It’s a strong week for good musicians in the clubs. Even later in the week, you’ve got DJ Tommy Trash in town on Thursday. His shows have had a lot of good buzz lately.
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A few months ago, Laidback Luke released an upbeat song called “Pogo,” and it came with a very silly music video featuring women in underwear eating meat while jumping in slow motion.
I will go on a limb now in suggesting the nightclub market in Vegas is oversaturated.
Musician Morgan Page recently installed an $8,000 software card into his computer, allowing him to record and mix more vocals on his Pro Tools software setup.
Here’s your weekend forecast of DJs and other performers heading to Vegas’ nightclubs and dayclub-pools.
I was in a dayclub last year when I heard a no-name DJ spinning “Kaskade Live At Coachella 2012.”
This year, DJ-producer Steve Aoki plans to lay down hundreds of thousands of dollars in healthy bets — bets with friends that he will exercise and that they will exercise. If people involved in these bets miss a physical workout, they owe each other cash. What kind of exercising is involved? The serious kind.
I haven’t seen the weather forecast for this weekend, but I’m guessing it will be desert hot.
Jules Gray grew accustomed to seeing women carried out of clubs, their skirts lifted and dignity lowered. Other clubgoers might have dismissed it as another lightweight overestimating her tolerance, but as someone who worked in the nightclub and dayclub industry for 10 years, Gray knew better.
So you didn’t score tickets to the sold-out Electric Daisy Carnival? Then go see several EDC stars at clubs on the Strip, instead.
The last time I talked to Fatboy Slim, in 2011, he was DJing in America for the first time in many years. He told me to tell you: “Hi America. I’m back. Let’s pick up where we left off.”
This will be a busy weekend at the nightclubs and dayclubs. But Thursday will also be jamming with talented musicians, and why is that? Because clubs are gearing up for the upcoming Electric Daisy Carnival.
Everyone keeps asking me what I think about these new clubs on the Strip. So for today, let’s start with Light — the new nightclub at Mandalay Bay.
Americans get a bad rap for being shallow people. Or maybe I’m thinking of Californians? Probably. But Thomas Gold does not believe Americans are shallow. He just thinks we know how to party.