I saw a couple of comments trickle in over the last few months. This blog has moved to http://letsgetserious.net . Recently archived radio programs, including guest mixes and event news is available over at that domain.

Thanks!

Mike

Many months have passed since the inception of this mix project, so we’re very happy to finally share!! Peace to 1 year of broadcasting A Downtown Affair over the Tri-State and across the world.

Mike McGill and Tackleberry present Hope For Love, a selection of records touching upon anecdotes of courtship and infidelity while keeping in mind those lonely nights of mid-tempo dancing and fast romancing. A digest of music resolved to stimulate bodies, helping them move like fluids across desolate dance-floors from decades past.

Let the sleazy serenades play while hearts and drums break; all for love’s sake.

Hope for Love.

Download here
For a physical copy of the pressed and packaged disc, email me at ada AT wnyu.org

It’s on…

Come by to pick up a copy of the new mix Tackleberry (Alex B.) and myself just finished, sprayed, ‘n pressed. I will post a digital copy over the weekend.

Alex B. steps in, and provides an excellent selection of records from across the funk/disco spectrum, dropping a few boogie rap records along the way. You can view the playlist and listen to last week’s show here. Dig it? Come out to Serious Business; he’ll be playing records alongside myself, Joe Williams and Jamie Dubs. The Senate is sitting this session out.

On Friday, tune in for a special guest DJ set from Melodious Thunk. He’s runs Infinity Records a gem of a shop over on Long Island that keeps a great stock of dance 12″s. I’m excited to see what he brings for the program. 89.1FM/WNYU.org, Friday Aug. 1st 10:30pm-1:00am.

Continuing to build momentum over seven months now!

That’s right; we’re up and at it again. Come by Savalas this Thursday as we continue to play all those essential boogie, disco, & electro-funk records. Many freshly picked since the last gathering. Things kick off at 10pm and go ’til 4am. Arrive early as we ease things in with soul & funk before lifting off around midnight.

Check fffff.at/audio for recordings from previous nights.

DJs:

Alex B.
Joe Williams
Jamie Dubs
Mike Mcgill

FREE
21+

@Savalas
285 Bedford Ave (at South 1st)
10pm-4am

Back at it!

Tomorrow night I’ll be joining the ABL crew at their monthly party Suspiria over in Boerum Hill. Things kick off at 10pm, I’ll be getting on at around midnight. Stop by Diety for some music and dancing!

After tonight’s episode, I’ll be joining ABL crew at Club Diety on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn for a 2am set. Tune in for tonight’s special guest!

The Serious Bu$iness crew is back at Savalas this Thursday! We’ve been on the attack for over half a year now, and still going on strong. This week we’re welcoming friend and DJ extraordinaire Joe Williams. Boogie, disco, electro-funk, rappin’ selected and mixed to provide rush hour traffic on the dance floor. RSVP on Facebook, and check out previous recordings at FFFFF.AT. See you there!

Too Manly Deejays out of the GBH camp have been kind enough to invite me to play records Sunday night over at Monkeytown in Williamsburg. This art/music space will be cleared out for a club night replete with visual projections, beaming strobe lights, and dance music programmed for grooving, jacking, two-stepping, or whatever you please. I’ll be warming things up around 11, and then stepping back on the decks later on. This is Monkeytown’s last night before closing for the entire summer to renovate their space!

Check out Too Manly Deejays on their weekly East Village Radio show.

Details:

Too Manly Deejays, Mike McGill
@ Monkeytown
58 North 3rd St (b/w Wythe & Kent)
Sunday June 22nd
11pm-4am
$5

We want to play for you! This week’s program featured a return back to some late 70’s/early 80’s disco funk before moving toward some underground disco and club classics. Enjoy!

Part 1 (June 6, 2008):
Dennis Coffey – Moonstar (Sussex)
Rick Holmes – Remember to Remember (Strut)
Roy Ayers – Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Polydor)
Funk Inc. – I’m Going to Love You (Prestige)
Ramsey Lewis – Spring High (Columbia)
Voltage Bros – UNITY (Lifesong)
Commodores – Superman (Motown)
The Dennis Coffey Band – Gimme That Funk (Westbound)
Cymande – Bra (Paul Winley)
Debbie Peters – Baby It’s Alright (Free Flight)
Melba Moore – You Stepped Into My Life (Epic)
Central Line – Walking Into Sunshine (Larry Levan mix) (Mercury)
Vince Montana – Heavy Vibes (Club version) (Philly Sound Works)
Logg – I Know You Will (Larry Levan mix) (Salsoul)
Brief Encounter – We Want to Play (Strut)
Phreek – May My Love Be With You (Atlantic)
Slave – Just A Touch Of Love (Cotillion)
Charades – Gimme The Funk (Instrumental) (Blue Parrot)
Trussel – Love Injection (Elektra)

Part 2 (June 6, 2008):
Venus Dodson – Where Are We Headed? (RFC)
Sinnamon – Thanks To You (Becket)
Hot Cuisine – Who’s Been Kissing You? (Prelude)
Shalamar – Right In The Socket (Solar)
Ron Richardson – Ooh Wee Baby (Strut)
Sharon Brown – I Specialize In Love (Instrumental) (Profile)
Jackie Moore and Wilson Pickett – Seconds (Instrumental) (Catawba)
Brooklyn Express – Change Position (*Special Disco mix*) (One Way Records)
Jimmy Bo Horne – Spank (Sunshine Sound)
Jermaine Jackson – Let’s Get Serious (Motown)
Atmosphere Strut – Spaced Out (P& P)