PLAYLIST - Saturday, March 29

The first installment of the new monthly Secret Squares party was a resounding success. Thanks to everyone who came out, and we hope to see you on Saturday, April 26.

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Here are partial playlists, in no discernible order and based on the memories of two guys who drank for free all night.

TYE

The Jam -- A Town Called Malice
Housematrins -- Happy Hour
Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Turn Into
Vampire Weeked -- A Punk
Depeche Mode -- Strangelove
Arcade Fire -- Antichrist Television Blues
Primitives -- Crash
Morrissey -- Hairdresser on Fire
Pete Schiling -- Major Time
MGMT -- Time to Pretend
PIL -- Public Image
Blondie -- Atomic
Peter Murphy -- Cuts You Up
Madonna -- Burning Up
Erasure -- A Little respect
New Young Pony Club -- The Get Go
The Beatles -- Tomorrow Never Knows
Raveonettes -- Hallucinations
The Sundays -- here's Where the Story Ends
Phoenix -- Too Young
Jesus & Mary Chain -- Happy When it Rains
The Breeders -- Divine Hammer
Arctic Monkeys -- Teddy Picker
Broken Social Scene -- Stars & Sons
Stars -- Ageless Beauty
Elastica -- Waking Up
The Clash -- Brand New Cadillac
Duran Duran -- Planet Earth
Silversun Pickups -- Well Thought Out Twinkles
Peter Bjorn & John -- Up Against a Wall
Wolf Parade -- We Built Another World
Belle & Sebastan -- The Boy With the Arab Strap
B-52's -- 52 Girls

JASON

Supergrass – Alright
The Act – Ping Pong
Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business
Interpol – PDA
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
DJ Lobsterdust – Urgent Situation (Foreigner vs. Yazoo)
Blur – Boys and Girls
Revlon 9 – Someone Like You
The Rapture – Get Myself Into It
Modest Mouse – The View
Blur – Bang
The Helio Sequence – Don't Look Away
Belle and Sebastian – We Are the Sleepyheads
The Clash – Train in Vain
Velvet Underground – I'm Waiting for the Man
Dramarama – Anything Anyhting
L7 – Pretend We're Dead
The Cars – Just What I Needed
Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child
B-52s – Strobe Light
The Go-Gos – Head Over Heels
Devo – Girl U Want
Berlin – Sex (I'm a...)
Jim Carrol Band – People Who Died
Sweet – Fox on the Run
Rolling Stones – Shattered
Led Zeppelin – The Crunge
Icicle Woks – Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
ELO – Turn to Stone
Plastic Bertrand – Ca Plane pour Moi
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Spoon – I Turn My Camera On
Spoon – Don't You Evah
Tracy Jordan – Werewolf Bar Mitzvah

Sectret Squares Redux... Last Saturday of Every Month!

AND... it's Brian the Designer's 35th Birthday Bash! He even added it to the flyer so no one will forget, see:

Secret Squares: The Triumphant Return

Secret Square number one on the ones and twos
We're baaaaack.

The Secret Squares reunited at Manhattan's Hanger Bar on March 1 to celebrate Kim's 27th birthday.

Although I'm going strictly from week-old memory, I can confirm that I went a little remix crazy, and my half of the set list included (in absolutely no order)...

Vampire Weekend - "Walcott (Insane Mix #2)"
Snowden - "Dreams (Stutter Fleetwood Mac remake)"
Wolfmother - "Woman (Mstrkrft remix)"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Y Control (Tommie Sunshine rmx)"
The Stills - "Still in Love Song (12" extended mix)"
The Cure - "Fire in Cairo (Egyptian remix)"
Diplo feat. Peter Bjorn & John - "Young Folks Pussy"
The Gossip - "Careless Whisper" (Wham! cover)
Joy Division - "Digital"
Interpol - "Not Even Jail"
Interpol - "PDA"
The Clash - "This Is Radio Clash"
The Rentals - "Friends of P"
Mary Jane Girls - "In My House"
Prince - "Baby I'm a Star"
New Young Pony Club - "Ice Cream"
Hot Chip - "I Was a Boy from School"
Hot Chip - "Ready for the Floor"
LCD Soundsystem - "No Love Lost" (Joy Division cover)
LCD Soundsystem - "Tribulations"
Pulp - "Misshapes"
Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods"
Rod Stewart - "D'ya Think I'm Sexy"
The Go! Team - "Ladyflash"
Love Is All - "Felt Tip"
The Stooges - "No Fun"

...and many more, but the memories are obscured by a haze of drink.

The Secret Squares prop up the birthday girl
We were in surprisingly decent form given our lengthy layoff, and a great time was had by all. Stay tuned for updates on possible future outings...