This story by Nicole Itano was orginally posted on Time.com on 24 May 2010.

By 2 a.m., the party at Thalassa, a waterfront bouzouki club in the exclusive Athens suburb of Glyfada, is finally getting going. All evening, Porsches, Mercedes and BMWs have been rolling up to the door, disgorging men in coats and women teetering on stiletto heels. Inside, the queen of Greek pop, 40-year-old Despina Vandi, sings onstage. The cost of admission is a bottle of whisky per table — at a minimum of €170, about $200 — and patrons shower the entertainers with pricey white carnations, bought by the basketful from young women working the floor.

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From inthemix.au, some footage of Busy P tearing it up for some little French tykes.

Adorned here in the dragon-costume, Busy P aka Pedro Winter has done some things in his day as the head of Ed Banger Records and the former manager of Daft Punk, but this has to be a first.

“Sounds good to me,” says ‘polite_society.’ “Better that kids are exposed to decent music as early as possible, rather than thinking that top 40 is all there is.”

Do the dragon-dance, ya’ll!

12 minute mix of the new In Search of Sunrise 8 cd by Richard Durand.

DJ Tiesto’s acclaimed mix series ‘In Search of Sunrise’ released its 8th volume yesterday- this time though, Tiesto was nowhere to be found, having passed-on the c.d. series and international tour to DJ Richard Durand.

Durand, the up-and-coming trance DJ (also from Holland), first gained support from Tiesto with remixes of tracks like ‘Lethal Industry,’ ‘Flight 643,’ and ‘Break my fall.’

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Listen to Brad Habit in the mix anytime on Wish Industry Radio. Just search ‘Brad Habit’ in iTunes.

Tonight at Level (1045 North Rush Street), come get down to the sounds of Brad Habit!

He’s our special guest DJ next week on Grooveslanger Radio Episode 003, catch him tonight at Level form 11:00 – 1:00!

Say ‘Brad Habit’ at the door for NO COVER!

Glen Morrison, Deadmau5… …Carlo Lio.

With his own brand of minimal / tech-house, Carlo Lio is quickly establishing himself as the next big name out of Toronto.

His label Rawthentic has been putting out some high-quality music since 2006, gaining the support of people like Audiofly, Carl Cox & Dubfire.

From Carlo Lio on Local Music, enjoy ‘Ti Sento’…

More on Carlo Lio at Beatportal.com