House Music Has Become a Global Phenomenon - Forbes

"About five years ago, one of my best friends introduced me to David Guetta, who has since become the ringleader for the house music phenomenon sweeping across the world. In the Documentary “Nothing But The Beat”, Guetta says “I wanted to create a bridge between Europe and America,” and he did just that. He saw house music as a way to bring urban and white culture together under one roof. Now signed to EMI Virgin Records, Guetta has proven that house music is here to stay and profitable."

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Dennis Ferrer VS. Mansion Miami

I hosted many nights at mansion NYC, with many DJ's I worked closely with.. no one in New York was ever told as far as I know of what to play.. what a shame.

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Miami's Mansion Nightclub Stops DJ Dennis Ferrer's Set for Not Being "Commercial Enough"

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IF YOU WORK IN NIGHTLIFE...
E-mail Cherry Jubilee with your nominations, just cut and paste the following into an e-mail and send it to her! Good luck!

missjubileenyc@yahoo.com

Ballot:

1) This is the nomination process. This means YOU pick who YOU think the worthy nominees are in each category. You may choose up to three nominees for each category.

2) The only people eligible to vote are people currently working in the NYC nightlife industry (i.e. bar/club owner, managers, bartenders, entertainers, bloggers/writers, promoters, etc).

3) People ask me, "How do I get nominated ?" If you want to campaign for an award get out there and do it. Actors/Producers take out full page ads in Variety at Oscar time asking for voters consideration. If you know someone is eligible to vote and you feel worthy of a nomination, ask them to vote for you !

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WE MUST PRESERVE NYC NIGHTLIFE

Dear Nightlife Preservationist,

Primary Elections are on the horizon.

Now, more than ever, it is a critical time for nightlife patrons, employees, owners, sympathizers and their families to stand up and help preserve our nighttime economy and nightlife culture here in the City That Never Sleeps. We are under attack from the "Not in my backyard" residents (the NIMBYS) who want to turn our Big Apple into Cleveland on the Hudson. Now you can do something to make your voice heard. Not satisfied with their assault on Manhattan, they are now turning down licenses in Williamsburg and other areas of Brooklyn as well as in Queens. No neighborhood is safe.

September 15th is election primary day in NYC.

We have identified a few critical races with candidates who have a history of being pro small business and friendly to the concerns of responsible nightlife. These primaries in effect decide the election because whoever wins the primary generally wins the election in November. So the primary is the key voting day (unless there is a "run-off"...in that case, we'll update you).

Support and vote for these candidates:

Now is the time to stand up and make a difference to help preserve nightlife. Please do your part.

David Yassky for Comptroller

Click the link above to donate to David Yassky's campaign.

Eric Gioia for Public Advocate

Click the link above to donate to Eric Gioia's campaign.

Bob Zuckerman for Council (Brooklyn's 39th)

Click the link above to donate to Bob Zuckerman's campaign.

Karen Koslowitz for Council (Queens 29th)

Please mail donations for Karen Koslowitz to:

Ronnie Croce

Care of Karen Koslowitz for Council '09

69-40 108th Street

Forest Hills, NY 11375

Your vote will count.
YOU can influence the outcome of these local elections just as large numbers of us did nationally last year by voting, volunteering if you have the time, donating some dollars to these campaigns so that they can get their message out, and by sending this email alert to your email lists.

Please click on to the email links for each of these four candidates and get involved. We are especially asking for donations NOW, in the next 10 days, of $25, $50 or more if you can to each of candidates. If you live in NYC, the public financing system will match your donation 6-1!! Their links will get you to their donation pages.

We endorse these candidates because they support nightlife and a vibrant nighttime economy.

www.nightlifepreservation.com

WERE NOT THE ONLY CITY WITH PROBLEMS

From Gawker:

LA and NYC Find More Common Ground: Hatred Of Insipid Nightlife

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Is two a trend? Today, in the NY Times: Greenwich Village residents who hated Paul Sevigny's uber-hip nightlife destination/coke den, The Beatrice Inn. And in the LA Times: residents speculatively hating the forthcoming Sunset Strip outpost of SoHo House. Viva!

The Beatrice Inn - the Village's cause célèbre amongst pissed-off residents and pissed-off quasi-celebrities/uber-hipsters - was shut down after the neighborhoods residents old fogies complained about the noise, smoking, and general ridiculousness that took place within its confines. This raises the question: is New York getting crunchier? Or more tightassed?

Though the answer fails to surface in today's New York Times article on it - the gist of which is: first, they came for the nightclubs... - they do come up with a plausible solution for clubs like the Bea:

Marilyn Dorato, the director of the Greenwich Village Block Associations, who helped residents near the Beatrice Inn with their campaign, had a suggestion for compromise that helped on her own block: "We used to have a lot of noise problems with the Waverly Inn, and that is why my neighbor bought it."

The neighbor, the Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter, enclosed the restaurant's garden, and it now closes at 12:45 a.m. at the latest, said Ms. Dorato, a 37-year resident of the area.

"If there's a Graydon Carter living near the Beatrice Inn who wants to buy it, that would be a great solution," she said. "I recommend it."

Ahoy! Graydon Carter, The Great Negotiator of pissed-off residents and nightlife alike. Get yourself one of those, kids, and you can put all the blow up your snouts you want, as loudly as you can do it. Until then, there's this possibly out-of-proper-context gem, from nightlife impresario, columnist Steve Lewis:

"Nightclubs are now seen as nuisances," said Steve Lewis, a nightclub designer and a founder of the Nightlife Preservation Community, a group started this year. "The attitude is that if clubs just went away, everybody could have a quiet life."

Well, yes. I think that's the idea.

Across the country, the exact same thing's going down. Recent advocate of cultural eugenics and exclusive urban country club SoHo House will be planting their feet on the Sunset Strip after being given the go-ahead by local planning commissions. People are pissed!

The proposal has also drawn opposition from Beverly Hills Mayor Nancy Krasne, who underlined that it does not only affect the city of West Hollywood. "The traffic is already backed up on Sunset to Hillcrest in Beverly Hills and it bottlenecks in West Hollywood. This can only make travel on Sunset much worse," she said in e-mailed comments. "Now we add valets running across Sunset Boulevard to retrieve cars, cars trying to merge into Sunset with heavy traffic, amplified music on the roof of SoHo House on unknown days or evenings ... and the list goes on," Krasne said.

MORE ABOUT THE ROXY

From GaySocialites:

"If the rumors are true, then New York City's gay nightlife scene is about to get a boost it seriously needs!

Word around the web is that my generation's version of Studio 54 is about to raise from the dead. That's right, Roxy is evidently making a comeback!

Former Roxy owner, Gene DeNino, is supposedly looking for partners to bring the Roxy back. According to Gawker.com, DeNino is likely to turn to former Roxy promoter John Blair. Blair is currently behind the promotions over at Splash. Gawker's Brian Moylan says he hears John is working on something new, and we join his speculation that this could be it!

Oh I hope so! Some of my best nightlife memories come from Roxy. I saw Cher, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Gloria Gaynor and many more perform live right there on that little stage. I even hallucinated little munchkin maids and hundreds of window explosions on that second floor. Good times. Good times.

They've evidently filed for the liquor licenses, and the rent is pretty steep - so it might be a stretch. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

We're on top of this one, and we'll keep you posted!"