Miami Nights

Wednesdays have been sensational lately, with a whole crop of new parties and fun things to do.

Dirty Hairy returns to Liv, this time featuring electro superstars Fischerspooner. They're about as influential as you can get in terms of their impact on the music that we all know and love and they haven't sold out nearly as hard as many others which makes them A-OK in my emo book of sorrows. They are backed up by DJ Ross One, one of my favorite of the ueberlocals. This man can destroy things. Last week was complete chaos so for God's sake please RSVP to info@epoplife.com!

Art Riot, a one-off party at White Room, featuring the world's longest flyer and many prominent local DJs and artists including People From Venus, Tommy Ryk, friend of the site Kids with Grills, and many, many more.. $5 or 5 cans of food - not sure if cat food works at the door.

Off The Radar continues at The Standard, which is fast becoming the chill spot to have a drink after a long day of work (or not working, like 9% of us). Tonight: Gen Art puts together a special screening of "Sunshine Cleaning," followed up with free wine from 10-12 by Menage A Trois. Hard to explain about that! This event is free.

It's a scientific fact that it's 7 degrees below outside, but the best way to fix that is to fill your guts with liquor and run around being emo and obnoxious.

Off the Radar at The Standard: The more relaxing version of an indie party. 8pm-midnoit.

Juan MacLean and Still Going at Vagabond: DFA Records in all its glory. Yet another presentation of the amazing Scion A/V series. You must RSVP: do it now.

The busy season in Miami continues its endless churn of venues and parties. Tonight, Ink reopens at 717 Washington Ave for its first real party (aside from an NYE bash).

I recall wandering around here a number of times, though I can't quite recall what I was there for. This place had a decent run the first time around, lasting longer than many venues in this part of the beach, but failing to have a huge long term impact on the area. Will this time be different? We shall see.

Tonight, NiteFX Entertainment brings you "Spotlight" featuring DJ Sula and open bar for le ladies 11pm-midnight. See flyer for more information.

Note: Seems the club was not open at the time so this is not directly related to the club and the people that attend, which is the case for the other incidents. That's just a pretty seedy area it seems. More details to come.

Let's keep this short and simple. Metropolis is perhaps one of the least thought out clubs in Downtown. Now now, I'm not taking away the luster from the damaged goods that is Karu & Y, but Metropolis is a close second. Once again over the weekend more people were stabbed at that cursed venue. There has to be buried Indian remains under there, what else can explain all this violence? We've documented the knife fighting schools history here (my loose interpretation of documentation). But for those too lazy to read here's what we put together a while back:

The fact of the matter though is that within a two week span two people were wounded in a shooting, one person stabbed to death, another killed in a hit-and-run and a few months later two more people were shot near Metropolis resulting in one death. Oh right, did I forget to mention someone was attacked with a machete? That seems like a pretty good fucking reason to never go to that hole ever again.

Chalk up another attack for the hapless corner in Downtown known as Metropolis Area 51 whatever the fuck it's called these days.