SHIRTS!

hello. sorry for the delay with the shirts,
but we finally have them ready to go. they
are available in either black or dark blue
shirts with metallic black ink. when
ordering state your shirt color preference,
but please be aware you may not get the
color you want, so be prepared to get black
if you order blue, or vice versa- but we will
try our hardest to fill your request!!!
we only have a small number of these and they
will probably go really fast.

order them HERE

some old flyers

here are some flyers i found laying around from back
when i used to work at Mars in NYC. most of these date from
1987-1990 when i was working there (even though i was
grossly under age!)

I'm back on Beats In Space

Hello. Next Tuesday, i believe Feb 12 maybe- I'll
be back to do the guest dj thing Beats In Space for what
i believe is my fifth time... It must be some sort of
world record. I think Tim mentioned there will be
an awards ceremony involving a trophy and oversized
check.

This appearance is special because Tim asked me to
do an all-Krautrock special perhaps to celebrate the imminent
release of the Invisible Conga People 12"? Maybe because
disco is over and emo is back? We will never know now
will we???

Mike djing in BERLIN / FRANKFURT

HI. I will be traveling to Germany to play records
and give out t-shirts to the German contingent. When
I get back we will have the Italians t-shirts available
for sale. Sorry for the delay! If you are in Germany
please come out and while you're there, bring me some
La Dusseldorf records please?? ACTUALLY , speaking of
Germany, I will be making a return appearance to my
man Tim's BEATS IN SPACE radio program on Feb 12th as
part of his Krautrock special. I think its my 5th time
on his show? 4th maybe? Either way, it will be all
Krautrock- i'm literally psyched about this!

FRIDAY FEB 1 2008 - Another Club @ Lola Montez Basement
Address: Im Städelhof 6 myspace.com/discodust --
FRANKFURT

SATURDAY FEB 2 2008 - Club Villa Address: Landsberger
Allee 54 -Vice Fashion Week party -- BERLIN

Mike djing in London / Newcastle this weekend

hello
I'll be in London and Newcastle this weekend. Please
come by and hang out! I just found out I'm playing
London with my man Pilooski , so it should be a great
time.

*** Friday Jan 25th LONDON UK @ Death To All Culture
Snitches w/ Pilooski (Dirty Edits) located @ 12 Acklam
Road in West London

*** Saturday Jan 26th NEWCASTLE UK @ Bernaccia Bar

GLASS CANDY in PHILLY & BALTIMORE THIS WEEKEND!

WOW, so much happening this weekend!
Come catch a rare East Coast appearance
by Glass Candy this weekend! It may be the only
time they play out there this year! The parties
should be awesome, as Diplo is hosting them. These
are always insane parties, and i think this one
just might be a rager!

Friday January, 18 2008 at TAXLO DANCE PARTY
Baltimore, Maryland at SONAR 407 E Saratoga St
www.sonarbaltimore.com 18+ to get in.

Saturday January, 19 2008 at THE MAD DECENT
MAUSOLEUM Philadelphia PA. -12th & Spring Garden
BYOB- Cost : $8

MIKE's BIRTHDAY PARTY THIS WEEKEND

Hello NYC. Come celebrate the birth of Mike
Simonetti this weekend in the form of a
dj playing records for you to dance to.

Mike turns 18 all over again and djs a party
to prove it.

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Friday Jan 18 2008 at Tatler @ LOTUS:
409 W 14th St
between 9th & 10th Ave - NYC

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also playing with myself is my man Justin
Miller of 205 club fame. He also works at
this upstart label called DFA. Perhaps you've
heard of them? I think they have a bright
future ahead of them. Just found out Jacques
is playing too.

This party is a co-birthday party for myself
and my very good friend Michael T, who
is best known for being one of the founders
of Motherfucker (RIP), and an overall great
person in the otherwise dismal NYC nightlife
scene.


There is a $20 cover charge for this party.
For those of you who dont know, Lotus is
one of those Meatpacking District super clubs
that was on Sex And The City and all that
stuff. BUT i have an unlimited guest list, so
if you want to get in for FREE, email me at
mike@troublemanunlimited.com
tell your friends. It's all good in the hood.

I'll be in London and Newcastle to dj on Jan
25 & 26. More on that soon.

Italians t-shirts getting reprinted

hi. due to demand we will be making a small reprint
of Italians shirts. These will be the same block letter
design, except it will be black ink on black shirts.
They look excellent! We should have them in a week or so.
We are only making 25 shirts in this limited color run.

Mike djing WEDNESDAY Jan 9th in NYC (free booze!)

hi. I'm djing Wednesday Jan 9th in NYC:

The Gallery Bar (120 Orchard Street NYC)
between Delancey and Houston---

this is a Flaunt Magazine party. (excellent mag).
ITS FREE!! and its sponsored by Dewars scotch
and i believe its an open Dewars bar for the
whole night.

to get into this party you must RSVP by
calling: 323-836-1016

hope to see you all there!

please be aware that the party is from
8pm - 11pm !!! i go on at 9pm but
get early to get sloshed.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR MIX FOR YOU

Happy New Year from the Italians crew. all reports from
San Francisco were that the Glass Candy New Years Eve
blowout was indeed a blowout and it was full of New
Years madness. Wish i was there.

But I had my thing at Rubulad and it was pretty crazy.
Also apologies for those of you who came out late to see me
and left when the cops came. After they left we started up and
went well into the late morning. Next time I play Rubulad I'll
put you on the list and buy you a drink, so email me (you
know who you all are).

ps: the midnight NYE tune was "Love Is In The Air"...

Anyway, to celebrate the arrival of 2008, we offer you a mix by our
own Qlint, who happens to be in TIEDYE. Our pal Pilooski of Dirty
Edits fame posted it on his blog and we are sending you to his
website to grab it. Its a zshare file so you can stream it live or
download it. The mix is pretty great. Look out for the third
track, which is a Tiedye edit of Tom Petty "Dont Come Around
Here No More". Its an Italians favorite!

Qlint tape mix
TRACK LISTING FOR YOU:
1. Fabio Frizzi & Giorgio Cascio - Zombie Attack
2. Mythos - When the Show Just Begun
3. Tom Petty - Don´t Come Around (Tiedye dub-version)
4. Paul McCartney - Check My Machine
5. A Mountain of One - Ment Goes Nothing
6. Klaus Schulze - Tango-Saty
7. Brigade Mondaine - Generique
8. Joe Cocker - Sweet Little Woman (12" Mix)
9. SKY - Westway
10. Crosby Stills & Nash - Dark Star
11. Peter Green - In the Skyes
12. Cat Gang - Locomotive Breath (Special Rock Version)
13. It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home
14. B. B Band - All Night Long (Instrumental Version)

GLASS CANDY Miss Broadway 12" REPRESS OUT NOW!

hi
back for one more dispatch before NYE. the repress is out now and available
through mailorder. check the links at the right. Its the one that says
OUR MAILORDER DISTRIBUTOR. it will take you to the store. We also
repressed the Chromatics In The City. They should be in stores by the
first week of 2008 . . . . ...... But you can get it cheap thru mailorder.
If it is still showing TEMP OUT OF STOCK, check back because our
web dude will have it up tonight. happy new years , etc.

Italians on both coasts this New Years Eve

hello
Glass Candy performing this New Years Eve in beautiful
San Francisco at The Knockout CLub for the Donuts party.
Our very good friend Lovefingers is providing the musical
enjoyment. Look out for an Italians collabo with our
man Lovefingers in the future.


Mike is returning to Rubulad on New Years Eve. The
Scandanavian dates are pushed to March due to
scheduling conflicts. For info on the party
shoot me an email thru the blog. Its a secret party and
we dont want to get shut down... You know the deal. I
believe I play from 3am onwards. Last NYE was a blur
but I remember at 11 am someone brought me a bagel as
I was djing..

This will be our last dispatch of 2007.We have tons of
stuff happening on 2008, so check back here often! A
warm thanks to all of you who have supported our new
venture that is IDIB. We would be nothing without you!
But seriously, we really appreciate it! Look out for
the official Italians website to launch in early 2008
as well. And of course, more music! Tiedye and Invisible
Conga People 12"s will ring in the new year.

oh yeah... GLASS CANDY "Miss Broadway" 12" repressing will
be available on Jan 1, 2008!


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Mikes PS1 set PT 1 is finally up

hello. My early PS1 set is up. This is the
set before party/drunk mode. SO all you
record dudes can get your kicks!

PS1
scroll down to Mike Simonetti PT 1

old GLASS CANDY RECORDS unearthed!

hi. our distributor found some older out of print Glass
Candy records in their warehouse and we got them back
to sell in our store. we only have about 15 of each,
so jump on them fast if you want them. the records are:

Glass Candy 'I Always Say Yes' 12" - this is officially
out of print. We only pressed 1000 of these. Italians
may be repressing this in the future but it will have
different art and maybe even some different tunes.
so if you need this bad boy- grab it!!! This is the
Troubleman pressing. order it at the link below, and
scroll down a little. its towards the middle:

I ALWAYS SAY YES 12"Glass Candy 'Excitebike' 7"- an older Glass Candy 7" from the
period right before they went 100% electronic. These songs are
amazing though. they were doing balaeric disco punk years
before anyone else was. I remember people complaining
these songs were "too slow"! Boy how times have changed.
This is one of my favorite GC 7"s personally. The art is
great as well. order it at the link below, and
scroll down a little. its towards the middle:

EXCITEBIKE 7""
-these may not be up in the TMU store until tonight,
so check back later if they arent available yet. We are
waiting on our web dude to get home from his day job!

djhistory.com mystery mix up now

hello
did a mix for djhistory.com.

DOWNLOAD IT HERE
this mix is called "Mike's (near) Death Mix".
it was recorded a day after being sent home from
the hospital after having a near death asthma attack.
so apologies if the mix seems a little wonky at times. i was
tripping pretty hard on steroids and xanax! killer times.


PS: yes i know you can hear me cueing sometimes. yes i was
high, what do you expect? i dont even remember making
this mix. i was literally tripping.

MIAMI THIS WEEKEND!

Italians @ Art Basel Miami this weekend

hello. Glass Candy is playing Art Basel Miami
this weekend, and Mike is djing the afterparty
as well, in case you are out there hanging out
with Hulk Hogan...

Friday December, 7 2007 Glass Candy LIVE at STUDIO A
Miami as part of Art Basel. 10pm doors.

Friday December 7th @ Art basel Miami. 1am-ish. - its
the Glass Candy/Italians Art Basel party at PS14 -
28 NE 14th st Miami. Mike Simonetti on the wheels
of steel.


more infos tomorrow...