The countdown to 30 is on and the multi-city birthday festivities have begun! Last night was the annual Ibiza Party hosted by our Gay & Lesbian Management Association and European Business Club, which doubled as my Chicago birthday celebration. Once again we took over Nevin's Live and turned it into our own little Balearic oasis in Evanston. Good friends and fellow 2nd years, Sunil and Ram, dropped the fun and funky soundtrack to the evening which drew well over 200 revelers. KJ and I decided to balance the fun in the sun theme with a reincarnation of our alter egos, the Barcelona Dark Angels. The Ibiza Party, which went until 2am, was a great way to start the night...tons of faces smiling, booties shaking, hands waving and shot glasses flying (which is always a good sign!) There was even a sighting by the Israeli Easter Bunny! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to help celebrate my birthday and to dance to some proper beats! Check the video and pictures and read more about the rest of the night below! Video features Sunil dropping "Counting Down the Days" - Andrea Britton, Sunfreakz (Axwell Remix)... awesome track!
The late night crew bolted the Ibiza Party around 1:30am in order to catch the boys from M.A.N.D.Y. at Smart Bar. We got down there just as the room was filling up and Patrick and Phillipp were starting to to do their thing. The night before, they played at Cielo in New York and according to Phillipp, they hadn't gotten any sleep. Damn NYC heads are always keeping people up and ruining the afterhours fun for those of us who get the DJs the next night! It was also reported that they closed the night in New York with RUOK, Ambivalent's new release on M_NUS. M.A.N.D.Y. dropped some great tunes throughout the night in Chicago, but no RUOK. The good news is that my buddy Ambivalent will be playing here later this month and I'll get to hear him drop it in person. In any case... the music was good and the night eventful, as I had a few interesting run-ins with club staff. After the boys shut it down, we tried to convince them to play a few records at afterhours, but it didn't wind up happening. Our crew powered through, however, and went to not one, but two more spots before calling it quits Saturday morning. The highlight of the late late night was definitely the quality time I spent with the doorman at the last stop. All in all, a great time and good warm-up for the real trouble which takes place next weekend in New York at Dancing Rams IV: Puppets Take Manhattan.
The countdown to 30 is on and the multi-city birthday festivities have begun! Last night was the annual Ibiza Party hosted by our Gay & Lesbian Management Association and European Business Club, which doubled as my Chicago birthday celebration. Once again we took over Nevin's Live and turned it into our own little Balearic oasis in Evanston. Good friends and fellow 2nd years, Sunil and Ram, dropped the fun and funky soundtrack to the evening which drew well over 200 revelers. KJ and I decided to balance the fun in the sun theme with a reincarnation of our alter egos, the Barcelona Dark Angels. The Ibiza Party, which went until 2am, was a great way to start the night...tons of faces smiling, booties shaking, hands waving and shot glasses flying (which is always a good sign!) There was even a sighting by the Israeli Easter Bunny! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to help celebrate my birthday and to dance to some proper beats! Check the video and pictures and read more about the rest of the night below! Video features Sunil dropping "Counting Down the Days" - Andrea Britton, Sunfreakz (Axwell Remix)... awesome track!
The late night crew bolted the Ibiza Party around 1:30am in order to catch the boys from M.A.N.D.Y. at Smart Bar. We got down there just as the room was filling up and Patrick and Phillipp 
were starting to to do their thing. The night before, they played at Cielo in New York and according to Phillipp, they hadn't gotten any sleep. Damn NYC heads are always keeping people up and ruining the afterhours fun for those of us who get the DJs the next night! It was also reported that they closed the night in New York with RUOK, Ambivalent's new release on M_NUS. M.A.N.D.Y. dropped some great tunes throughout the night in Chicago, but no RUOK. The good news is that my buddy Ambivalent will be playing here later this month and I'll get to hear him drop it in person. In any case... the music was good and the night eventful, as I had a few interesting run-ins with club staff. After the boys shut it down, we tried to convince them to play a few records at afterhours, but it didn't wind up happening. Our crew powered through, however, and went to not one, but two more spots before calling it quits Saturday morning. The highlight of the late late night was definitely the quality time I spent with the doorman at the last stop. All in all, a great time and good warm-up for the real trouble which takes place next weekend in New York at Dancing Rams IV: Puppets Take Manhattan.
