Media, Musicians, Listeners:
 
It's people like Trevor Jackson who keep us interested in music and the music business. A passionate devotee of musics lost history, Mr. Jackson poses as the PLAYGROUP with various biting vocal talents [Kathleen Hanna, Kyra, Edwyn Collins]. His label, Output Recordings, has given us Fridge, 7 Hurtz and Fourtet. Now he lines up a mix with so much bumped-out bass, my neighbors moved out yesterday and I have just now been served with a subpeona. Red-line retro-future funk from the likes of Human League, Nigo, the Rapture, Material, Parallax Corporation and Smith 'N Hack.
ATTN: Everyone who comes by tonight will recieve a free 13-song sampler from Studio Distribution featuring Psycho On Da Bus, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Swayzak, Terranova and more. Cool Playgroup posters, too.
And with DJs Patrick Bryant [WMBR] and the freaky UFO, I'm just flat-out unsure how you could not come down tonight to 
 
eavesdrop.
A Weekly Listening Party
Tuesday Nights from 9 pm to 1 am
Album Playback  10:30 pm
@ River Gods
125 River St., Cambridge, MA 02139 [map here]
21 + / FREE / Complete River Gods Calendar here.
Just 4 blocks west of the Central Square T stop on River St.
 
++ TONIGHT ++
:: August 6th, 2002: DJ KICKS V/A: Playgroup [Studio K7!]
Trevor Jackson, a/k/a Playgroup is an expert in party transportation. He's moved parties from Paris to Cairo. Literally. Here, instead of coming to your house, he lines up a set to play again and again. We're considering having attendees tonight sign some sort of waiver. His episode of DJ KICKS, a quality creative DJ series, just smokes like an 8th-grade goth. So, in effect, we've got three DJs tonight. And free 13-song samplers for all. MIT radio's DJ Patrick Bryant likes new electronic music and the way it looks. He's also the music director. UFO's record bag is typically handled with tongs. Don't look directly at it. I'm warning you. Find his last River Gods set here... hey, Wednesdays are a drag, anyway.
:: 9pm - 10:30pm: Patrick Bryant [WMBR]
:: 10:30 Featured Album: DJ KICKS V/A: Playgroup [Studio K7!] Street Date: 8/13
:: 11:30pm - 1am: UFO [Forced Exposure]
 
++ NEXT WEEK ++
:: August 13th, 2002: SLEATER-KINNEY "One Beat" [Kill Rock Stars]. 
Get your fix and listen to it now at their website. You'll agree with me when I say it's simply a whole 'nother level for these punks. If the pop music world has been looking the other way, it's about to get pounced. In fact, I can't think of a band more poised to mark the launch of the new "resdesigned" Rolling Stone. Put _them_ on the cover, you clowns. Alas, that won't happen, but at least we have the friendly confines and free sound-system at River Gods. Playing the Roxy Monday, Oct. 14th. DJ Jeff Breeze and Tinobeat will host the evening, and they've been able to think about this for weeks. Life is fun.
:: 9pm - 10:30pm: Jeff Breeze / Tinobeat
:: 10:30 Featured Album: SLEATER-KINNEY "One Beat" [Kill Rock Stars]. Street date: 8/20. Buy it early from their site.
:: 11:30pm - 1am: Tinobeat / Jeff Breeze
 
++ THIS WEEK AT RIVER GODS ++
Wednesday: "Under The Influence" w/ David Virr from "British Accents" [WERS] // Thursday: "Global-Minded Street Beats" w/ Dali // Friday: eavesdrop resident TENDERLOIN [Secrets] // Saturday: "Music For The People" w/ Joe "The Jesuit" Keohane // Sunday: Stick-a-Bush R&B, Soul and Hip-Hop w/ TNT // Monday: "When FNX Was Cool" w/ TJ
 
TO COME +++
:: August 20th, 2002: COLDPLAY "Rush Of Blood To The Head" [Capitol Records] Playing the Paradise August 6th. With Lil Debbie from WERS. And welcome back to Jen from the Pill. The only listening party in Boston open to the public.
:: August 27th, 2002: TARWATER "Dwellers On The Threshold" [Kitty-Yo/Mute] Krautrock reimagined. Downtempo renewed.
:: September 3rd, 2002: ESG "Step Off" [Soul Jazz] With a line-up that now features their _daughters_, people. With amazing stories come amazing music.
:: September 10th, 2002: MR. AIRPLANE MAN "Moanin'" [Sympathy For the Record Industry] The new album, from the new White Stripes?
 
Music is played at:
RIVER GODS
125 River St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
[map here]
Just 4 blocks west of Central Square on River St.
 
:: EAVESDROP Highlights anticipated releases from the finest artists and labels. Eavesdrop will preview an entire album a week or so in advance, with tasteful guest DJs providing music before and after. It's pretty fun. And it's free.
 
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