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thursday's gonna be a tough call: DEFECTED IN THE HOUSE Presented by: Defected Records DJs/Performers: Sandy Rivera (KOT), Martin Solveig, DJ Gregory, Copyright, Soul Central (Andy Ward), Dennis Ferrer, Franck Roger, Oli Lazarus, and Shovell on percussion, plus special live PAs. Where: Amika, 1532 Washington Avenue FOUNDATION MIAMI 2005 Presented by: Miguel Migs / Salted, Transport Rec, Chez Music, and Aquabooty DJs/Performers:Miguel Migs (exclusive WMC DJ set!), Julius Papp, Jay-J, Lisa Shaw & Latrice Barnett (live), and DJ MFR, plus very special surprise guests! Chez Music Room: Neil Aline, Darshan Jersani, and Matthias "Matty" Heilbronn. Where: State, 320 Lincoln Road KEEP HOUSE ALIVE 2005 Presented by: King Street Sounds and Nite Grooves, in association w/ Artimage (Japan) and Traxsource Digital (USA) DJs/Performers: Danny Krivit, Rainer Trüby (TBC), Brian Tappert, Kiko Navarro, DJ Turbo, DJ Gee, DJ Morita, Raul Campos, Jeannie Hopper, and Lars Behrenroth. Where: Club Bash, 655 Washington Avenue Details: Also with live PAs from Barbara Tucker (Underground Dance Artists United for Life), Monique Bingham (Blue Six, Naked Music), and Abstract Truth (Wave Music, Curious Records, UK). CLUB SHELTER 14th ANNIVERSARY Presented by: Club Shelter, in association w/ Devotion SF DJs/Performers: Performing live: The Free Radicals, Yoruba Peoples Band, and Tortured Soul; DJ sets: Timmy Regisford, Ruben Mancias, DJ Spinna, Marques Wyatt, Dimitri from Paris, Julius Papp, Akylla Papas, Alex from Tokyo, Sting International, Greg Gauthier, Jay-J, David Harness, and Kaskade, plus surprise guests. Where: Nikki Beach, 1 Ocean Drive CITYDEEP SESSIONS Presented by: CityDeep DJs/Performers: Tony Humpries, Halo, DJ Deep, Jon Cutler, Alix Alvarez, Mark Grant, Marlon D, Neil Pierce, Master Kev, Duane, and Jamie Thinnes. Where: Goddess, 681 Washington Avenue

^^^ so it's finally been updated for this week

well, i think it's a good lineup. too bad i won't get to miami til tuesday though

*phew*!

that fucker best still be playin at shipwrecked!

ohhh yeah! can't wait! ahhhhhh

i knew express was doing bad, but not THAT bad. agree with the others though, the price points kept going up, but the overall quality of their product hasn't really changed. they tried to appear "high fashion" with their 'design studio' marketing, but that didn't work. it's EXPRESS for chrissake! that being said though, i have found a few things on sale there that i like. if they weren't on sale though, i definitely wouldn't have bought them. limited, on the other hand, does have some nice things for work. but for work clothes, i'll just stick with bennetton and kenneth cole.

haha no idea. i have the set on mp3

making the same plans as i am btw - i've heard that defected jazzy jeff set. nice and smoooooth

if you stay by the airport, most of your $ won't be spent on partyin, it'll be spent on taxis. from what i remember, cab rides from around MIA to SoBe are around 25$ one-way.

i went once and regretted spending the 50$ or so on it.

ohhh YEAH!

gung hay fat choi

that's what i'm sayin

friday night lineup looks sick jask!

w00h00! just bought my tickets. can't wait for this one!

totally happy they have a working kitchen in there. less money spent on food. it's 3 girls, 2 boys, but, yeah, it's going to be a tight fit with all the crap we girls are bringin. is the bathroom decent-sized? what's wrong with the hottub upstairs?

10AM is pretty crappy. my flight back though is around 10am, which works out ok for me how are the rooms there? we have a 1bedroom suite and i'm wondering if trying to squeeze in 5 ppl will be a tad bit uncomfortable.

crescent resort, 14 & ocean

January 24, 2005 Helmut Lang Said to Leave Prada in the Latest Industry Departure By SUZY MENKES, International Herald Tribune PARIS, Jan. 23 - In another shock to the luxury industry's multibrand strategy, the Prada Group is expected to announce on Monday the departure of Helmut Lang from the house that bears his name, a person close to the company said on Sunday. Mr. Lang, the Austrian-born designer who is based in New York, was considered a byword for urban cool in 1999, when Prada took a 51 percent stake in his brand. He would follow the designer Jil Sander out of Prada's door. Ms. Sander left Prada for the second time in November, after having departed previously during disagreements over strategy with the chief executive, Patrizio Bertelli. Mr. Bertelli was on his way to New York over the weekend to settle the details of the split, said people close to the company, who confirmed Mr. Lang's departure. Mr. Lang had been at odds over a strategy to return his loss-making house to profitability - a situation that remained at a stalemate even after Prada bought out Mr. Lang's share of the business in December. Mr. Lang could not be immediately reached for comment. His staff said on Friday that he was not at his New York offices. The departures at Prada follow a similar rupture at the Gucci Group last year, when the designer Tom Ford and the group's chief executive, Domenico De Sole, left after arguments with Gucci's parent company, PPR, formerly known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute. Luxury goods makers are being forced to divest themselves of small and unprofitable companies bought in the heat of the luxury expansion in the 1990's and focus on their core brands. Bernard Arnault, president of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, announced this month that Christian Lacroix, the couture house he founded in 1987 but which failed to turn a profit, was under offer to an American duty-free retail group run by the Falic brothers. Analysts think that both Celine and Givenchy might also be sold by LVMH, if the right bidder comes along. Other recent upheavals include the sale of the Karl Lagerfeld brand to Tommy Hilfiger, the American company that is bucking the trend by trying to build a multibrand group. Monday is the opening of the haute couture season, and the falling by the wayside of so many couture houses is another signal that the money is not in high fashion itself. Two issues appear to be behind Mr. Lang's departure - the difficulty of building a prosperous business in a brand-saturated world and the problems faced when an independent and individualistic designer has to learn to work in a corporate culture. A former Prada employee said that while Mr. Bertelli's goal was to bring synergy and expertise to fledgling companies, particularly by creating profitable accessories, the designers felt their goods had became assembly line products. In the 1990's, the big brands battled over labels, often paying well over market value to acquire them. For example, the Italian leather goods company Fendi, which was bought jointly by LVMH and Prada, is now completely owned by LVMH. The heavily indebted Prada has already divested itself of some retail and corporate real estate. And last month, Robert Polet, chief executive of Gucci Group, said that all its energies would be put into the core brand, while YSL and other emerging labels like Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney would receive less attention and investment. The exception was the leather goods company Bottega Veneta, which was the fastest-growing brand in the group. With Compagnie Financière Richemont, the second-largest luxury company in the world behind LVMH, turning in strong sales for the fourth quarter, luxury managers must also be asking themselves whether there is still money to be earned in clothes. Richemont concentrates on watches and jewelry, with its star Cartier brand thought to bring in up to 70 percent of its profits. Other brands include Alfred Dunhill, Mont Blanc pens and Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, as well as Chloé, as its only fashion brand. Louis Vuitton is the undisputed cash cow of the LVMH empire and is thought to represent 68 percent of group sales.

well geez, about time

haha this is true.

print out of the m3 list!

ahhh come sooner! there's a foot of snow on the ground here!