Thursday, February 25, 2010
A very strange thing happened yesterday. Well, strange for Texas -
because after a weekend of blissful balminess and riding bicycles
in the sunshine and shortsleeves, it snowed! All day, big fat fluffy
flakes fluttered down. It was magical, and bizarre. I didn’t believe
the predictions, to be honest. Imagine my amazement to discover
a winter wonderland swathing our garden [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Hello, hello! Many apologies for the long absence
and all the tumbleweeds drifting around these parts!
I am returned from my travels, which proved far too
fun and chaotically action-packed to do any of the
updates I had anticipated. In fact, I barely had time
to flick a finger towards my laptop – which was
remarkably freeing! Now I am come [...]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Just a tease of photos from the last Gadjo Disko, from my friend
Chip Warren. I was so excited that he brought his camera, and
documented some of the magic of the night! More will be forth-
coming, but I’m having some technical difficulties and frantically
trying to get ready to hit the road for Mardi Gras! I can’t [...]
Hey y’all – I wanted to share this information from my friend Jay
about our endeavor to bring a bevy Of New Orleans Bounce artists
to Austin for SXSW. Please help us make it happen!
There’s a link to the Kickstarter page in his letter below-
it would mean so much to a lot of amazing people if
you could [...]
The Last Gadjo Disko! It’s true, darlings-
Saturday, February 6th
at La Zona Rosa
612 West 4th St.
10pm-4am
18+
$7 – $15
Dress to transgress!
With performances from:
Comintern
Wino Vino
Franziska
Sick
and
DJ Chicken Kiev
spinning 100% recycled culture:
immigrant punk – baile funk – kuduro
slavic hip-hop – disko ethnoteka
Gadjo Disko is ending because one of our glorious triumverate, Mack –
who you all know from his inimitable pizazz [...]
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Here we go, darlings – on the precipice of a new year,
and just nearly ready to dry our sticky wings on the
other side of the future! 2010, for real? I mean,
doesn’t it seem slightly preposterous, as if we
ought to be living in some science fiction reality?
Where’s my flying car? I still don’t have a jet-pack,
either! [...]
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Our Halloween began at twilight, as the last meager trickle of trickertreaters
drifted off, leaving us well stocked with gummi body parts + mini almond joys
for life. Or at least a little while, knowing the sweet-tooth of certain fellas in these
parts! We headed down to The Eastside Showroom to partake in their special
Death Warmed Over Menu, [...]
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Here we go! Time for another Gadjo Disko!
Are you ready? I am! Or I will be, just as soon as I make my headdress!
The next one is this Saturday, October 17th
10pm-4am at The Cockpit, 113 San Jacinto & 2nd
We’ve got a night of disko mayhem ready,
featuring Stanley Roy
Little Stolen Moments
Minor Mishap Marching Band
DJ Chicken Kiev
& [...]
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
(From the collection of Mark Dion and Dana Sherwood)
I arrived in the city soundly,
despite Mercury’s meddlings
(delays, insane turbulence)
and headed straight from the airport
to the Hungarian House where my
beloved Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band
and The Luminescent Orchestrii featuring
my old friend Sxip Shirey were tearing it up.
It was a great show, packed with enthusiastic
dancers of all ages, [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
I am finally beginning to feel halfway human again after
le disko deluge, (yes more on that soon!)
As usual, it’s not quite Thursday anymore- but c’est la vie!
So many things have been happening lately that my heart
feels filled with stars and champagne, and despite disko-induced
aches and pains, I’ve been breaking into ecstatic jigs and hoppings.
Yesterday morning, [...]
