5.13.2004
Hot Pink Nights
I've been spending my free time redesigning my website. With the CD on it's way and a small tour in the works, I figured it was time to give the site a makeover with a focus on the music. I always forget how much work that can be. Who needs sleep? Come this weekend, I'll be sawing some serious logs on the couch.
But not before a Friday nite trip to Hot Pink:)
Hot Pink is one of the only places in Phoenix worth dragging your sleep deprived body to. It's a small Latino bar that turns into a new wave, punk, rock, pop, dance bar on Friday nights. The DJ spins tunes by Le Tigre, David Bowie, Shocking Blue, The Clash, The Cure, Human League, Blondie, The Pixies, New Order, The Strokes, Peaches, Siousxie and the Banshees, Run DMC, and Prince just to name a few. I haven't danced this hard since high school. In addition to the fantastic music, the atmosphere is relatively a**hole-free (as opposed to the meat market nightmare that is Scottsdale) with a perfect mix of straight, gay, bi, trans, self-defining people who are more interested in grooving to the music than complaining about pedicures at the Biltmore. The timing couldn't have been better since most bars & clubs in Phoenix are a revolving door of microbreweries and franchise theme parks. Hot Pink has restored my hope in Phoenix nightlife and the possibilty of a cohesive music scene.
Now, where did I put my banana belt?
But not before a Friday nite trip to Hot Pink:)
Hot Pink is one of the only places in Phoenix worth dragging your sleep deprived body to. It's a small Latino bar that turns into a new wave, punk, rock, pop, dance bar on Friday nights. The DJ spins tunes by Le Tigre, David Bowie, Shocking Blue, The Clash, The Cure, Human League, Blondie, The Pixies, New Order, The Strokes, Peaches, Siousxie and the Banshees, Run DMC, and Prince just to name a few. I haven't danced this hard since high school. In addition to the fantastic music, the atmosphere is relatively a**hole-free (as opposed to the meat market nightmare that is Scottsdale) with a perfect mix of straight, gay, bi, trans, self-defining people who are more interested in grooving to the music than complaining about pedicures at the Biltmore. The timing couldn't have been better since most bars & clubs in Phoenix are a revolving door of microbreweries and franchise theme parks. Hot Pink has restored my hope in Phoenix nightlife and the possibilty of a cohesive music scene.
Now, where did I put my banana belt?
