Fatboy Slim @ Drive In Studios, NYC | Pics

So as if Saturday night wasn't strange enough....

I left the the surreal entertainment that was Juliette and the Licks at Tribeca Rock Club to meet a friend (and his friend who was in from out of town), over at some local Tribeca bar.

The bar was non-descript, your typical local Tribeca bar. What made the bar special was their odd choice of having a CD DJ at the end of the bar. There was barely enough room for him, and they could of just as well played mixed CDs. What made the DJ special was his choice of playing all indie music in a very non-indie venue. In the 30 minutes we were there, he played Arcade Fire, Death Cab (formerly Indie actually), and even Xiu Xiu. (I forget what else)

Being the music nerd that I am, I had to name each song as it came on, and... so naturally the conversation turned to music. My friend asked if I had heard the new Fatboy Slim. I replied that I hadn't, but that I believed that Fatboy just so happened to be playing this very night in a rave-like location somewhere in Manhattan. Long story short, we arrived at Drive In Studios on 18th St at 12:30 am - just in time to see Fatboy perform a 2 hour DJ set to a fair sized, very sweaty, and very appreciative crowd. Here are some pictures.