye-Mele
Selda – Yaylalar
Alemayehu Eshete – Tchero Adari Negn
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotenou – Gbeti Madjro
Konono No 1 – Guiyome
Group Inerane – Tamidit in Aicha
Os Mutantes – Nao Va Se Perder Por Ai
Jorge Ben – Lalari-Olala

(Guest set 1 - C.Ferguson)
(Guest set 2 - J.Carey)

De La Soul – My, Myself & I
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
Bullion – Pet Sounds
David Bowie – Beauty and the Beast
Brian Eno – Kings Lead Hat
Neutral Milk Hotel – Song Against Sex
The Olivia Tremor Control – California Demise, Pt. 3
Real Estate – Fake Blues
The War on Drugs – Baby Missiles
The Monkees – Do I Have To Do This All Over Again

(at this point I lost power to the decks for about a minute – a bit awkward)

Love – 7 and 7 Is
Lilys – A Nanny in Manhattan
Dr John – Right Place, Wrong Time
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Electricity
The Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting For The Man
The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner
Television – Friction
Talking Heads – Burning Down The House
Devo – Smart Patrol
The Flaming Lips – Race For The Prize
Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
The White Stripes – Black Math
Bullion – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
Caribou – Sun
The Rapture – I Need Your Love
tUnE-yArDs – My Country
Etienne de Crecy – Bit Torrent
Holy fudge – Super Inuit
Harmonia – Dino
Can – Spoon
David Bowie – Fame
Chi-Lites – Are You My Woman?
The Temptations – Cloud Nine
Sly & The Family Stone – I Want To Take You Higher
Edwin Starr – WAR
Dangerdoom – The Mask (feat. Ghostface Killah)
Edan – Funky Voltron
Percee P – Throwback Rap Attack
Madvillain – America’s Most Blunted
El Guincho – Bombay
Animal Collective – Brother Sport
Them – Baby Please Don’t Go
Neil Young – Cinnamon Girl
David Bowie – Heroes
(lights on)
The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (solo Brian Wilson version)

Encore (seriously):

Dawn Penn – You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No)

[Mr Bear]

I forgot to mention that the next Smart Patrol is on Friday. And now I have just mentioned that the next Smart Patrol is on Friday.

[Mr Bear]

Looks like this is coming back, 4th Friday of the month from March onwards. Seems like ages away but it's actually not...

In the meantime, I have been posting some mixes up here - http://www.mixcloud.com/yournewfriend/ - feel free to give them a listen!

[annie]

You'll be in Minehead on the 2nd Friday of March!

Looking forward to finally making it to one of these soon, though.

[Mr Bear]

You'll be in Minehead on the 2nd Friday of March!

Looking forward to finally making it to one of these soon, though.

I know! I forgot, and was just about the e-mail the Slaughtered Lamb to tell them, when the manager e-mailed me asking if I could make it the 4th Friday of the month from March onwards instead. So that was a relief.

Edited the above post - no-one will ever know!

[Mr Bear]

A flyer, for those of an Arrested Development persuasion:



Sorry it's a bit massive.

Also, you can now listen to the first of some monthly podcasts, to be recorded with my friend Nick. Ramshackle is not the word. Actually, it is. It's here - http://www.mixcloud.com/yournewfriend/s ... -february/ - and if you want to download it to listen to it ON THE GO, you can do so here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/jfhq65

[Mr Bear]

This is on Friday! Aaaaaah!

Come along, it'll be good

https://www.facebook.com/events/256567414413485/

http://smartpatrolclub.wordpress.com

http://www.mixcloud.com/yournewfriend