The Do-Over

I guess it’s safe to say our New Years Resolution of taking it easy on the ole sauce just ain’t gonna work out cuz’ we are a day late and dollar short on a recap from The New-Over. Well, it’s safe to say the hangover has finally settled and just in time to bring you the first ever Valentine’s Bash aka The Do-Lover this Sunday Feb 14th (2pm-10pm). Before we get into that though, let’s try to remember what transpired on New Years Day. We remember hitting capacity around 4pm and not much more after that. Wait… the outdoor patio and bar received a nice face lift adding some extra room (or maybe that was following The Left-Over) and oh yah, our mystery guests J.Rocc, Stretch Armstrong, Rockwell & DJ Higher absolutely destroyed it.  It was one of the craziest parties all year. Wait, that’s how we kicked the year off!? Something tells us this is going to be one crazy season (Save The Date: May 16th kickoff).

Al Myers Pics

Al Myers Polaroids

DJ SETS SOON COME (—>watch this space <—)

Good times as always at our Sunday soiree in. Wiseacre started us off with a nice blend of now and then and a little bit of rare here and there. Benny Ben put the “D” in Do-Over with a high speed up-tempo set not unlike what our Detroit patrons say they would hear back home. The Beat Junkies came through for DJ Babu’s birthday and instituted the first Do-Over “Take Over” with party rocking sets by J.Rocc, Rhettmatic, and debut sets by Curse and Babu. John Arnold followed in suit by keeping the party hyped with some more hip hop and a bit of his hometown Detroit sound. Before it was time to go, Induce took us home with some funk, freestyle and disco.

If you know what The Do-Over is about, then you know you don’t wanna miss out. We are riding out this 2009 season with a STACKED lineup, each week.

What’cha Wanna Do? Do-Over!

Al Myers Pics

DOWNLOAD: Beat Junkie invasion (Babu, Rhettmatic, J.Rocc & Curse):
http://www.zshare.net/audio/65542494a3ebe3aa/

DOWNLOAD: Wiseacre:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/6554154605b30397/

Polaroid thanks to Al Myers

What a “doozy”! The July heat finally came through and kicked us all in the ass as the sangria (actually all drinks) seemed to go down much more quickly this week at The Do-Over. An early visit from paramedics proved once again its wise to get hydrated with the clear stuff (no, not vodka) before and during your arrival at Cranes.

With the heat means more sweat and the guest DJ’s surely added to that. Early resident styles from Haycock into a mind exploding selection from Andy Votel brought us into the jam packed madness we’ve come to expect week in and week out. Big thanks to Aussie’s Nick Toth and DJ Sheep for building the rootsy funky dancefloor vibes, followed by slippery classic soul from Mayer Hawthorne. Do-Over favorite J.Rocc arrived just in time and I’m sure you all can’t disagree. Finally, one of our favorite genius musicians Jeremy Ellis had everyone picking their jaws up off the floor following 90 minutes of live madness.

Only a couple days away, we do it again large this week. You all know to trust us with that by now. Enjoy the rest of the week and we look forward to seeing you stumbling around with us on Sunday.

What’cha Wanna Do? Do-Over!

DOWNLOAD: Jeremy Ellis LIVE:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/647119409f030707/

DOWNLOAD: J.Rocc:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/626167787121de1a/

DOWNLOAD: Andy Votel:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/62618389bfcdd06f/

DOWNLOAD: Sheep:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/62617699f591c9d7/

DOWNLOAD: Nick Toth:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/62617715775468ae/

PICS: Al Myers & Al Myers Polaroids

More polaroids from Al Myers after the jump

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Whew. We did it! Somehow we survived another six months of getting done-over and what a past six months it has been. Season Four of The Do-Over was indeed a special one. One quick look at our mystery guests from this year and it could easily be mistaken for a lineup at Coachella (and for free!?!). It’s hard to believe we’ve been so fortunate to have such an amazing cast of artists/dj’s bless us at The Do-Over, but that is a testament to you, our loyal attendees and supporters so for that, we thank you. The Do-Over will always be a party for the people and by the people. Special thanks goes out to Peanut Butter Wolf, J.Rocc, Rhettmatic, Dam-Funk, C-Minus, House Shoes, Induce, Mixmaster Noah and Jedi for getting down at our annual Boo-Over Extravaganza. What a way to end an amazing year. Costumes were plentiful, spirits were high, and good times were had by all. On that note, it’s been real, it’s been fun, and shit, it’s been real fun, but it’s time for Aloe/Chris/Jamie to catch up on some much needed sleep. So we will see you six months from now, unless you suffer from withdrawals and would like to get done-over at one of our special one-off editions. Stay tuned for details.

“This may be the happiest, hoppiest dance party in town, and though it’s done till next summer, at least there’s Do dudes Chris Haycock, Aloe Blacc and Jamie Strong’s annual post-Thanksgiving one-off, The Left Over, to look forward to on Nov. 28. After what we saw Sunday, only a jive turkey would miss it.”
LA WEEKLY

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