Lite + Brite Newsletter 2/13
Hello, what’s up, and welcome to the Lite + Brite newsletter. Don’t be too blown away by how high-tech we are, but please be a little blown away, because Lite + Brite finally has a website! So now, rather than having conversations that go like this: YOUR FRIENDS: “Where do you find so many cool things to do?” YOU: “In this newsletter that you’ll never be able to find on google.” You can instead have conversations that go like this: YOUR FRIENDS: “Where do you find so many cool things to do?” YOU: “In a newsletter that you, too, can subscribe to. Just visit liteandbriteatx.com!” YOUR FRIENDS: “Wow, thanks! Now we don’t need to be your friends anymore because you have given us the tools to find cool stuff to do all on our own!” This week we have Galentine’s Day crafting, nail art, aerial performances, and donuts; Valentine’s Day speakeasies, pool parties, and erotic variety shows; plus the bonus holidays of Gaylentine’s Day, Schmalentine’s Day, and Lupercalia. For these events and lots more, keep scrolling. If you’re not already a subscriber to this newsletter, click here. Also, please support us by forwarding this email to your friends who enjoy things like listening to music and leaving the house sometimes. Or tell them to visit our website, because, to be clear, we have a website: liteandbriteatx.com Let’s do fun stuff! —Leila + Brian |
DJ Stuff On Monday we celebrated the one year anniversary of No Lights No Lycra in Austin with cake, party favors, three DJs, and lots of dancing in the dark. Huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate with us. The playlist is here and at the bottom of this email. This coming Monday we’ll be back to our usual format, with Brian on the decks all night long. Come through! Want to hear what No Lights No Lycra sounds like? Or just want to hear some dope jams? We’ve got a ton of recordings of our resident DJ Brian Blackout’s sets up on Mixcloud you can listen to, and we’re regularly adding more. Finally, we need your help. Guan Yin Tea House, our beloved home for No Lights No Lycra for the past year, will be shutting its doors at the end of February. (This is not our fault.) (As far as we are aware.) NLNL has become a valuable outlet for many of us, and we’d love to keep it going in a new space. Do you have any ideas for venues? Please send them our way! What is No Lights No Lycra? Austin’s weekly judgment-free, substance-free, high-impact dance thing in the dark. It’s a DJ night that’s not at the club, a workout that’s not at the gym, a personal meditation that’s anything but silent. 8:30-10pm every Monday at the Guan Yin Tea House, $5 suggested donation. |
Events we’re eyeing Thursday 2/13 The Hand That Feeds You at the Vortex ‘A live studio audience at a taping for a surreal new game show’ Ain’t Love a Drag at the Austin Motel ‘Part sketch comedy, part drag show, part 70s pool party’ SXSW EDU Austin Meet Up at SXSW Center Discuss all things SXSW + get badge discounts Family Movie Night ~ workin at the D.Q. at the Ana Lark Center Archival footage + a secret feature film Galentine’s Event at the Alibi ‘Live artists, local vendors, tarot, donuts, cocktails & DJs’ Eastside Pop Up Nights “Galentines Edition” at Hotel Vegas ‘Drink + Dance + Shop + Repeat’ All Girls on Deck presents ‘Is This a Date?’ at the 13th Floor All-girl vinyl DJs + nail art Galentine’s at East Austin Hotel Galentine’s TV shows, crafting, and girl-friend-making Friday 2/14 (V-Day) The Hand That Feeds You at the Vortex ‘A live studio audience at a taping for a surreal new game show’ Ain’t Love a Drag at the Austin Motel ‘Part sketch comedy, part drag show, part 70s pool party’ Valentine’s Weekend & Hot Air Balloon Experience in Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloons + Helicopters + Fireworks + Music + Food+Drinks Schmalentine’s Day at Alamo Drafthouse Watch movies, send love notes (for charity) and win stuff Bingo Loco at Rustic Tap Beer Garden ‘The runaway child of traditional bingo complete with rave rounds, lip sync battles + dance offs’ The Galentine’s Show at the Cathedral Art + DJ + open bar + supporting a good cause The Opulence Ball: Harlem Heat 2020 at the North Door Jazz Age party w/live music, dancers, libations, costumes + dessert buffet Toma Mi Corazon: 28th Annual Fundraiser at la Peña Silent auction of wooden hearts decorated by community members Mer-Made with Love at Wonder World Cave Art party inside an ancient earthquake cave. Also mermaids! A Jazz and Wine Valentine at a secret location Jazz, wine, and hors d’oeuvres in an intimate central Austin home Gaylentines Party at Symphony Square DJ + drag performers + themed food pop-ups + games n prizes Valentine’s Dinner at SRSLY Chocolate Dinner at a chocolate factory A Ruby Red Valentine’s Day Cabaret at Native Hostel 1920s-themed dinner cabaret w/ live jazz music burlesque Tea and Chocolate at Guan Yin Tea House Farm direct tea and artisanal chocolate pairings The Boiz of Austin Cabaret at Scissor Sister’s Hair Salon ‘European-style immersive cabaret experience’ + paired dinner Boner Bizarre: A Clockwork Orgy at Come and Take It Live ‘XXXtreme erotic variety show’ w/a commitment to the perverse Heaven VS. Hell at Coconut Club Heavenly DJs above on the roof deck, Hellish DJs below in the rave cave Puppy Love at Swan Dive Bands, burlesque + raffle benefitting Love-a-Bull pit bull rescue Poo Poo Platter: Peaches vs Christeene! at Elysium Drag performers + DJ spinning house+disco Saturday 2/15 The Hand That Feeds You at the Vortex ‘A live studio audience at a taping for a surreal new game show’ Valentine’s Weekend & Hot Air Balloon Experience in Fredericksburg Hot Air Balloons + Helicopters + Fireworks + Music + Food+Drinks Star Party at Jester King Live music, telescopes + goats. What else do you need? Galentine’s Day: The Ladies of Pop at Sky Candy Pop-themed aerial + circus performers plus shopping, drinks + tarot Austin Poetry Brothel at Infinite Monkey Theorem ‘An immersive literary cabaret that celebrates sexuality & art’ 10th Annual Austin Roller Disco at Austin Roller Rink Live disco + DJs soundtracking a late night of rollerskating Mythic Ocean – Indie Game Demo & Art Sale at Game Over Launch for locally produced game + original art sale Pawject Runway Casting Call at the Venue ATX Auditions to compete with your pooch Lupercalia Evening Market at the Glass Coffin Vampire Parlour Gothic speed dating, DJ, vendors + games celebrating a pagan holiday Sunset Disco at Reina Daytime disco+house dance party Y.E.S Fest Live Valentines House of Holographic Hearts at Indra’s Awarehouse Live music, DJ + ‘acrobatic dance, aerial and ecstatic dance’ The Parts Unknown at Collection Rert ‘A tag team of multi-media artists and musicians’ A Bloody Valentine’s Day Dance at Elysium DJs spinning dark Valentine’s themed goth+industrial All the Single Theydies at Cheer Up Charlies ‘Queer-centric Valentines Day dance party’ Karaoke Underground at Indian Roller Sing karaoke to punk/indie/alt classics Love Languages w/ Joeski at Vulcan Gas Company House music dance party Shoegaze + Dream Pop Nite: Valentine’s Day Hangover Edition at the 13th Floor Vinyl DJs spinning shoegaze + dreampop all night 9 Year Anniversary at Yellow Jacket Social Club Group wedding (followed by group annulments on Sunday) Sunday 2/16 Bat City Artisans: Love Hangover Market at Shangri La Vendors, live portrait drawings, palm readings, photobooth, DJs, etc The Vortex Vision Arcade Opening Mixer at the Vortex ‘A multi-disciplinary, interactive exhibit’ TEAyazaki – Spirited Away at Guan Yin Tea House Tea service served alongside Miyazaki’s Spirited Away F*ck Your Degrassi Podcast at Fallout Theater Live podcast recording about the classic Canadian teen soap Degrassi Monday 2/17 Sad Girls Only at Sahara Lounge ‘A softer side to drag’ w/diary readings + ‘delicious cake for you to cry into’ No Lights No Lycra at Guan Yin Tea House A dance party in the dark Tuesday 2/18 Knot Tying Workshop at Buzz Mill Learn how to impress sailors, boy scouts, and ex-boy scouts (with knots) Sweet Reads: Book Swap at Prohibition Creamery Texas Book Fest book swap and ice cream Wednesday 2/19 SXSW 2020 Community Meet Up at the SXSW Center Discuss all things SXSW + get badge discounts Magic Mustache Club at the Mohawk Intimate magic show. Unclear what mustaches have to do with anything 2020 Debate Watch Party at the North Door Cheer + jeer at your favorite Dems on a 25′ screen Art After Dark at the Dougherty Arts Center DJ, art installations + make-your-own artist trading cards |
SxSW Picks Have you bought your SxSW resident wristband yet? Every week between now and SxSW, we’ll be sharing bands we’re excited to see at the festival. This week’s recommendations: Brian’s pick: Marble Arch. Anglophilic Parisian dreampop band heavily indebted to Creation Records circa 1988/89. Bounces between catchy hooks and sleepy textures. Leila’s pick: TC Superstar. Local synthpop with a bit of a Neon Indian feel (plus I’m told they have dancers!). Past weeks’ picks: Partner. They have a song that reminds me a lot of “Stacy’s Mom,” so either you’re into that or you’re not. Protex. Classic upbeat punk, in the style of the Buzzcocks and the Undertones, with every song about two minutes long. Shopping. Frenetic, nervy, and fun post-punk from London/Glasgow. The School. Established Welsh indiepop, for fans of the Allo Darlin’, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and the Field Mice. Yumi Zouma. Lazy, ethereal pop from New Zealand, sounding somewhere in between Cut Copy and a paper thin version of Sade. Charlie Faye & the Fayettes. For fans of 60s girl-group revival acts like the Pipettes and Lucky Soul–and of course fans of the Ronettes, the Supremes, and the Shirelles. Vistas. For fans of the Wombats, the Vaccines, Two Door Cinema Club, and other poppy British guitar bands. |
NLNL 050 Playlist This past week we celebrated the first anniversary of No Lights No Lycra in Austin with three DJs (plus some cake and party favors). We assembled all their song picks into one mega-playlist. With three different DJs bringing their unique voices to the mix, this week’s party really ran the gamut of all kinds of genres and types of dance music. Listen on YouTube Leila’s set Every Time the Sun Comes Up – Sharon Van Etten Bad Ones – Matthew Dear feat. Tegan and Sara All Day and All of the Night – the Kinks Walk Like an Egyptian – the Bangles MoneyGrabber – Fitz and the Tantrums Blitzkrieg Bop – the Ramones Warm California Sun – the Rivieras Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine Brian Blackout’s set Could Heaven Ever Be Like This – Idris Muhammad 9 to 5 (Butch le Butch Remix) – Dolly Parton Goin’ up in Smoke (Super Value Edit) – Eddie Kendricks Cake (Sweater Beats Bootleg) – Rihanna Hungry Child – Hot Chip Crying My Heart Out – Young Galaxy Pick up the Phone (Arithmatix Remix) – Dragonette DJ Phil Does It’s set The Beginning by Spencer Parker Emerge 1 (Processed Original) by Substance and Vainqueur Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix) by Bizarre Inc Genital Blue Room by In Flagranti I Heard It Through The Grapevine by The Slits Release The Beast by Den Haan Work It (Soulwax Remix) by Marie Davidson A Weekend On My Own by Nebraska Boys by Sabrina On A Good Day by Joanna Newsom It’s All Over Now Baby Blue by Marianne Faithfull |
How do we choose which events to feature? There is no strategy. We just make note of anything in Austin that we, personally, would conceivably want to go to, generally excluding things like ACL Fest because you probably already know about that, and excluding normal concerts and movie showtimes because there are many other good resources for finding those. If you have an event that you want us to consider including, send it over. Who are we? We make this newsletter. We put on No Lights No Lycra each week. We do some other stuff here and there. We love going out to creative events in Austin, and we want you to join us. Visit us at https://liteandbriteatx.com/ |