New York Night Train brings its SOUL CLAP and DANCE-OFF back to SF! (
http://newyorknighttrain.com/soulclap/) If you remember the last one in November, also featuring Jello Biafra and Paul Paul, and judges KARLA LAVEY, TY SEGALL, MATT GONZALEZ, etc, you know that this is theee party!
All night dancing to the exquisite soul 45 magic of
- MR. JONATHAN TOUBIN (new york night train
http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-Night-Train/47167209984)
and his SF pals...
- PRIMO (oldies night, etc
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=39432821853)
- SERGIO IGLESIAS (ooh la la -
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=391168230639)
- BROWN AMY (hard french -
http://www.thequeerist.com/events/hard-french)
plus...
a MIDNIGHT DANCE COMPETITION for a $100 GRAND PRIZE
Featuring an unusual cast of local celebrity judges:
- CARLETTA SUE KAY (chanteuse
http://www.myspace.com/carlettasuekay)
- DICK VIVIAN (proprietor of SF's finest record store, ROOKY RICARDO'S
http://www.rookyricardosrecords.com/)
- DOMONIQUE (hostess of “miss honey"
http://www.themml.com/event.php?event_id=3604)
- HENRY ROSENTHAL (“hank rank” of crime, indie movie producer, etc
http://www.myspace.com/officialcrime)
- MERKLEY (photographer, ??? -
http://www.threequestionmarks.com/ )
- MYLES COOPER (of the myles cooper usa band -
http://www.mylescooper.com/)
- SUNNY WALKER (proprietress of painted bird vintage -
http://paintedbird.org/)
- TAMARYN (chanteuse – troubleman unlimited, true panther sounds etc
http://www.myspace.com/imagesmusic)
- VIOLET BLUE (author, columnist, blogger of tiny nibbles –
http://www.tinynibbles.com/)
Mr Jonathan Toubin and his traveling Soul Clap and Dance-Off are the shit - but don't take our word for it...
" Jonathan Toubin is the dude who made NYC dance parties fun again. Tonight is the third anniversary of what may be the best party of the past few years, Soul Clap and Dance Off at Glasslands."
- Brooklyn Ski Club
" New York Night Train's Jonathan Toubin throws the raddest underground rock parties in New York"
- Alexander Thompson, Paper Magazine
" Jonathan Toubin is a local DJ with a penchant for two things: soul obscurities and making people move. He spreads his gospel by way of tireless sets at bars and clubs across the Lower East Side and Brooklyn, at which he'll host dance-offs, invite artists and other musicians to contribute to the merriment, and spin a heady blend of what he calls " Maximum Rock and Soul."... Expect even more music, dancing, and rambunctiousness than usual, knowing full well that "the usual" is already pretty hard to top."
- The Onion A.V. Club
" I'm not one of the Schmucks who will lament over New York not being "what it used to be", but I will say that we're not fans of this dismal wasteland of Eurotrash tourists and guidos with polo shirts unbuttoned down to their navels grinding to the repetitive pounding of bad electro. Enter Jonathan Toubin, and his simple-yet-visionary approach to revamping the entire lanscape of New York and Brooklyn from midnight till the after hours. His New York Night Train parties have become stuff of sheer legend do to the simple fact that Toubin actually seems to care about what he is producing. His meticulous approach has paid off quite handsomely as pretty much each and every party with the Jonathan Toubin stamp on it seems to be the biggest party going on for that given night."
- Impose Magazine
" New York Night Train's Mr. Jonathan Toubin has solidified his reputation as the premier soul party engineer and the hardest working guy in New York with packed parties at underground venues."
- Jason Diamond, Heeb
" (The Soul Clap) matches a burgeoning star of NYC's DJ underground (Jonathan Toubin) with a more organic, infinitely more sweaty-fun stack of sounds (a long-awaited alternative to the ever more stodgy and conservative realm of "dance" music) and a fervently followed format that features a dance contest judged by a distinguished panel of local celebs"
- Red Bank Orbit
"As previously noted in this here reputable rag, Jonathan Toubin's Soul Clap and Dance-Off shindig is truly New York City's most stimulating all-night dance party, easily trumping all other soul or retro nights." - MyOpenBar.com
" DJ Jonathan Toubin, from underground music zine (and label of the same name) New York Night Train, spins the 45s. The mid-'60s to early-'70s r &b and funk will have you dancing with the stars." - Sharyn Jackson, Village Voice "Voice Choices"
"Our festival experience began with an oh-so-soulful DJ set by New York genius Jonathan Toubin."
- Josiah Hughes, Exclaim! (Canada) review of Sled Island Festival Soul Clap and Dance-Off
"It was ridiculous and fun and had me hoping Soul Clap returns" - Jennifer Maerz, SF Weekly
"Soultastic" - Courtney Ferguson, Portland Mercury
"Jonathan Toubin, the New York City DJ who turns ho-hum rock shows and tin-canned dance parties into transcendent nightlife experiences. Spinning rock and soul on 45, Toubin gets the rock kids to dance and the clubbers to rock, meshing together live music, performance, film and dance, dance, dance!"
- Megan O'Neil, Detroit Metro Times
"Uno de los mejores selector que mis ojos hayan visto y mis oidos excuchado."
- We Shall Be Free (Monterrey, Mexico)
"'Dogzstar’ın gündemimize fizyolojik bir bomba gibi düşen New York’un en hip adamlarından biri masasının başında oturup yazmayı çizmeyi bırakıp İstanbul’a gelecek ve kalemi yerine döndürdüğü plaklarla hünerlerini gösterecek."
- Entertainbul (Istanbul)
"Jonathan Toubin האמריקאי נוחת בשסק. לטובין יש ליין מסיבות חמות בניו יורק הנקרא Soul clap, שבהן הוא מתקלט סול, Fאנק ורוק מתקליטי 7 אינץ' בלבד, ובדרך כלל נערכות בהן גם תחרויות ריקודים עם שופטים מקרב הקהל. שלל קטעים מצוינים ינוגנו ואם תרצו, גם תחרות תהיה (אני בעד, שפכו את הטלק על הרצפה ותראו שאני לוקח מקום ראשון). 22:00”
- The Marker (Tel Aviv)
"Hela grejen blev så rå, ful, osammanhängande, provokativ, meningslös, rastlös, drogad och hemmagjord i sanna vänners gemenskap. Det var liksom äntligen lite punk över New York City igen."
- Emma Vikingskull, Denimzine (Finland)
