I left for my tropical island down-time feeling as useful as a smashed windscreen, I returned energised like a well-shaken magnum of Moet I hadn't had a holiday for the sole purpose of relaxing since '04, so I was overdue. Having returned with mountains of sleep, eaten great food, with an overweight suitcase, memorable aquatic experiences and sporting a superman tan (that's bound to peel), I'm aligned, refocused and rearing to go. Thus I'm putting my feelers out for some Marketing, Sales, Events or PR opportunities. Who wants a piece of me? I'll still keep up appearances at all the parties, it's just time I left my cousin alone, and got a home of my own. What sparked all this? Look at the expanded version of my past weeks activities. CLICK HERE!     Issue #118 lucky devils are: Emily Waterson and Kyle Donegan each won tickets to Godskitchen. Hannah Gower can get this Friday off to a great start with a funky $50 tab for Traffic Bar & Kitchen. Adam Holland & Deanna Croft partied all night thanks to the Mischief dance party double passes. Victoria Pether & Jenna McCormick will be seeing Timmy Vegas rock at Bungalow this Saturday, each with a friend. Vaughan Cherrington got to marvel with a guest at Chemistry at the Town Hall last Saturday. Chimera Bech can now take a friend to Jambalaya at Safari Lounge this Saturday. Daphne Gledhill & Matt Cole now have tickets to the NZ Breakers next home game this Thursday. Sarah Lodge & Lee Wallace won the beefy bar tabs for Bungalow8 for this Thursday night. Jonathan Fullbrook & Renee Milner heard Sample Gee play for 7 hours at Seba last Saturday. Daphne Gledhill can now look extra styley in her new Mr Vintage t'shirt. Marlin Martinsson will be getting sloshed with me free of charge this Friday at Easy Tiger with a $200 bar tab, then we party on. All welcome to join us there from 7.30 – 11.30pm.     Cool things to win this week are: 1 x $200 bar-tab for Easy Tiger on Friday October 31st . This is the 3rd month of this prize and wild fun is assured. One catch, I party with you, then we can go all night, or go separate ways. Easy Tiger is very funky bar that’s hard to find first off, down a wee alleyway (Dockside Lane) just off Mahuhu Cres. Write “Easy Tiger” as the heading for an email and send it to me if you’d like to prowl along. This prize will run until the week before the last Friday of each month. 1 x Mr Vintage t’shirt. You get to go into their Falcon St store in Parnell and select any t’shirt you like. Their garments are very funky, and the service is always with a smile. Put “Mr Vintage” as the header of your email when you mail me back. Check out www.mrvintage.co.nz. 1 x Double ticket to the infamous Fashion, Beauty, Music. Held NEXT Saturday at Opium. The glitz, the glamour, the gorgeousness. Great venue, vibe and production. Type “Fashion, Beauty, Music” as the title for your email entry and send it on over here. 1 x Double pass to Kiss Bar's 10th birthday celebration at Kiss Bar NEXT Friday. I've got a lot of time for this place and the DJ's that will be spinning on this night. Come party with me. Put “Kiss Bar” in the subject box of an email and send it to me to go in the draw. 2 x Double passes to Soul Central's Timmy Vegas perform at Bungalow8 this Saturday, October 4th. He's not the biggest fellow, but his wicked house anthems and busting smile more than make up for it. Put “Timmy Vegas” in the subject box, and email me to be in the draw. 1 x Double pass to One Love: Neon Lights, held at Toto Restaurant NEXT Saturday. 3 international dance acts and 15 odd local DJ's rark it up one time. To be in to win this, write “One Love” as the title for an email and send it over. 4 x tickets to the 4th home game of the season for the high-flying NZ Breakers basketball team, on NEXT Thursday Oct 9th at the North Shore Events Centre. Put “Breakers” as the title for an email and send it my way. 1 x Double ticket to the Jambalaya Spring Carnival on at the Safari Lounge this Saturday. The night features Samba legend Carlos Ferreira from Brazil and 3 live bands. Put “Jambalaya” as the title for an email back to me to be in to win. 1 x $50 bar tab for the Traffic Bar & Kitchen to be used NEXT Friday after work. A funky fresh place (located on the corner of Queen and Quay streets) with the meanest menu in town. There's always something going on there. If you'd like this tab email me with “Traffic Bar” as the header. 2 x $50 bar tabs for Bungalow8 NEXT Thursday for Cocktails & Decks. It's a fun evening of up-tempo electronic tracks. You have room to move, get just a little bit crazy, and drink properly made cocktails. Put “Cocktails & Decks” as the headline for an email back to me to go in the draw. 1 x Double ticket to Godskitchen: Angel In White Party. On this Friday at The Vector Arena. The headliner is energy trance international heavyweight Sander Van Doorn. An absolutely massive event with all the extras that you'd expect from such an international organisation. Type "Godskitchen" as the headline for an email and send it to me if you'd like to go.     Wednesday October 1st Global Funk Night Pasha, Shed 22, Princes Wharf, The Viaduct, Auckland Central No Charge. RSVP to soiree@globalfunk.co.nz. 6 – 7.30pm. A fun girlie night of fashion. All GF limited edition international clothing and bags will be available to peruse and purchase. Check out www.globalfunk.co.nz to see the range and freebies that will be available on the night.     Thursday October 2nd Saving Pop Culture Galatos, 17 Galatos St, Newton Tickets $6 on the door. 7 – 9pm. A compilation that features the 16 best examples of German music videos produced between 2003 and 2007. The clips are in stark contrast to the vibe of expensive performer videos you commonly see on TV. The works refuse to obey mainstream laws, re-shaping them according to their own standards, creating a parallel cultural niche which incorporates all traditions of modern art.     Friday October 3rd Drinks With The PM Easy Tiger, Dockside Lane (Off Mahuhu Cres. By Vector Arena), Auckland Central No Charge. 7.30 – 11.30pm This has just snowballed from me and 2 friends, to now something like me and 30 odd, so why not invite more. DJ's Dougal Swift and Kyle Donegan will be mixing and the vibe will be all about letting your hair down. All guide-getters are welcome. And/Or Godskitchen: White Angel Vector Arena, Mahuhu Cres., Parnell Tickets $76 from www.ticketmaster.co.nz. 10pm – 6am Uplifting techno of all sorts played by some of the best DJ's on the planet. Coupled with the best lighting and sound production in the world, $76 is a steal. Go to all lengths to attend. And/Or DJ Jesse Rose (UK) Ink & Coherent, 268 K' Rd, Newton Tickets $20 from www.iticket.co.nz & Real Groovy. 10pm - 6am Jesse plays a style of house that's very hard to explain. He calls it “fidget” house. Definitely worth a listen. 8 other well known kiwi mixers spin to, so a gem of a night's a given.     Saturday October 4th Soul Central feat. Timmy Vegas Bungalow8, Cnr Customs St W. & Market Place, Auckland Central Tickets $15 from www.iticket.co.nz & Real Groovy. 10pm – 6am Timmy's had a string of international mega club hits, some your Mum may even know. Held at one of my favourite inner city bars, this will be a funky house music night to savour. And/Or Mint Dance Party Seba, 63 Fort St, Auckland Central $15 on the door before 12am, more after. 10pm – 6am I missed last months one, I won't miss this one. Sample Gee keeps on tweaking and tweaking the night, adding and subtracting, and in doing so making it a stonkingly fab house music night.     Sunday October 5th NRL Grand Final: Melbourne V Manly ANZ Stadium, Melbourne, Australia SKY TV, 6.30 – 9.30pm The Storm and the Sea Eagles lock horns for the second year running, in the sure to be electrifying Grand Final. And/Or Sentimental Sound System Chapel Bar & Bistro No Charge. 3 – 8pm It was packed, spilling out onto the street 2 weeks ago when I cruised by. Go early and be prepared for shenanigans. Get into fancy dress. As Elemeno P would say “Let's Go Crazy”, and they do.     Monday October 6th The Sale St Brewery Bar: Soft Opening 7 Sale St, Freemans Bay, Auckland Central No Charge. 5pm – Late It seems to have taken an age to evolve, but I had a look in earlier this week and, oh it's amazing, and well worth the wait. You must go as soon as you can. The Grand Opening is next Saturday.     Tuesday October 7th Thornbury Vineyard Wine Appreciation The Bluestone Room (upstairs), 9 – 11 Durham lane, Auckland Central No Charge. RSVP to info@thebluestoneroom.co.nz. Thornbury wines have vineyards in Hawkes Bay , Marlborough , Gisborne, and Central Otago . They produce some classic examples archetypical of each region. Tonight you can taste them all. The bar puts on lovely nibbles to. Go the Moroccan Chicken.     Wednesday October 8th The Vodafone NZ Music Awards Vector Arena, Mahuhu Cres., Parnell Tickets $47 from www.ticketmaster.co.nz. 6 – 10pm. This is the first year that these awards have been opened up to the public, well they do have to try and fill Vector. Expect to do a lot of clapping, but you will see some of the finest NZ artists we currently have. I find the after party the best bit though, I don't know where it is yet though sorry.     Cool Events To Watch Out For On The Horizon: Oct 8th, Vodafone NZ Music Awards, Vector Arena Oct 9th, Aqualine, Pasha/Green Room/Euro Oct 10th, Kiss's 10th Birthday Bash, Kiss Bar Oct 11th, Fashion, Beauty, Music Party, Opium Oct 11th, The Grand Opening of The Sale Street Brewery Bar Oct 11th, Lingere Model Of The Year, Denim Bar Oct 12th, Hi-5, Aotea Centre Oct 14th, Phantom Of The Opera (begins), The Civic Oct 16th, Hootchy Kootchy Girls Burlesque Show, Toto Restaurant Oct 17th, Edge Party Hard Mix Tour #5, The Carpark Bar Oct 18th, Diwali Festival Of Lights, The Viaduct Oct 18th, Pardon My French Dance Party, The Birdcage Oct 18th, Sam La More, Met & Code Oct 18th, Vaccine Dance Party, Transmission Room Oct 22nd, Greg Johnson, Toto Restaurant Oct 24th, Playground, The Stomp Edition, Space Bar Oct 25th, Sundown Dance Party, Herons Flight Vineyard Oct 25th, Plush Dance Party, Seba Oct 27th, Public Holiday, Labour Day Oct 27th, Snoop Dog, Ice T and Bone, TSB Arena (Wellington) Oct 29th, Dinner & Movie Night, Toto Restaurant Oct 30th, Stevie Wonder, Vector Arena Oct 31st, Halloween Oct 31st, Floorplay, Space Bar Oct 31st, Halloween Of Funk, Galatos Nov 1st, Mint Dance Party, Seba Nov 2nd, The Auckland Marathon Nov 4th, The Melbourne Cup, Lindauer Lawn Party, Ellerslie Racecourse Nov 5th, Guy Fawkes Nov 8th,George FM Park Party, Tahiki Reserve Nov 9th, Bath Tub Derby, Takapuna Nov 9th, Southern Amp, Westpac Arena, Christchurch Nov 11th, The NZ Trotting Cup, Addington Raceway, Christchurch Nov 12th, The Charlatans, The Powerstation Nov 14th, Stevie Wonder, Mt Smart Stadium Nov 14th, Def Leppard, Vector Arena Nov 15th, Bezerk Dance Party, The Studio Nov 22nd, Deep Hard N Funky, Vector Arena

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