and guitar and organ on their song "Hey Man" on This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn Based Compilation (Arena Rock Recording Company 2001). In 2005, Toubin returned to music and joined post-punk band Cause For Applause. You can also hear Toubin's backing vocals on the track "I Don't Think So" on Psychic TV's Hell Is Invisible... Heaven Is Her/e. 2005/2006: The Genesis of New York Night Train On October 31, 2005, Toubin launched the New York Night Train webzine and record label to focus on the life and work of his friend ex-Cramps/The Gun Club/ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds guitarist Kid Congo Powers and his new band Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds and other underground music by his friends. His first New York Night Train party was held on March 3, 2006 at Lower East Side venue Tonic, and was a double-record release event for the label's first two LPs Kid Congo's compilation Solo Cholo (NYNT 001) and Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds' debut Philosophy and Underwear (NYNT 003). That night also involved Julee Cruise, Ian Svenonius, Thalia Zedek, and Gibby Haynes, among others. Later that month, New York Night Train produced an official South by Southwest showcase at The Velvet Spade (currently the Mohawk) featuring Kid Congo and the Pink Monkeybirds, Viva l'American Death Ray Music, and Toubin's band at the time Cause for Applause. Toubin also presented two unofficial daytime showcases that weekend featuring a number of bands. On March 30, 2006, New York Night Train threw a release party for Grand Mal's "Love is the Best Con in Town" (NYNT 002) also at Tonic. Around this time, Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes brought Toubin along to DJ with him at a gig on the South Williamsburg waterfront. He was also approached by Nation of Ulysses'/Make-Up/Chain and the Gang frontman Ian Svenonius and Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson to organize and promote two DJ gigs for them based on the success Kid Congo's Record Release party. These events, one in Williamsburg at Monkeytown August 21, 2006 and the other in Manhattan at Sub-Tonic August 22, 2006 were the first two exclusive New York Night Train dance parties. Soon, Toubin was asked to put together a DJ party for a Wednesday night he bartended at the Lower East Side's Motor City Bar. His first nights included guest Dj's, such as Gibby Haynes and Bob Bert from Sonic