As you know, I'm a big fan of the band Zambri so I try to make it to all their weekend end shows, here's a couple shows you'll find me at :)

ZAMBRI

9/18/2009 8:00 PM at SANTOS PARTY HOUSE
96 Lafayette St., New York, New York
Cost:

w/Unisex Salon, Cherie Lily, Menya

ZAMBRI

10/25/2009 8:00 PM at CMJ FTW! & Sunday School Matinee Party
, new York,

 I'll see you cats there, good music and good times

Hey Guys,

 Every Sunday at 4pm the Webster Hall has an all ages concert, and I went to it last saturday to check out a band I'm a big fan of, Zambri, and another band I like, Paul and the Patients. If you havn't seen either of these New Yorks bands I really recommend them.

 Anyways I really recommend checking out these Sunday School Matinees cause it's a sweet show without having to be out late and plus you get a bag free schwag on the way out!

 So another sweet find here in New York City, make sure to enjoy and report to me on your experiences!!!

- Alex Merced

RSVP FOR THIS MEETUP HERE

Hey Everybody, I went and checked out this really awesome Karaoke place and thought it'd be a great spot for a fun meet-up. I'm also trying to bring together as many of my friends and their friends from over the years to make this one awesome night karaoke and networking.

About Chours
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Welcome to CHORUS KARAOKE LOUNGE & SUITES

This is a new way to enjoy KARAOKE! You can have your own room for you and your friends for some singing fun! Now you can sing all your favorite songs without any distraction! We have the largest catalog in NYC:
There are Over 80,000 songs of Pop, Rock, R&B, Hip-Hop, Oldies, Show Tunes, Children's Songs, Country, Gospel and more! We also have songs in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Thai, Filipino, Vietnamese, Hindi, Italian, French, Portuguese and German! We add more than 100 new songs each month! You can even record your singing on CD/cassette tape!!

* Six upscale private rooms with Plasma TVs and a lounge with full bar

* Largest room fits 35 people (recommended for parties)

* Variety of drink served (beer, sake, cocktails, etc.) - Half priced until 7 p.m.! (Bar excluded)

* Party Plan with food and Karaoke!
* Kid's Birthday Party Plan:This is a family-friendly environment. We welcome children!

Hey,

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 Well, so of course I think having a life coach is not bad investment for those who really need someone to keep them on the ball with their projects and to help with all that introspection.

 So check out my new friend Jaclyn Beckerman. SHe does a free sample session to determine if there's a good match, so why not see if it's something worth doing!

Here are this weeks events from MyOpenBar.com, join their mailing list to get mailed about these events. I personally will probbably make an appearance at the QxBxRx party so hopefully see you all their. Friday and Sunday night I'll be at the 280 Bar and Lounge that I mentioned in my previous post.

Wednesday, June 3rd
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PERMALINK Wonderful Wednesdayswell vodka drinks, $6 specialty cocktails till 10pm, no cover / 5pm-6pm
Blue Owl
196 2nd Avenue,
btw. E. 12th and E. 13th Streets
East Village
(212) 505-BLUE

Blue Owl's taking a break from all the redistributing of wealth they've been doing lately. Tonight's just well vodka from 5 to 6 for naught, with $6 specialty cocktails thereafter. Still a win-win.

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PERMALINK Karaoke NightJack Daniels, beer, no cover / 6pm-9pm
Radio Star
3 West 35th St.,
btw. 5th and 6th Avenues
Midtown
(212) 564-2520

A new karaoke joint (the Midtown kind) plies you with free booze and, more importantly (though what's more important than free booze?), woos you with vintage radio-era themed decor. Asian tourists wil shit themselves. And their cameras will explode. Pity the soul responsible for cleaning up that mess.
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PERMALINK Sex Waxundisclosed booze, free with RSVP, $5 without / 10pm-11pm
Sutra
16 1st Avenue,
btw. 1st and 2nd Streets
East Village
(212) 677-9477

Free booze and sparse beats courtesy of Planet Rump and The Beatards. RSVP to RSVP@Sutranyc.com.

(Btw, Planet Rump: "sucking on my titties" has been done already. Not that it makes the line any less poetic.)
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PERMALINK Rock NightBud, Bud Light drafts and well drinks, no cover / 8pm-9pm
Bar 12
206 E. 34th St.,
Btw. 2nd and 3rd Ave.
Murray Hill
(212) 545-9912

A rock DJ spins the backdrop for a Wii competition. If I weren't a jaded piece of hipster trash, I might enjoy such a wholesome, mainstream-friendly activity night. Enjoy that Bud, fellas.
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Thursday, June 4th

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PERMALINK Cinema 16Kelso Beer, baked stuff for sale, $5 suggested donation / 6pm
Smack Mellon
56 Water Street,
DUMBO
(718) 834-8761

The Cinema 16 series is one of the finer examples of curation, DIY spirit, and collaboration in Brooklyn-based entertainment. The premise is simple enough: obscure, visually engaging short films paired with live scores, written and performed for these films by local bands.

For this installment, Nick Yulman and the Bone Conductor Mechanical Orchestra score three films: Georges Méliès' magical short L'Homme Orchestre (One Man Band), Charles Bowers’ long-lost comical romp A Wild Roomer, and Maya Deren’s surrealist masterpiece Meshes of the Afternoon.
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PERMALINK Pretty Decent$5, BYOB, drink specials / 8pm-1am
Market Hotel
1142 Myrtle Avenue,
at Broadway
Bushwick

Another Bushwick-based arts collective kicks off their mission to remind the rest of us that we are infinitely less cool and creative. Reality checks notwithstanding, the party will probably be, you know, pretty decent. Keep an eye out for an installation by Javelin, whose musical creations are masterpieces of humor and groove.
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PERMALINK Sound Screen Design PresentsPBR, no cover / 8pm
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Avenue,
at South 1st
Williamsburg

Musically inspired organic t-shirt makers Sound Screen Design release a new collection with giveaways, free beer, and DJ sets from members of The National and Gang Gang Dance.
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PERMALINK Free Metal PartyColt 45, Jagermeister shots from 8:30pm-9:30pm / 8pm
Fontana's
105 Eldridge Street,
btw. Grand and Broome
Lower East Side
(212) 334-6740

Colt 45 plays host to Boston's Revocation and a local outfit called Castevet. Free Jager shots from 8:30 to 9:30 at the downstairs bar if you mention "tones of death" -- that'll impress your date for sure.
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PERMALINK Dance for Darfurcocktails, food, $50 in advance, $70 at the door, $85 for 2 tickets in advance / 7pm-10pm
Branch
226 E 54th St.,
Btw 2nd Ave. & 3rd Ave.
Midtown East
(212) 688-5577

A benefit for Darfurian refugees, this one gives you booze, food, prizes and a warm feeling inside. If I were your mother, I'd tell you to put on your least trampy dress and heels and come here to find yourself a man -- he'll be rich and have a conscience. Tickets are $50 in advance, $70 at the door, and $85 for 2 if you're buying in advance. Get to it online at www.hias.org/dancefordarfur or call (212) 613-1303.
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PERMALINK Musictoob.com Music Industry Cocktail ReceptionRegalia Vodka and Arizona Iced Tea cocktails, Troll Cognac, some other booze, must RSVP / 9pm-11pm
Anchor
310 Spring St.,
btw. Greenwich St. and Renwick St.
West Village

The days of chasing vodka with Arizona Iced Tea are back! Except now I can do it at a music industry cocktail reception instead of a Staten Island shopping mall.

Some new bullshit music celebrity gossip blog, MusicToob.com, is buying the rounds. RSVP here.
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PERMALINK Open Bar ThursdayBud, Bud Light, Coors Banquet, Coors Light, Michelob Ultra Drafts and well drinks, no cover with RSVP / 9pm-10pm
Mercury Bar
493 3rd Ave,
btw. 33rd and 34th St
Midtown East
(212) 683-2645

Watery American lager, for your drinking pain and pleasure. RSVP to info@mercurybarnyc.com or call (212) 683-2645.
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PERMALINK Sinful ThursdaysAbsolut vodka, no cover / 9pm-10pm
Sin-Sin
248 East 5th St.,
btw. 2nd and 3rd
East Village

Aw, lookit that:


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Friday, June 5th

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PERMALINK We Like The Goodwine, no cover / 7pm-10pm
Live With Animals
210 Kent Avenue,
(enter on Metropolitan)
Williamsburg

Another group show on our favorite colorful stretch of Kent Ave. Includes work by one of our favorite photographers, Todd Fisher.
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PERMALINK Unframed Portraits: The Self and Othersartsy booze / 6-8pm
Broadway Gallery
473 Broadway, 7th Floor,,
SoHo

This exhibition explores unconventional portraiture and its many aesthetic realms. You know, like when you get your picture taken by a stranger and pray you won't end up a Vice "don't".
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PERMALINK Human Touch, Divine Touchbeer, wine, vodka, no cover / 7pm-10pm
Grace Exhibition Space
840 Broadway,
2nd Floor, btw. Ellery Street and Park Ave.
Bushwick
(646) 578-3402

This girl looks serious.
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PERMALINK Walk on the Wild Sidecocktails, no cover, jungle/tribal/animal-inspired costumes for entry and free booze / 10pm-11pm
Aspen
30 w. 22nd st.,
btw. 5th ave. and Avenue of the Americas
Gramercy
(212) 645-5040

"A jungle-inspired costume party where drinking, dancing and debauchery are welcome." Can I do my GG Allin impersonation or is that too much?

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PERMALINK Rooftop Films Presents: Trapped Inside the MachineRadeberger Pilsner, $9 cover / 8pm
The Open Road Rooftop Project
350 Grand Street,
at Broome Street
Lower East Side

A live set by Bottle Up and Go precedes a screening of short films about feeling trapped in the machine of modern life: the lame job, the endless cycle of money and debt. This is why you start a website about nothing that pays your rent, stupid. Tickets here.
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PERMALINK Tainted Loveartsy booze / 6-9pm
La Mama La Galleria
6 East 1st Street,
East Village

A show about activist practices in art and politics. Man, nothing taints love like a good dose of rhetoric -- think about the Catholic church.
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PERMALINK NYC Film Industry Cocktail ReceptionBarcelo Rum cocktails, must RSVP / 10pm-11pm
Tribeca Grand
2 Avenue of the Americas,
btw. White Street and Walker Street.
West Village

To break into film, one used to have to work on shitty projects for nothing as a PA while sorting out whose dick you had to suck to get to the next step. Nowadays, you just come to a cocktail reception where you find that dick on the spot -- it cuts out years of thankless labor. RSVP here.
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PERMALINK All You Can Drink Sangriafree-flowing sangria, $15 / 7pm-11pm
Unwined
2537 Broadway,
at 95th St.
Upper West Side
(646) 403-3215

It's not really free-flowing. If it were, I'd take a bath in it. A delicious, fruity bath. Wheeee!
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Saturday, June 6th

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PERMALINK QxBxRxfree beer, $5 cover before 12am, $8 after / 11pm-12am
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow Street,
bt. Stanton and Rivington Streets
Lower East Side
(212) 253-0036

A dance and hip-hop edition of Queers, Beers and Rears pairs bands Menya and Sgt. Sass (serious Philly-based sass) with the best-named resident DJs Sir Loins and As If! A much needed diversion from the now-typical party favor, QxBxRx go-go boys prance around for a considerable portion of the night.
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PERMALINK PopGun Booking presents: NinjasonikColt 45, $7 cover / 10-11pm
Public Assembly (ex-Galapagos)
70 North Sixth Street,
btw. Wythe and Kent Avenues
Williamsburg
(718) 384-4586

Ah, the usual suspects. Weird sex-having Ninjasonik, cough syrup-overdosing Lionshare, and Gameboy-hacking Anamanaguchi, share the stage at Public Assembly tonight.
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PERMALINK Soul Clap and Dance-Offfree beer, $3 cover / 11pm-12am
Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Avenue,
at South 1st
Williamsburg

Jonathan Toubin's selections typically appeal to the kinds of kids who've already thrashed, clubbed, rocked, punked, slammed and slummed, and have finally settled into a comfortably stylish, faintly nostalgic place where dancing involves more twisting then bouncing.

This party's now-famous 1am dance contest is usually judged by a gaggle of local c-type celebrities – cute store owners, hot chicks, etc. The prize is half the door take, which at times can be upwards of $400 (not to mention the priceless bragging rights).
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PERMALINK Soul ImperialSailor Jerry Rum, no cover / 11pm till gone
K & M
225 N. 8th Street,
at Roebling
Williamsburg
(718) 388-3088

Rap, R&B, reggae, 80s, 90s, club bangers and rum. Who doesn't love the tropics?
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PERMALINK Weekend Brunch at Ceolunlimited bloody marys and mimosas with brunch, $20 prix fixe / 11am-3pm
Ceol Pub
191 Smith St.,
btw. Warren and Baltic
Carroll Gardens
(347) 643-9911

Livin' fat through the recession, Carroll Gardens.
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PERMALINK Superheroes vs. Supervillainsvodka, $5 in costume, $10 as alter-ego / 10pm-11pm
The Shank
98 Bayard st.,
@ Leonard St.
Williamsburg

Aerial artists, zip lines, inflatable superheroes, stilt-walkers and countless rave children at this... well, circus, really. Dress for the superhero fashion show.
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PERMALINK Mid-Atlantic HouseBacardi mojitos, no cover for girls, $10 for guys / 10pm-Midnight
Red Star Bar
37 Greenpoint Ave.,
@ West St.
Greenpoint
(718) 349-0149

Playboy Playmate Monica Leigh hosts the biggest douche fest in town. So big, in fact, that, in a last-ditch effort to even out the proverbial ratio they're letting girls in for free. Be strong, ladies.
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Sunday, June 7th

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PERMALINK Loving Day Flagship CelebrationAsahi beer, BBQ, free with RSVP / 3pm-4pm
Solar One
2420 FDR Drive,
at 23rd St.
Gramercy
(212) 505-6050

No, Loving Day celebration is not a recently invented gay holiday. Back to school with you: Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in the U.S., deserves a party all its own.

DJ Dhundee and DJ Tyler Askew commemorate American democracy with Japanese beer. Email lovingdayparty@gmail.com to reserve your spot.
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PERMALINK Loco Brunchunlimited mimosas and screwdrivers with $18 brunch / 12pm-3pm
Mojito Loco
102 Meserole St,
btw. Manhattan Ave and Leonard St
Williamsburg

"Loco Brunch," not to be confused with the sometimes-listed "Poco Brunch."
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PERMALINK Catfish Brunch3 free drinks with $13 brunch / brunch time, stupid
Lazy Catfish
593 Lorimer Street,
at Conselyea Street
Williamsburg
(718) 599-9055

The Lazy Catfish is like the genie of intoxication — rub it just right and you get three drinks. I wish I could get unlimited free drinks but, apparently, genies have a policy about that. It's like wishing for unlimited wishes, i.e., not allowed.

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PERMALINK Chuhasco-Discobeer, $10 cover / 6pm-11pm
Wonderland Loft
38-01 23rd Ave.,
at 23rd ave and 38th st
Astoria

"What better way to spend a Sunday than at this private loft space," asks this event's promoter, with "amateur drum circles, Capoeira class, hoola-hooping, and henna-painting."

I dunno, out on a ledge somewhere with a baby porcupine in my underwear?

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Monday, June 8th

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PERMALINK Laid Off Mondaysfree tequila shot with proof of unemployment, no cover / 12am
The Delancey
168 Delancey,
btw. Clinton and Attorney Streets.
Lower East Side
(212) 254-9920

Any career counselor would agree that free tequila is an effective solution to the unemployment problem. Definitely.