Highline Ballroom Releases Monthly Schedule of Upcoming Events

Highline Ballroom is located at 431 West 16th Street between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue. Tickets may be purchased through Ticketweb, online at ticketweb.com or at the Highline Box Office from noon until doors close at 866-468-7619. We are a full-scale restaurant. Our menu is American Continental with a Southern flair. We also have a full bar with all premier liquors and domestic and international cold beer, and we serve a full menu at all of our concerts. A $10 food and/or beverage minimum is standard for table seating during shows.

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are suitable for all ages and offer general admission seating. Seating for all shows is first come, first seated; we do not take advance table reservations, except where noted as a condition of a VIP ticket. We cannot seat incomplete parties. Standing room for all shows is available at our bar. For further show information, directions to the venue and for the latest updates visit us on the web at www.highlineballroom.com or call 212-414-4314.

EVERY SATURDAY LATE NIGHT at The Highline Ballroom:
The Rewind Show
with live performances and celebrity DJs
File Under: Rock, Dance, Electronic, Late Night
21 or over to enter
Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11:00pm
$20 at door
RSVP to info@4kent.com
The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs and event planning. We are tired of the same concept that every night-club in NYC has been stuck with over the years and think that it's time to change the way to party! As we all know nothing can compare to a live performance and therefore we have created the Rewind Show! We want to bring an experience like no other by combining the live music of the 80's Rock & Roll era along with the best DJ's spinning the present hits. Every Saturday night, the Highline Ballroom will operate as a high-end night club to let people experience the Rewind Show.

Friday, October 1
Saturday, October 2
Chick Corea TRIO
featuring Christian McBride and Brian Blade
Friday Early: Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
Friday Late: Doors at 10:00pm, Show at 10:30pm
Saturday Early: Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:00pm
Saturday Late: Doors at 8:30pm, Show at 9:00pm
$45
Chick Corea's newest trio features the 16-time Grammy-winning pianist in the company of a stellar rhythm tandem: bassist Christian McBride (Sting, Pat Metheny, McCoy Tyner), one of the most outstanding talents and celebrated musicians of his generation, and drummer extraordinaire Brian Blade (Herbie Hancock, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell) a longstanding member of the Wayne Shorter Quartet. The three initially forged an indelible chemistry as the rhythmic backbone of the Five Peace Band in 2009, when Blade took the drum chair for the band's Asian and American tours. Their instant, easy rapport naturally stimulated the idea of yet another outlet for Corea's tireless creativity. And a new trio was born. As a trio, they'll take up the musical dialogue that started there-dynamic, deeply interactive and irrepressibly swinging.

Sunday, October 3
Thirsty Girl & Pontani Productions Present:
NY BURLESQUE FESTIVAl GoldEN PASTIE AWARDS & EARLY BIRD DINNER
Hosted by Miss Astrid
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$30 adv / $35 at door VIP Seated
$20 adv / $25 at door GA Standing Room Only
Please visit www.thenewyokburlesquefestival.com for the option to purchase a 4 day festival pass. The pass includes admission to all events, a limited edition event poster and is only $100
Sunday, October 3rd the festival goes out with one last pomp and circumstance at Manhattan's Highline Ballroom with The Golden Pastie Awards and Burlesque Early Bird Dinner! Join Miss Astrid, " the true Weimer fraulein" & all the performers at this Oscar styled escapade, full of mischievous antics, live performances and an awards ceremony that both honors and pokes fun at the world's finest burlesque performers with a double D sized Golden Pastie for winners in each category. Expect stellar performances and an evening of hi jinx from Kitten on the Keys (SF), Midnite Martini (Colorado), Nasty Canasta (NYC), Burlesque Noir (New Mexico), Helen Pontani (NYC), Sassy Catch (Western Australia,), Tatah Dujour (Key West), plus many more! Get there early to catch the show before the show, when the stars walk the red carpet to kick off the night!

Tuesday, October 5
LIZZ WRIGHT
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$25
Lizz Wright's first two Verve releases, Salt and Dreaming Wide Awake, established her as one of the jazz world's most celebrated rising stars, both an accomplished songwriter and a versatile, deeply expressive singer. On her third album The Orchard, the Georgia-bred, New York-based artist takes a substantial leap forward, transcending genre distinctions to deliver a vibrant, intensely creative milestone.

Thursday, October 7
TALVIN SINGH
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 9:00pm
$18 adv, $22 at door
Talvin Singh born 1970 in Leytonstone, east London is an accomplished Tabla player, electronic musician, music theorist, record producer and DJ. As a solo artist, he is perhaps best known as the father of modern Asian electronica music, though he is also a highly celebrated tabla player, record producer and visual practitioner. Drawing inspiration from the classical Indian arts, Singh first came to prominence as tabla percussionist in the 1980s London music scene.

Friday, October 8
Dana Fuchs
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$22 adv, $25 at door
After 2 years of working the blues circuit Dana knew it was time for a change and decided to tell her own story and create her own music. She and Jon began writing intensively, putting together a solid body of original rock songs. Soon Dana was back on the Lower East Side again, only this time on stage with the band, debuting her songs to a packed house at Arlene's Grocery. The fan response was overwhelming. The band was soon selling out shows at The Mercury Lounge, The Stephen Talkhouse and BB King's, sharing the bill with national acts, Little Feat, Marianne Faithfull, and Etta James. Not long after the producers of the off-Broadway hit "Love, Janis," hearing raves about Dana from various cast and crew members, asked her to come in for an audition. Dana went in, sang a few bars of "Piece of My Heart," and, on the spot, was offered the role of Janis Joplin. Playing Janis 4 nights a week garnered Dana a whole new audience who were soon at the DFB's shows listening to Dana performing her own music. These songs can be heard on the band's debut CD, Lonely For A Lifetime, which was released to an enthusiastic response from both press and fans. Drawing from influences ranging from '60s Stax/Volt R&B, Lucinda Williams and The Rolling Stones, Lonely for A Lifetime, hints, lyrically, at Tom Waits and Bob Dylan, among others. Says Fuchs, "I wanted to capture a soulful and rocking vibe...but with an earthiness to it." Vocally Dana was inspired by legendary singers including Etta James, Otis Redding, Bobby Bland, Aretha Franklin, and Mavis Staples.

Sunday, October 10
REVEREND BILLY + THE LIFE AFTER SHOPPING GOSPEL CHOIR
Doors at 12:00pm, Show at 1:00pm
$12
The showdown with the Earth has reached its apocalyptic moment and thank god we are stopping our shopping. Consumerism is over! The Earth is winning but nation-states and corporations must receive the force of our aggressive and hilarious holy spirit! Earth-a-lujah! On Sunday October 10th at 1 PM - the Life After Shopping Church with Reverend Billy joins NYC defenders of community gardens, while continuing pressure on UBS Bank to withdraw its financing of the sinful practice of Mountaintop Removal in Appalachia. Reverend Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir have been waging holy clown-war against Consumer Devils for over ten years. They are the pied pipers of a new culture and economy that will follow the era of consumption. Dancing on Starbucks counter-tops has won them jail-time as well as the Alpert Award for Theater, the Dramalogue Award, and the OBIE Award for "Reviving Activism." Kicked out of more than a hundred super malls from Helsinki to Kauai to Buenos Aires, the Stop Shoppers hit their notes and preach to the folks.... "Life After Shopping" written by the company's director Savitri D as well as the Rev, and edited by Alisa Solomon, will be published in early 2011 on University of Michigan Press.

Sunday, October 10
1000 Knives & Brooklyn Vegan Presents:
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY "ANIMOSITY" LINEUP REUNION
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$20 adv, $25 at door
One of the first punk/metal fusion bands, Corrosion of Conformity (C.O.C. for short) were formed in North Carolina by guitarist Woody Weatherman during the early '80s. In their early years, C.O.C. became known for their aggressive sound, intelligent political lyrics, and willingness to break away from both hardcore and metal conventions. In the '90s, their shift to a more stripped-down, deliberate sound -- sort of Black Sabbath filtered through the Deep South -- brought them enough in line with the alternative metal zeitgeist to bring them a measure of mainstream popularity. C.O.C. debuted in 1983 with the thrashy, Black Flag-influenced Eye for an Eye, featuring a lineup of Weatherman, drummer Reed Mullin, vocalist Eric Eycke, and bassist Mike Dean. They began to build up a cult following with 1985's Animosity, which featured additional guitarist Pepper Keenan and new vocalist Simon Bob. However, their label at the time, Death, grew tired of the band's internal instability and dropped them following 1987's Technocracy. It took several years for a new lineup to come together -- featuring Weatherman, Keenan, Mullin, vocalist Karl Agell, and bassist Phil Swisher -- but when it did, the result was 1991's Blind, a powerful, focused, more metallic record which increased their audience by leaps and bounds. Agell was fired following its success, and he and Swisher went on to form Leadfoot; meanwhile, Keenan became the full-time lead vocalist on 1994's even more Sabbath-esque Deliverance, which also featured the return of original bassist Mike Dean. During 1995, Keenan took a short detour into the Southern metal supergroup Down (which also featured Pantera's Phil Anselmo and members of Crowbar). Thanks to a shift in popular taste in favor of the ultra-heavy brand of alternative metal the group had helped pioneer, C.O.C. found themselves with a larger audience than ever before when they released 1996's Wiseblood, which continued and expanded their rock radio success. After a lengthy break from recording and a world tour with Metallica, C.O.C. returned with a new album in the fall of 2000, titled America's Volume Dealer. Another break ensued, resulting in the release of the live recording Live Volume in 2001. It wasn't until April of 2005 that the band regrouped for the hard-hitting and complex In the Arms of God.

Monday, October 11
Hit Week Presents: ELISA
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$20 adv, $25 at door
Multi platinum Italian singer Elisa was only 16 when her raw talent was discovered by music producer Caterina Caselli, who encouraged her to move to the United States to become fluent in English, the language of her songs. About four years later, her debut album "Pipes & Flowers" was released under Caselli's label, Sugar Music, and produced by Corrado Rustici. It took only a few months to earn many awards in Italy that also included the prestigious "Premio Tenco" award (Best Record of the Year awarded by the critics) and the PIM award, the Italian Music Award. Soonafter, it was released in several European countries and Elisa toured throughout Europe as the opening act for international pop star Eros Ramazzotti. Many people wondered why Elisa, an Italian singer, wrote her songs mainly in English. The answer was to find in the attempt to protect her inner world, a world that she herself needed to understand and consolidate fully. Ironically, since English is also one of the most spoken languages in the world, the passing of years has turned this strange attempt to hide and to protect into an opportunity, one that made her music reach more people beyond Italian borders. On April 21, 2009 Elisa joined 55 other Italian artists in Milan to record a single recording titled "Domani" dedicated to those suffering personal losses from the tragic earthquake that struck Central Italy earlier that month. This recording followed a fundraising concert in June at the San Siro Soccer Stadium in Milan. Elisa's new album "Heart" was released in November 2009 and immediately topped the Italian album charts. It is Elisa's sixth studio album and includes 14 songs produced by Elisa along with Andrea Rigonat. One of the tracks is an emotional duet with English born singer-songwriter Antony Hegarty known best as the lead singer of the band "Antony and The Johnsons". It is currently going triple platinum.

Tuesday, October 12
Wednesday, October 13
PEPPER
Tuesday with Brother Ali, Pour Habit
Wednesday with Pour Habit
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:45pm
$25
PEPPER formed in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1997. Having grown up surfing on the island, it's not a wonder that they would mix their rock "shock and ah" flare, along with their mellow island rhythm roots to create their own truly diverse sound. PEPPER has sold over half a million records independently and founded their own record label, LAW Records - through which three other artists' music is distributed: IRATION, Passafire, and The Supervillians. The band has also amassed a large and loyal following stemming from their nonstop touring which includes numerous rounds on the Vans Warped Tour and outings with reggae legends The Wailers, 311 and Snoop Dogg, to name a few. PEPPER has performed at several festivals including Lollapolooza, Mile High Festival, West Beach Music Festival, as well as many others. In 2008, PEPPER made the rounds through Europe twice alongside Flogging Molly in the spring and Less Than Jake in the fall. They spent their summer of that year celebrating the July release of PINK CRUSTACEANS AND GOOD VIBRATIONS, which peaked at 11 on Billboard's "Independent Albums" chart, by hitting up US amphitheaters with longtime friends Slightly Stoopid, and headlined the very first "Here Comes the LAW Tour" - which featured other Law Records artists, The Supervillains and Passafire. The madness continued through the spring of 2009 when PEPPER ventured out for the second time co-headlining the Jagermeister Music Tour with punk rock legends, Pennywise. In the fall PEPPER took the party to the streets of Los Angeles playing the second annual Sunset Strip Music Festival with rock legend Ozzy Osbourne. After spending the early months of 2010 writing and recording new music, PEPPER spent their summer on the annual Unity Tour with long time friends 311, and The Offspring. They played twenty-five big dates including several amphitheaters and arenas. Between Unity Tour, new music, a single, "Wake Up" accompanied by a B side, "Mirror," which were released this past July, and plans for a 45+ major market national headlining tour this fall in support of the forthcoming release of their Sitches EP due out Oct 12, 2010, PEPPER fans are sure to get the PEPPER fix they've been craving since 2009!

Friday, October 15
SUPER DIAMOND
Doors at 8:00pm, Show at 9:00pm
$22 adv, $25 at door
After assembling a band of truly kindred spirits, Surreal Neil and Super Diamond began to perform regularly in San Francisco and then all over the U.S., and something quite wonderful happened: People turned out in large numbers to see them, and returned again and again and again...

Saturday, October 16
SEABEAR
with North Highlands
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$15
Defying its humble beginnings as the lo-fi solo project of Icelandic singer/multi-instrumentalist Sindri Már Sigfússon, Seabear has morphed into a rambling experimental/indie/folk septet. There is something instantly familiar about Seabear's songs that resonates with fans and critics alike. Despite scant promotion and airplay behind their debut album release, 2007's The Ghost That Carried Us Away, their songs and animated videos were a social media hit generating millions of plays. It's a very Icelandic DIY setup - their music is recorded by the band in their basement studio with its apple carton covered walls. All artwork and videos are hand made by Sindri's partner and band mate Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir. We Built A Fire will be released alongside the 6-song While The Fire Dies EP in March 2010 on Morr Music. A limited edition 7'‘+T-Shirt-package will be available this Christmas. The band will hit the road in Spring 2010 playing the Eurosonic, By:Larm and SxSW Festivals followed by tours all over Europe, the US and Canada.

Sunday, October 17
ERIN MCKEOWN - DISTILLATION 10TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$15 adv, $17 at show
Erin McKeown is an internationally known musician, writer, and producer. With 7 full length albums, 2 EPs, and numerous soundtracks to her credit, she has spent the last 10 years crafting a reputation as an original musical voice and compelling live performer. Her latest album, Hundreds of Lions, is out now on Righteous Babe Records. Come celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Erin's groundbreaking debut album, "Distillation". McKeown, backed by full-band, will perform the album in sequence followed by a set drawing from the best of her old and new music.

Monday, October 18
BAJOFONDO
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$22 adv, $25 at show
Bajofondo is comprised of Gustavo Santaolalla on guitar, percussion, and vocals; Juan Campodónico on programming, beats, samples and guitar; Luciano Supervielle on piano, keyboards and scratch; Javier Casalla on violin; Martín Ferrés on bandoneon; Gabriel Casacuberta on upright bass and electric bass; Adrián Sosa on drums; and Verónica Loza as VJ and on vocals. Gustavo Santaolalla has received nine Latin Grammys and three Grammy awards. He has produced albums for Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Molotov, Café Tacuba, and the Kronos Quartet. The Argentine musician is nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Babel. He was named Producer of the Year at the 2005 Latin Grammys and won the Grammy for Best Score From a Film in 2007 for Brokeback Mountain. In addition to his two Oscar-winning scores, Santaolalla has composed the soundtracks to the films Amores Perros, 21 Grams, North Country and The Motorcycle Diaries. The music from his Ronroco album has been featured in Michael Mann's film The Insider.

Wednesday, October 20
PASTE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT
with Langhorne Slim, Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandscher & Mimicking Birds
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$18 adv, $15 at show
For a comparatively brief moment in the mid-1960s, Muscle Shoals, Alabama was the unlikely epicenter of a major American songwriting renaissance. Here are some of the names: Arthur Alexander, Donnie Fritts, Eddie Hinton, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, O.C. Smith, Joe South, Tony Joe White. Toss Bobbie Gentry into that mix, on style if not geography, and the list is not complete, regardless. Style matters, for in those turbulent times these writers and their collaborators fused the vocal passion of African-American soul and gospel to an Anglo-Saxon storytelling tradition which goes back at least to Beowulf: Tough, hard, passionate, unflinching songs, unrepentant in their sense of place and direct in their stubborn Southernness. That is a powerful pile of names to spade across the work of Jason Isbell, as his second solo album, named for his band, is, well, only his second solo album. And he's almost 30. It's not simply that he lives in Florence, Alabama, just outside Muscle Shoals, nor that he recorded Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit at the famed FAME studio there. That guarantees nothing. The songs will stand on their own.

Thursday, October 21
SENSES FAIL, BAYSIDE, TITLE FIGHT, BALANCE AND COMPOSURE
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:30pm
$18 adv, $20 at show
Limited availability on a first come, first served basis for CMJ badges
Out With The In Crowd CMJ show

Friday, October 22
CMJ Music Marathon
LISSIE
**at Hiro Ballroom**
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$12 adv, $15 at show
** 18 + **
Since early this year, Lissie has largely been based in London, where Catching A Tiger was first released. Embraced lovingly by the British press, she's been featured in Q, The Sun, The Sunday Times, The Mirror, Time Out, The Big Issue, and on the BBC and Later...with Jools Holland, among others; she's played with Joshua Radin, The Local Natives, and Alan Pownall, in addition to performing at Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN, and The Great Escape in Brighton, England. She's also picked up praise and support from a wide range of fellow artists, including Katy Perry, Courtney Love, Mumford & Sons, and Ellie Goulding, who joined her onstage to perform "Everywhere I Go" at The Great Escape in May.

Saturday, October 23
CMJ Music Marathon
DAVID CHOI
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:30pm
$12 adv, $15 at show
David Choi is a native Los Angeles singer/songwriter/producer whose songs and tracks have been heard on NBC, VH1, MTV, E!, Travel Channel, PBS, Food Network, as well as in national commercials overseas. He has worked on several major online campaigns including Starburst and JC Penney. On YouTube, he has over 150,000 subscribers and over 40,000,000 total video views. In 2004, Choi was the grand prize winner for David Bowie's Mash-up contest which Bowie himself chose. Following that, he was the grand prize winner for USA Weekend Magazine's John Lennon Songwriting Contest for teens and appeared in USA Weekend Magazine with recording artist Usher. Choi also has a song on the album State of Survival called "This is Your Life" on upcoming Interscope group Flipsyde, which he co-produced. In October of 2008, David released his self produced album "Only You" worldwide.

Sunday, October 24
DAVE DOUGLAS & KEYSTONE - SPARK OF BEING
A Film by Bill Morrison
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:30pm
$25
Two-time Grammy-nominated jazz musician Dave Douglas is arguably the most prolific and original trumpeter-composer of his generation. From his New York base, where he has lived since the mid 1980s, Mr. Douglas has continued to earn lavish national and international acclaim including prizes from such organizations as the New York Jazz Awards, Down Beat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, and the Italian Jazz Critics Society. His solo recording career began in 1993 with Parallel Worlds on Soul Note Records, and he has since released more than 30 recordings. In 2005, after seven critically acclaimed albums for Bluebird/RCA, Mr. Douglas launched his own record label, Greenleaf Music. The same year, he was honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship. On Greenleaf, Mr. Douglas has released albums with his long-standing quintet, the electronic sextet Keystone, and the mixed chamber ensemble Nomad. In 2009, he released Spirit Moves with his new brass quintet, Brass Ecstasy and his first big band recording, A Single Sky, a collaboration with Jim McNeely and Frankfurt Radio Bigband. This year brings a new collection of work by Keystone entitled, Spark of Being, a retelling of the Frankenstein myth in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Bill Morrison. Mr. Douglas is currently the artistic director of the Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music at The Banff Centre in Canada and the co-founder and director of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, which celebrates its eight anniversary in 2010. As a composer, Mr. Douglas has been commissioned by the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Essen Philharmonie, Library of Congress, Stanford University, Walker Arts Center, and Turning Point Ensemble.

Monday, October 25
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$25 adv, $20 at door
Though many still have trouble pronouncing his last name and the instrument he plays, Jake Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOO- koo-row) is becoming recognized as one of the world's top ukulele (oo-koo-LAY-lay) musicians. Renowned for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques, Jake views the ukulele as an "untapped source of music with unlimited potential." His virtuosity defies label or category. Playing jazz, blues, funk, classical, bluegrass, folk, flamenco, and rock, Jake's mission is to show everyone that the ukulele is capable of so much more than only the traditional Hawaiian music many associate it.

Wednesday, October 27
HEY MONDAY, CARTEL, THE READY SET, THIS CENTURY, WE ARE THE IN CROWD
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 6:30pm
$15 adv, $17 at door
Barely out of high school, Cassadee's new beginning is a dream come true. Discovered at a regional music conference where the teenage siren would sing for anyone willing to listen, she attracted the attention of record label scouts at a time when most of her friends weren't even old enough to drive. Less than two years later she's preparing for the release of her band's first album, Hold On Tight, a joint venture between Columbia Records and Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz's Decaydance Records. Produced by S*A*M and Sluggo [The Academy Is, Gym Class Heroes, Metro Station], the album is a free-spirited spin through life's post-adolescent twists, turns, trials and triumphs. "We have a variety of styles, but they're all pretty-much fast and upbeat, because we wanted a fast, upbeat and happy kind of record that makes you tap your feet and puts you in a good mood," explains Cassadee. "There are heartbroken songs, being in love songs, a song about someone who parties too much... If it's not all about me, then it's about someone very close to me who I can feel for. I just wanted to tell a story, to make it like a movie where you can really get to know someone. I wanted people to really get to know me through the lyrics."

Thursday, October 28
K-OS
with Shad, Astronautalis
Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$15 adv, $18 at door
K-os, born Kevin Brereton, is a genuine neo-crossover rap n' roller who's music, much like your Ipod, might speak to hipster club kidz, pop chart gazers, Canadian indie rockers, dirty south electronic rap renegades, or reggae rude boys simultaneously. As it should - his rhyme and crooning skills took root in arguably the most polyglot and multi-cultural city on the planet, Toronto. And he's quite vocal about his not belonging to any one genre - he belongs to them all. Says K-os: "I'm a historical opportunist who's grown up on everything from Dylan to Marley to KRS-One... I've never seen myself as just a hip hop artist". On Yes!, his 12 song deep fourth album, released in Canada on Nettwerk/Universal, the now Vancouver-based upstart has consolidated everything he's done before, and chimed in where his head's at now, like a more musically seasoned audio auteur would, despite his past successes. "As cliche as it may sound, this record really does take the best elements of my past work" he explains. "Strangely, three albums later, it feels like I'm starting new again, with a new label, manager, and agent. This album is a return to me picking up drum machines, guitars, keyboard and going for broke!"

Friday, October 29
BoB QUARTERLY: A CELEBRATION OF NY MUSIC
When Musicians Compete Everyone Wins
Doors at 8:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$20
BoB 5 Pack: $90 (10% Discount) Includes one free T-Shirt (Value of $10)
BoB 10 Pack: $160 (20% Discount) Includes four free T-Shirts (Value of $40)
BoB Booth Package (Only 4 packages available): $200 Includes Exclusive, Guaranteed Seating for Six, and six BoB Quarterly T-Shirts (Value of $60)
BoB is a seasonal event occurring at the Highline Ballroom and features 10 hand-picked unsigned bands competing for a slew of prizes including: free studio time, equipment, and exposure in popular NYC media outlets.
A panel of three unique judges will determine the winner based on:

· Quality of Music
· Originality of Sound
· Crowd Reaction

Saturday, October 30
Lady Rizo AND THE ASSETTES
Halloween Show
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:00pm
$25
Join comedienne, chanteuse and "cabaret superstar" (NY mag) Lady Rizo and the beauteous Assettes as they host an incomparable evening of caburlesque. Their unbridled femininity will "blow your heart and go down on your mind." (Village Voice) A magical tour of sultry songs, strip-teasing, living dolls, clogging and more all while straddling this world with a more glamorous and decadent time. The Assettes dance with ferocity and grace while Lady belts out standards, soul ballads, ode's d'amour and vintage arrangements of 80s pop. All this backed by the razor sharp 4-piece button down that is the Assettes Orchestra. A collaboration between some of the finest dancers and musicians in NYC, Lady Rizo and the Assettes started in the side stage of a burrito shack in Queens. In three years they have taken Manhattan by Storm Performing to sold out crowds in at Joe's Pub, the Cutting Room, The Zipper Factory, Le Poisson Rouge, Mo Pitkins, Lotus, Galapagos, the Speigel Tent at Bard, and The Box.

Sunday, October 31
DANCES OF VICE PRESENTS: PHANTASMAGOREY
An Edward Gorey Halloween Brunch Spectacular featuring:
Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train, Orchestra, Johanna Constantine, Veruca Honeyscotch, Gin Minsky, The Flying Fox Sequinette, Albert Cadabra, MC Dandy Wellington and an Edward Gorey Fashion Show by PUREVILE
Doors at 1:30pm, Show at 2:00pm
$20 Advance + $25 Day of Show
$28 VIP Booth + Tables
$15 Standing Room Only
This Halloween, Dances of Vice presents an all-star cast in an ominous Edward Gorey Brunch Spectacular that promises to be most elegantly deranged, featuring: The hot jazz murder ballads of Brian Carpenter'sGhost Train Orchestra, admonitory aerial burlesque by the captivating Veruca Honeyscotch, beguiling burlesque by Sequinette and The Flying Fox, the fleeting footsteps of mischievous tap maven Gin Minsky of the infamous Minsky Sisters, and a very special appearance by international sensation Johanna Constantine, with your devilishly dapper host, MC Dandy Wellington! Also featured is an exclusive Gorey-inspired funereal fashion show of jewelry and accoutrement by PUREVILE!

Sunday, October 31
BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS
Doors at 6:00pm, Show at 7:00pm
$20 adv, $25 at show
Join Ringmistress Philomena Bindlestiff and an all-star, all-girl cast of femme fatales on Halloween Night for an estrogen-powered evening of circus thrills, sideshow chills and vaudevillian virtuosity. Live, real, and undeniably exciting! See www.bindlestiff.org for updates on the Cirkus Superstars who will grace the stage. Tickets $20 or $15 if you come in your Cirkus finery: Vixens with Whips, Beast Tamers, Siamese Triplets, Sad, Bad, or Naughty Clown, Gender-Bendy Ringleader, etc. all qualify!

Sunday, October 31
HUSSIES FROM HELL!
A Divas & Deviants Halloween Party featuring:
Miss Astrid, Gravity Plays Favorites, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Jo Boobs, Tigger!, Melody Sweets, The Daisy Spurs, Nasty Canasta, DJ Momotaro
Doors at 10:00pm, Show at 10:30pm
$15 Advance Tix + $20 Day of Show
$25 VIP Floor Booth + Tables Seat 6.
$25 VIP Balcony Tables Seat 4.
Satan's sexiest angels lure you into their den of debauchery with bawdy burlesque, delicious drag, glamorous gogos and music that will make you shake your inner demons till dawn. Hosted by, Miss Astrid, the true Weimar fraulein", and featuring performances by the cities most popular perverts, including; Gravity Plays Favorites, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Jo Boobs, Tigger!, Melody Sweets, The Daisy Spurs, Nasty Canasta, and mischievous music by DJ Momotaro, Hussy GoGo Dancers & More!