Malia
Your current location: Los Angeles
Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
I'm staying home with my bandmate (Scotty from Black Ryder), having champagne, playing music, and storyboarding for the Zaza music video I'm shooting next week.
What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
David Bowie's record Changes. In fact, I listened to it last NYE as I was getting dressed.
What are your going out essentials?
My own car, so I can escape whenever I want.
What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
New Order "Ceremony"
What would you spin if you were the dj?
Nick Cave "The Singer"
What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Coffee, water, Champagne.
Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
He's very far away and shall remain nameless.
What do you do after the party (go to another location, crash)?
I don't really go out much.
Your hangover cure?
Not going out the night before, but on the occasions when I do, I tend to spend the next day having a "carpet picnic" on the carpet in my studio. I bring all the blankets and pillows from the house and set up camp in there to watch movies all day on my computer screen.
Ilijrana
Your current location: Brooklyn, New York
Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
Seeing one of the bands on my label, Magick Mountain play with Ariel Pink and Outer Limits Recordings in a warehouse somewhere in Bushwick.
What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
What are your going out essentials?
Friends.
What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
Eisbär - Grauzone
What would you spin if you were the dj?
The above two tracks.
What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Whiskey or vodka.
Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
Oh, he will be there and he knows.
What do you do after the party (go to another location, crash)?
Depends really if I am tired or not.
Your hangover cure?
Sleep.
Joanna
Your current location: Edinburgh
Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
People are drinking the required champagne at mine, then into town to watch the fireworks, possibly stopping off for a drink on the way, then on to a party at our favourite pretentious bar. Perhaps some tacky dancing at the Mexican club come seedy den next door when we're royally slaughtered in the am. Then winding down with a first-of-the-year sunrise cigarette before all passing out in someone's house.
What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
Ghetto Music by Outkast, because like any self respecting white girl I love me some retro hiphop
What are your going out essentials?
Disposable (I am too self-aware hip (read: poor) for a digital..). Glitter because I have become obsessed with it lately and it’s nice to find it sprinkled about the morning after. ID. Mascara/Eyeliner. Brush. Phone. Tobacco etc. And chapstick of course.
What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
Lisztomania- Phoenix
What would you spin if you were the dj?
A nice remix of I need a Dollar by Aloe Blacc or something of the sort (I'm assuming that as I'm the dj I actually have the skills to do this..) because I reckon everyone could love that.
What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Vodka soda and lime…for some reason we convinced ourselves it's the healthy hangover-immune beverage to drink. Maybe some whiskey in a hip flask for warmth during fire-work watching. In fact whiskey and ginger ale to wind the evening down is perfect.
Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
As I am firmly committed to my spinsterdom there are no non-celebrities on my radar. I have to say, much like most of the female populous, James Franco is seeming more appealing than ever (we can forgive him the failed foray into literature...)
What to do after the party?
Bail back to someone's flat for quiet drinking and smoking until we submit to sleep.
Your hangover cure?
Drinking water like a fish, Sainsbury’s basics prawn mayo sandwich and copious amounts of black coffee.
Julie
Your current location: Paris
Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
I'm invited to a costume party themed on animals. I'm gonna wear a super comfy red panda outfit. How sexy is that?
What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
Queen Of The Night by Whitney Houston (sorry to interject, but Julie this answer just made me love you more, if that is even possible! xoxo Patrice)
What are your going out essentials?
Cigs, Red Bull and burger cheese slices
What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
Rah, rah, ah ah ah, Roma, roma, ma, Gaga, Ooh, la la…
What would you spin if you were the dj?
Feel good girly tunes only:
The Shoop Shoop Song - Cher
Disco Heaven - Lady Gaga
Who Do You Think You Are - Spice Girls
This Is How We Party - S.O.A.P
Let's Get Loud - Jennifer Lopez
2 Hearts - Kylie Minogue
Party In The U.S.A - Miley Cyrus
Something Kinda Ooooh - Girls Aloud
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
In The Middle - Sugababes
That kind of stuff ;)
What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Champagne
Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
Keenan Cahill or Caleb Followill
What to do after the party?
I'll be eating pickles fully clothed in my bed
Your hangover cure?
Crappy reality TV shows and forehead kisses
Myself
Your current location: Kansas City
Where/how will you be spending NYE (bar, club, friends house, etc)?
Hanging with some friends in Nashville, catching some bands at The End (Natural Child, Turbo Fruits, PUJOL and more). Then probably head to a party afterwards or go home and depending on intoxication levels.
What is the one song that really gets you ready to go out?
Ms. Fat Booty- Mos Def
or
If I Ever Feel Better – Phoenix
What are your going out essentials?
disposable cameras, cell phone, phone charger (you know how the iphone sucks up your battery power), red lipstick, wallet, car/house keys, travel size tissue paper (hey! Haven’t you ever been in a bathroom and you realize a little too late that there’s no toilet paper? Mmhhmm, that is what I thought.)
What is the one song that always gets you on the dancefloor?
A Thing For Me – Metronomy
or
Telephone – Lady Gaga
What would you spin if you were the dj?
Hmmm, some Motown, stuff from Stax Records, some hip/hop and of course some 90s R&B baby making jams, (you know, a little Dru Hill, Ginuwine, Tyrese, etc…)
What drink will you be holding throughout the night?
Gin & Tonic, Whiskey or Club Soda with a lime…depends on what my situation and mood is.
Who do you wish you could kiss at midnight (celebrity or non)?
Gaspard Ulliel or Andrew Garfield
What to do after the party?
Rather depends, if I drove there myself (which I prefer), I usually bounce early, go home, watch movies and pass out before the opening credits are finished (thug life!). If it is the other way around, I suppose it is where ever I am taken to next. Usually it’s a party, somewhere to eat food then home.
Your hangover cure?
some advil, XXX Vitamin Water (it can only be that flavor. I have tired others and it’s doesn’t work) and I am good to go. I also stay hydrated throughout the day…