HT Giveaway: Freaks Ball IX Tickets
A week ago, My Morning Jacket rang in the new year in NYC by imploring us all to “celebrate good times… come on!” Well, the NYC Freaks are doing just that, throwing a kick ass celebration at the ninth annual Freaks Ball this Saturday at Southpaw in Brooklyn. This is the show that got Robert Randolph and the Duo started and has featured Bustle In Your Hedgerow, The Campbell Brothers, Apollo Sunshine, Ollabelle, Skerik & Mike Dillon and a whole bunch more. Saturday night should be just as special, with The New Mastersounds headlining with their uber-funk straight from Brittania.
Of course, there’s plenty more on the bill. Danjaboots (Joe Russo & Scott Metzger) will open the night with a rare countrified set of songs about drinkin’, fightin’ and f$%^’in; then the Rodney Speed Experience will set the mood with some classic rock for ya. After NMS. the late night party will get handed over to Rana playing a rawking midnight set. All in all a pretty damn good night. In addition, the night will start off with a special sneak preview of the new Derek Trucks album Already Free
We’re aiming for a kick ass celebration with lotsa birthdays, babies being born, not to mention starting the countdown on the last 10 days ’til the country changes hands… what will you be celebrating? Let us know what you’d like to celebrate on Saturday night by leaving a comment below, and we’ll pick a winner for two tickets to the gig on Friday afternoon.
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Freaks Ball IX
January 10, 2009
Southpaw
Brooklyn, USA
Doors at 8pm, music starts at 8:30
- The New Mastersounds [Download the "other" Scott Bernstein's recording Night 1 Night 2]
- Danjaboots (Metzger and Russo singing about drinkin’, fightin’ and f#$@in’)
- The Rodney Speed Experience [Download a recent show]
- and a special, rock your socks off late night set from RANA [A review of a recent RANA Show streamable at Radio Johnson]
Doors open at 8pm and we’ll be spinning the new Derek Trucks album (releasing 1/13) to get the party warmed up. In addition, there will be three Sixpoint beers (Sweet Action, Brownstone, Apollo Wheat to be specific) on tap for $4 each from 8-10, so get to the bar early and often. Tickets are $25, so get ‘em now. No guarantee they’ll be available at the door.
Dag, not in NYC ’til next weekend. I’d be celebrating my nephew taking his first steps!
Celebrating Scotty B’s superb download of the MMJ MSG show and ALSO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, celebrating return of Phish to NY in June….
I’d be celebrating underage girls, 180 proof liquor, broken hearts and bubble wrap.
I’m confused.
I don’t see what this post has to do with Phish?
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seriously though Metzger’s gonna be a tired, tired man when this night is all over.
I wish I taped the MMJ show. It’s the other much cooler Scott Bernstein.
Seeing as both Scott’s will be at the show (taper Scott B streaming the show via radiojohnson), we’ll finally be able to see who is cooler!
I’ll be celebrating Obama’s win, a new baby on the way, and 9 years of late nights with the NYC-Freaks.
I am hoping to be celebrating the Tennessee Titans playoff win over the Baltimore Ravens!!! And if the game goes into overtime, well, I’ll just have faith that Danjaboots will hold off on hitting on stage until it’s official! Then Jack Daniels will be my hot date for the night.
Provided this is not the glorious outcome (which I’m confident won’t be the case) I will show up @ Southpaw wearing tears. Many of them. Matter of fact, my shirt may be wet. So I’ll be looking for a good way to dry those tears rocking out with good friends, listening to good music, celebrating birthdays, rejoicing baby births and having a better night than the way it started. And I’ll continue to keep my shirt wet with sweat from dancing my face off.
And yet another celebration: I may be celebrating the adoption and survival of a rescue dog!! The North Shore Animal League’s Mobile Adoption group will be @ the Bean Coffee Shop on 3rd St & 1st Ave hosted by Social Tees on 1/10/09 from 12 to 7 and I plan to save a life and take home a new pup! I hope he likes football…
http://adopt.animalleague.org/mobile/
I’d love to go! I’d be celebrating my new goofy haircut–drinking lots of beer and seeing music seems to be the only thing that can take my mind off it.
i am so excited my underwear hurts.
friday preball??
Jenny at LPR; Big Sam ay SulliHall
and o’ course
Jaik Miller Band at The Bitter End at rock and roll elevenish.
see u everywhere;
i got eyes that do that.
i’m celebrating still having a job – w/ 180 layoffs in my company – seeing NMS the 1st month of the new year as well as $4 six point brews
mmmmm beer
and another thing.
the truth is
as much as i do love RANA and TNMsnds
i am totally over the moon (which is over my hammy)
about seeing my first
RODNEY SPEED EXPERIENCE show.
i have known Rodney for about 3hundred years
and this man is an authority on pretty much everything rock and roll.
it is uncanny.
i can’t wait to
Watch Rodney Do His Thing.
like Main Source (sic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKmXiEqdz0c
I’m with Mr. Jaik on this – I will personally be celebrating the awesomeness that is the Rodney Speed Experience – and if we’re lucky, we’ll get a Metzger sit-in on War Pigs!
Guys, don’t forget to say what you’re thankful for to be in the contest…
I’ll be celebrating…
- (an easy #1) RODNEY SPEED!!! Nobody makes me more happy than that guy.
- My birthday (it was last Sat, but I’m a fan of celebrating Birthday Month). Anyone who missed my birthday party can feel free to buy me a beer.
- The fact that this is just blocks from my house! Setbreaks at my place!
- Getting to spend one of my last nights in the city partying HARD with all my friends before I leave town for 2 months.
- The fact that I actually have a job for the next 2 months!
- That I don’t have anything to do on Sunday and might only get out of bed to eat brunch.
- And, of course, The Freaks! I’m super glad I got to hook up with everyone when I moved to the city a few years ago. You like raging hard to good music with fun friends…that’s pretty much what I’m all about.
I’ll be celebrating the first great show I get to see in ’09, and celebrating good times with good people, hopefully!
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