Saturday 06.07.08: BOOTIE LA - 3 Year Anniversary Pirate Ball @ echoplex
BOOTIE LA 3-Year Anniversary Pirate Ball
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party
Live on stage at 11 PM, from San Francisco, the world’s only mashup rock band:
SMASH-UP DERBY
Mashup DJs:
ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D
DJ PAUL V.
DJ MAXENTROPY
BOOTIE LA celebrates its big 3-Year Anniversary by throwing a Pirate Ball! Dress like a pirate, and come on out to dance and rock out to the best pirated mashups on the planet.
This month, at 11 PM, we are proud to feature the triumphant return of San Francisco’s Smash-Up Derby, the world’s only live mashup rock band. It’s been nearly a year since the band was in Los Angeles, and in that time, they’ve been busy flying around the country for various gigs, and rocking out as the house band of Bootie SF. Last year, they were voted “Best Cover Band” in the SF Weekly, and received a “Best of the Bay” award in 2006 from the SF Bay Guardian:
“The only thing better than a mashup — that fantastic alchemy that makes two songs, played together, better than either is on its own — is a live mashup. Which is exactly why Smash-Up Derby — the world’s only act to cover and mix songs on stage with actual instruments — is the crowning jewel on the bizarre tiara that is Bootie. (Imagine the musicians playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the vocalists singing “Billie Jean” and you’ll have some idea.) - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Resident DJs Adrian & the Mysterious D and Paul V. will be spinning all your favorite bootlegs and mashup videos, to keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And kicking off the night will be guest DJ Maxentropy from Philadelphia.
Launched in San Francisco in 2003, Bootie was the first club night in the United States dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, it’s a place where all sounds, cultures, and sexualities can unite on the dance floor. Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy! Bootie Š because one song at a time just isn’t enough.
FREE Bootie Anniversary CDs to the first 300 people through the door!
9pm / $6 before 10 pm, $12 after / early drink specials / 21+
