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01.20.06

Ooohh...I feel terrible for not remembering her name, but this girl is AWESOME. Collecting soul + funk records at 23. I run into her at every record fair.

The art of record breaking

I'm notoriously late with new trends, hence my very tardy joining of MySpace. I finally yielded to the pressure, and now that Cha Cha Charming has its very own page, I need you readers as my friends. So please join, and I promise to update with girl-pop and more stories of bar hopping-induced muscle pains.

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I spent Tuesday evening with a glass of red wine in one hand and a stack of beautiful soul records in the other. Miss Shakey, New York's blondest and I'd say, most prolific DJ, masterminded the BRILLIANT Night Owl Record Fair, a drink, dance, and buy tons of 45s event at APT. The 21 DJs, each spinning for 20 minutes each, included soul sister Lynne K., Urusula 1000, Spanish girls expert Lex Marsh, and this CRAAAZY dude who hacks up his records, glues them back together, and spins the snaps, crackles, and pops into a most bizarre beat mix. Check out the vinyl works of art in the photo above.

Finally got my hands on a vinyl copy of Bee Gees First, which took forever to locate. I'll be studying it over the weekend, and promise a full report on Monday. Found a copy of Sharon Tandy's ultra-strident version of the Bee Gees' "World" at the Night Owl fair. And also the Donays' "Devil In His Heart," which I've heard is quite hard to locate.

So no Barry Gibb at my doorstep, proving that you just might have to get naked to receive gifts in the mail. Ah well..... it was worth a shot.

Sheila

Posted by Sheila at 07:16 PM