Praise for Vegas’ industry heavyweights
If you can find a copy, the 2008 Collector’s Issue of Club Systems International magazine might surprise you—it is flush with familiar faces! Among “The VIPs”—nightlife’s 30 most influential people—are featured Robert Frey and Steve Davidovici, owners/operators of Pure Management Group, Tao managing partners Jason Strauss and Noah Tepperberg, and Pure/LAX resident DJ AM. Newly professional DJ Jack Lafleur (Body English, Blush) reps Vegas as one of just 10 new faces chosen for rising in the ranks, while nightlife icon Frankie Anobile (Studio 54, Stations Casinos) holds it down for Sin City as one of 10 “Classics”—lifelong influencers of the nightlife industry. All are honored with profiles and snazzy club shots just as Vegas is honored by their hard work and innovation.
Beer up!
To celebrate two years of residence within the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood resort, Sin City Brewing Co.’s microbrew bar and retail shop will be offering $2 beers all day on Monday, December 10.
Customers can sample award-winning brews like Sin City Amber, Sin City Light, Sin City Stout and Sin City Weisse either by visiting the bar or—in order to save time for holiday shopping—by stopping by the “to-go” window. Think of it as a consumerism-themed marathon race, where rather than drinking cups of water, the runners drink beer and somehow still manage to keep pace. Athletic ability is optional.
Mingle in Green Valley, too
If you live in Henderson, Summerlin can be a hefty trek to make in the name of social networking. That’s why Station Casinos’ creative nightlife director Frankie Anobile’s new Mingle Fridays at Red Rock are getting a counterpart social mixer in the form of Mingle Thursdays at Green Valley Ranch Station. Starting on December 13, the weekly event will be held from 5-9 p.m. at the newly-renovated Drop Bar in the heart of the casino’s gaming floor.
Like its northwestern doppelganger, the event will feature specialty drink samplers and appetizers, and if it sees the success that Red Rock has, it could draw over 100 people. Now if someone could just devise a way to get the people of Summerlin and the people of Henderson to mingle together, the world would surely be a perfect place.
Three and a half questions with DJ Donald Glaude
DJ Donald Glaude is returning to Las Vegas, but this time, he’s just visiting. If you missed “the James Brown of DJs” during his recent appearance at Body English’s Godskitchen Wednesdays, Glaude will be back December 17 at Jet spinning his own brand of dynamic house music for his pre-birthday bash. The Weekly caught up with him on the road.
What aspects of Vegas do you love or hate when coming back to town?
I love the nightlife of Vegas and the potential it has to explode. I love the locals as well [as] the flux of out-of-towners; sometimes the mix is great and sometimes a little tough to play for, but if you get lucky and make it work, it is worth the struggle. A little compromise never hurt anyone. Sometimes you’ve got to give a little to take a little, which means sometimes you gotta play a little bit they know to get them to listen to the education you want to give them.
What did setting down roots in Vegas for a residency at Ice in 2005-2006 do for you?
It taught me many things about the biz and about myself. I had an amazing time, and I miss it, but on the other hand, I am not sure at this point in my life if I would do it again. I don’t regret it, and it was a great learning experience ... The best thing about the residency is that since Vegas is a tourist town, me being in one place for a year and the TV show (The Club on Spike TV) blowing it up around the States made it easier for people to hear about it ... So, once word really got out, I think we were lucky enough for people to come out to Vegas to see the “Thank Glaude It’s Friday” experience, and for a while, it was great.
How do you feel your beginnings in classical music affect your style as a DJ/producer?
I think my training in music affects the way I play and produce in many ways, because when I mix, I don’t just go by the BPM thing. I try to go by a gut feeling and keys and off beats to make things work, and I think those habits were formed from my classical training and instinct.
What is the most important thing to know about Donald Glaude, the DJ?
I love what I do, and I do it for the people.
How sweet it is
“Put on your good panties!”
–DJ Lisa Pittman pulls no punches telling the ladies-who-like-the-ladies about her new CandyBar Saturdays in the Krave Lounge.