The Parkdale Funk Show

Shindig! is about the music. That sweet sweet 50’s and 60s R&B music that just makes you throw your hands up and dance! Which is why we choose to play it all from original 7″ 45 rpm records and why we are holding this party the DAY BEFORE NEW YEARS EVE! It’s also why everyone loves this party so much! Especially the Ladies. Our Facebook page statistics prove it! 58% Female and 41% Male and 1% ..um… maybe transgender? Not sure. Don’t care. Shindig! doesn’t judge. We just offer the very best musical selections from the late 50s and early 60s all on 7″ 45 RPM vinyl records and one HELL of a GOOD TIME!

Get there early or you won’t get in!

Free before 11:00 p.m. and only $5.00 after!

See you on the Dance Floor!

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That’s….

Shindig!
at The Piston
937 Bloor Street W.
With DJ Splattermonkey,
General Eclectic & Double K
Free before 11 p.m. $5.00 after!
19+

Your favorite 50s and 60s Dance party is back on November 25th at The Piston, 937 Bloor Street West!

<<<RSVP HERE>>>

See you on the dance floor!

Shindig! at The Piston
937 Bloor Street West
Friday Nov. 25th 2011
with resident 45 selectors
General Eclectic, Double K
and Splattermonkey!
Free before 11:00 p.m.
$5.00 after 19+

Have we ever got a special treat lined up for you this month!
Mr. Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45s) is coming all the way from London England on October 28th to grace the decks at The Piston, with a fistful of original R&B, Titty Shakers and 60s Soul 45s just for you, Shindiggers!

If that wasn’t enough, the theme for the jam is ZOMBIES!! I’m not talking about just any old zombies. I’m talking about Retro zombies! I’m talking about some original 1968 Night of The Living Dead zombies! I’m talkin’ about some classic Greaser and Soc zombies from the 50s! There will be free CDs while quantities last for anyone dressed like a zombie from the 50s or 60s. Get there early to get yours!

Plus! Your favorite Shindig resident 45 zombie selectors, General Eclectic (Footprints, Uma Nota), Double K (Parkdale Funk, Funky Fridays) & Splattermonkey (Funkin’ it Up, Bruckbeat Radio) minus their souls, will be in the place to drop some of those rockin’ R&B 45s you’ve all come to know and love about Shindig!

Free Before 11:00 p.m. only $5.00 after!

THE PISTON
937 BLOOR STREET W

Shindig! is moving to a new venue!

We can now be found at The Piston, 937 Bloor Street West at Ossington.

The theme for our first party in the new venue is “Motown Vs. Stax.”

A battle of the big city Northern Soul sound of Detroit Michigan’s Motown records
versus The stripped down Funky Southern Soul sounds of Memphis Tennessee’s Stax label.

With Resident 45 selectors:
Splattermonkey (Bruckbeat Radio),
General Eclectic (Footprints, Uma Nota)
and Double K! (The Parkdale Funk Show, CIUT 89.5’s Funky Fridays)

Spinning ALL 7″ 45s ALL NIGHT!

Free before 11:00 p.m. and only $5.00 after!

19+

See you there!

- Jimmy O’Neil

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Shindig! Presents….

Greasers Vs. Socs Part II : Revenge of the Socs!

A Costume party! (not a rumble)

Free Shindig! CDs for anyone who comes dressed as a Greaser or a Soc! (pronounced Sosh)

With resident selectors Splattermonkey, Double K and General Eclectic!

Spinning 50s and 60s Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues!

All Vinyl! All Night!

Free before 11:00 p.m. and only $5.00 after!

This will be our last Shindig! at Crawford. We will be moving this party to the last Friday of every month at another venue TBA.

See you there!

- Jimmy O’Neil

Be sure to “Like” our page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shindig/223628477669231

and check out our blog at http://shindigparty.blogspot.com/

Bring It Up takes over the Piston on Friday Aug 12th for Toronto’s only all 45 soul & funk dance party!

This is going to be a night of wax and sax with special DJs Double K (Parkdale Funk, Soul Power, Shindig, Funky Fridays CIUT) and General Eclectic (Foot Prints, Uma Nota, Shindig, Magnificents 7s) bring their deep 45 crates. Pure dynamite soul & hand clapping funk all night! Make sure to have your dancing shoes on for this one!

Oh and one more thing… this event is FREE!

Friday August 12

The Piston
937 Bloor Street W

Hey Shindigger’s,

It’s almost time again for Toronto’s ONLY all vinyl, all 50s & 60s Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues Party!

No themes this month. No bells and whistles just four (4) hours of the best Rhythm & Blues music from the 1950s & 1960s with resident 45 selectors General Eclectic, Splattermonkey and Double K!

It’s free before 11:30 p.m. and only $5.00 after.

See you in the Sub!

Jimmy O’Neil

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 Shindig: The Greasers Mix [74:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1746)

Here’s a little promo mix originally created for the May 2011 Shindig. party.
Shindig is Toronto’s original Rocking’ Rhythm & Blues, Northern Soul, Motown and Rockabilly all vinyl night and this mix is representative of that with a greaser twist. Mixed by DJ’s General Eclectic, Splattermonkey and yours truly. 36 tunes to get you hot and sweaty.

If you’re in the Toronto area make sure to check out the blog section for updats on the next Shindig party.

Enjoy the grease.

Playlist

General Eclectic
01. Ventures – Tall Cool One
02. Booker T & The MGs – Big Train
03. Tommy Raye – You Don’t Love Me
04. Shirley & Lee – Let the Good Times Roll
05. Dominoes – Sixty Minute Man
06. Royales – Think
07. Otis Rush – Keep on Loving me Baby
08. Joe Lutcher – Ojai
09. Jimmy McCracklin – Let’s do it (chicken scratch)
10. Elvis Presley – Baby Let’s Play House
11. Rockateens – Woo Hoo
12. Chuck Berry – I’m Talkin ‘Bout You
13. James Brown – Night Train
DJ Splattermonkey
14. Champion Spark Plug Radio Ad
15. Bo Diddley – Say Man
16. Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
17. Wanda Jackson – Let’s Have A Party
18. Dora Hall – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
19. Bobby Wayne – Long Lean Baby
20. Hank Mizell – Jungle Rock
21. Chuck “Tequila” Rio – Denise
22. Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
23. Teddy Redell – Brain Clowdy Rock
24. Mickey Hawks & The Night Raiders – Screamin’ Mimi Jeanie
25. Rockin’ Denny & The Real Gone Guys – Bop Boogie
26. Glenn Honeycutt – Rock All Night
Double K
27. Budweiser Radio Ad
28. Albert Washington – Ramble
29. Freddie King – Now I’ve Got A Woman
30. Billy Garner – Little School Girl
31. Little Willie John – I’m Shakin’
32. Bumps Myers – I’m Clappin’ And Shoutin’
33. Anna Cole – Got My Mojo Working
34. Classie Ballou – Crazy Mambo
35. Roy Montrell – That Mellow Saxophone
36. Ray Charles – I Don’t Need No Doctor

We’re havin’ a “Beach” Party! I put “Beach” in quotations because there is no actual Beach. It’s really one of Toronto’s most unique 50s and 60s theme parties! A night dedicated to rockin’ rhythm & blues 7″ 45s from 1957 to 1967! This month we’re gonna be focusing on the kind of music that yo’ grandparents were dancin’ to on the beaches of Cali and all the other hot surfin’ spots all over the world!

We’ll be giving away free mixed CDs to anyone who shows up in Beachwear! If you’re wearing a Bikini, Bathing Suit, Wrap Skirt, Grass Skirt, Short Shorts, Tank Top, Flip Flops, Sandals and nothing else, you’ll get a free CD! If not, the CD is only $5.00!

We’ll be playin’ Surf Rock, Garage, Soul, Ska and of course Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues 45s all night!

With DJs, George n’ Nikki, Splattermonkey, Double K and General Eclectic!

This party is free before 11:30 p.m. and only $3.00 after!

In the basement of Crawford, 718 College Street!

See you at the “beach!” (Crawford’s basement)

Crawford
718 College Street
Toronto

Friday, May 6th 2011 Shindig! presents…

Greasers vs Socs! A costume party, not a rumble!

Come to Crawford, 718 College, on the first Friday of the month dressed as either a Greaser or Greasette, a Soc (pronounced sohsh) or Socette and get a Free CD mixed by General Eclectic, Splattermonkey and Double K!

Dope-A-Lot photographer, Phil Litevsky will be there to capture you and your crew dressed in your 1950s best!

Shindig! Bringin’ you all original Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues, Northern Soul, Motown and Rockabilly 7″ 45s all night!

Free before 11:30 p.m. and only $3.00 after!

Crawford
718 College Street
Toronto

Dare we say it? We are back with Toronto’s finest event combining soulful, percussive, polyrhythmic grooves, and a true (live + DJ) music loving crowd!

Harking back to one of the most successful & off the hook Uma Nota parties ever last November, we bring you the Return of THE MAIN THING live! + DJ JASON PALMA for the funkiest of the funkiest party experiences.

The very FUNK-laden musical attractions:
…
The Main Thing

The Main Thing is a seven-piece deep funk and rare groove orchestra that performs timeless tracks you only wish you’d found yourself. With a stockpile of classic cuts spanning from funk legends to soul contemporaries (including Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Marva Whitney, Black Nasty, Breakestra & Speedometer), The Main Thing promises to keep your feet moving and your body grooving deep into the night.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Main-Thing/102783570103
http://www.myspace.com/mainthingband

Deejays …

Jason Palma

DJ Jason Palma
Brazilian*funk*soul
(Footprints DJ, host of CIUT’s Higher Ground Radio … ’nuff said!)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2224657041
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6476674267

Resident DJ General Eclectic

afrobeat*funk*reggae*ska
(Freedom Time, Uma Nota, Footprints)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5429514553
http://www.djgeneraleclectic.com/

Opening set by:
DJ Double K (Parkdale Funk, Soul Power)
http://www.facebook.com/parkdalefunk
A man brimming with a hearty collection of some of the finest & nastiest Funk & Soul 45s this side of the Atlantic! You may know him from his ever popular Podcast & Website “Parkdale Funk”, let’s see how he operates on his home turf!

+ the most beautiful people on any dance floor in Toronto, guaranteed.

Come ready for a FUNK ASSAULT

Hosted by John Greco
http://ducktape.ca/

Custom visuals and graphic design by General Eclectic

Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W.
$5 to the first 50 people before 11 p.m.
$10 after that
Doors 10 p.m.

Set times TBA, watch this space

***** ID NOTE: please bring government-issued I.D. to ensure entry *****
(Gladstone security needs this or you could be turned away, and we don’t want to see that happen!)

Simmer Down has been proving Toronto with some amazing nights of soul, funk, Brazilian, Latin and reggae music for two amazing years. The time has come to wrap things up for a while. Ol’ Mogpaws is moving base camp to Brazil and shan’t… return until Earth has gone fully around the sun once or twice more.

In addition to the usual stud-muffins, A mish mash of some of our city’s finest talent from some of your favourite parties will be dropping by with bags of records and such to make sure it’s an evening to remember. We’ll add others as confirmation arrives. Six Degrees has 2 floors and we’ll be on the upper floor (downstairs is a salsa vs reggaeton party)

GENERAL ECLECTIC (Footprints, Uma Nota)

ALISTER JOHNSON aka DJ CATALIST
http://www.soundcloud.com/alisterjohnson

DOUBLE K (Parkdale Funk, Soul Power!)
http://parkdalefunk.com/

SPLATTERMONKEY (Pass the Butter)
http://splattermonkey.podomatic.com/

ELMAN (Dos Mundos, Huelepega Soundsystem)
http://dosmundos.podomatic.com/

El MACHETERO

+
MOGPAWS
VJAM
http://www.simmer_down.podomatic.com/

$5 before 11:00pm
$10 after (more mouths to feed this time)

After constructive feedback, it was determined that the main lacking element to the party was sufficient sound caliber. We’ve chosen Six Degrees as it’s free of police-calling neighbours and endowed with the equipment needed to satisfy the sonically picky. Hoorah!

Downtownians will perhaps think that Eglinton is some remote, distant place that could take months to get to by tall ship…but actually it’s subway accessible and there’s a splendid/convienient upchuck express that can also safely guide you to your place of lodging. So…no excuses!

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Six Degress night club (UPSTAIRS)
2335 Yonge st
Toronto, ON

Parkdale Funk’s Double K is back with Soul Power at Starving Artist! For those of you who where there last month I know you’ll be coming back for more soul & funk goodies in one of T dot’s best patios!

This month’s special guest is the might DJ General Eclectic! Jason is one of the driving forces behind some of Toronto’s best events including Foot Prints, Uma Nota & Freedom Time. You know this man has some serious records.

Funk * Soul * RnB* Reggae * Strictly Vinyl

No Cover!

Double K (Parkdale Funk)
General Eclectic (Foot Prints, Uma Nota)

Starving Artist
584 Lansdowne Ave (@ Bloor)
Toronto