My good friend DJ DETROIT is in town this week and we’re pulling out all the stops for SOUL NITE at THE BEDFORD. We’ll be playing Otis and Gladys, Al and Aretha, James and Etta… we’re gonna dance like it’s illegal. Come meet your future ex!

Wednesday, Feb 22
SOUL NITE
with A.P. Smith & DJ DETROIT
at The Bedford – at the back bar – 110 Bedford Avenue and N.11th
9pm till last call. No cover.

** Side Entrance on N.11th.

So you didn’t get kissed on Valentine’s Day… so what! Come out tonight and find that hot ass! DJ Cunnilingus and I will be spinning soul music all night: James Brown, Al Green, Charles Bradley, Otis Redding… We may just play something from the soundtrack to The Commitments. And at midnight we’re playing a special tribute medley for the late, great Whitney Houston.

Wednesday, Feb 8
GET IT THE DAY AFTER: A DANCE PARTY
with A.P. Smith & DJ Cunnilingus
at The Bedford – at the back bar – 110 Bedford Avenue and N.11th
9pm till last call. No cover.

** Side Entrance on N.11th.

I wrote two stories for the current issue of the Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts newspaper. Each story profiles a local Greenpoint business: Cup, the coffee shop on Norman Avenue, and The Yard, a new co-working facility on Nassau Avenue. Both businesses are a stone’s throw from my loft and it was a pleasure to meet with the owners and craft profiles of businesses in my neighborhood.

Next Wednesday night, 2/8 Professor Wexler and I are taking over Legion Bar (Metropolitan Ave. at Bushwick Ave.) for an all-night, all-R&B, bump-n-grind dance party. We’ll be playing R Kelly, Ginuwine, Tyrese, Joe, Usher, BLACKstreet, LL Cool J, and taking requests!

It’s an all-night dance party. You can get it. Geet it.

Wednesday, Feb 8
SEX PLANET: 90s R&B Dance Party
with A.P. Smith & Professor Wexler
at Legion Bar 790 Metropolitan Ave at Bushwick Ave.
9pm till last call. No cover.

I dont know man maybe maybe
I might have missed something
You know what I’m saying
But I like slow dancing in the club fuck the bullshit
I like getting close to a fine ass chick,
You feel me?
- R Kelly, “Sex Planet”

For this episode, Professor Wexler and I play an eclectic mix of hits from today and yesterday including a Phish cover of TV On The Radio, The Mountain Goats, Mike Wexler, JIMES and David Bowie. Discussion points include hallucinogens, college sweethearts, and the forthcoming LCD Soundsystem documentary “Shut Up And Play The Hits”.

Right click to download (60 min)
http://apsmith.net/radio/JANUARY_31_2012.mp3

This Wednesday night, 2/1 DJ Keyboard Cat and I continue our DJ residency at The Bedford (Bedford Ave. and N.11th St.) playing only international psychedelia. You can expect some tripped out tunes from Mali, Nigeria, Peru, Spain, Italy, Iran, Turkey and beyond. DJ Keyboard Cat is one of the world’s premiere music ethnographers and I am thrilled to be sharing the decks with him. Come out Wednesday night! I’ll be sure the bartender gives you a heavy pour.

*** ENTER THROUGH THE SIDE ENTRANCE ON N.11th

Wednesday, Feb 1
ALTERED: International Psychedelia
with A.P. Smith & DJ Keyboard Cat
at The Bedford Bedford Ave. and N.11th St.
9pm till last call = FREE FUN!

In this episode Professor Wexler and I play home-town heroes Japanther and emerging fuzz buzz duo Unstoppable Death Machines. And we announce the premiere of a new Brooklyn party called “Sex Planet” at Legion Bar next week. Take a listen!

Right click to download (46 min)
http://apsmith.net/radio/JANUARY_25_2012.mp3

This Wednesday, 1/25 DJ Keyboard Cat has invited me to join him in playing an all-night set of 1970s psychedelic music from all over the world. DJ Keyboard Cat is one of the world’s premiere music ethnographers and I am thrilled to be sharing the decks with him for one of his rare NYC performances! You can expect some Nigerian discofunk, Peruvian chicha, Spansish acid rumba, Mali gangsta rap, and who knows what else. Keyboard Cat and I spent this last weekend listening to a ton of trippy music from all over the world, and we’ve put together a set that we hope will be like nothing you’ve ever heard. Come have a drink and take a listen.

Wednesday, Jan 25
ALTERED: International Psychedelia
with A.P. Smith & DJ Keyboard Cat
at The Bedford 110 Bedford Ave.
9pm till last call = FREE FUN!

A.P. Smith and Keyboard Cat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006)

Tonight Professor Wexler and I recorded the second installment of our radio show. It’s about an hour long and we play hits by Jeff Mangum, Chairlift, Kendrick Lamar, Etta James, and more. We sound amazing – you should really take a listen.

Right click to download:
http://apsmith.net/radio/JANUARY_21_2012.mp3

It’s been some time since I produced a radio show. Some of y’all may remember Yr Weekend Starts Now, my weekly radio show at Newtown Radio. Getting in the studio and playing music and discussing music for a couple hours, it’s the best! I miss it.

And so: Professor Wexler and I built a new studio – still working out the kinks – and recorded a show to run through my list of Top Ten Albums of 2011. We’re a little rusty on the mics, we don’t even play any music until the eighth minute and it takes us almost two hours to get through the top ten albums but hey, there’s no rules with internet radio!

Right click to download:
http://apsmith.net/radio/TopTen2011.mp3