Fri. Feb. 3rd at Marx Cafe: "We Fought the Big One&

Olla!

We're pulling out all the stops this Friday night as "We Fought the Big One" hits the 2 year mark! Brandon and I have asked Zen Master Chris Diamond (aka DJ Balance) to join us behind the decks once again and it's only fitting: Chris has been instrumental to the Big One's longevity by doing such an amazing job designing all of our flyers (I humbly recommend downloading the attachment with this e-mail to see what he's come up with this month!)…

And if that isn't enough, we will also be handing out copies of our 2-year-anniversary mix cd! Woo-hoo!!! This disc contains even more rare and hard-to-find classic post-punk songs than last year's mix and contains a track that I am completely and utterly convinced makes my world go round ("Lunna Lubbe" by The Zarjaz). Then again, I could probably say that about every track on the cd. Heck, if you like these songs half as much as we do, I can pretty much guarantee you'll go ballistic…

And speaking of ballistic, our favorite Iranian terrorist Sasan—who has been known to frequent the Marx Cafe—has informed us that Sam Adams will be available on draft for $3 all night long. Sounds like party time to me!

Hope to see you there!
Rick aka Friend O' Guy Chadwick

"We Fought the Big One"
2-Year-Anniversary Bash
w/Zen Master Chris Diamond
at Marx Cafe
3203 Mt. Pleasant St. NW
Washington DC
10pm - 3am
NO COVER 21+

So where's my email with the cool attachment?!?! I haven't had a Big One kind of night out in ages, maybe it's time…

Originally posted by Bags:
So where's my email with the cool attachment?!?! I haven't had a Big One kind of night out in ages, maybe it's time…

You'll get a free copy of our latest mix cd—which we just put together this week btw—if you can stop by. Hope to see you Bags! Remember we go till 3am and there's no cover…

Here's what we played last month in case anyone was curious…

Rick #1
Autumnfair - "Arterial"
Flavor Crystals - "Poolja"
Skydivers - "Every Day Away"
Airiel - "Shirley Temple Tidal Wave"
Slowdive - "Morningrise"
Resplandor - "En Tus Alas"
The Radio Dept. - "I Don't Like It Like This"
Epic 45 - "England Fallen Over"
For Against - "Amnesia"
Wan Light - "The Beehive Kid"
Unrest - "Cath Carroll" (remix)
Kitchens of Distinction - "4 Men"
The Past Seven Days - "Raindance"
The Second Layer - "Definition of Honour"
Shiny Two Shiny - "Through the Glass"

Brandon #1
Pin Group - "Ambivalence"
Re-cords - "Malcontents"
Big Hair - "Puppet On A String"
Mekons - "Treveira Trousers"
Glaxo Babies - "It's Irrational"
Flowers - "After Dark"
100 Flowers - "All Sexed Up"
Gun Club - "Devil in the Woody"
The Teardrop Explodes - "Bouncing Baby"
Ilya Volkswagons - "I Kill Myself"
Syph - "Lachleute & Nettmenschen"
Hamburger Allstars - "Swinging in London"
Front - "Polaroid"
Human League - "Empire State Human"
Tuxedomoon - "No Tears"
Neon Judgement - "TV Treated"

Rick #2
The Actor - "Wahlerisch!"
OMD - "New Stone Age"
Colin Newman - "Troisieme"
Pink Industry - "Cowboy Track"
Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Tattoo"
On!Air!Library! - "Fractured Ego"
Lowlife - "Ramafied"
Cocteau Twins - "Five Ten Fiftyfold"
Sort Sol - "Marble Station"
The Passage - "Dark Times" (Peel Session)
Savage Republic - "Andelusia"
The Wake - "Gruesome Castle"
Afraid of Stairs - "Empathy"

Brandon #2
Scritti Pollitti - "Doubt Beat"
Essential Logic - "Crystal Gazing"
Simple Minds - "Garden of Hate"
Vivien Goldman - "Launderette"
The Mo-dettes - "Paint It Black"
The Prats - "Disco Pope"
The Fall - "The Classical"
Drowning Craze - "Storage Case"
Private Dicky - "Private Dicky"

Rick #3
The Zarjaz - "Lunna Lubbe"
Wire "Outdoor Miner" (extended)

Originally posted by Friend O' Guy Chadwick:

Flavor Crystals - "Poolja"

This was in my Best of 2005 show. LOVE this band! My favorite track by Flavor Crystals though is "Milky Way" which I've been saving for some wild set. All of their songs are very good though. Shame they are so unknown and under-appreciated. In fact, I gave them my #1 band of 2005 slot.