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Party Monster: Brian Durkee

A A A Comments By Benjamin Leatherman Thursday, Sep 27 2007

Brian Durkee is one of Phoenix's premier party promoters, a swaggering sultan of style who hosts swanky club nights at some of the East Valley's hottest nightspots, including Toxic Mondays at Zuma Grill in Tempe, and Foxy Bitch Thursdays at Dirty Pretty Rockbar and Twisted Tuesdays at Pink Taco, both in Scottsdale. When he ain't primping his gravity-defying spiked 'do or pimping out his MySpace page (www.myspace.com/azdurkee), the former model also runs Playtime Pix, a service that snaps souvenir photos for partygoers at upscale corporate events. The dapper Durkee is also helping to organize and promote the upcoming Lingerie Bowl V, the annual pay-per-view event of scantily clad babes playing football, which goes down in Scottsdale during the halftime of Super Bowl XLII in February.

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