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Height: 0' 1"
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Occupation: TRAIN

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Nov 6, 2009 5:26 PM TODD-O-PHONIC TODD at HOME SWEET HOME/MR TOUBIN in AUSTIN
Nov 5, 2009 9:19 PM IVAN SHUNSHINE AT THURSDAY THUMP TONIGHT
Nov 4, 2009 7:32 PM MR T SOUL CLAPS IN HOUSTON TONIGHT! NYC JOE MURRAY AT MOTOR CITY
Oct 29, 2009 10:17 PM MAXWELL'S NJ SOUL CLAPPIN' TONIGHT + PUMPKIN CARVING at ENID'S in GREENPOINT
Oct 28, 2009 10:41 PM MUMMY CAN I GO OUT AND...

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About me:

NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN IS:

1) the party machine of dynamic DJ/visionary promoter MR JONATHAN TOUBIN who is currently changing the world one wild 45rpm rager at a time! Making life a little spicier by prompting folks to dance at rock shows, bars, art galleries, and other places that used to be no fun. And simultaneously offering a higher quality/more unique MAXIMUM ROCK AND SOUL alternative to the “music” typically spun at discos, raves, loft parties,etc. While busy DJ-ing and throwing his trademark HAPPENINGS and SOUL CLAP/DANCE-OFF parties around the globe alone and also featuring live musical acts like KING KHAN & THE BBQ/SHRINES, OH SEES, or QUINTRON & MS PUSSYCAT, or at festivals like PONDEROSA STOMP, FUN FUN FUN, POP MONTREAL, SLED ISLAND, NXNE, SXSW, CMJ, etc. When stuck in the core of the wormy apple, Mr Toubin can still be found:

* SUNDAY – TUESDAY: Hopefully resting, but how often does that happen? Seriously babies – he turned over 300 gigs last year and rarely gets a night off....

* WEDNESDAYS at MOTOR CITY BAR ("NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN WEDNESDAY" - our first party and a downtown rock and roll tradition! Our only hang-out (though sometimes dance-party) w/special guests from across the NYC music community - a downtown subcultural "cheers"... if you will... Members of Butthole Surfers, Bad Seeds, Black Lips, etc have all turned guest DJ sets there and everybody from Jack White to Noel Gallagher to Scarlet Johanson have hung out there.)

* THURSDAYS at BEAUTY BAR BROOKLYN("BOOGALOO SHAMPOO" - all night 45rpm soul dancing relocated to this Bushwick location in June with awesome guest DJ legends like Fine Wine, Phast Phreddie, and Josh Styles when Mssr. Toubin's away)

* FRIDAYS at HOME SWEET HOME ("SHAKIN ALL OVER UNDER SIDEWAYS DOWN" - “maximum rock'n'soul” get-down aktion - past guest DJs include Ian Svenonius, Quintron, Calvin Johnson, Bad Seed Jim Sclavunos, blah bleh bleh blah bah blah,..)

* SATURDAYS S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y NIGHT! all over the place - but mostly at Mr. Toubin's home venue GLASSLANDS ("SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF" and other wild events...

* plus gigs 'round the globe half the month... Keep checking NewYorkNightTrain.com for the skinny....

2) the record label of KID CONGO POWERS, KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS, GRAND MAL, VIVA L’AMERICAN DEATH RAY MUSIC, S-S-S-SPECTRES, WITCH HATS, STATIC STATIC, STALKERS, and more... Slowly peeling itself off the pavement....

3) the former NYC music webzine (check out the archives) and soon to be regularly updated DJ blog and vinyl guide (seriously... Soon!).

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don't fight it - feel it!

Who I'd like to meet:

discriminant ears and uninhibited feet...

Wow! A really busy week here at New York Night Train because we're celebrating our 4th anniversary, throwing our first-ever New Jersey Soul Clap and Dance-Off tomorrow, and embarking upon a Soul Clap tour in which Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius soul clap with judges like Mike Watt, John Reis, and Karla LaVey! And though Mr. Toubin will miss Halloween in NYC as he will be spinning at a wedding in the Big Easy, you can get down to his spooky hits all week starting tonight at Motor CIty:

and, tomorrow, at Maxwell's in New Jersey...

NJ New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/DJ Mr. Jonathan Toubin and midnight dance contest for $100 grand prize with judges Bob Bert, Ivan Sunshine, Kirsten McCord, Margaret Brown, Michelle Cable, Terre T, and Tim Foljahn October 29, Maxwell’s (1039 Washington St., Hoboken, NJ), 10pm, $5: The New York Night Train SOUL CLAP AND DANCE-OFF hits New Jersey for the first time tonight at legendary rock venue Maxwell's. No longer only one of NYC’s more popular monthly nightlife institutions, this shin-dig has spread this year from coast to coast, around the globe – everywhere from Mexico City to Tel Aviv and back again. As always, the Soul Clap will feature ALL NIGHT DANCING to exquisitely wild 45 rpm magic of subterranean maximum rock and soul DJMR JONATHAN TOUBIN as well as a MIDNIGHT DANCE CONTEST for a $100 GRAND PRIZE. Tonight's contest will include a unique panel of judges consisting of BOB BERT (5 Dollar Priest, ex-Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Knoxville Girls, etc. and editor of the very cool, prolific, and important BB Gun fanzine), IVAN SUNSHINE (bassist ofPreacher and the Knife, Ghost Exits, ex-Vietnam and Love As Laughter), KIRSTEN MCCORD (experimental musician who's also worked with Elliott Smith, Walkmen, etc), MARGARET BROWN (director: Order of Myths and Townes Van Zandt bio-pic Be Here to Love Me), MICHELLE CABLE (head honcho of Panache Booking empire), TERRE T (DJ and host of WFMU’s Cherry Blossom Clinic), and and TIM FOLJAHN (Mr. Two Dollar Guitar himself has also worked w/Thurston Moore, Townes Van Zandt, Jad Fair, Boredoms, Cat Power, etc.). Please spread the word to your New Jersey friends as its the Soul Clap's first time in the garden state. Also listen to WFMU to win free tickets.

and, in Greenpoint tomorrow

Thu, Oct 29: Enid's, Thursday Thump and Pumpkin Carving Contest w/DJs Micki Pellerano and Laura Leigh: Don't miss yourchance to show off your pumpkin carving skills while Micki and Laura play jams to scare the daylights outta ya!

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and, OUR BIG SPOOKY ANNIVERSARY AT HOME SWEET HOME!

Fri, Oct 30: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down: NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN 4TH ANNIVERSARY/MR JONATHAN TOUBIN BON VOYAGE, 10:30PM, FREE: New York Night Train was born on this date four years ago - and once again we're gonna celebrate! Tonight's Shakin' All Over Under Sideways Down won't only serve as the anniversary party but as a bon voyage to conductor and soul proprietor Mr Jonathan Toubin - who will kick off his Soul Clap tour of the South, Southwest, West, and Northwest at a haunted mansion in New Orleans for Halloween (check below for dates - many of them w/Mssr. Ian Svenonius in tow). Oh yeah, there will be plenty of 45 rpm maximum rock and soul action as always. Dress up and dance!

and Sunday, if you're in New Orleans, Mr Toubin rocks the Pearl before embarking upon...

NEW YORK NIGHT TRAIN'S FALL SOUL CLAP AND DANCE-OFF TOUR:

- Weds, Nov 4: Houston, TX Soul Clap and Dance-Off Mango’s w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin with judges BRAD MOORE (Big Star Bar), CHEF JJ (Beavers), DUSTY RHODES (roving reporter), EMILIE DEJONCKEERE (Rice University French Dept), RAD RICHARD (KPFT), TEX and ERICA (Indian Jewelry

- Fri , Nov 6: Austin, TX Fun Fun Fun Fest official pre-party

- Sat Nov 7: Austin, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Club Deville Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius and Brownout! live and judges GREG BEETS (Austin Chronicle and beetsolonely.com, Ron Titter Band), “DANCIN’” ERIN JANTZEN (L.A.X.), JASON REECE (…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, co-owner of Beauty Bar Austin), PHILIP SAMBOL (Strange Boys), SAM BROWN (The Whitest Kids You Know), STACY SMITH (DJ Lingerie)

- Wed, Nov 11: San Diego, Bar Pink, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius and judges BRANDON WELCHEZ (Crocodiles), DEE DEE GOOD (Dum Dum Girls), JOHN REIS (Night Marchers!), LUCY WHERLY (X-Mas Island), and MARIO ORDUNO (Art Phag)

- Thur, Nov 12: Los Angeles, Spaceland, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius and judges JENNA THORNHILL (Mika Miko, Silver Daggers, tc), JESSICA PELETA (ESPs, Weird War, etc), MICHAEL GERNER (Vietnam), MIKE WATT (Minutemen, Firehose, Stooges, etc), WENDY YAP (Ooga Booga)

- Fri, Nov 13: San Francisco, 111 Minna, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius, Paul Paul and guest DJs Primo and Jello Biafra with judges IRENE HERNANDEZ-FEIKS (Chillin’ Productions), John TRIPPE (founder/editor, Fecal Face), KARLA LaVEY (Founder/leader, First Satanic Church), LIL B (The Pack), MATT GONZALEZ (Green Party leader, fine artist, and activist), SAM GREEN (Academy Award-nominated director of Weather Underground), TY SEGALL (Goner Records recording artiste!)

- Sat, Nov 14: Oakland, Uptown, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and Ian Svenonius with judges ANDY JORDAN (Buzzer/The cuts/Time Flies), CANSA FIS FOTE (Careerers), DJ JAY SONIC (Hot Tub), KNEWMAN (AZiz Habibi), and RACHEL SWAN (East Bay Express)

- Sun, Nov 15: Arcata, Arcata Theater, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and judges Zachary Hruby (Zac Institute), Aimee Hennessy (La Dolce Video), Bryan Phillips (Big Pete’s Pizzaria), Jesse Pearson (Buffy Swayze, Arrogant Hare), Victor Temple (New World Ballet) and Monica Topping (KSLG) and Michelle Cable (Panache Booking)

- Tue, Nov 17: Portland, Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr Jonathan Toubin and judges COLIN JARREL (Nice Boys/The Riffs/East End), HONEY OWNES (of Valet and Rad Summer), JENNY HOYSTON (Erase Errata, Weed Wolf, Rotture), LEE COHEN (Manager of Dandy Warhols), LISA SCHONBERG (Explode Into Colors), and VALENTINE FALCON (Get Hustle and Rad Summer)

- Sat, Nov 21: Brooklyn (post-Blowfly), Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off, Glasslands Gallery

then, NY Night Train is home for the holidays:

- Wed, Nov 18: NYC, Motor City homecoming
- Fri, Nov 20: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Nov. 21 (early): Brooklyn, Knitting Factory: Blowfly at Knitting Factory w/DJ Mr. JT
- Sat, Nov 21 (late): Brooklyn, Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off, Glasslands Gallery
- Weds, Nov 25: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thur, Nov 26: Brooklyn, Enid’s: Annual NY Night Train Thanksgiving
- Fri, Nov 27: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Weds, Dec 2: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Fri, Dec 4: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Dec 5: Brooklyn, special Red Hook holiday jam TBA
- Weds, Dec 9: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Dec 10: Portland, Maine: Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Fri, Dec 11: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Dec 12: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Soul Clap and Dance
-Off
- Weds, Dec 16: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Dec, 17: Brooklyn: Live With Animals, Jewish Christmas w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin, Golden Triangle, y mas
- Fri, Dec 18: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Weds, Dec 23: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Dec 24: NYC, Motor City: NY Night Train Christmas
- Fri, Dec 25: NYC, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Dec.26: NYC, Glasslands: Special Holiday Soul Clap and Dance-Off
- Weds, Dec 30: NYC, Motor City: New York Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin and friends
- Thu, Dec 31: NYC, Motor City: NY Night Train 3rd Annual New Years til way past dawn
- Fri, Jan 1: NYC, Home Sweet Home: New Years Day Slow Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
- Sat, Jan 2: Brooklyn Museum hosts Mr Jonathan Toubin

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