On the web This weekend, Diesel hits the big 3-0 and is celebrating with a 24-hour party marathon.
Presented by Electric Zoo's MADE Events, this 24-hour-plus party marathon is legendary in the Miami scene.
Through his Crosstown Rebels label, a never-ending tidepool for immersive, psychedelic techno, as well as a busy schedule of mystical, picturesque sunrise-lifting events like Get Lost (his 24 hour party marathon that just hit Miami for its 15th session) and Day Zero, which rings in the New Year in Mexico year after year he brings the trippy to techno better than anyone.
Or does this mark the failure of the six-party marathon?
Young bankers rely on recruiters for advice when navigating private equity firms' cocktail parties, marathon meet-and-greets and exploding offers — opportunities that expire just a few hours after analysts learn they received an offer.
That's one of the paradoxes of Burning Man, the annual arts festival whose attractions include colossal art installations, all-night dance parties, marathon kite-flying sessions, off-kilter fashion shows, and classes where revelers can learn things that range from Hula Hooping to playing the ukulele to making absinthe.
Mad Decent is Diplo's label, and he's applying the brand to dance-party marathons in 13 cities headlined by Major Lazer, which is rooted in dancehall but hurls all kinds of bass-heavy beats.
"It's a week-long party, a marathon, a convention and an endurance test," said David Wondrich, drinks correspondent for Esquire magazine.
I attended last week's Hunger Games fan event, scheduled as a sort of fan appreciation party and marathon screening of the films at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
Whether that's a tailgating party, a marathon family reading of The Hobbit, or the more traditional hot cider in front of the fire, don't let the anxious chatter -- "You should, you must, you've failed!" -- ruin it for you.
Friends describe her as an anomaly: an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine who works 16-hour days yet somehow manages to find the time to attend cocktail parties, run marathons, backpack through Costa Rica, read novels and shop for high fashion clothes.
