Celebratin' the 4th all Soul Stylee
Hi! I'm sitting in a coffee shop in Williamsburg & Juan (the owner) is seriously the nicest man in Brooklyn. I feel like I have to give his business a shout out: CREST CAFE IS AWESOME! It's also a nice place: great coffee, treats, wifi & an outside garden. & of course the owner is an absolute peach... Like you care. You heartless creeps!
Okay, so on with this post & the music...
You are going to be so jealous! Tonight I am one of the fortunate ones going to the Feelies reunion show at Maxwell's! My best boy Bryce scored tickets to the show & I'm his date. I'm excited!
The Feelies -- Fa Ce La
Their first single released in 1979. The influence they had on later indie rockers is pretty obvious, eh?
The Feelies -- Egyptian Reggae
This is a cover of a Jonathan Richman song. And Jonathan's version was based on Jamaican musician Earl Zero's reggae
song "None Shall Escape the Judgment." So stick that in your pipe & smoke it!
The Feelies -- Dancing Barefoot
& this is a cover of the Patti Smith song & is, in my opinion, much better. But that's because old Patti never did much for me. Several years ago I was watching something on TV at a bar & apparently they were talking to PS but since the sound wasn't on I thought they were talking to JOEY RAMONE! Hahahaha. I am an asshole.
And this is a weird fact I never knew -- according to Wikipedia:
"The band's name is taken from Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World in which "the feelies" are a futuristic medium of entertainment in
theaters where all of one's senses are involved, not merely vision."
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Yeh so like there are tons of things going on for July 4th here in NYC (including the
Feelies/Sonic Youth free show at Castle Clinton) but I heard about
something that sounds really awesome:
4th Of July BBQ
Boogie down in Brooklyn with The Sweet Divines!
at Union Hall
6 to 11pm
Union Hall
702 Union Street @ 5th Ave
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Personally, the poster pretty much sells it for me.
Whatever you do - have a blast & stay safe out there.






























