From: DJQoolMarv_at_aol.com
Date: 2003-02-18 01:44:01
Grab you sleds, your skis, or your skates and check me out tonight @ Joe's
Pub, Tuesday in Orlando Florida (for a one-day spring break), and at my new
steady and weekly gigs at Lit on Wednesdays in the East Village, and Bar 6 on
Saturdays in the West Village.
Details...
Monday, February 17th
DJ SCRIBE'S EXTENDED FAMILY and THE TOGETHER BROTHERS present
LOVE REVOLUTION...an impeach-the-presidents day party
DJ OP! / monk one / DJ Scribe / Qool DJ Marv
This is a fun party at a sexy space, with great dj's challenging each other
in rotating 30-minute sets.
JOE'S PUB / 425 LAFAYETTE ST. (between 4th st and Astor Pl)
11p-late / No Cover
Tuesday, February 17th
In Florida? Come check me out at the...
Phat-N-Jazzy 9th Year Anniversary Party @ The Social in Orlando Florida
54 north orange avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801
This is a long running party put on by some kindred spirits in Orlando and
the name of the party, Phat-N-Jazzy best describes the musical sets and
vibe....if in Florida...
Wednesday, February 17th
Lit (in the bassment) / 93 2nd Ave.
11pm / no cover
This is my new and very steady weekly gig. I've been looking for a venue
that was into my vibe and I've found it. Lit's bassment is as raw and
minimal as it gets with exposed brick walls, a straightforward bar and it's
plentiful sound system. Anyone who loved my Ludlow Bar party will love my
and James Spooner's new night in Lit's bassment.
In the coming weeks, we will be featuring live bands and guest DJs...we'll
keep you posted. This week our friend and 7 Heads recording artist, Djinji
Brown is spinning a guest set in celebration of his new website <A HREF="www.mrbrownsound.com">
www.mrbrownsound.com</A>.
Saturday, February 22nd
Bar 6 / 502 6th Avenue (b'twn 12th & 13th Street) / 10pm-2am
Sometimes the best part of life is going home. Back to where my New York
City DJ career began. Sorry, not a club, but a room with the smooth subtle
styling of a Paris café. Beautiful and classic with a late night menu and a
seasoned crowd. An effortless good time for you and yours. This is a weekly
session.
Friday, March 21st & Saturday, March 22nd in the U.K.
Friends & Family parties in London & Manchester
Friday Night, March 21st @ 93 Feet East, London
<A HREF="www.93feeteast.co.uk">www.93feeteast.co.uk</A>
<A HREF="www.fatcity.co.uk">www.fatcity.co.uk</A>
Friends & Family Special @ 93 Feet East:
J-Walk Soundsystem LIVE & Pitman LIVE Hosted by Kwasi
Qool DJ Marv's 4 Hour set and Rob Wood (Jockeyslut)
Mark Rae DJ set + The Nudge + Funky fresh Few Hosted by Niko
Saturday Night, March 22nd @ the Music Box, Manchester
<A HREF="www.grandcentralrecords.co.uk">www.grandcentralrecords.co.uk</A>
<A HREF="www.fatcity.co.uk">www.fatcity.co.uk</A>
Friends & Family Special @ The Music Box:
Qool DJ Marv, Aim DJ set, Darren Laws (Fat City)
In The Back Room: Hosted by London's 6Ft Stereo Crew, anyone can DJ 5 records
each - democracy to the Decks!!!
Like to snowboard?
March 29th through April4th
Snowbombing Festival in Switzerland
<A HREF="www.snowbombing.com">www.snowbombing.com</A>
Also something for your computer speakers. Please check out my new internet
radio show on the first Wednesday of every month (7pm-9pm EST) on <A HREF="www.radiomagnetic.com">
www.radiomagnetic.com</A>
check the "Hip Hop & Breaks" category for the show called Counter Culture.
Presented by Grand Central & Fat City Records in Manchester, UK.
information overload? you can stop here...
Thanks for reading...Marv
...Still reading, well here are a few more words about LIT, my new homebase
for people who want to dance to my sets. Check out the good ink...
from the New York Times, June 9, 2002
A Lid on the Inferno By JULIA CHAPLIN
FROM the street, Lit, a bar and art gallery in the East Village, looks like
an ordinary neighborhood dive; no sign, a grungy, black facade, and a few
guys in leather jackets with faces hidden behind greasy bangs. But inside, in
the dark smoke-filled corners, it's the art-scene version of the
celebrity-packed club Moomba during its heyday in the late 1990's. On any
given night, provided it's after midnight, you can usually spot Chloë Sevigny
in her latest vintage get-up, chatting with an independent film director like
Harmony Korine. Members of the band the Strokes, a mass of unwashed hair and
jeans, may be holding court among the bottles of beer, and local musicians
like Interpol, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and the Liars might be mingling with
record label scouts and the fashion stylist Pat Fields.
''Lit is like this mini-melting pot of all this creative energy that's
happening in the East Village right now,'' said Patrick Haley, a photographer
who has shot such bands as Incubus and Papa Roach. Last Friday at 2 a.m., Mr.
Haley was snapping photos of Nick Zinner, the guitarist in the Yeah, Yeah,
Yeahs, whose hair was gelled into a perfect retro punk mop. ''It's great for
talking about ideas and networking,'' said Mr. Haley, who said he has met
many prospective clients at the bar.
One of Lit's more popular nights is Monday, when the actor Leo Fitzpatrick
works the turntable downstairs in the cramped, cavelike basement that still
bears resemblance to a boiler room. Here, minimal does not mean slick modular
seating and ambient music. It simply means raw. And the only necktie you are
likely to see is not that of a banker letting lose after work but a skinny
black tie worn over a soiled white T-shirt. To this under-30 set, the concept
of V.I.P. rooms, logo-covered handbags and expensive bottles of Cristal is
hopelessly 1999.
Erik Foss, 29, a skateboarder and painter, opened Lit last February with
three artists as a way to support the gallery in the back of the main room,
behind a glass wall. (The name refers to the fire that gutted the building
when a previous occupant was there. The owners rebuilt the space themselves.)
The gallery, called Fuse, is painted black and holds exhibits that appeal to
a youthful post-punk crowd like H. R. Giger and Paul Booth, who has designed
stage sets for the band Slayer.
''A few years ago our art wasn't being accepted by mainstream galleries in
Chelsea and our music wasn't being supported by record labels,'' Mr. Foss
said. ''So the idea was to open a place where we could all hang out and do
our thing and really build a community.''
<A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/search/article-page.html?res=9804E5DE153DF93AA35755C0A9649C8B63">
http://query.nytimes.com/search/article-page.html?res=9804E5DE153DF93AA35755C0A
9649C8B63</A>
from Citysearch.com...
The Scene
One part H.R. Geiger-esque gallery (the "Alien" designer's art graced the
walls at the opening), one part understated DJ bar and one part hype that
materializes in the night's darkest hours, Lit in its finest moments is
smoking hot. Intended to fund The Fuse Gallery in back while serving a
like-minded, creative clientele, Lit attracts an alt-glam crowd of B-side
artists, actors and indie-filmsters.
The Draw
Get to know your bartender. (Yes, the one who looks like a rock star,
complete with saucer-sized sunglasses.) Each one works like a house on
fire--fast, focused and hypnotic to watch--and is personable as well, heating
up a sometimes chilly atmosphere. The gallery, frequently baring grim,
nightmarish images, has limited hours, but can be seen anytime through its
locked glass doors. Downstairs, in the dungeon, notable-name DJs do their
thing. —Lisa Marie Rovito
<A HREF="http://newyork.citysearch.com/review/35159640/editorial/?cslink=cs_profile_standalone_review">
http://newyork.citysearch.com/review/35159640/editorial/?cslink=cs_profile_stan
dalone_review</A>