FROM THE COMPUTER OF DAVE TOMPKINS — CLICK FLYERS TO ENLARGE

I’ll be doing a vocoder book [How to Wreck a Nice Beach: The Vocoder from World War II to Hip-Hop—The Machine Speaks] reading Wednesday April 7th, 7 p.m., at McNally Jackson on 52 Prince Street in Soho.

It will be hosted by New York Times critic Jon Caramanica. Jon is a big fan of “Nasty Rock,” the only vocoder hit out of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. So we’re in luck!

The legendary EMS-3000 Vocoder will also be in the house, still coherent after running around with the Cylons, Pink Floyd and ELO.

The reading will be followed by a party at Trophy Bar, at 351 Broadway, btwn 9th and Keap Streets, with classy boogie-disco-electro-hip-hop-assorted-hyphenated-whatnot provided by some of my favorite New York DJs.

Duane Harriott (Other Music/Negroclash/Bim Marx) did my favorite gospel disco edit from last summer. Veronica Vasicka runs the excellent Minimal Wave label and radio show. East Village Radio. Chairman Mao (ego trip) recently made it possible for me to hear about how Schoolly D’s wife once kicked the 2 Live Crew out of Schoolly D’s house. I’ve been collaborating with Monk-One (Wax Poetics) on the book mix which will be up next week and will include a special edit of Gary Numan’s “Telekon.”

Sponsored by the ghosts of those two Signal Corps officers presiding over the turntables in the photo. (SIGSALY Vocoder Terminal codenamed SAMPLE, Paris, 1945)

Be sure to say hi to the stop smiling/runner folks who worked so incredibly hard to make this book. Ask James Hughes why “Biters In The City” made him freak out.

The book can be pre-ordered through Amazon and stopsmilingbooks.com.

Thanks to Kevin at AnalogLifestyle for the McNally Flyer and the unstoppable Tina Ibanez for the party flyer.

Hope to see you there!

Dave