The Good Life every Thursday - b/w Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain

I'm doing a new weekly neighborhood jam at El Ay Si in Long Island City, Queens NYC.

No cover to get in, we turn the lights down low, there is great comfort food and drinks, and you'll hear me playing sweet steppers, Soul, Funk, classic Salsa, Dub, Lover's Rock, Golden Era Hip-Hop, Disco, Boogie and I'll even make room for new music as long as it's good.

If you aren't in Queens it's still pretty accessible. If you are in Greenpoint or WIlliamsburg, Brooklyn it's right over that small Pulaski bridge, which you can even walk over, or right over the 59th St. Bridge from Manhattan. It's every Thursday night at El Ay Si, 47-38 Vernon Boulevard (718) 389-8781.

Sunlightsquare "I Believe in Miracles" cover version

Another great cover of the classic tune, this one in a Latin Jazz style. Thanks to Kamui for playing this one at the last night of Lost & Found at Savales. It's actually a "new" release (last year I think), and it sounds pretty darn good to me. This is the instrumental version which I prefer for now. It's out there and pretty easy to get, so snatch it up while copies still exist. This should ignite any dancefloor where people have a pulse.

Only The Strong Songs Survive

Only The Strong Songs Survive

Tal Armstrong "You've Got So Much Feeling"

Shout out to Josh Dunn for that new expression!

LAST CALL AT LOST & FOUND TONIGHT!

Yes I know it's last minute, but I just found out today that Savales in Brooklyn is closing down tonight, and what better night to shut down on than the Lost & Found night? For years, Lost & Found at Savales has been the safe haven, the rendezvous spot, the secret clubhouse, the meeting of the minds, the writers bench for NYC's realest DJs, etc etc etc, and tonight is going to be the EPIC farewell as the resident Lost & Found DJs along with amazing special guests like Rockin Rob will shut the place down with the most hardcore 45s all night. I've been lucky enough to be asked to throw down too, and am feeling pretty hyped about it.

DO NOT MISS IT @ 285 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn!!!

Stevie Wonder - Documentary 1980 Hotter than July

My mind has been blown. Shout out to DJ Anonymous over at DJ's Delight for this one!

K.I.C. "You Don't Want My Love" b/w Red Greg & Doug Gomez Love Fixation Report!

Thanks to the boys for bringing that heat to the room last weekend! Doug Gomez from Play it Loud BK and our friend from across the pond Red Greg from Ebonite UK/Paris brought the joyous sounds to the room!!! We had some super stars in the house that night repping in the Love Fixation basement! Shout out to Red Greg for dropping this beast of a tune!

The Flyer

FELA!

JBX - The man in charge of Big City Records who has laced this blog with some beautiful sounds

Red Greg Pulling the Vinyl Heat

Chillin' with East London's #1 Soul Boy!

New Jersey Deep Bobby!

Fox 50 and Lin Literally Steppin' To the AM! Thx for the inspiration!

Red Greg & DJ Anonymous - "Disco They Were Getting Drunk To"

Doug Gomez Turning Up The Heat

Next Love Fixation barely a week away! Stay tuned...

Zernell in LA this Friday

If you are in LA, check out Zernell (Grimy Edits) playing along Tom Noble (Lotus Land), and Rick Wren at Barcade.

The Kay-Gees "You've Got to Keep On Bumpin'"

Classic tune to do The Bump to!

Kay-Gees Ain't No Time Parts 1 & 2

Both LP versions back to back for this video. A dreamy tune from the golden era...

Mastermind-Free and Wild (Prelude LP)

A mellow tune from what seems to be Prelude's answer to Brass Construction.

Dig it!

MasterMind - Hustle Bus Stop (Prelude LP)

Raw Disco Funk on Prelude Records.

Love Fixation with guests Red Greg and Doug Gomez

We are back in 2011 with some kick ass guests!

Red Greg (Ebonite, UK) returns to the Big Apple to lay it down along side BK's finest Doug Gomez (Play It Loud) and myself, resident Dj Love On The Run.

Hope to see you there!

Staple Singers - Message In The Music B/W Red Greg back in NYC for a night at Love Fixation!

A beautiful cover of the Philly classic by the Staple Singers, and a cheap find for the vinyl lovers. Thanks to the Ebonite crew in London & Paris for uploading this gem!

I'm also happy to announce that Red Greg of the Ebonite duo will be back in NYC this weekend for the next installment of Love Fixation!

"We've got a message in our muuusssiiiiicccc...."

R.I.P Bobby Robinson of Enjoy Records, Harlem, NYC

R.I.P Bobby Robinson behind Enjoy Records out of Harlem, NYC.

Here is an article from the New York's Daily News:
"BOBBY ROBINSON, whose tiny record shop on Harlem's 125th St. spawned No. 1 national hits and made him an uptown patriarch for six decades, died yesterday.

He was 93 and had been ill for several years - though he regularly went to work at his shop until it was forced to close in January 2008.

Impeccably dressed, well-spoken and ambitious to make his mark in the entertainment business, Robinson opened Bobby's Happy House in 1946.

His shop was the first black-owned business on 125th St., and within five years he used it to launch a series of record labels.

Sometimes working with his brother Danny, who also had an office on 125th St., Robinson recorded hundreds of artists from Gladys Knight and the Pips to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

Knight's first hit, "Every Beat of My Heart," was released on Robinson's Fury label.

Robinson, a South Carolina native, had a No. 1 national hit in 1959 with Wilbert Harrison's "Kansas City" - and said years later that a hit of that magnitude crippled his business because he had to press so many copies he couldn't promote any other artists.

But his Red Robin, Whirlin' Disc, Fire, Fury and Enjoy labels became legendary in the rhythm and blues world, and his releases by artists like the Channels, Teenchords and Scarlets helped define the sound of the New York streets through the 1950s.

Robinson ultimately recorded a wide range of artists that included the great bluesman Elmore James, whom Robinson inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In the late 1970s, Robinson became one of the first label owners to record rap music, cutting artists like Flash, Doug E. Fresh and Spoonie Gee.

Robinson eventually had to move the shop around the corner in the late 1990s, and he closed for good on Jan. 21, 2008, when his new landlord decided to raze the building for a development.

"I've seen 125th St. at its best and worst," Robinson said in late 2007. "And I'll tell you, there's no more exciting place in the world."



















And here is a slept on Boogie tune I love playing off of this label:

Milton Wright - Keep It Up

Huge! I can't believe I've never posted this song here before.

Captain Sky - Moon Child (AVI) - More Memories From Moscow

Dropped this classic Deep Disco tune in Moscow. Posting it with a pic of me landing at Moscow's airport, because it looks like I am landing on the Moon in this photo. Moon Child, get it? It was below 0 degrees when we landed on the tarmac. Thankfully I had the sense to bring really warm clothes on the plane.

Back From Moscow!

Brought home a couple of awesome Russian Rare Grooves! The record I'm holding in the photo is the one playing in the youtube clip:



What a trip! Great times, good friends, music, food, drinks, the whole nine yards. Thanks to Javybz and Alex for being such gracious hosts, showing me around this awesome city, and giving me the opportunity to lay down some deep music for Moscow's party people while bringing in the New Year. 2011, we are going to have a blast!