Drinking & Dancing

Issue 11: November 4 - December 2, 2004

U.Ye (U Yeliseyeva) Downstairs from the historic Yeliseyevsky gourmet store on Tverskaya Ulitsa is the slick, new U Yeliseyeva club and restaurant, also known by its initials, UYe.

Milk & Honey Designed by London-based Hassan Abdullah in a style described as “eclectic new baroque and decadent maximalism,” new restaurant and bar Milk & Honey at 38 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa is sure to stun.

Issue 10: October 7 - November 4, 2004

Halloween While giants of the promotion business Zeppelin and Organised Kaos were planning their pompous Halloween events last year by ordering movie-studio decorations and signing up big-name acts from major international booking agencies, modest Mio decided to simply serve up good music.

Good-Bye Leto, Hello Autumn All summer on weekend nights, the city’s drivers were forced to look for bypasses around an important thoroughfare, Yauzskaya Ulitsa — thanks to a collection of ostentatiously expensive cars parked chaotically all over the place, blocking traffic from midnight to early morning.

Khren!ovukha With the onset of wintry weather, which is all too often in mid-autumn, the shock of the cold is best handled with a shot of something strong and spicy, like vodka infused with horseradish.

Plastilin New basement venue Plastilin promotes itself as a democratic cafe-club free of any excess in its interior, music and menu.

Mekhanika An automobile tuning center that plans to moonlight as a concert and party venue, Mekhanika hosted its debut event — the Nokia Lab music and media arts festival — in late September, featuring Roboty, Electric Six, Audio Bullys and others.

Dance Factory Business Anyone who’s been partying in Moscow for more than a few months can’t fail to have noticed how quickly clubs appear and disappear.

Issue 9: September 9 - October 7, 2004

Kitaisky Lyotchik Turns 5 Kitaisky Lyotchik Dzhao Da celebrated its fifth birthday on Aug. 26 with a colorful lineup of acts and a house full of well-wishers.

Lotoclub Bingo, the action-packed, decadent pastime that’s sweeping Western Europe, has come to Russia. Well, at least that’s how most reviews of Lotoclub begin.