Aliens? NO! The Emerald City Soul Club is providing the smooth sounds for The Stranger's Satellite Party tonight at the mothafuckin' Space Needle. Spinning obscure northern soul records from the 1960's and 1970's, this is easily the most fun you'll have all year. I mistakenly stumbled into the Talcum party that ECSC occasionally hosts at Chop Suey one hazy night and it was spectacularly good. Let me be clear: I'm not just talking about my hyper-sexy dance moves, enhanced by the talcum-powdered floor. I'm talking about the music, man. Northern soul equals rare and obscure soul and R&B music that never received the recognition or airplay needed to cast a wider net. It's all from the same era as the Motown hits you know and love, it sounds a bit like the Motown hits you jam to at the family reunion, but it's all the stuff that never got any distribution. We're talking indie Motown, here (more or less). Many of the 45's being played at ECSC events contain music that you literally can't hear or obtain anywhere else. Not only that, but all the profits go to support The Stranger's Genius awards. The Stranger annually gives away five individual $5000 awards to five Seattle artists in five different mediums. The ticket price is a bit steep, but it includes appetizers and two stiff alcoholic beverages! Do you like the Menahan Street Band, the Dap Kings, Charles Bradley or Sharon Jones? Then educate yourself, son! Get thee to a Talcum night at Lo-Fi Performance Gallery or Chop Suey sometime soon. Or, dance your argyle socks off at the Space Needle tonight!

The event starts at 8pm and goes until 12am. Tickets are $35. At the motherlovin' Space Needle. Swanky.

Watch this clip about an ECSC event held back in 2010. Preach.