Last Thursday's eve, I went to the Shuffle event at Brew Urban Cafe. It was fun. They threw the doors open and Twilight Notes' DJ Vinwat's funky, jazzy pop fusion spilled out into the air...on Himmarshee! We spent a mellow night filled with beer and conversation. Even though we stayed until midnight, I would highly recommend this as a way to start an evening. There's Vinwat now.

Do you know Inga? Her birthday party was slamming on Saturday day and night! There were many interesting people there kicking the keg and swimming around until the wee hours of morning. If you're reading this, you may have been one of them.

I haven't conducted too much research on upcoming events, but I do think it's worth mentioning that Zechs Marquise is playing at Culture Room on Wednesday night with RX Bandits and Dredg. I saw Zechs at a house concert in Gainesville last year, and they had the whole room mesmerized for an hour. They've got the big hair and the psychedelic guitar jams of The Mars Volta, a band with which they share a member: Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez.

It's not all skinny guys jumping off of really big amps like The Mars Volta, but they do get pretty animated.

Also, the local arts community Red Eye event has come back around again, and will be held at Art Serve library in Holiday Park. If you've forgotten about the dancing ladies from last year's fashion show, here's a refresher:

You certainly don't want to deprive yourself of one moment of that! It should be a fun event. IWAN is handling the music again this year, and they booked Dooms De Pop, Astari Nite, Confused As Ever and Viva le Vox. Here is the IWAN photo gallery from last year's event: IWAN PHOTO GALLERY. Also, IWAN will host the official afterparty at its new downtown warehouse at 810 N.E. 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, 33304. Have you checked it out yet? It's pretty cool. There's the warehouse now!

If you miss it, well then you missed it. That's the way life is. You should totally go to this Red Eye/IWAN thing on Friday. It's like I said last year, if Fort Lauderdale were Highbury in Jane Austen's Emma, this would be the ball. Who knows, the modern incarnation of the dashing Mr. Knightly might just be that graffiti artist who smiles at you from across the room between sips on a Red Bull, etc. etc.