Proper Trick or Treat

Ummmm Can I have both?
Ladies and Gentlemen the city is abuzz with energy already! There are pre-parties and after- parties and the actual parties; costume stores filled with frantic last minute shoppers who still can't figure out what to be this year. Bring on the theatrics club kids...
Let's get to the treats: first off the party of parties tonight will be Steve Angello at M2. Even though I am not a big fan of M2 (bad space design), this party will rock your socks/panties off.
Swedish House Mafia in da house, how cool can Halloween get? Oh it's getting better....
For die hard fans of Frankie Bones and Heather Heart rave duo there is a party in Williamsburg N8. Bring on the glow sticks, super wide floor duster pants and polish up those platforms. This rave is in full effect and yes to answer your question, Ricky's has glow sticks :)
On to tomorrows festivities: there are at least 30 venues with full on Halloween rip off.
What is a Halloween rip off? Overcharging at the door with a promise of an open bar.
You think that's not so bad? What you will get at these parties are: cheap crowd dressed in cheap costumes drinking cheap free liquor faster than you can spell trick.
Imagine the fights, imagine the madness, imagine the runny mascara and gum stuck to your wig. Not pretty!
If you really want to party like it's 1999 in your over the top gorgeous costume that took months to imagine and 2 weeks to execute start your night late, I say around 1 am. Head over to some nice, civilized place like Sullivan Room or SubMercer. Have yourself a cocktail and relax, don't drink it too fast, the night is young after all. Take pictures and have some taken of you looking fresh with a glass of champagne! Dance a little without breaking a sweat, warm up your body for later. Around 3 am hop on the train, don't even dream of a cab because all those people that went for cheap booze are now throwing up in them. Not pretty!
Head over to one of the following venues: Pacha (don't mind the kids) or Pergatorio (don't mind the gays). Danny Tenaglia will surely bring Pacha to climax and hopefully the sound system will cope. And Junior Vasquez will reign at Pergatorio for an after-hours filled with burlesque dancers, midgets, and ghouls. How bout this classic? Danny and Junior playing on the same night at 2 different places on a Saturday! Last time I remember this was 1999 Tunnel and Twilo.
So prep yourself for this weekend properly boys and girls...
Because it's a classic "club kids" Halloween in New York City.
Now that's a treat we've all been waiting for!
PS get your tickets online http://www.saintatlarge.com/ ; http://www.pachanyc.com/ they are cheaper and you'll wait less in line, but you knew that didn't you ;)

Weekend Treats

How dearly promising this weekend looks? I am simply beyond myself!
First off miss lovely DJ Heather with her groovy, jazzy version of Chicago House will be playing at N8 (Williamsburg). Get ready to dance, she is phenomenal at lighting the soul on fire.
Saturday choice de jour is Sully where a West Coast master of highly instrumental and surprisingly vocal house Andy Caldwell will take you on a magical trip. Yeah, like the one you had on mushrooms back in early 90's but way groovier.
And finally for the grand finale Sunday offers Body & Soul triplets serving a tasting course of house from jazzy to funky to soulful to gospel to deep to progressive to trancy if you stay the whole night. But if I were you I'd sneak out at around 12 am (Body&Soul starts at 6pm) and head over to Cielo for a proper serving of house our city is so famous for with papa Vasquez. You see only Junior can spin 3 records at the same time, while layering loops and samples and playing one backwards in perfect unison. That song God is a DJ was clearly talking about Junior and only master himself will tweak the Cielo sound system to perfection (if you arrive early you can watch him do it).
So dearest Club Kids, have fun and have a dance for me please as I am off for a weekend retreat.
Yours truly... Wild Child

Best Party Ever... Umm... Till next week

You can argue with me all you want about Pacha being bigger and better than Sullivan Room. You can even compare their respective October lineups to make your point. You can offer me free entrance for a year and I will not set my foot in Pacha. Why go to a crack den with unreliable sound system when you can get knocked out of your socks every Saturday at Sully? All while being treated like a gem...
As I walked in this past Saturday the energy reminded me so much of Twilo I had to pinch myself. The crowd was madly in tune with the DJ and Sullivan Room itself felt alive.
Hector Romero was in the middle of a perfect NYC underground house style set blending energy, base drive and vocals into a potent vortex no one escaped that night. Continuous movement around the room filled with fun, polite, mixed crowd that did not display any overt signs of drug use. That says a lot about a place considering the recent reports of blatant off the table powder snorting at every single high end venue and Pacha being one gigantic K-hole. As good and consistent set Satoshi played it was nowhere near driving force of Romero. Hector stole the show proving that NYC underground house style is alive and untouchable. Now I just wish electro would die so we could all breathe a collective "sigh" of relief and get down and dirty ;)

Let zzzzz Parties Begin

OK, so we've had a decent summer (party-wise) that flowed into an awful September.
I couldn't even write in September that's how awful it was. But we are heading into 3 months of club heaven and the line up looks yummy. Starting with Satoshi at Sullivan Room this weekend, followed by my favorite party combo next weekend: Body&Soul then Junior Vasquez, followed by Wizard Jeff Mills making his return to Sullivan weekend after that and finishing with Tom Middleton at Sullivan Room yet again. Then it's off to costume la la land.
I am really looking forward to month of October and all the party hopping.
I have to add that Sullivan Room is the place to be any given weekend in October and if you don't believe me just check Cielo calendar and you'll fall asleep promptly.
I am keeping Vasquez out of this statement.
So my dear sophisticated club kids, start polishing your dance shoes and don't forget to tune in for the latest, greatest, most honest party tips. I had a long nap and I am ready to dance.
Find me on the dance floor ;)