I popped into The Mermaid at the last minute on Tuesday to play about 90 minutes of music for Dolce Vita. I knew that there was a screening of Dave Attell’s Netflix special happening beforehand. What I didn’t know, however, was that Dave Attell was actually going to make an appearance. We didn’t meet, but it was wild to be in the same room as him because I loved Insomniac.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about— and that’s quite possible— Insomniac was a reality show that aired in the early ‘00s on Comedy Central. Each episode follows Attell around a different city in the middle of the night, hanging out with people at clubs, working the night shift, etc. I loved this show so much that I bought the two Insomniac DVDs. It’s probably a good thing that I did that, too, because Insomniac isn’t streaming. Anyhow, I’m going to have to rewatch those soon because it’s been a minute.
My set list is below. Catch me this weekend on Saturday night with Klub Nocturno at Catch One and don’t forget that both Night Shift at Bar Franca and Disco Matinee at The Grand Star are coming up the first week of April.
Baltimora “Tarzan Boy”
Savage “Only You”
Radiorama “Chance to Desire”
P. Lion “Happy Children”
Valerie Dore “It’s So Easy”
Modern Talking “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”
TR/ST, Jake Shears “Being Boring”
Sally Shapiro “Rent”
Pet Shop Boys “Loneliness”
Donna Summer “I Feel Love”
Kano “IT’S A WAR (Purple Disco Machine & Lorenz Rhode Remix)”
Ken Laszlo “Hey, Hey Guy”
Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Alma Jodorowsky “Palace In My Head (Fred Falke Extended Club Remix)”
Fun Fun “Baila Bolero (Krystal Klear Extended Remix)”
My Mine “Hypnotic Tango”
Mr. Flagio “Take a Chance”
Cyber People “Void Vision”
Kontravoid “Losing Game (feat. Chelsey Crowley)”
Paul Parker “Right on Target (Ladies on Mars edit)”
La Bionda “I Want to Be Your Lover (WLDV edit)”
Wish Key “Orient Express (Komodo Edit)”
Claudio Mingardi “Star”
Patrick Cowley “Tech-No-Logical World”
Liz O. is an L.A.-based writer and DJ. Read her recently published work and check out her upcoming gigs.
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