The Parkdale Funk Show

Wooo weee! Shindig is back baby!
We had one hell of a Shindig last time! The best one yet! Let’s see if we can top it! I know I can! I went diggin’ through the dusty bins and came up with some really amazing Jump Rhythm & Blues 7″ 45s as well as some really cool Rockabilly! You know I’ve already got Motown’s greatest hits but now I’ve got everything else you could ask for in a Basement Soul Party! Try me. I will play your requests!

This month is the return of the mighty DJ Double K of the Parkdale Funk Show! http://parkdalefunk.com/ He’s the man who can when it comes to digging up amazing tunes on 7″ 45s and he’s bringing them all just for you to dance to!

We play Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues, Ska, Soul and a little bit of Rockabilly for good measure from labels like Parkway, Dot, Jubilee, Chess, Peacock, Dial, Cameo, Imperial, Motown, Stax, Atlantic, Capitol, Treasure Island, Studio One, Sun, MGM and much much more!

Big thanks to General Eclectic for playing an amazing set last Shindig! Big big thanks to all of you who came out and made this night such a success. It wouldn’t have been the same without you!

DJ Caff and the Steppin’ Uptown crew will be upstairs playing the best R&B tunes from the late 80s and early 90s with a focus on New Jack swing so it’ll be a perfect progression from downstairs to upstairs in terms of the evolution of Black American Music!
Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119324048142605

I’m sooo excited about this one!

See you on the dance floor!

Splattermonkey

Shindig!
Fri. April 1st 2011
at Crawford, 718 College
with 7″ 45 selectors
Splattermonkey
& Double K!
Free before 11:30
$3.00 after 19+

Get ready for another night of Rockin’ Rhythm & Blues and Soul music with your favorite 45 selectors, Double K and Splattermonkey!

Come to Sutra Tiki Lounge, 612 College Street to hear the best in Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Rock n’ Roll, Jazz, Swing and Ska straight outta’ the 1950s and 1960s. All Killer! No Filler! All vinyl! All Night!

Free! No Cover! 19+

Friday Feb 4

Sutra Tiki Lounge

Pass The Butter Presents…

A Soul Christmas Party!

Wednesday, December 22 at Andy Poolhall

With DJ’s Splattermonkey & Double K of The Parkdale Funk Show!

Spinning festively funky forty fives and hot buttered soul all night!

Free! No Cover! 19+ Doors at 9 p.m.

Santa’s bringin’ presents, Mrs. Claus is bakin’ cookies, Splattermonkey and Double K are bringin’ the Soul and the drinks are on special until midnight!

http://andypoolhall.com/

Andy Poolhall
489 College Street
Toronto, ON

 

 Super Party - Mixed by Splattermonkey [1:00:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1710)

Parkdale Funk is very proud to present volume 3 in my Toronto Funk series. This new addition to the podcast features a mix by the mighty Splattermonkey! I have had the pleasure to DJ along side Splattermonkey and he’s one hell of an amazing DJ, an wicked selector, a great appreciator of 45s and one hell of a nice guy. I’m very happy to host a mix from a Toronto local who is not just a fellow DJ and collector but someone who I also call a friend. Make sure to check out his other mixes at http://splattermonkey.podomatic.com

Here are few words from Splattermonkey:

I used to be a bit of a lazy digger when it came to collecting old funk and soul music. Buying compilations seemed like an easy way to find those old funk tunes that I wanted to have in my collection. When I first started listening to the Parkdale Funk Show, back in early 2008, I felt inspired to start collecting 45’s. Double K would compile a lot of amazing tunes that I’ve heard on compilations but somehow, they sounded better on 45. So, with the help and inspiration from other collectors around the city, like General Eclectic, DJ Standfast and of course Double K, I slowly started to build up my funky 45 arsenal. When The Parkdale Funk Show started the “Toronto Funk Series”, I thought to myself, “I’d love to record a mix for this series but I have to record it using 45’s.” So, I waited until I had the right mix of funky 45’s to record for the series. Unfortunately, I sort of failed at my attempt because the third and second to last songs came from a 12″ album and a 12″ Ghana funk compilation but I’m still proud of this mix because it’s full of party tunes that have been getting the dance floors moving at my weekly basement soul party, Pass The Butter at Andy Poolhall located at 489 College Street in Toronto! This ain’t no regular party, this is a Super Party!

Shout outs to Sean Ward, who’s comic of the same title provided inspiration for this mix (http://www.seanwardsuperparty.com/) and also, to Double K for constantly providing great tunes, great parties and hosting this podcast!

Enjoy!

Splattermonkey

http://fusicology.com/event/passthebutter

Enjoy the funk!

Playlist

1. Sammy Gordon And The Hiphuggers - Upstairs on Boston Road Pt. 1 (Archives)
2. Al Green - Get Back Baby (Hi)
3. Stevie Wonder - Music Talk (Motown)
4. Syl Johnson - Different Strokes (Twilight)
5. Binky Griptite - The Stroll (Daptone)
6. James Brown - Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) (King)
7. Ann Sexton - You’re Losing Me (Seventy-Seven)
8. Alvin Cash Scott Bros. Orch. - Keep On Dancing (Toddlin’ Town)
9. Soul Hustlers - Super Party Part 1. (Linco)
10. Bobby Bird - I Need Help (I Can’t Do It Alone) (King)
11. Eddie Jefferson - Psychedelic Sally (Ace)
12. Charles Bradley and The Bullets - Now That I’m Gone (Daptone)
13. Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up (Atlantic)
14. The Houston Outlaws - Soul Power (Westbound)
15. James Brown And The Famous Flames - Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (King)
16. Yvonne Fair - Say Yeah Yeah (Soulful Torino)
17. Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings - When I Come Home (Daptone)
18. Sharon Jackson and the Soul Destroyers - Fakin’ It (Stark Reality)
19. Dojo Cuts feat. Roxie Ray - You Make Lovin’ Real Easy (Record Kicks)
20. The African Brothers - Sakatumbe (Sound Way)
21. Lee Fields & The Expolorers - Soul Dynamite (Soul Fire)

Download .m4a (128 kbps with track breaks) HERE
Download .mp3 (128 kbps) HERE
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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!

>>>>> RSVP VIA FACEBOOK <<<<<

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

I’ll be touching back down with my boy Splattermonkey at his Pass The Butter Night at Andy Poolhall. This is a great free party that happens every Wednesday and I’m lucky enough to be the guest DJ.

This is one funky party that you don’t want to miss!

splattermonkey.podomatic.com
ParkdaleFunk.com
andypoolhall.com

Free! No Cover! 19 +

Wednesday June 23
Andy Poolhall
489 College Street

You know what happens on the last Friday of each month right? Well for the April edition back by popular demand is the mighty Splattermonkey! Along side your resident Double K this is going to be one hell of a soul and funk party.

If you got soul, then we’ll see you on the 30th!

Double K (Parkdale Funk)
Splattermonkey (CKLN 88.1 Bruckbeat Radio, Ain’t That A Groove!, Pass The Butter)

Soul * Funk * Reggae * Ska

Strictly Vinyl!

Starving Artist
Friday April 30th
584 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto
10PM * No Cover!

RSVP via Facebook –> http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115201065166378&ref=ts

Soul Power is back and it’s going to be funkiest jam ever! This months special guest is the mighty Splattermonkey! He’s one hell of a DJ with a lot of tricks and deep crates up his sleeves. Along side with your resident selector DJ Double K (Parkdale Funk) this is going to be one crazy night of heavy tunes. Lets kick off 2010 in style.

Starving Artist
January 29, 2010
584 Lansdowne Ave, Toronto
10PM * No Cover!

All vinyl!