AWESOMENESS

WOW! SXSW is nearly upon us! And gosh dang do we have some exciting news. While i'm not entirely thrilled with our official SXSW nightly shows (nothing will quite compare to hosting BEST COAST last year), I AM SUPREMELY EXCITED by our day parties!

This year we will pretty much be official BROOKLY VEGAN headquarters! That's right that mightily awesome Blog is hosting three of our day parties and occupying the indoor and outdoor barbarella stages as well as Swan Dive stages. I know who's booked to play and TRUST ME you will be excited (or should be) but I can't tell you just yet. Announcement coming soon. And wednesday we are proud to once again host THE GLITORIS day party. Last year they surprised us with their ahead of the curve artist line up. CRYSTAL FIGHTERS before you knew you loved CRYSTAL FIGHTERS!

And just in time for all this, Barbarella is excited to announce the imminent arrival of EL DIABLO taco stand. That's right, straight out of Brooklyn's famous Union Pool Bar comes EL DIABLO tacos! Soon to satiate your late night munchies year round! And what's more! A PHOTO BOOTH is on it's way too! Yep. That's right, I ended a sentence with a preposition. So gear up and get ready for some great fun.

As an added bonus I've included this playlist from last Thursdays Grits & Gravy! it's pretty darn good & eclectic if I do say so myself.

Otis Redding - Hard To handle
Ray Charles - Night time is the right time
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
The Contours - Do you love me
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
The Ad Libs - The Boy From New York City
War - Low Rider
The Meters - Hey Pocky Way
Stevie WOnder - Superstition
James Brown - Get Up I Feel like being a sex machine
Michael Jackson - ROck with You
Bee Gees - Night Fever
KC & The Sunshine Band - I'm your boogie man
The Coasters - Yackety Yack
Bill Haley - Were gonna rock around the clock tonight
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great balls of fire
Etta James - Tell Mama
Betty Everet - It's in his kiss (shoop shoop song)
Aretha Franklin - Chain of fools
Dianna Ross - Love Child
Gloria Gaynor - I will survive
The Jacksons - Blame it on the boogie
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank you (falettinme be mice elf)
James Brown - Get up offa that thing
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
Temptations - Ain't too proud to beg
The Supremes - You Can't hurry love
The Foundations - Build me up buttercup
The Monkees - I'm a believer
The Beatles - love me do
John Lennon - Oh Yoko!
Paul Simon - Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
KC and the sunshine band - boogie shoes
Franki Valli - December, 1963
Jackson 5 - I want you back
Four Tops - It's the same old song
Martha & the Vandales - Love is like a heatwave
Sam Cooke - Twistin' the night away
Elmore James - Shake your money maker
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
The Champs - Tequila
Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs - Wooly Bully
Otis Day - Shout (animal house version)
WIlson Pickett - Land of 1000 dances
Marvin Gaye - Ain't no mountain high enough
Clarence Carter - Strokin'
Bill Withers - Use Me
War - Spill the wine
The Hombres - Let it out, let it all hang out
Bruce Channel - Hey baby
John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack & Dianne
Tom Petty - American Girl
Fleetwood Mac - Sara
Grease - Summer Nights
Elvis - Jailhouse Rock
Johnny Cash - I've been everywhere
Ray Charles - Hit the road jack
Thurston Harris - Little bitty pretty one
Solomon Burke - Cry to me
Otis Redding - try a little tenderness
Sam Cooke - Bring it on home to me
Screamin Jay Hawkins - There's something wrong with you
Van Morrison - Sweet thing
Dave Brubeck - Take 5