I’m Doing A Thing

Day of the Dead Ep 17 Travel Writer Lavinia Spalding

I’m Doing A Thing

Technically, a couple things, and I wanted to make sure you guys heard. First up: this Sunday, November 5 from 4-7 pm, I’m helping out at a fundraiser for Northern California fire victims. We’ll be at the Cat Club SF for an afternoon 80s/90s Dance Party. Those generous dudes are giving 50% of all bar sales and 100% of all tips to the Redwood Credit Union’s North Bay Fire Relief’s Efforts, and there will be additional ways to donate there. All the details you need are on Facebook. (No, I will not be wearing ’80s gear. That’s for Millennials’ cosplay.)

If you can’t come out on Sunday and would like to help get our North Bay neighbors back on their feet, just go to https://www.redwoodcu.org/northbayfirerelief.

I’ll be DJ’ing – or more accurately, as I learned in my podcast interview with DJ Misbehaviour, I’m Selector – from 4:30 -5:30 pm. The fact that I can branch out into ‘90s music has me inordinately excited because I can finally play my all-time favorite alt ‘90s dance song that is on frequent kitchen dance party rotation over here. (I love it so much I have considered sneaking it into an ‘80s set in the past at the Cat Club but knew that someone, without a doubt, would call bullshit on the decade. Those dancers know their stuff.) I’m also playing one that will remind guests that, at the end of the day, I’m a humor writer and will do anything for a cheap laugh. Wanna guess? One of the first mashups of rap and country…

The other event is on Tuesday, November 21 at my beloved Oakland indie bookstore, A Great Good Place for Books. At 7 pm I’ll be talking about my favorite music books published in 2017, in plenty of time for your holiday shopping. I’ve read some awesome stuff this year across genres, and am excited to tell you about them…I’ll also be hyping some classic music books that I think every single person should have on the bookshelf.

So mark your calendars and I hope I’ll see you out there!

One of the ’90s songs that is now on the cutting room floor for Sunday, not danceable enough. But a great (guilty pleasure?) tune.