This Week at Don Hill's - 511 Greenwich St. @ Spring St.

Thursday, March 8th

Ray West of Spread Eagle
Low Buzz
Swaggerdogs
Poptart Monkeys

Doors @ 7:00 PM


Friday, March 9th

area

and earlier:

Skipp Whitman
Afterdawn
Brutus Bones

Doors @ 7:30 PM


Saturday, March 10th

MisShapes

EVERY SATURDAY :: 10PM - 4AM

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MISSHAPES IS ABOUT GREAT MUSIC AND WE BELIEVE GREAT MUSIC HAS NO GENRE BOUNDARIES
IT'S ABOUT SONGS THAT JUST MAKE YOU WANT TO DANCE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME

I want you to take me out

Along side DJ's and hosts Greg.K, Leigh Lezark, and Geo, each week special guest DJ's (Previous guests include Boy George, members of The Rapture, Fischerspooner, and Les Savy Fav, as well as writers from Rolling Stone, Index, Spin, and the Village Voice) are on deck playing music to get you in the mood. Playing an explosive mixture of indie, alternative, rock'n'roll, pop, bootlegs, electro, punk, post-punk, new wave, garage rock, and retro 80's classics, we try not to play stuff that's heavily represented on other nights; not because it's not good, but because those nights do such a good job of covering it already. So take the weight off your wallet and come get smashed with the MisShapes every Saturday.

Though inspired by New York parties Motherfucker and Tiswas, and the glamour of their hosts Justine D and Michael T, who have truly perfected bringing together groups who like all different music - rock, punk, electro, indie etc in one place, MisShapes is the sister party to Miss-Shapes, which is held at The Ghetto in London. Greg K has visited the party on a few occasions and was really attracted to one of the parties original flyers featuring the faces of Jarvis Cocker, Damon Albarn, Courtney Love, and Shirley Manson. One thing the NY parties lacked was the "fun pop" thrown into the rock indie electro mix, and this UK party certainly knew when to turn out a hit from the pop sensation du jour. Like its very successful UK sister, which recently celebrated their 8th year anniversary, Misshapes is about the colored dancing lights and the kids who return each week in the hopes that even Whitney Houston could be played alongside Le Tigre.

MisShapes is partially named after a Pulp song, but its more poignant meaning comes from our circle of friends and the crowd we see out at parties - we are all very different, but even across continents, somehow we fit in together, connected through our love of dancing and new music.

and earlier:

Melonhand
The Bed Heads
Unplugged
Morf Phish
The Latex Experience
Dora & The Explorers

Doors @ 4:00 PM


Sunday, March 11th

Amateur Female Jello Wrestling

Join Our Feminist Fight Club

with musical guests:

Kelly Buchanan
GSX

21+ to attend
Admission - Free if you wrestle
$3 for girls who choose not to wrestle
$7 boys who come with girls
$15 for single guys (Guys! Bring a girl!)

Door: 8:00 PM
"Wrestle lesson" if you want to wrestle: 6:30 PM

Check out GIRL FIGHT! article in NY Press!


Click for more photos!

Since 2003, top New York lighting designer Dana Sterling has produced monthly Amateur Female Jello Wrestling parties in downtown bars. The event has generated a loyal and growing group of participants and fans, and features a kiddie-pool filled with ‘jello’ (see our website for the ingredients), some outrageously fun wrestling outfits, a huge dose of humor, and some of the city’s best up-and-coming rock bands and DJs. This event allows women from all walks of life to express their show-womanship and sports-womanship with self-created wrestling identities in a safe, supportive, and uproariously fun environment. Wrestlers of all shapes and sizes get free on-the-spot training in safety and WWF-style wrestling moves, along with help developing their wrestling alter egos, costumes and performances, so they can strut stuff in their own chosen styles. Many women who have participated describe their experiences as both hilarious and empowering, and return to wrestle again at future partie.

Interested in wrestling? Please RSVP to DanaSterli@aol.com or 917-653-5674, and show up for training at 6:30 PM on the day of the event. For more info, please visit www.jellowrestle.com.

"The show is done for the girls, put together by girls, as something that's a fun, friendly competition," said Dana Sterling, 31, who has organized the "Amateur Female Jello Wrestling" competition once a month for the last three years.’
– Reuters

"Think the days of female empowerment through mortal combat were over? Think again — as this tongue-in-cheek sporting event brings ready-made desserts back to the ring where they belong."
– TimeOut New York


For upcoming events, please check the
Don Hill's online calendar.