Getcher dance on.

Wow, another year is almost done. Let's see it out in style!

I have pretty much nothing planned for New Year's Eve, save dinner with some friends. There's not much going on. The big party we usually attend isn't happening this year as its curator is taking a well-deserved holiday with his family, no really good shows are going down, and most of my friends seem lost and scattered plans-wise.

This is why I've decided Saturday night will the blow-out to end all blow-outs for the year 2006.

I can't think of a better way to see out the year. The evening begins at The Hideout, with The Venom Lords, Milk At Midnight, and TRAPPERKEEPER turning in live sets while I spin in-between. Then, after the show, the party continues on as Skid Marks and I DJ the final Hideout Dance Party of 2006!

Accent on dance. We will be insisting that hot, sweaty, sexy fun is had by all.

But does the evening end there? No!

Across town my usual monthly residency at The Continental, Drop, Rock, and Roll, will be going on strong! DJs Rudy Tuesday and June Cleavage will be holding down the fort and riling up the West-side crowd with killer tunes of their own choosing. I will be jetting over there after The Hideout to supply a late-late-night set of my own and keep the party going until the sun begins to seep over the horizon.

Here's a nice poster Amy Lord made for the Hideout show:


Don't worry, I've been assured there will be no clowns.

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Year-end list.

The fact that, aside from the Jackin' Pop thing, I've put off doing my year-end best-of until today should tell you something about the way I viewed the year of 2006 music-wise. I saw lots of great shows, was tickled at all sorts of new developments within the industry (and the major labels' fading grasp on power), but was left largely unimpressed by a lot of the music that came out. Wait, that's wrong. Not unimpressed, since there was impressive stuff out there. I suppose the best way to put it is that very little knocked me off my feet. Is that a result of my getting older and harder to please or catch off guard? Or is it a testament to a certain jaded safeness in music circa 2006? Probably a little of both. Anyway, I've got the list down and am putting the finishing touches so look for it to go up at donewaiting later today once Rob adds in all the appropriate MP3 links and such. I'll include the live link here when it's available. It is now live here.