Joe DiPadova at Merc Bar

Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar, 2525 East Camelback Road, every Sunday evening. The night is cooler than owning the entire Miles Davis catalog on vinyl, with DJ Joe DiPadova and...

By Benjamin Leatherman

June 18, 2009

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Shhh! Can you keep a secret? Good, because we wanna drop dime on the laidback, under-the-radar-style affairs that are going down at speakeasy-like Merc Bar, 2525 East Camelback Road, every Sunday evening. The night is cooler than owning the entire Miles Davis catalog on vinyl, with DJ Joe DiPadova and a wide range of guests (such as Brazilia, who'll drop by on Sunday, June 20) spinning in style at the darkened drink den located at the Esplanade. Every weekend, they'll paint the place with cutting-edge lounge music, occasionally accompanied by instrumentalists like saxophone player Shea Marshall. DiPadova wants to keep things on the down-low (which is why he's not papering the Valley with any slick-ass fliers), so whatever you do, don't tell anybody that the music runs from 7 to 11 p.m. (or even later, if the joint stays jumpin'). And please don't call 602-508-9449 for more info.

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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