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///BY Michael Cook What was the path to working with Luciana? Well, I was about to go to Miami and I met a guy at Eastern Bloc and he said, “You should work with Luciana. I kinda know her: I could totally make that happen!” Then I went to Hawaii, and someone else said, “You should work with Luciana, I know her!” I definitely took that as a sign, and myfriend Ian, who does know...

///BY Ike-aholics What do you call someone who has no filter when it comes to dishing the dirt? You call him Ike Avelli! What started out as a last-minute fill-in at his own holiday party in 2009, Ike Avelli is taking the country by storm by following his lifelong dream of performing standup comedy. In school, he was considered a class clown, often imitating his teachers and winning over his classmates. He would do the...

///By Tom Tietjen Joe Gauthreaux understands clubbers go out to have a good time. “That ’s what I tell myself when I go into the booth – make it fun,” he says. Sometimes that means a full-on banging tribal set, other times it’s lots of anthems and some EDM-styled tracks. “I want guys to think the experience was worth the cover charge and the long line they waited on to get in,” he says. Experience a night out with Joe Gauthreaux when he spins Viva on Saturday, August 10. What do...

///BY Alonso ”Shazzam Gio” Giovanni / TWITTER: @Shazzam Gio Having danced and choreographed for so many legends in the music industry, including Prince, Cyndi Lauper, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, one can’t easily forget the standout talent that is Anthony Rodriguez. How could one NOT remember his solo  performance of “La Isla Bonita” during Madonna’s Drowned World Tour? Rodriguez has in more recent days begun to venture into the role of a vocal artist, singer and songwriter. It’s only logical then that he continue on his musical journey with this latest release. Coming off...