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A cover-free evening of new music, corresponding disc jockeys at Boston's most peculiar pub. It's easy to listen at RIVER GODS each Tuesday night. Our official position is: all eavesdrop parties are fun. Listen to good music, good DJs, and talk amongst yourselves. Sounds great. But tonight, oh. Oh my. Soul Jazz is in the proverbial house. And it might be their best yet. REGGAE DISCO-fy yourself tonight at...
 
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]
Just 4 blocks west of the Central Square T stop on River St.
 
++ TONIGHT ++
July 9th, 2002
To diserning music shoppers, the SOUL JAZZ label is untouchable when it comes to timeless compilations. Nu Yorica, Studio One, the Jamaican sonic stratum and New Orleans Funk have all been flipped under their dust-grouted fingers. We're lucky to hear the results. But after such a track record, they're bound to stumble, right? Wrong. SOUL JAZZ RECORDS re-discovers Reggae Disco. The most funked-out late disco tracks ["Rapper's Delight", "I'm Every Woman", "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"] re-created by that era's Lovers Rock and Rare Groove superstars. Come watch our speakers melt to the floor. As our guest DJ Tim Haslett would say, Reggae Disco is "off the cross." UFO will dissect the decks like they were Argentinian cattle.
:: 9pm - 10:30pm: DJ Tim Haslett [Urb, Boston Beat, Other Music]
:: 10:30 Featured Album: V/A "Reggae Disco" [Soul Jazz] Street Date: July 16th
:: 11:30pm - 1am: UFO
 
++ NEXT WEEK ++
July 16th, 2002
MIDWEST PRODUCT "Specifics" w/ DJ Gudjonsson. Somewhere between New Order's Movement and Trans Am's Surrender To The Night, Midwest Product douses the ears with thick splashes of bounded funk. DJ Gudjonsson returns after her fresh pre-Doves debut and DJ Tee la Roc [WZBC's Teresa] completes the evening. Last night, their show at bar 608 got people headed towards the stage. Hard to resist.
:: 9pm - 10:30pm: DJ Gudjonsson [Brendan Behan Pub]
:: 10:30 Featured Album: MIDWEST PRODUCT "Specifics" [Ghostly] Street Date: July 23rd
:: 11:30pm - 1am: DJ Teresa [WZBC]
 
TO COME +++
:: July 23rd, 2002: BETH ORTON teams up with the UK's most consistent label Heavenly to release her third album Daybreaker, with guests Emmylou Harris, Ben Watt [Everything But The Girl] and the Chemical Brothers. She plays the Avalon on July 31st.  With River Gods' own Dali as selector. [OUT 7/30]
:: July 30th, 2002: JEAN GRAE "Attack of the Attacking Things" a/k/a What? What? has had an album long in the making. A female hip-hop MC in the footsteps of Missy, Roxanne Shante and Ladybug. DJ Nick Follett has the time. [OUT 8/6]
:: August 6th, 2002: DJ KICKS "V/A: Playgroup" Trevor Jackson, a/k/a Playgroup continues to fly under America's cultural radar. Dropping fuzzy funk bombs on dancefloors worldwide. His DJ Kicks is an ultimatum. [OUT 8/13]
 
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.
 
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