Recipe: Pablo Escobar Bomber from Pussycat Lounge

“It’s helped make me successful because they’re usually bringing in their friends with them,” he says. “Like if I think its gonna be a slow night, I call up my friends and they show up with a crowd of people.” And Gurian sometimes rewards their loyalty by mixing up some…

Behind the Bar: Justin Gurian at Pussycat Lounge/Dirty Pretty

[jump] Powering this drink-slinging dynamo is often a “shitload of caffeine” (natch) in either pill form or a couple of Red Bulls, which Gurian sometimes guzzles down before his shifts. “I have a really high tolerance for that kinda stuff and usually take pills on the days that I’m dragging,”…

Nova

Cameron Rosewicz (a.k.a. DJ mig50) used to sail the high seas of soft-rock cheesiness as the esteemed captain of the bygone Yacht Rock night over at downtown Phoenix’s Ruby Room. These days, however, the 27-year-old Shizz scenester and music junkie has been rocketing through the starry universe of “synthed-out, cosmic,…

House at the End of the World

Picture this itinerary: Ibiza, Milan, Athens, Prague, and London. For underpaid desk jockeys like ourselves, it sounds like the makings of a fantasy Eurotrip that we’ll never be able to afford. But for Japanese house heavyweight Satoshi Tomiie, said destinations are clubbing Meccas and thus regular stops on his seemingly…

The Awakened Ones

It is written in the sacred tenets of Buddhism that generosity is one of the paths to true enlightenment. If so, the promoters of this weekend’s Earthdance festival have a shot at Nirvana, since they’re providing local music heads 33 straight hours of EDM, entertainment, and enlightenment. Buddhist teachings will…

Fall Frenzy’s Final Day in 140 Characters or Less

The massive stage has been disassembled, the bands have moved on to their next tour stops, and the the $7 beers have all been, uh, recycled by now. Yep, Arizona Fall Frenzy is in the books after Flogging Molly and Social Distortion sent the three-day music festival out in style…

An Interview With “The Future Mrs. Travis Barker” at Fall Frenzy

We’ve encountered some fairly kooky characters so far during this weekend’s Fall Frenzy, including cross-dressing bees, naughty nurses, and tattooed freakazoids (check our slideshow of each of ’em tomorrow). One of the more interesting cases is 26-year-old single mom Dana Dinning, who swore to us on Friday prior to Blink…

Fall Frenzy’s First Night in 140 Characters of Less

Steven_Rose: @AJMIX969 Had a great time, would’ve been better if the headliner Rob Thomas didn’t get cut short. Maybe don’t schedule till closing time anniebuentello: Picking up In-N-Out before I collapse @ home. Impressed by Jason Mraz. Rob Thomas was poured into his Levis. taramiller8: Rob Thomas rocked my face…

DJ Dossier: Noah Wylie

Besides his moniker, Wylie also shares something else with a boob tube star. Just like George Jefferson, he’s moved on up from his days at the Hidden House spinning alongside Al Page in favor of rocking the record decks at joints like the Stone Rose Lounge and Blue Martini. Name:…

Thursdays at Bomberos

Oscar Mastrantuono’s wine bar Bomberos, 8801 North Central Avenue, is arguably the dopest place to tie one on in the Sunnyslope neighborhood, as the drinking den offers any number of South American wines by the glass and bottle. The swanky joint gets even more cool every Thursday evening as deep…

Pansexual Healing

Steven Rogers never does anything small, especially when it comes to his nightlife endeavors. Over the past 15 years, the nightclub guru has spared no expense in creating pulchritudinous pansexual playpens in which Valley urbanites can dance and dance until dawn, ranging from the tony Amsterdam to the gorgeously gothic…

Scottsdale’s The Buzz Shuts Down

Say bye-bye to The Buzz.We’ve learned that the long-running north Scottsdale nightclub shut down this past weekend after more than a decade in operation. Despite the fact we heard a few of their advertisements on Power 98.3 FM and 101.5 Jamz on Saturday evening, the same night the place held…

DJ Dossier: Tony Culture

If you missed Tony Culture spinning reggae and dancehall music during last weekend’s ultra-packed First Friday celebration, don’t worry. You can always catch the dreadlocked DJ working the turntables next month. Or the month after that. And then the month after that. In fact, the Jamaican-born musician and platter jock…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O. Sings to Fatties, Nirvana vs. Courtney Over Cobain’s Guitar Hero Likeness, Weezer Unveils New Album Art

NME: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O to soundtrack anti-fat advertsRolling Stone: Grohl, Novoselic Didn’t Approve Cobain’s “Guitar Hero” AvatarRolling Stone: Paula Abdul and “American Idol” Insiders React to Ellen NewsPitchfork: Weezer’s Raditude Cover RevealedIdolator: Someone Decided To Put Together A Gallery Of John Mayer’s Guitar FacesSpin: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Eminem…