Holy Ghost
Saturday, December 13, 2008
The Vagabond, Miami
Better than: 100% of the godless ultra-commercial dance crap polluting the Beach.
It's past midnight and I'm at the Vagabond sipping my whiskey straight and waiting for Holy Ghost! to start their DJ set in the main room. It's my first time seeing these NYC newcomers and I have mixed expectations because of my ambivalence towards their label, DFA Records. I dig their disco-mongering label mates The Juan Maclean and Hercules &a
When New Times got with DJ A-Train a few months back, the neo-classicist head spinner was holding court every Tuesday night at the Vagabond's beat-crazy Stone Groove, and every Saturday for the same joint's long-running Back Door Bamby. Well, guess what? He's still holding it down at Bamby, but has traded Stone Groove for the Vagabond's Thursday night Shake. And both parties are giving it up better than ever.A-Train's also now riding out Wednesdays at Electric Pickle's Champion Sound, and Friday
​Oooooohhh! This is the ghost of nightlife past coming to haunt your dreams of weekend debauchery. It's been a while since I've recapped all there is to do across the Magic City, but let's hope I can revive the column from the dead for what's left of 2009.If you've been vigilant you know that I've already written previews for The Other Hollywood at Awarehouse, Tera-Ween at Cameo, The Cat's Meow at the Raleigh, Playboy Halloween Party at the Shore Club, and "Devil's Disciple" After-party with B