CLAUDIO SIMONETTI INTERVIEW

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CRAZY RHYTHMS REUNION ???? this weekend?

huh? yes the rumors are true. the front
page of the NY TIMES devoted almost the
entire space to this news. its huge news
actually. myself and Dan Selzer are reuniting
for a gig with our old friends at Mighty
Robot for a reunion at one of our old haunts
from back in the early 2000's. we will be djing
this weekend together. also on the same night
is Ben Manzones party FOREAL PEOPLE on Grand Street
at the Lucky Cat a few blocks away, and ALSO
Professor Genius and DC Larue (no, really DC
LARUE) at Tribeca Grand in NYC. if you play
your cards right you can see DC and Professor
Genius, make your way to Brooklyn and stop by
Mighty Robot AND Foreal People and make it
a very special Italians night! Hope to see
you there. for Brooklyn guest list for the
party hit me up.

in case you want to learn more about Crazy
Rhythms, check igetrvng.com to order our
mix cd from years and years ago...

PARTY INFO:
SATURDAY June 21
210 Kent Ave @ Metropolitan in Williamsburg- 1am.


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Mike's JULY dj gigs of note for those who care, etc

im djing in July:

JUNE 28 NYC
July 4 BRAZIL (Rio) at Lounge 69
July 5 BRAZIL (Sao Paulo) at Club Vegas
July 10 NEW YORK CITY at Love
July 12 TORONTO CANADA @ Wrong Bar
July 17 CHICAGO ILLINOIS USA (We Heart Chicago Festival)
July 19 MOSCOW Russia (w/ Glass Candy, Chromatics, and OPTIMO)
July 26 WASHINGTON DC @ Trinidad and Tobago Association Hall- 5123 Georgia Ave. NW,


more real info soon regarding records.. maybe the return
of KILLER KUTS!

and one more thing. some people have been asking for copies of
some of the edits i play out sometimes when i dj. there are no
plans to release such edits to the public as they are for dj purposes
and they are meant to be heard out in the club. so if you REALLY
want to hear them, come out to the party! plus sometimes such
"edits" (i use that word VERY VERY loosely) are done on the spot
via the handy cdj with the 5 or so cds i actually take with me when i
play out... cds- lol!

my favorite CAN footage

djing in Mexico this weekend

i'll be in Mexico City this weekend djing. if you are in the
area come down:

June 13th, 10 pm
Pasaje America
5 de Mayo # 7
Mexico City/DF
$100 pesos

DJing IN NYC TONIGHT

totally forgot to mention this. I am djing Lotus tonight (Friday 6th)
in NYC in the meatpacking district on 14th street... if you are in
the neighborhood come by.

More NYC dates coming soon (Love, Rubulad, 205 Club).
I made it a personal summer resolution to dj in my hometown
more often.


http://www.lotusnewyork.com


coming to Mexico next week...

mailorder issues

hi. ok so the 12" mailorder issues have all been resolved
for the most part. thanks for your patience! sorry for the
sporadic updates. been busy on tour, having babies, etc...
the After Dark 3lp will be out within a month if all goes well.
if you see the latest Italians 12"s in the stores better grab
them fast as they are almost all gone!

track of the day (stock photo stolen from the interweb):

TOTE BAGS ??? (and t-shirt restocks)

now available:: ITALIANS TOTE BAGS

black heavy duty tote bags. not your average crappy
canvas style. These are really nice! double sided
grey ink on black bags. we only made 25 bags, so
get em while you can. we also made a few more
t-shirts because we got so many email requests for
more. The shirts are Gildan brand, and are dark blue
with black ink. we only have size SMALL and MEDIUMS!
We made about 20 shirts. killer.

ORDER THEM HERE

PS: all the outstanding orders ship this week. VERY SORRY!!!

after the party its the afterparty

come hang out after the Italians party

ITALIANS SPRING PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO!!!

super excited about this one! join us in San Francisco this memorial day
weekend for the official ITALIANS DO IT BETTER SPRING SPECTACULAR!

performing live:

GLASS CANDY
CHROMATICS
FARAH
Mike Simonetti on the dj skills

this will sell out so get your tix now! personally i am super stoked to see
Farah!

SUNDAY MAY 25 2008
Rickshaw Stop SF, CA

GLASS CANDY UK maiden voyage !! !!! !!

we are proud to announce the maiden voyage of Glass Candy
to the UK. We will have for sale two different shirt designs, 12"s, cds, &
even Italians Do It Better shirts , and maybe even IDIB totebags!!!
get there early because we didnt make many! Also look out for
some Glass Candy dates supporting M.I.A. in the future... I am
djing Cargo again on Monday night in case you care.

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GLASS CANDY with dj support from Mr Simonetti on the wheels of steel:


May 8 2008 10:00P CARGO London

May 9 2008 10:00P ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES Camber Sands

May 10 2008 10:00P THE CROFT Bristol

May 12 2008 10:00p - Mike Simonetti djing at Cargo London (no Glass Candy)

May 13 2008 10:00P BARFLY Brighton

May 15 2008 10:00P Manchester

May 16 2008 10:00P MAXIMUM JOY Dublin

many people are asking...

for the original version of the Rubies track "I Feel Electric"...
here you go! :

to everyone who mailordered the new 12"s

hello. so heres why you dont have your records yet. our pressing
plant (pirates press) screwed up in a major way and sent al the records
to the distributor, and the distributor sold out of everything in a
matter of days before we realized how they screwed up. this was a
major error on their part.

This is actually GOOD news for some of you. because of this, we are
forced to repress them all because we were shorted. the represses
will be here in a week. we are VERY VERY sorry about this. to
make it up to you , we will give you any IDIB cd of your choice. (or
a t-shirt if you are size youth large or youth medium!)
email us at orders@troublemanunlimited.com and give me your
order info and we will throw it in.

we managed to salvage some Conga People 12"s, so those of you
who ordered that record will get it sent this week.


We expect the two Tiedye 12"s to be here VERy soon. once again
we apologize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you want refund , please let us know.
we hope you can be patient enough though!

so if you didnt get the new 12"s- dont fear! we will have more. so order
now while you can!

thanks again!

the most comprehensive interview ever!

while i was away on tour an interview i did a while ago was finally
released (because it took me so long to get the mix together- sorry)...
the mix and interview is for the cosmic disco blog. it is by far the
ultimate interview if you really care about my life (as if!)... but
seriously, it is really long. it is safe to say i will never do an interview
this thorough again! the mix is part two of the Zed Aught Magazine
mix i did for their website a while back. (aka the Fashion Magazine mix)...
i did this mix first take- like all of the mixes i do. if its done with a
computer, it aint real!

get the interview here

download/listen to the mix here

last day of Chromatics tour

about to head home. thanks to everyone who
has supported us on the Chromatics tour. you
were all great! hope to see you in a few weeks
on GLASS CANDY's maiden voyage to the UK. Chromatics
will be back to see you all again this year, most
likely towards the end of the year.

Also, most of the new 12" mailorders were shipped
last week. We are repressing the Tiedye RUBIES
remix as we speak so dont pay Ebay prices!!!

MIKE DJING IN LONDON TONIGHT AGAIN (different night!)

hi. im djing London tonight at DURRR . if you live
in London you know where it is... main room
1am. Monday 21 April 2008.

MIKE DJING IN LONDON TONIGHT @ Horse Meat Disco

last minute thing. im djing HORSE MEAT DISCO
tonight in London- come down if you are in London. I may
also be playing tomorrow night, if you care. More
infos soon..

SECOND CHROMATICS SHOW ADDED IN LONDON

hello. transmitting from London on approx 3 hours sleep. Last
nights show was excellent! thanks everyone for coming out
and making our maiden voyage to London very special. You
even made Ruth cry during Running Up That Hill with your
awesome response!

We added a second gig at the same venue on TUESDAY April
22nd. Go to the venue, Rough Trade or Phonica for tickets.
As of last night we were told the tickets were selling fast. If
you missed us please come out, as we are extending our stays
just for you!

ALSO, on Italians news- the 12"s are selling very fast. I popped
into Rough Trade and Phonica and they are all sold out. But fear
not- we are going to repress the Tiedye w/ Feist 12" in yet
another small edition. We werent expecting it to sell out in
minutes. If you want to secure a copy your best bet is to
order from the TMU website. This way you are guaranteed to
get one. The other Tiedye 12" is not getting repressed because
we do not want Lars Ulrich knocking down our door (even though
he started

record store day
I may also be djing a few times when im out here, but to be
honest - im too tired to think right now.. See You Next Tuesday,
as they say....

CHROMATICS IN EUROPE!! (me too)

Chromatics make their maiden voyage overseas. Its been years in
the making, and we are all very excited. I hear most of these gigs
are sold out already, but i also heard some walk up tickets
may be available. I will be djing these gigs as well, and there are going to be
some afterparties as well- so keep your eyes here. We are all very
excited! Come out and say hello. All the Chromatics shirts are sold
out as well! Thanks for the support.

Apr 17 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// ROTER SALON Berlin

Apr 18 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// LECH PARTY INSPIRATIONS Poznan

Apr 19 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// CAFE 1001 WAREHOUSE London

-working on a second gig on London due to demand! (thanks!)

Apr 21 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// STEREO Glasgow

Apr 23 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// BARFLY Brighton

Apr 24 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// ANDREWS LANE THEATER Dublin

Apr 25 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// DE KRUEN Kortrijk

Apr 26 2008
CHROMATICS LIVE /// MAKE UP Ghent

THREE NEW ITALIANS TWELVES!!!

hello. sorry for the delay in getting these out. Heres the
story with these records. These will be shipping for all
mailorder customers in about two weeks. We are waiting for
them to come from the plant, but they are finished! So
order now and we will ship them when they get here! We also
added a bundle option so you can order all three records and save
money on shipping.

The three new releases (all in the Italians DO It Better
disco sleeve). We will put pictures up when they get here.

1. Invisible Conga People 12" - NY record of the year??
Serious stuff here. check it: http://www.myspace.com/invisiblecongapeople
(first press of 1000)

2. Tiedye "Nothing" one-sided laser etched 12" (one-time
pressing of 1000 because its a Metallica cover and we dont want
Lars to get us :) )

3. The Rubies featuring Feist "I Feel Electric" 12" (Tiedye Remix)
-very limited pressing of 500 copies only. This is a spacial
one-sided release. Tiedye remix the all girl indie group Rubies. Guest
vocals is Fiest). This is limited to 500 copies for now. We are trying to
secure the rights to press more of these...

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