Miami Nights

Saturday, I erroneously reported that Aero Bar was closed down because of capacity issues -- oh, they wish it was capacity issues that closed them down. No it seems Tony Guerra and Joseph Boyd pulled a Parkwest. What's a Parkwest? Operating without the proper permits.

According to public records pulled up by TalkNightlife.com, Aero Bar got slapped with three violations. And they only reason they got caught was because of excessive noise. After the club was warned to turn down the volume, it was discovered Aero Bar was operating without having completed proper fire inspections, which, in my opinion, is highly irresponsible seeing how that is required in order to keep patrons and staff safe in case of an emergency. It also got cited for operating without an occupational license and serving alcohol after midnight, and once more, I guess to drive a point, for having trash in the rear of the building.

But it seems that Miami Beach police was out in full force this weekend to make sure the could kill the party mood all around the city. Dream too got cited for excessive noise, and because of that it had to close this week as punishment.

Question is, is Miami Beach taking this a little too far? Are they going to start getting stricter on the rules? And if so, what does this mean for nightlife on South Beach? Only time will tell, but I think this turkey is done. 

Update from Lackner: I have received word that it wasn't a lack of liquor license that caused the troubles at Aerobar, rather that the temporary license they had expired on an end-of-day basis, rather than a 24-hour-from-issue basis, as they thought. Seems reasonable to me.

So guess who i bumped into last night at The Vagabond? Er, well, I'm guessing by the post title you know it was Lazaro Casanova. I've known him casually since my days of going to Revolver, so it was nice to come across him and chat for a while about all the things he's doing. If you don't know, MSTRKRFT has basically taken him under their wing, and he is releasing his own music and DJing all over the globe. Literally this guy is poised to become part of the new generation of Miami DJs going big (my other two picks would be Danny Daze and Otto Von Schirach).

It seems like he is rarely in Miami anymore, so I knew there had to be a good reason he was in town. He mentioned that this Thursday he'll be spinning at Dream. Now, his sets are nothing like the ones he used to spin at Revolver, instead he is playing gritty and dirty house music -- but good house music. If you like DJs like MSTRKRFT, Felix Cartal, Erol Alkan, Boys Noize and the likes, you'll love his shit.

Lazaro also has a new single available now on iTunes called "Venganza". Check it out, I think you'll be pleasanly surprised.