the party where I saw everyone I've ever met. almost.
you may have read the interview with Gaudi Castro the party promoter/planner/type of guy that can bring out a whole night of live music and everyone in everyone's extended social circle the night before Thanksgiving. If you didn't, you have probably heard about his Rock and Wobble before the Gobble Gobble through word of mouth- annnnddd if you haven't, thank god you're reading miami nice so you can pretend like you were there.
Before I tell you about the live acts, I think I should let you know (like a good snarky blogger) that if I wanted miami nice to really get big (and bad and really not nice) I could have snapped some covert iPhone pics and posted a worst dressed list as long as your screen. But, this is miami nice- so I'll stick to covering arts and culture events and only sliding in my snarky commentary on girls who show up in groups dressed all in leopard. Contributor S.Darna seriously turned to me and asked if there was a theme she didn't know about.
On a more positive note- let's talk about ArtOfficial. Google them, MySpace them, illegally download their music- no wait, actually pay for it, because it's rare that an act so mainstream appealing and genuinely Miami can get a crowd of otherwise Rihanna club bee-boppers bopping to a blend of mixed genre rap. jump on the ArtOfficial bandwagon and claim you knew them first (if you went to Columbus you probably did, the trombone player is the band teacher- Mr. Cooper).
Grand Central is the kind of venue that can be easily transformed. I've heard that it's been a food festival of local restaurants, indie rock and electronica concerts, and I can imagine that there are some nights it looks like the most standard of standard of Miami clubs. I'm willing to bet that on a night you have absoluetly nothing to do there's some kind of crowd there doing something.
All in all, it was a great alternative to the usual botella popping pre-Thanksgiving night and I'll Rock and Wobble (seriously, there was a lot of wobbling involved) next year.